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April 8, 2014

Information About Brokerage Services: What’s All The Fuss?

The Information About Brokerage Services form has been updated and is mandatory for use as of February 1, 2016. We advise you to take a look at the new form and our breakdown of what it...

January 2, 2014

Get Your Homestead Tax Exemption

You Can Now File Your Homestead Tax Exemption It wasn’t all that long ago when we mentioned getting your paperwork in order for things like the Homestead Tax Exemption and now that we have moved into 2014,...

October 19, 2013

Texas Metro Areas Rank High In US Housing Market Recovery

ix Texas metro areas have made large gains in the housing market recovery index produced by Homes.com. The Rebound Report takes a look at local market index data from years past and compares it to current figures. Using...

October 11, 2013

Texas Housing Shortage Causing Bidding Wars

exas housing faired better during the recession than most states, with prices dipping only 2.5% from 2007 to 2011. With its available land and low construction costs, builders were able to meet demand in the...

October 5, 2013

6 Texas Cities Make List Of Top 25 For Global Trade

If you read anything about Texas and Texas businesses, you already know that the state has shown strong growth and development in global trade over the years. As the world’s 15th largest economy, Texas continually...

August 23, 2013

Move Over Or Slow Down – New Changes To The Law

Move Over Or Slow Down Change Begins September 1st Texas motorists will have a new reason to “move over or slow down” on September 1st, when the law changes. Previously, motorists were required to change...

February 26, 2013

Texas Roadside Assistance (800) 525-5555

Texas Is A Friendly State For those of you who have never lived in Texas, Texans are a pretty helpful and friendly bunch. We have strong opinions about a lot of things, but it still...

February 25, 2013

Texas Law Library – Looking For The Law?

Where Does The Law Say That? A visitor to the site once asked me if I happened to know where they could find the statute that makes Texas a non-disclosure state. I didn’t know, but...

November 16, 2012

Who Chooses The Title Company In Texas?

Here in San Antonio (and Texas in general), we use title companies to close our transactions when selling and purchasing homes. The purpose of the title company is two-fold; firstly, to manage all the incoming funds and...

October 2, 2012

Intermediary: Is It Right For You?

So in the first part of the series on intermediary we spent playing out a brief scenario set that introduced everyone to the concept of intermediary. Today we’re here to re-cap, and then outline important...

October 1, 2012

Inter-what? Intermediary In Texas Real Estate

A tricky little technicality that most buyers and sellers don’t know about real estate in Texas is that, while they may think they are working with a single agent as their representative, they have actually...

March 9, 2012

King Ranch Chicken – A Texas Classic

On a cold, rainy day, there’s little to do and a certain need for warm, comfort food. King Ranch Chicken is the perfect dish for a day like today. You can also have a bottle...