Archive for Buyers
Paying More Than Asking Price For Your Home
How much is too much?
You’ve found the perfect home. It’s perfectly priced (and your agent agrees whole-heartedly). There’s one problem. There’s an offer on the table already. Welcome to the fun world of guessing what the other offer looks like. It’s an age old real estate tradition rooted in three [...]
Building A New Home In San Antonio? Consider this…
A Question I Hear A Lot
Being a Realtor® in San Antonio, I spend a lot of time looking at new homes and getting to know the different builders and neighborhoods. I enjoy this work immensely, but more often than not, I hear the same question from buyers looking to build a new home: do [...]
“No Strings Attached” Real Estate
Strings? What strings?
While reading a recent comment by a fellow Realtor® on another site, I noticed their use of the phrase “no strings attached.” Immediately, my mind shifted into consumer mode and thought, “well if they’re selling real estate with no strings attached, what are the other Realtors® doing?”
Maybe I was just being [...]
Showing Homes to a Buyer: What They Want to See.
I’ve this great house to show you…
When you’re buying a home, you will inevitably go through the process of viewing multiple homes with your agent. Every agent differs on how they like to show homes and every buyer wants to see specific things that another buyer many not. We know the basics of [...]
San Antonio First Time Home Buyer or Just Preparing Your Taxes?
Death, taxes, and keyword searches.
San Antonio is searching for info on the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit and based on the keywords being used, I have to wonder…are we preparing for a new wave of first time home buyers or just seeing a run up to April 15th, with buyers getting a head start [...]
More About Dual Agency In Texas aka Intermediary
A bit of followup.
When I wrote my post about dual agency, “Dual Agency, Double Commission, and a Bad Idea For You.,” I was reacting to some of the posts I had been reading recently and wanted to give my opinions to my readers. This time, I’d like to discuss Texas’ version of dual agency [...]
Dual Agency, Double Commission, and a Bad Idea For You.
Who represents who?
In several real estate industry blogs and forums, I’ve been seeing a lot of mention of dual agency lately. Whether dressed in fancy terms, disclosed or undisclosed, there is only one reason for dual agency – double commission for the listing agent. In Texas, we call it “intermediary” and it is [...]
Am I Ready To Buy A House? Five Questions To Ask Yourself First.
The big question.
Thanks to low interest rates, availability of housing inventory, and the incentive of the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit, I get asked this question a lot. Everyone always wants to know if they are ready to buy a house and whether or not they can do it and not become just [...]
New Home Construction: Build Your Dream House
Building a dream home takes some hard work.
I recently closed a transaction involving new construction out in Stillwater Ranch. My clients built the house of their dreams and it was an exciting and wonderful experience, but it also brought up some great points about what to do when thinking about buying and building a [...]
San Antonio Move-Up Buyers And The First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit.
What to do now that the tax credit has arrived?
As you’ve already read in “First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit – The New Extension And Expansion,” the new changes to the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit allows for so-called “move-up” buyers to receive a tax credit of up to $6,500. So how does [...]
