Another Sneak Peek ! New Neighborhood in Northwest ISD in Fort Worth... $118,990 ! - 08/30/08 10:09 PM
There is a brand new neighborhood of gorgeous single family homes that is going to be open in North Fort Worth in the next 30 days.  There will be seven differnt models... with pricing from the low 100's to the low 140's.
Pictured below is one of the mid-sized homes in the group.  It had three bedrooms, two full baths and one living area.  The family room is huge... 21 x 16... and is open to the kitchen and the breakfast nook.
The master bedroom is also very large... 15'6" x 12' and has a huge walk-in closet with lots and lots … (6 comments)

Sneak Peek ! Brand New in Northwest ISD in Fort Worth... $109,990 ! - 08/30/08 09:55 PM
                                                             SNEAK PEEK ! 
There is a brand new neighborhood of gorgeous single family homes that is going to be open in North Fort Worth in the next 30 days.  There will be seven differnt models... with pricing from the low 100's to the low 140's.
Pictured below is the least expensive home in the group.  It had three bedrooms, two full baths and one living area.
               
The great first-home is 1261 sq ft in size... perfect for a young couple or a single person just starting out.  Or... it would also be great for empty-nester parents who … (0 comments)

Fort Worth is the Western Focal Point for Gustav Hospital Patient Evacuees... - 08/30/08 12:01 PM
In an attempt to make sure that the survivors and evacuees of hurricane Gustav who have been hospitalized have a place to go... Fort Worth... with it's excellent public and private hospital system... has been made the Western Focal Point for incoming hospital patients being air-lifted from New Orleans.
Right now it appears that New Orleans may once again bear much of the brunt of the hurricane winds... and the crushing tidal surge that accompanies hurricanes of such magnitude.
Right now the plans are for hospital-bound patients to be airlifted by the National Guard (I'm glad there are still some here).  … (14 comments)

Fort Worth Hits the Big Time... The Apple Store Arrives ! - 08/30/08 11:37 AM
There are many things about Fort Worth, Texas that make it a great place to live and to work.  Low unemployment, great jobs market, one of the best "hospital districts" in the state, and a vibrant housing market with plenty of affordable homes... all add to Fort Worth's liveability !
The recently-discovered Barnett Shale natural gas field is proving to be one of the largest gas fields in the entire country... and as such, is providing a great source of both jobs and income to the city of Fort Worth and its surrounding suburbs.
But... up until now... something's been missing.  Even … (26 comments)

DFW's Best Selection of New Homes... NewHomeHuntersDFW.com - 08/29/08 10:54 PM
When new home buyers in Fort Worth and Dallas... and Frisco, McKinney, Carrollton, and all the surrounding new home hotspots... want the best choice of Brand New Homes... they know that New Home Hunters DFW is where to go !  They will find new homes there that may not be available anywhere else.
Being represented by a Realtor when purchasing does not cost you, the buyer, any additional costs whatsoever.  Each New Home Builder already has an overall marketing budget, so there is no charge to the Buyer.  And... when having Karen Anne represent you in your new home purchase, you have the added … (2 comments)

Great New Model in Northwest ISD... 2087 Sq Ft for $135,990... - 08/29/08 08:46 PM
One of the things I enjoy doing... is snooping... or maybe "scouting" is a better word... scouting around all the new home neighborhoods that are pretty well sprinkled all around the Fort Worth area.
Today I came upon a really great new model.   It is a pretty exciting "find"... in my opinion.  I've got a preliminary picture that I want to share.  The model isn't quite finished yet... that's why you see a lovely dirt lawn in front of this model... but I was so excited... I wanted to get online as soon as I could.
     (Unfinished model !)
Also... I have included below a picture … (8 comments)

Are You a Buyer Who is Very "Payment Shy ?" - 08/23/08 11:59 PM
If you have been looking for a new home in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for awhile, and are waiting for the interest rates to go down even further... I have something that should really interest you.  Don't wait any longer !
One of the many New Home Builders I work with has just come up with a special financing plan (hot of the press just yesterday) that is really fabulous.
The current interest rates out on the open market are hovering right around the mid-sixes... six and one half per cent to six and five-eighths percent.
This special interest rate program … (17 comments)

Super Two Story... 3350 sq ft... $237,000 near Panther Creek in Frisco, Texas - 08/23/08 11:44 PM
If you have been looking for a new home in Frisco, Texas... and have looked in Panther Creek... you know how expensive the homes in that neighborhood are.
In my endless search for excellent values for my new home buyers, I bring to you a really great home... not inside, but just on the edge of Panther Creek. It has all the goodies listed below, and is priced at $237,000.
            
This great home is 3350 Sq Ft, and has four bedrooms, three and one-half baths, and two living and two dining areas.  It is in the highly sought-after Frisco … (4 comments)

Not Just Another Post about High Gas Prices and Yucky Gas Mileage... :) - 08/23/08 11:25 PM
I just wanted to brag just a little bit about my Honda CRV and the incredible gas mileage I am getting with it.
The Honda CRV is a "crossover" SUV that is built on the same chassis (they call it a 'platform') as the Honda Civic is.  So... that gives you a bit of an idea about how nice and roomy it is inside.  Enough headroom for my poofy Texas hair :)
Gas prices are coming down.  I passed several gas stations today and noticed that regular is selling for $3.34 a gallon.  That is like seventy cents lower than it … (12 comments)

Open House at Saddle Club in McKinney, Texas... $190,990. - 08/23/08 10:36 PM
Open House at Saddle Club in McKinney, Texas... Sunday August 24, 2008 from 1:00pm to 6:00pm.
It's the end of the builders fiscal year, and this gorgeous home has been reduced by $17,000.  It has three spacious bedrooms, split master, two full baths, formal living and formal dining plus eat in gourmet kitchen and family room.  The builder wants this home closed by the end of September, and so had reduced it from $207,990 to an incredible price (considering it is in prime McKinney) of $190,990.
                      
This wonderful home is totally complete and ready for move-in.  If you need down … (3 comments)

Open House At Saddle Club in McKinney, Texas... $198,990. - 08/23/08 10:24 PM
Open House at Saddle Club in McKinney, Texas... Sunday August 24, 2008 from 1:00pm to 6:00pm.
It happens every year.  Builders all over the DFW Metroplex find themselves looking the end of their fiscal year... right between the eyes.
If you would like to take advantage of some of the end-of-the-fiscal-year bargains that builders offer right around now... here is a great one to consider.
This gorgeous two-story home has been reduced by $15,000.  It has three spacious bedrooms, split master, two and one-half baths, formal living and formal dining plus eat in gourmet kitchen and family room.
        
The builder … (3 comments)

Open House in McKinney, Texas... 2590 Sq Ft - $218,990 - - 08/23/08 10:17 PM
Open House at Saddle Club in McKinney, Texas... Sunday August 24, 2008 from 1:00pm to 6:00pm.
September 30 is the final day of the season... the last day of the month, quarter and fiscal year for this builder.  In order to get there... some sacrifices have to be made.  Someone has to give.
So... here was have a charming and exquisite two-story home... excellent drive up appeal with triple eyebrow windows on the front right side, a triple window with a center eyebrow window... and a covered porch completed by a high large eyebrow window at the top.  Great architectural touches … (2 comments)

Burleson, Texas Open House, 700 Bur Oak, 198,900 - open Sunday August 24, 2:00pm - 5:00pm - 08/22/08 04:42 PM
This gorgeous 2,720 sq ft four bedroom (with a possible fifth) two and one-half bath super two-story home is brand new on the market.  With the master bedroom being down, all three secondary bedrooms are upstairs, and all three of them are good-sized.  The largest bedroom of the three is a sixteen-footer, and the smallest up bedroom is 12 x 11... so there should be no fussing about who gets which bedroom.
Located in a great family neighborhood in Burleson, Texas... the drive-up appeal this home holds is just fabulous.  The full-width covered front porch is great for relaxing or chatting with the neighbors … (13 comments)

Mollie T Cat.. My "Unlicensed Assistant... " - 08/16/08 10:02 PM
I must admit.  I have done everything I can think of to stimulate my new "unlicensed assistant" to do something to take some of the load off of me.
Here she is... Ms Mollie T Cat... looking raring to go... or at least that is what she tells me.  I have tried changing her cat food to one with a tad more protein.  That didn't work.
I've tried sprinkling just a itty bitty tad of kittie dust in her filing cabinet... hoping that putting it in there will motivate this dynamo to jump in and get started.
                  
But... nothing … (27 comments)

Gracious Living in Prime McKinney - 2590 sq ft for $218,990 ! - 08/16/08 09:38 PM
September 30 is the final day of the season... the last day of the month, quarter and fiscal year for this builder.  In order to get there... some sacrifices have to be made.  Someone has to give.
So... here was have a charming and exquisite two-story home... excellent drive up appeal with triple eyebrow windows on the front right side, a triple window with a center eyebrow window... and a covered porch completed by a high large eyebrow window at the top.  Great architectural touches make this streetscape one your across-the-street neighbors will thank you for.
                  
We've got three … (5 comments)

Crashing... What Do You Do When Your Get Up And Go... Won't ? - 08/16/08 07:23 PM
We all have them.  Different things trigger them... probably as many different things as there are different ones of us.  But still they come... and slowly but surely... we CRASH!

 Just as different people crash for different reasons... each of us probably has his or her very own way of picking ourselves up after a major letdown... regrouping... and slowly recovering from our crash.
 What do you do after you go through a really horrible day, week, or month... and it finally gets to you... and you crash ?
How do you find your own way... way down deep inside of you... … (26 comments)

Builder's End of Fiscal Year - Do You Like Bargains ? - McKinney Two-Story... $198,990 - 08/16/08 06:49 PM
 It happens every year.  Builders all over the DFW Metroplex find themselves looking the end of their fiscal year... right between the eyes.
If you would like to take advantage of some of the end-of-the-fiscal-year bargains that builders offer right around now... here is a great one to consider.
This gorgeous two-story home has been reduced by $15,000.  It has three spacious bedrooms, split master, two and one-half baths, formal living and formal dining plus eat in gourmet kitchen and family room.
        
The builder wants this home closed by the end of September, and so has reduced it from $213,990 … (2 comments)

Is It Karen... or Karen Anne ? Which Do You Prefer ? - 08/16/08 06:34 PM
With all the new folks who have joined Active Rain during the year I have been a member... occasionally I'll have someone ask me... "Should I call you Karen, or do you prefer Karen Anne ?"  Well... there is a story behind behind my answer... and I'll share it with you right now :
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After nine years in elementary school teaching, I decided to go into real estate. It was 1979, and after six years in the business, I had come to be fairly successful at it.
One of my phone calls one day was from a … (27 comments)

Buyer Who Complained about HOA's - Now Wishes they Had One... - 08/16/08 05:29 PM

It was about two years ago.  I had been showing this really nice young couple homes.  We had looked for about three weeks.  The buyers had made it very clear that they did not want a home in a neighborhood that had a Home Owners Association.  When I asked them why, they said they did not want some silly neighborhood group "telling them what they could or could not do."
I showed them all the homes I could find, but these folks wanted a newer home, and most newer home neighborhoods had Home Owners Associations.
The buyer's often called me … (18 comments)

5944 Chisolm Trail in McKinney - 2220 Sq Ft - Now $190,990 - 08/16/08 04:47 PM
 It's the end of the builders fiscal year, and this gorgeous home has been reduced by $17,000.  It has three spacious bedrooms, split master, two full baths, formal living and formal dining plus eat in gourmet kitchen and family room.  The builder wants this home closed by the end of September, and so had reduced it from $207,990 to an incredible price (considering it is in prime McKinney) of $190,990.
                      
This wonderful home is totally complete and ready for move-in.  If you need down payment assistance, it is available... but only if you close by September 30, 2008.  The down … (6 comments)

Memories of Eloping... In A Sparkling, Bright and Shiny 1962 Chevy Impala ! - 08/09/08 09:44 PM
I was driving back to my office after meeting with a buyer and a builder, and there it was !  Off to the side of the road... in a cul-de-sac... just sitting there looking all pretty and such.
What was it... ?  It was a 1962 Chevy Impala.  Cream colored, two door, looking pretty much like it did the day the original buyer drove it off the lot.
One might ask... what's the big deal about a 1962 Chevy ?  Well... forty-six years ago... it was my "elopement car."  It was the car that my sweetie and I drove when we "transported … (32 comments)

Donna Answers The Phone... What a Concept ! And What An Attitude ! - 08/09/08 09:22 PM
Recently, I was trying to get some information about a home that a buyer called me about.  It was mid last week... Wednesday, I think.
I had called perhaps three new home builder sales offices.  No Answer.  I tried their cell phones... and again... no answer.  I had just gotten off the phone with this "new prospect..." and I really wanted to give good service by getting back to him promptly.
                                     
So there I was... just about locked out of getting the information I needed to get back to this prospect.  What can I do ?  Who can I call ?  … (26 comments)

Fort Worth Hulen Area 2600 sf Two Story... Now Priced at $216,990 ! - 08/05/08 08:36 PM
With the end of this builder's fiscal year getting closer and closer, this lovely four bedroom two story has been reduced from $225,981 to $216,990.
Now... remember... as your "New Home Hunter..."  I see beautiful homes everyday, and this one just made me simply stand there and stare.  Brick and Stone Custom Front, with a turret sheltering the front entry.  Notice the artistic touches on the custom brick and stone work !  The Brick and Stone front of this exceptional home is included in the price of $225,981... which is now $216,990.
 
With a Gourmet Kitchen like this charming home has, … (22 comments)

700 Bur Oak, Burleson, Texas... $198,900... Part 3 - 08/02/08 11:10 PM
The Gorgeous Burleson, Texas home sits just at the entrance to a back cul-de-sac in the neighborhood... providing for a great low-traffic and low-noise area for great family living.  The home is priced at $198,900 and is 2720 sq ft in size.

 
 
This view of the the gourmet country kitchen is taken from halfway up the open stairway to the upstairs game room and secondary bedrooms.
The hard-surface island and counter-tops are great for easy clean up.
 
 
If you've got a nice-sized family, or like to have all your friends over for family picnics and/or bar-be-ques... this … (4 comments)

700 Bur Oak, Burleson, Texas - $198,900 - Part 2 - 08/02/08 10:44 PM
These full-sized pictures give you a much better idea of the roomy interior of 700 Bur Oak in Burleson, Texas.  The home is very competitively priced at $198,900... and is 2720 sq ft in size.

 
Just off the ceramic-tiled entry foyer is a formal dining room. 
It is quite spacious, and if you are not a family who uses a formal dining room, it serves very well as a third living area, or a media room.
It is also ideal for those needing a home office.
 
 
The gourmet country-sized kitchen is quite spacious. 
Featured are 42 inch … (4 comments)

 
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