Everything You Need to Know About the Texas Seller’s Disclosure
Is a seller disclosure required? How does a seller keep the disclosure updated? What should you be looking for in
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Where Does My Real Estate Agent Spend All that Commission?
The Bureau of Labor and Statistics shows that the median salary for a real estate agent in the USA is
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Best Online Resources When Preparing to Sell a Fort Hood, TX Home
Find Realtor reviews, collect public information available on your home, seek out the best vendors and repairmen, and learn your
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Should I Sell or Rent My Home in the Fort Hood, TX Area?
Speak with a Realtor such as myself to help make this decision. They can walk you through the pros and
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How to Terminate a Texas Home Purchase Contract
Takeaways The seller has almost no “outs” from a contract The buyer has many “outs” in a contract Defaulting on
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For-Sale-By-Owner: Tips on Selling Your Fort Hood, TX Home Without a Realtor
Learn the pros and cons of selling your home by yourself in the Killeen TX area, including how to do
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Defend the Price: Avoid a Low Real Estate Appraisal
Takeaways Your agent can prepare a packet for the appraiser to have handy Adjust your strategy to your market Failing
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Why Am I Not Getting Showings on my Fort Hood, TX Home?
Takeaways Sometimes there is nothing wrong and it’s just a case of waiting for the right buyer Make sure the
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Probates: What to do with an Inherited Home in Central Texas
Inheriting a home is an emotional time. Get help, specific to the Killeen and Temple, TX area, on attorneys, real
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What to Expect in Seller Concessions in the Fort Hood, TX Area?
Takeaways An uneducated buyer can leave a lot of money on the table if they aren’t familiar with the local
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I Got A Low Real Estate Appraisal in Texas. Now What?
The listing agent should exhaust efforts to get the appraiser to reconsider before going to the negotiating table Failing that,
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What is a Home Warranty?
Different from property insurance, home warranties, or "residential service contracts", can be godsends when faced with an unexpected and costly
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August is Cold – The Seasons of the Fort Hood, TX Housing Market
No surprises - winter is the best time to buy, and summer is the best time to sell. A quick
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How to Understand the Texas Title Commitment
Schedule A - Actual Facts. B - Buyer Notifications. C - Clear to Close and D - Disclosures. Everything you
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What Does the Title Company Do in Texas?
The title company in Texas is responsible as the escrow officer and the issuer of the title policy / title
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Exposure: Get Eyeballs to Get Offers
Getting a home sold is all about getting buyers to see it, advertising your home to buyers and agents.
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Getting Your Home Ready To Sell in the Fort Hood Area
Tips on what to spend money on, and what NOT to spend money on, to get your home in selling
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Your Listing Photos: Compare Amateur vs. Professional
Some agents in the Fort Hood area do not use professional photography. That is a major competitive advantage for the
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Stop Foreclosure
Tips to avoid foreclosure in the Fort Hood area (Bell County, Coryell County, TX) where foreclosures are common in a
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9 Red Flags when Choosing a Realtor® to Sell Your Home
If it's too good to be true... 9 warning signs to help you narrow down the field to find the
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Selling a Home with a Pool? Remember These Safety Tips
Takeaways We all know not to run around the pool, have an adult supervising children, no diving in the shallow
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Get Soles to Get Sold: Making Your Home Accessible
Tips and best practices to make sure your home is accessible to would-be home buyers, part of the PACE strategy
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7 Common Closing Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
Understand that you as the seller don't have complete control over the buyer and cannot guarantee that an executed contract
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How to Respond to a Low Ball Offer
Takeaways If an offer is unacceptable, always counter it Don’t get offended when you get a low ball offer. There’s
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When to List Your Home Higher Than the Market Value
Should you price your home higher so you have room to negotiate with a buyer? How about just to take
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6 Unusual Ways to Sell Your Home
Takeaways There’s a strategy for every home seller’s situation, some using a Realtor and some not! Talk first with a
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Choosing a Price for Your Home
Updated 11/20/16, originally published 8/8/15 Takeaways List your home as close to the fair market value as possible Tax assessments,
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Do You Have to Disclose if Your House is Haunted?
"Haunted Houses" are examples of what are called "stigmatized properties". There is a stigma, or negative association, attached to a
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The 8 Laws of Selling Your Home while Vacant
Selling your home unoccupied is a lot easier than occupied. Most of these items either need to be done once,
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What Does It Cost To Sell Your Fort Hood Home?
Remember when you bought your home? The seller paid for everything! They paid for your Realtor, probably your closing costs,
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How Many Fort Hood Area Buyers are Looking For Your Home?
Updated 8/12/16; originally published 8/3/15 Takeaways Selling a $120,000 home is different to selling a $240,000 home – there are
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Killeen, TX: What to Expect When Selling Your Home to a Investor
Takeaways Selling to an investor is probably not the best decision for 95% of home sellers Investors can close very
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The 8 Laws of Selling Your Home While Living in It
Takeaways You have some important responsibilities as a seller when selling your home while still living in it. Making your
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How to choose a quality Realtor®
Updated 7/1/16; originally published 8/15/15 Takeaways Purchasing a home is a major purchase; do your due diligence when choosing an
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Fort Hood’s HOA Neighborhoods
Updated 6/26/16; originally published 8/21/15 Some people are looking for them. Others are trying to avoid them. Home Owners Associations.
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Nearly Half of Fort Hood Homes For Sale Don’t Sell
Takeaways Be sure to look at homes that did not sell when analyzing your home and a good price Just
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Brian E Adams, REALTOR®
I am a real estate agent in the Fort Hood area, with StarPointe Realty. Contact me for help buying and selling in Central Texas!
