We're blown away... Realtor.com featured us again in one of their articles. This time Chandler is quoted about savvy buyer negotiation techniques.  http://www.realtor.com/advice/buy/craziest-tactics-to-buy-a-home/

We did it again! Realtor.com recently interviewed Chandler to be featured in an article they published about wacky home buyer stories.  This article is hilarious and contains some good tips. See for yourself:  http://www.realtor.com/advice/buy/home-buyers-from-hell/

You can find the original article here: http://www.realtor.com/advice/sell/whip-your-home-into-shape/ I have pasted it below for your convenience: So You Wanna Sell Your Home? Step 1: Whip It Into Shape If you’re looking to sell your home during prime house-shopping season this spring, you’d bette

Doesn't this sound horrible: "Dipping job growth will slow Dallas area real estate market" On the surface, I would assume this is bad news... But is it REALLY? ... no, not even close. This is actually the exact thing that I predicted in my Bubble or Blast Off post when I said this:  "One thing to be

I've been hearing a lot of agents say their business has slowed down lately. The interesting thing is that most agents believe their personal experience is an indication of a macroeconomic trend... Sometimes it actually is and sometimes it isn't. The newest article published by Steve Brown in the Da

A while back I was contacted by a journalist with Realtor.com.  They needed an expert opinion about items that a home buyer might overlook or things that buyers frequently forget to consider. Some of these things might surprise you...  http://www.realtor.com/advice/buy/assuming-your-new-home-has-the

Texas ranked 2nd in the nation for relocation activity last year according to the 2015 Texas Relocation Report released by the Texas Association of Realtors. This is great info. Here are the highlights: Texas is #2 in the country for population gains from out-of-state residents in 2015 (behind Flo

Good morning. Today is the first business day that the new TRID / CFPB rules are in effect. I wanted to pass along this handy guide courtesy of Heidi Gilstrap and First American Title. This is an excellent tool to help explain and navigate the new changes. Please enjoy and feel free to contact us i

As detailed as this video is, it is not meant to be comprehensive and still only covers a fraction of what you need to know when using the 1-4 family residential resale contract promulgated by the Texas Real Estate Commission. To discuss negotiating techniques and best practices of how to use this c

What drives residential real estate growth? There are a lot of things, but one strong catalyst is commercial real estate growth. I suppose you could get into a chicken or the egg conversation, but one thing is for sure... Commercial real estate growth = job growth, and people follow jobs. Ahh, Texas

What we do isn't always easy, but we love what we do.  Video 1: Cat herding. What life is like without a system of best practices in place. Its like herding cats. Video 2: Geese herding. What life is like after a systematic approach using best practices and checklists are implemented. It may not cre

It is important for sellers to consider the condition of their home from the perspective of a potential buyer because that is who we are trying to appeal to. The buyer has no previous knowledge of your house - no nostalgic feelings of home or memories of all the hard work that went into making it lo

When should you list your home for sale? Most people believe that summer is the best time to list your home because that is when the real estate market is busy and active. We can see it moving quickly—yard signs pop up all over the place! And it’s true, more homes sell in the summer than they do in

One branch of Chandler Crouch Realtors (REOmaven.com) works exclusively with HUD homes. REOmaven.com has been listing HUD homes since 2010 and is one of HUD’s most prominent HUD listing brokers in the DFW area. Many times, when a buyer will call the number on our For Sale sign, they don’t even reali

Top negotiators focus on how the other party will perceive their offer and understand the negotiating process is just a very formal conversation between two people to expressing their wants and needs.  Obtaining information about the other party’s situation, needs, wants, and mindset is crucial to d

An offer is made when a buyer fills out the actual purchase/sell contract (blank TREC contract templates) with a price and terms that the buyer would be happy to agree to and delivers it to the seller. To “accept” the offer, the seller simply initials and signs the contract without making any change