Real Estate Investor Ethics – Do What Is Right!

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A friend and fellow investor relayed a sad experience to me today; he was working directly with another investor to buy an Austin investment property wholesale.  Wholesale real estate investing is a very common transaction between two investors and a great deal of trust is usually hinged on these types of deals because there is much verbal agreement before the actual signing of paperwork.  Unfortunately, this investor, after making a verbal agreement with my friend, sold the Austin investment property Read more [...]

Keeping your Home Clutter-free

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This guest post from Matt at SpareFoot, the storage unit marketplace, provides some great tips about how to keep your home free of clutter which will allow you to live more comfortably and could help you when it comes time to sell your home or move. Removing clutter and any items that personalize your home to you is our first tip for staging your home to sell fast. Read on for Matt’s tips on home organization. Everyone has lofty ambitions of home organization, but not many can accomplish it. Read more [...]

Staging Your Home – The Facts

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Do you want to sell your home? If so, then it is important to understand the power of staging. Let me re-phrase that: Do you want to sell your home quickly? Then you need to be a little proactive concerning the preparation of your home before you list it! If you are living in the home while it is on the market, staging can become a bit emotional.  With staging, this place that you have called home is transformed into an impersonal dwelling space and if the home is vacant, staging is extremely important Read more [...]

Austin’s Best Valentine’s Day Date Spots

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Guest post from the Austin homes experts at Realty Austin. Love is in the air, and Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Have you made reservations yet? Not to worry!  Your city guides at Realty Austin are here to ensure you’re in the know about the best local restaurants for wining and dining your sweetheart.  Here’s where to go for a perfectly romantic Valentines Day dinner: Corazon at Castle Hill – As the Spanish word for heart, Corazon is at the top of our list.  Established Read more [...]

Selling Your Home – First Impressions

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As potential home buyers pull into your neighborhood, they are looking around to see what they can see and feel what they can feel.  They are looking for the good and the bad and they are already beginning to make a decision concerning your home. Seems unfair, huh?  They haven’t even seen your house and it’s already on the judgment seat! But, you can’t worry about what you don’t have control over when you’re trying to sell your home fast.  If someone hates your neighborhood, then they Read more [...]

The Ugly House Market

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The biggest catch phrase in real estate investor history, “We Buy Ugly Houses,” has become a household name.  With some money spent on advertising and a huge franchising effort that has virtually spanned the entire U.S., the largest company in this niche of investing has branded and trademarked this catchy phrase.  Everywhere you go, you see those silly little bandit signs yelling, “Sell House for Cash!” or “Sell Your Home Fast!” As a result, the “We Buy Ugly Houses” niche of Real Read more [...]