News from Green Residential and around the world of Property Management and rental homes in Houston and Austin.
When selling your home, there are many processes and procedures. However, one of the most important is the home inspection. The majority of home buyers will hire an inspector before closing on a new house. The inspection results are essential for the negotiating process and for ensuring high value on the home.
We’ve all heard about bidding wars before. To hear real estate agents discuss them is like listening to veterans tell exciting wartime stories, or famous athletes reminisce on big games. But how do agents and sellers start bidding wars? Much of it has to do with the current condition of the real estate market, but
When Airbnb started in 2008, the hotel industry didn’t flinch. It was impossible that guests would want to stay in a complete stranger’s home rather than in a hotel with room service and high cleaning standards, right? But that wasn’t the case at all. It took a couple of years for people to start using
If you talk to some real estate investors, you’ll discover that they focus on buying the cheapest houses possible and charging the highest rent they can get. In other words, their primary focus is on immediate cash flow. And while it’s smart to think about cash flow, a rental property is more than four walls,
Do you have a disproportionately high turnover rate? Do good tenants seem to leave every time a lease agreement expires? Do you seem to have to work harder to retain tenants than other landlords you know in the area? If these issues sound familiar, then you may need to reconsider your approach to property management
In most areas around the country, the real estate market has experienced a nice post-recession recovery and homes are going under contract within days of being put on the market. If this is true in your local market, yet you have a home that’s been listed for weeks or months, then it’s easy to get