Most real estate owners have had problems with taking care of their property at one point or another. Handling one’s personal home is a difficult task that requires a substantial amount of time. That said, the responsibility, stress, and effort required for the task increases exponentially if a person becomes the owner of more than [...]
Did you know as a property owner in Arlington, the City of Arlington provides a rebate program on single family dwelling improvements? Yes, indeed. The City under Chapter 380 of the Texas Local Government Code is authorized “to provide incentives consisting of loans and grants of City funds, use of City personnel, facilities and services [...]
The Texas Association of Realtors released its first quarter report on the Texas housing market this week. They found that the Texas real estate market had “gained positive momentum in the first quarter of 2012″ and that the “volume of single-family home sales in Texas was 12% higher than the same quarter of 2011 and [...]
If own a rental property but do not engage a property manager, you might want to look over a few points so see if you could benefit from such service. It could be that your valuable time is being taken up administrating your properties or that you are having difficulty handling problems that you never [...]
The Texas Apartment Association is holding its 2012 Education Conference and Lone Star Expo at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio this Thursday to Saturday, April 19 to 21. The theme of this year’s conference is “Game On!” The TAA is a non-profit statewide trade association dedicated to unifying rental housing professionals through [...]
If your property is within two miles of a suburban community, in what FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) calls the “Wildland Urban Interface” (WUI), there is an increasing danger of being subject to wildfires that continue to occur due to the continuing drought conditions in Texas which are predicted to carry on into next year. [...]
The Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University reported this week that existing home sales across the state surged in February, reflecting a stronger market and an improving economy. “Better weather than February last year,” said Real Estate Center Research Economist Dr. Jim Gaines. “In some cases, the increased sales occurred within the lower-priced home market as [...]
CoreLogic, a California-based provider of real estate information and analytics, issued a report that home prices in the Fort Worth-Arlington area decreased in January from a year ago. While this might be seen as bad news, this figure includes the sales of distressed properties and only represents a 1.9 percent drop compared with January 2011. [...]
Disaster relief is an important issue in an area where the elements can quickly turn against house and property. It pays to be knowledgeable about such matters. On this coming Monday and Tuesday, March 19th and 20th, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is holding an informational fair on flood safety in the Arlington City [...]
As a service, we are publishing here the information page from the Texas Attorney General on renter’s rights. The thought that property management is an easy task that can be undertaken by anyone on a part-time casual basis is permanently dispelled by the following. It is a heavy responsibility being a landlord and one that [...]
