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Honesty and Real Estate — Who Can You Trust?

By Bethany Erickson / October 6, 2018 /
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This week’s social media-generated story actually came about as the result of two different stories about honesty we asked readers to react to — one that gave a shockingly low number of those surveyed who felt that Realtors were trustworthy, and another that delved into the depth and scope of MLS manipulation.

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From Facebook: The Technology That Keeps Us Productive

By Bethany Erickson / September 29, 2018 /

Technology can be a giant pain in the butt, but it can also keep us remarkably productive. It’s also pretty amazing that what we have now often wasn’t available 10 years ago, even, but there is an entire generation that has never known that you couldn’t always carry your computer in your back pocket. Just…

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From Facebook: If You Want to Sell Your House, Do This

By Bethany Erickson / September 22, 2018 /
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While it might seem like it is easy to sell your house in Dallas when the average days on market hover around 44 (the state average in July was 56) and months of inventory in July hit 2.8 months in Dallas and 3.6 months statewide, it does take some effort still. And that knowledge spurred…

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From Facebook: Why You’re Probably Doing Your Home Cooling All Wrong

By Bethany Erickson / September 1, 2018 /
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After last week’s lengthy look at what buyers and sellers should know about the home buying process, we thought we’d take a look at something that seems to be the genesis of many a family argument — home cooling. In the summer, especially in Texas, it seems like the AC is switched on by mid-May…

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From Facebook: What Every Buyer and Seller Should Know

By Bethany Erickson / August 26, 2018 /

After our previous discussion on Realtor commissions, we thought we’d take the opportunity to let real estate professionals of all stripes flex their knowledge with two questions that we asked over two weeks that should be good advice for every buyer and seller out there. So for our Aug. 10 and 17  Friday Questions, we…

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