Explore, Learn, Buy, Sell Fort Hood, TX Real Estate
Takeaways Make and implement a maintenance plan now so you don’t forget and leave important maintenance unattended. Make the most of your home’s being vacant, before you move in. Do it now, while you’re in the “new home” frame of mind – otherwise you’ll never get around to it. Just joking, there’s not 1,723 things […]
Note: The Texas Association of Realtors and TREC update promulgated forms regularly. For the most recent updates, check with TAR, TREC, or contact me at brian@starpointerealty.com. Note: I am a real estate professional, not a lawyer. Nothing herein should be construed as legal advice or instructions. BLUF Listing agreements are between you and brokers, not […]
Do you need a Realtor to sell your home? That is the question! Tips on when you need a real estate agent to sell your home, and when you don’t.
Having already discussed Killeen and Harker Heights, now we are in Copperas Cove, looking for the 6 best neighborhoods. I used similar methods – looking for established neighborhoods at decent price points where investors have a better chance of finding home owners with equity (a difficult problem in the Fort Hood buyer’s market with builders, VA […]
Note: The Texas Association of Realtors and TREC update promulgated forms regularly. For the most recent updates, check with TAR, TREC, or contact me at brian@starpointerealty.com. Note: I am a real estate professional, not a lawyer. Nothing herein should be construed as legal advice or instructions. BLUF Realtors are not lawyers. The execution date is after […]
I have a fun, not-too-serious personality test for home sellers. Which one are you? Take the Test! Click here if the quiz does not load above. It is based on the DISC Personality model. As an agent, there are reams of reams of training on how to adapt our own conduct and engagement based […]
I explain why the homes you find on Zillow and Trulia in the Fort Hood area have already sold.
Note: The Texas Association of Realtors and TREC update promulgated forms regularly. For the most recent updates, check with TAR, TREC, or contact me at brian@starpointerealty.com. Note: I am a real estate professional, not a lawyer. Nothing herein should be construed as legal advice or instructions. BLUF The option period is a buyer’s only guaranteed […]
This loan type is worth looking into if you are a Texas resident and military veteran or service member.
Step by step instructions on how to file for your Bell County, TX property tax exemptions like the homestead, 65+ years old, VA disability, as well as update your voter registration and driver’s license address.
Note: The Texas Association of Realtors and TREC update promulgated forms regularly. For the most recent updates, check with TAR, TREC, or contact me at brian@starpointerealty.com. Note: I am a real estate professional, not a lawyer. Nothing herein should be construed as legal advice or instructions. BLUF All agreements between buyer and seller must be […]
Updated 2/3/18; Originally published 3/9/16 Harker Heights is known as the Fort Hood area city with the higher home values (approximately 50% higher than the median Fort Hood area home). It has many more established parts of town that have maintained their property values even in the face of rampant building and growth in the area. And […]
The differences between these methods of buying homes in Texas, when to use them, and when to not.
Note: The Texas Association of Realtors and TREC update promulgated forms regularly. For the most recent updates, check with TAR, TREC, or contact me at brian@starpointerealty.com. Note: I am a real estate professional, not a lawyer. Nothing herein should be construed as legal advice or instructions. BLUF Sellers should keep insurance on their property through […]
Even after the 2014 hailstorms, many Killeen and Harker Heights homeowners have not had their roofs replaced. They should if preparing to sell…
Why drive two hours roundtrip for Austin’s live music and beverage selection when there is something so much closer to home? The Stillhouse Wine Room is a classy, upscale wine bar on Stan Schlueter in Killeen.
Note: The Texas Association of Realtors and TREC update promulgated forms regularly. For the most recent updates, check with TAR, TREC, or contact me at brian@starpointerealty.com. Note: I am a real estate professional, not a lawyer. Nothing herein should be construed as legal advice or instructions. BLUF Your lender is the best point of contact […]
Note: The Texas Association of Realtors and TREC update promulgated forms regularly. For the most recent updates, check with TAR, TREC, or contact me at brian@starpointerealty.com. Note: I am a real estate professional, not a lawyer. Nothing herein should be construed as legal advice or instructions. BLUF Your agent probably doesn’t want to put anything […]
Last week, I dug into some Killeen neighborhoods that flippers and wholesellers might consider exploring. Now let’s check out Harker Heights! I also went over last week the several reasons why Killeen flippers and wholesellers face headwinds. Many of those same headwinds apply to Harker Heights. There are still builders galore, the average year homes […]
How does it affect the price if you sell your home vacant versus while living in it? I studied the Ft. Hood area (Killeen, Harker Heights, Copperas Cove) MLS stats to come up with an answer, and it was the complete opposite of what I expected.
Note: The Texas Association of Realtors and TREC update promulgated forms regularly. For the most recent updates, check with TAR, TREC, or contact me at brian@starpointerealty.com. Note: I am a real estate professional, not a lawyer. Nothing herein should be construed as legal advice or instructions. BLUF You can “move in” or “move out” either […]
I have a fun, not-too-serious personality test for home buyers. Which one are you? Take the Test! Click here if the quiz does not load above. It is based on the DISC Personality model. As an agent, there are reams of reams of training on how to adapt our own conduct and engagement based on […]
I don’t consider Killeen to be great for flippers and wholesellers. There are several headwinds that flippers face in the Killeen market. Firstly, there is a lot of building in Killeen. A typical home in Killeen was was built in 2001. And builders are still going strong. Why buy a flip with a dated floor plan when […]
Note: The Texas Association of Realtors and TREC update promulgated forms regularly. For the most recent updates, check with TAR, TREC, or contact me at brian@starpointerealty.com. Note: I am a real estate professional, not a lawyer. Nothing herein should be construed as legal advice or instructions. Welcome! The previous paragraphs were Paragraphs 1 & 2: […]
Note: The Texas Association of Realtors and TREC update promulgated forms regularly. For the most recent updates, check with TAR, TREC, or contact me at brian@starpointerealty.com. Note: I am a real estate professional, not a lawyer. Nothing herein should be construed as legal advice or instructions. The contracts are always changing. Resources like mine here […]
Those who know me know that duplexes and fourplexes are a specialty of mine. Rightfully so, as I own my own fourplex in Killeen, back while still in the Army. I’m also a multi-family evangelist, and in particular have extolled buy-and-hold investors to try the Fort Hood multi-family market. Empirically, I felt I was witnessing […]
The Internet, web portals like Zillow, virtual tour technology, iBuyers like Opendoor, AI, blockchain, all seem to be conspiring together to end the real estate agent as we know it. But, if it ever happens, it won’t be happening soon. Here’s why!
Some top producing Texas Realtors have never even touched a VA loan. Not here in the Fort Hood area. By far, the VA loan is the most prevalent loan type, making up over half of the transactions in the area. The next closest method of payment was cash deals, comprising 19% of the market. 2015 […]
The final verdict is in on the Fort Hood real estate market in 2015 – trending upwards!
I was looking for a client in the SW side of Killeen for a client who wanted to stay in the Shoemaker High School district. He wanted something newer but at a great price, so I of course thought “Bridgewood foreclosure”. Bridgewood Estates is a newer subdivision on the corner of Clear Creek and Stan […]
Zillow and the National Association of Realtors are in full scale war, and the consequences could be terrifying for real estate agents.
The best is subjective, but here is a list of the Fort Hood area’s top producing real estate agents according to RealTrends.
What is your Debt to Income (DTI) Ratio and why does it matter when getting approved for a home loan? How do you calculate your DTI?
My series on the Realtor Code of Ethics, Articles 6 and 7 about disclosing referral fees, compensation, commissions and other income as an agent.
The Texas Association of Realtors (TAR) 1-4 Family Purchase Contract Pargraph 9: Closing, explained and discussed.
5 Random tips on what to expect and how to better manage living in the Fort Hood Area (Killeen, Harker Heights, Copperas Cove, etc.)
