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What Not To Fix When Selling a House: 5 Things in 2025
The real estate landscape has transformed dramatically following the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) settlement in March 2024. These commission structure changes officially took effect on August 17, 2024, and we’re now seeing their real-world…
Selling a House Without a Realtor in Texas: An Essential Guide
Selling a home is one of the largest financial transactions most people will ever make, and doing it without a realtor adds another layer of responsibility. While skipping the agent can save you thousands in…
Tech Roundup: The Best Real Estate Software for Investors
For any real estate investment, efficiency is king. A significant aspect of efficiency is managing your budget and costs. Inefficient expenses range from relying on a conventional listing agent to spending too much on holding…
How to Sell a House by Owner in Texas: 4 Steps To Get Right
The traditional way of selling homes (hiring real estate agents) is slowly giving way to a more profitable option: selling by owner, also known as FSBO (For Sale By Owner). This do-it-yourself model has been…
Do You Need Property Value Analysis Software?
There’s an old saying in real estate: You make your money when you buy, not when you sell. But buying and selling are so strategically interwoven that you can only make good decisions on buying,…
How to Navigate the Home Selling Journey With Flat Fee MLS
Selling your home is one of life’s most significant financial decisions, and choosing the right strategy can mean the difference between maximizing your profits or leaving money on the table. The median existing-home sales price…
How to Get the Most ROI From Property Investment Software
Margins are tightening for businesses all throughout the real estate industry, and property investors are also squeezed by rising property, renovation, and service costs. While the gross profit for flips has incrementally increased by $2,900…
Investment Success: The Crucial Role of Brokerages for Investors
Real estate investors face a lot of challenges, even in Texas markets that are showing a strong ROI for flips and sales. Some of the dominant challenges in the recent real estate market are financing…
Crunching Numbers: Using an Investment Property Closing Costs Calculator
As the saying goes, in real estate investments, you make your money when you buy, not when you sell. After all, the purchase price is the set point. From there, you can only realize so…
MLS Access for Investors: What You Need to Know
Real estate investing can be a profitable industry. Buying and holding rental properties, purchasing raw land in areas with predicted growth, and flipping run-down properties in popular neighborhoods are all excellent business avenues. In fact,…
