Kathryn Roan

Debunking The Top 10 Myths About Realtors, And Why Being an Agent Isn't All Roses All The Time

By Kathryn Roan / February 19, 2014 /

We’ve all heard these questions or statements at one time or another, so I decided to answer them in an easy-to-digest list you can forward to all your associates and misinformed friends. Whether buying, selling, leasing, or looking, many clients or prospective clients have offered at least one of these statements to us, and we’ve…

Ranch of the Week: Fall in Love in Poetry, Texas

By Kathryn Roan / February 14, 2014 /

I’m not the only one who is in love with my later-in-life hometown of Poetry, Texas. Author Janice Thompson even wrote a novel starring the 1800s version of this darling little town. Located just over 10 miles east of Rockwall, Poetry is a charming country community with sandy loam soil, populated almost entirely by horse owners,…

Ranch of the Week: Dreams of Warmer Days

By Kathryn Roan / February 7, 2014 /

At the sincere risk of redundancy, I’m going to join the whine-train and whimper about the weather a little bit. I’m cold. My horses are cold. I’m merely assuming all my toes are still attached. My entire property has that wet, turtle pond smell that we all know and love. Come spring, it will be…

Ranch of the Week: Home Is Where The Horse Is

By Kathryn Roan / January 31, 2014 /

Horse people are an efficient bunch. As a rule, we are much more concerned with the “creature comforts” for our animals than ourselves. Searching for property, the land is way more important than the house, and I’m repeatedly asked by clients to find them a “tiny house on a big piece of land.” And, quite frankly, we…

Ranch of the Week: All the Bells and Whistles in Bells, TX

By Kathryn Roan / January 24, 2014 /

Typically, Dallasites do not think of Grayson County as a go-to destination for vacation homes. Most of you just thought “Grayson County? Isn’t that near San Antonio?” Not so, friends. Just 66 miles north of Dallas, the county seat of Sherman boasts a population of 39,000-plus and a rich historical heritage. Remember when the signs on…