Dallas Real Estate and Short Sale Blog

Gina and I attended a book release party a few months ago. Eve Mayer Orsburn was releasing her book titled, Social Media for the CEO – The Why and ROI of Social Media for the CEO of Today and Tomorrow. With more and more companies adding social media to their marketing campaigns, many CEOs want t...

I've been reading all the recent posts on who gets featured and why. The recent series started with Bob Stewart's post titled, "Why Was THAT Post Featured?" and quickly followed up with posts by Richard Weisser, Nestor & Katerina Gasset, and Lenn Harley. To some extent it is a numbers game. Thos...

Growing up in the 1960’s and early 1970’s, I remember all the great Rock Bands—Aerosmith, 38 Special, Molly Hatchet, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix just to name a few. The 1980’s may have been the best decade for rock with bands like Van Halen, Def Leopa...

Being relatively new to ActiveRain, I could not help but notice all the really cool stuff people had on their ActiveRain sidebars. For the life of me I could not figure out how they did this for the longest time. I received an email from another AR member today asking how to do this.   For all th...

David and Wendy Miller own a beautiful four bedroom home in the Dallas suburbs where they're raising their two young children. They have a large wooded yard for summer fun, backyard barbecues, and where their dog, Jake, loves to chase squirrels. The Millers have lived on Cypress Drive for seven ...

CB Jeni Homes has announced the development of new single-level townhomes in The Settlement at Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas. These two and three bedroom, single-level townhomes will range from 1600 to 2100 square feet and will be priced from $195k to $230k. The standard up-scale finish-out will...

I bid on one on January 2nd only to see it cancelled on the 3rd. I called, emailed, and faxed but no answer. I submitted another bid on the third just to be safe. I guess their system needs some work... Tom   With the search avenues available to consumers it's likely that you, the consumer, will...

While Texas does not have the same climate, the sun can quickly kill the look of a wooden deck. A fresh looking deck can be a major selling point, a badly worn one... Tom Deck Maintenance - Make or Break a Home's Presentation Attention all Sellers!!! I simply must address this topic - you may ev...

This is a video testimonial from a homebuyer in Allen, Texas. This post is written as a submission to the ActiveRain Kodak Video Challenge contest. I have the chance to win the KODAK PLAYTOUCH Pocket Video Camera, great for realtors looking to create wide angle home tours and real estate marketin...

A couple of weeks ago a lender ordered an appraisal on one of my Short Sale listings. He had been hired by the lender to set the value. He was an out-of-area appraiser and did not have a SUPRA key, so one of us had to meet him at the property. As we went through the property together, we noted th...