30Aug 2017 by Frederick Alzner

After the Flood: 10 Immediate Action Items

Social Media, Texas
In the wake of the devastating consequences of Hurricane Harvey, Champions School of Real Estate Home Inspection Instructor Fred Willcox shared the following list of ten things of immediate importance to do after a flood: Immediate Actions to Take You MUST call/notify your insurance company immediately of your loss. Carefully photograph and record make, model and serial numbers of everything that was damaged. Many of your items may disappear when the water remediation contractors start helping you. Remove all your portable valuables. Strangers wanting to help may be in your house. Remove everything that has been wet from your house that you can remove. Anything based on a wooden/paper/fiber products (drywall (which is commonly called sheetrock), carpet, rugs, hardwood flooring, window treatments, furniture, etc.) can and will support microbial organic…
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23Feb 2016 by Karla Lárraga

Looking for a family-friendly city to live in? Look no further than Texas!

Texas, Trends
  Apartment List's 2016 ranking of the best cities for young families repeats what we've been hearing in the news for years: if you want to live in a family-friendly environment, move to Texas! Apartment List took a number of factors into consideration as they determined the rankings of nearly 500 cities nationwide. By comparing criminality, child friendliness, education and housing, they determined that nearly 20% of their top 100 cities nationwide are in Texas. Of the top 20? Nearly half! The Houston suburbs of Pearland (10th), League City (18th) and Sugar Land (71st) made the the top 100 list, while overall, DFW suburbs took high spots: Allen led the nation with its first-place spot, followed by Frisco (4th), McKinney(6th), Flower Mound (8th) with Plano (No. 23), Lewisville (No. 33), Carrollton (No. 45),…
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20Aug 2015 by Karla Lárraga

Which Home Feature Rules in Texas?

Texas
An article from Realtor.com named Wet Bars, Hot Tubs, and More: What Home Feature Rules in Your State? recently dived into over a million listings nation-wide to figure our what are the most in-demand home features in each state in the nation. "Diversity is one of the United States’ greatest assets—and that’s true even in home design! Especially in home design, in fact. From coast to coast, the way we like to live varies enormously. Sitting in a covered patio sipping cocktails after a refreshing dip in the pool, Texans may wonder what kind of house their Delaware compatriots live in. Are they chilling in their master rooms? Cowering in their storm shelters? Swinging on their gazebos? ... Our data team took a deep dive into our 1.5 million active listings of single-family homes for sale and parsed…
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