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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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The housing market has been crazy for the past few years, and it’s time for another check-in. Has anything changed? What does the housing market look like right now? Let’s find out in today’s housing market update. A Quick Look BackDuring the lockout, interest rates lowered to unbelievable rates. We were looking at interest rates
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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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In recent years, the real estate market has been incredibly competitive. We have very few houses and the ones we do have sell for way above the asking price. However, we may have seen our first indicator that things are finally slowing down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGQmNtplfMM&ab_channel=Tom%27sTexasRealty The First Indicator?Mortgage applications are down 63% from last year in
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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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One of the most common questions I hear from people who are looking to buy a home is whether or they should buy a new or pre-owned house. Let’s talk about it. Today, I want to look at the advantages of buying a new house compared to a pre-owned house. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-uhW8GpuAw&t=1329s&ab_channel=Tom%27sTexasRealty PriceThis should come as
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Many people would tell you that if you want to invest in something, you should invest in the stock market. I’m not most people. Personally, I think that real estate is a much better investment than stocks. Let me explain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPgwe4UK2Qs&t=1647s&ab_channel=Tom%27sTexasRealty Supply and demandThis is my own personal theory, and let me preface this by
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