Showings That Sell: 6 Expert Staging Tips

After the steps have been taken to stage your home to sell and great photos have been taken in order to get buyers in the door, it’s important to be able to maintain this look for however long it takes to sell the home. Most likely you’ve already … [Read more...]

What The House? What is a Jack and Jill Bathroom?

To kick off her summer sloth, my teenage daughter recently started watching a TV series she referenced as “an old series called 90210.” I was excited to potentially rehash some old storylines until I realized she was talking about an already finished … [Read more...]

To Hire or Not to Hire (a Paint Contractor) . . . That is the Question.

 The following is a guest post by Jason Kyle Sapp of Kyle Developing LLC with some advice on how to decide if you should hire someone to paint your house or tackle that job yourself. Jason has been running his family business in the New Braunfels … [Read more...]

What The House? What is a Banister?

We found out the hard way that one missing banister could hold up the closing on the sale of our house. I mean my husband and I bought the house without one, so we assumed that we could sell it that way too. Our assumptions were wrong. But let me … [Read more...]

What The House? What is an Egress Window?

"This house has a really cool basement with a cool room and bathroom, but the room isn't listed as a bedroom. Why doesn't it count as a bedroom?" This is a question a client asked me today and I remember wondering the same thing about a previous … [Read more...]

Do Real Estate Photos Matter?

"You have 10-30 seconds to impress me." It has been over a decade since I was sitting across the desk from a record label executive who said these exact words to me. The company I was working with had set up about 5 meetings like this to market a … [Read more...]

5 Improvements That Add Value To Your New Braunfels Home

  Regardless of whether you are planning on selling your home or not it is always a good idea to consider the literal value your home improvement jobs will add to your home. There is usually an actual number you can put on it. I recently … [Read more...]