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Throughout my time working in real estate, I have come into contact with many Homeowners Associations. HOAs can vary drastically from neighborhood to neighborhood, so today I want to talk about some of the things that you need to look out for if you’re buying a house in a neighborhood with an HOA. What Is […]
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So, you’ve saved up some money and you think you’re ready to buy a house in Texas. Congratulations! You’re about to make one of the biggest and best investments you’ll ever make in your lifetime. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to have hundreds of thousands of dollars saved to put a contract down
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If you’re starting to invest in real estate, you may have heard the terms “cap rate” and “cash-on-cash return.” If you’re like me when I got into investing, you probably have no idea what those terms mean. Today I want to explain what cap rates and cash-on-cash returns are and why they are important. Cap
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You may have heard in a recent episode of Tom Talks that I’m looking into buying a property to convert into an Airbnb here in Fort Worth. As I was running the numbers, it occurred to me that there may be some people who want to invest in an Airbnb but do not know where
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There’s a new neighborhood with a lot of homes in West Fort Worth called Palmilla Springs. Today, we’re going to take an in-depth look at this neighborhood and the new homes being built in it. There are three builders currently building new homes in this neighborhood: HistoryMaker, Sandlin, and Meritage. Each builder’s houses in this
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It’s no secret that the housing market is incredibly competitive right now. Currently, we only have one month’s worth of inventory here in Dallas and Fort Worth. This means that if we were to stop listing houses on the market, we would run out in a month. Not only are houses selling way over the
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In one of our recent podcast episodes, we mentioned that houses lose value over time. This is called depreciation. Today we are going to take an in-depth look at depreciation and how you can actually take advantage of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syu4EPmiav8&ab_channel=Tom%27sTexasRealty The Value in Losing ValueThe Tax Code allows for investors to depreciate a house because
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It can be extremely difficult to find new houses for a reasonable price, but they do exist. Today let’s take a look at six different new communities in Fort Worth where you can find a house for under $300,000. This list was originally compiled by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. See their article here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj5hJlD_ZHI&ab_channel=Tom%27sTexasRealty Palmilla SpringsThis
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I recently had someone ask me if there is a way to avoid paying capital gains and I thought this was a great question, so I wanted to talk about it here. Let’s break this down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5BJjXdlpkY&ab_channel=Tom%27sTexasRealty What Are Capital Gains?There are two types of taxes that most of us generally have to deal with.
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Ever since the start of the pandemic, the housing market has been in a weird and crazy place. One of the most common concerns that you might have heard about is the rate of foreclosures on homes. Today, I want to examine just how much the pandemic has had an effect on foreclosure rates. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT-CcxGDcSo&t=334s&ab_channel=Tom%27sTexasRealty
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