Wayne's Collin County Blog

The landscaping looks great! Planters are in place! You’re really amazed at just how beautiful your yard is now. You’ve spent a great deal of time and effort on creating an inviting curb and landscape for potential buyers to see. Still you don’t seem to be getting the buyer hits that you had hope...

The front door is one of the first things a homebuyer will notice about your home. Nothing is as impressive an eye catcher as the front door. Therefore, the front door will give the buyer his first impression about the home you are selling.  A seller must remember that he only gets one chance to ...

Adding color to your home makes selling easier. When people look at your home, they notice the size and shape, but their minds are drawn toward drama and color. If you offered a view of your home that thrives on drawing the eye toward the home, you are in a great position to sell your home. The b...

First impressions are the first step in selling a home. When a home buyer drives by your home, he gets his first ideas about your house. How he perceives your home at that moment will be his basis for either thinking about your home or driving on down the street without stopping. Those first impr...

  During the past few months the lack of inventory in our market has been hard to deal with.  Having buyers looking and not finding anything move in ready has been a challenge.  There has been a comeback to the multiple offer situations where people are competing for homes.  Many homes have been ...

It seems to be happening much too often.  I get the call and I can tell they are upset with something.  The seller is furious and wants to know who left the door open, broke the mini blinds and turned up the heat in the house?  Well maybe not all three all the time, but there seems to always be o...

  I have worked with many investors and first time buyers through the years that make their home purchases with cash. Cash transactions can be easier but is it the best way to purchase real estate?   Benefits of a cash transaction.   1.  You can buy anything no matter how bad the condition is. Ma...

“Clients loved the home but need something at $1,900 a month that includes pool service and pest control.” I received this feedback from an agent yesterday who brought her client to a lease listing of mine.  The home they looked at was listed at $2,700 a month.  You might be asking yourself why t...

Here are some great deals available to veterans this week.  This is not an exhaustive list so be sure and carry that DD214 with you this week to take advantage of deals that you could run into around the Collin County area.   Applebee’s – free meal, Friday, Nov. 11: Applebee’s is offering a free ...

It is depressing to think that for the last 30 years we have used has used the same space shuttles in NASA.  Original onboard computers were state of the art 286 processors and the onboard flight instruments were analog like you would find in a 70s airplane.  These systems are now upgraded with f...