Archive for May, 2008

Five Tips for the Texas Home Buyer

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

With a little planning, you can avoid a lot of home-buying traps! Let us explore five tips for the home buyer.

Tip 1. Do your homework. Really look at the available neighborhoods, the commute, the school district, shopping and your budget.

Tip 2. Talk to a lender before you look at a home. Get your finances in order, get your best deal on a loan package and know in your mind that you are ready to look at houses that you really can afford to live in.

Tip 3. Consider using a Buyer

Conformity

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Conformity

How many times have you marveled at the number of

Who Are You Working For?

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Who are you really working for? The client? In the short term, yes, definitely. The Broker? As long as the broker is taking a cut from your commission, you bet you

Real Estate Consistency

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Consistency

Get the client, get the contract, miss a few steps, but only a few, the contract closes. Repeat as necessary. This is an average way of looking at selling real estate, perhaps even a typical way of selling.

Of course, if you want to make a lasting impression, a good impression that is, you have to remember that average is just not good enough in an area as competitive as the Dallas real estate market. With the Dallas commercial real estate market as competitive as it can be, missing deadlines and milestones on a contract can cost money. It can be expensive for you, for your client, and it can risk the whole deal if you miss vital deadlines. It can even cause the whole deal to fall to pieces after weeks of working toward a multi-million dollar settlement.

Being consistently lazy, or consistently late, even consistently disorganized may be predictable for some people, but it is certainly not productive.

If you consistently aim for the bull