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PropTech has been the buzzword in the real estate industry for the past few years. People are looking for ways to disrupt this traditional industry whether through revolutionizing ways of living, changing mode of operation, or coming up with new models of investments. Post the 2008 financial crisis, disruptions now known as Housing and Homebuilding…

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Hi, this is Gina Mullen with Gina Mullen Realty and I'm here to answer all your questions on real estate and give you some tips and tricks. Today we're going to talk about new construction and specifically, "Do I need an inspection on a new construction home?" The answer is YES. So although the builder has every intention of building everything to …

Hi, this is Gina Mullen with Gina Mullen Realty and I'm here to answer all your questions regarding real estate and give you some tips and tricks. So today we're going to talk about relocation. I have relocated many times myself so I'm very familiar with the process from both sides. We are here to help you find where you're going to settle yourself…

So there has been a shift. No, we're not saying that the market is getting ready to go bust, but what we are saying is that we're seeing some differences in the market. So no longer are we seeing houses on a regular basis selling in just a few days on the market. That seems to have gone by the wayside unless it's just a spectacular house because it…

Hi, this is Gina Mullen with Gina Mullen Realty and I'm here to answer all of your real estate questions and give you some tips and tricks. So today we're going to talk about a repair amendment. So this is a document that the buyer gives to the seller during the option period. They are usually items that are found on an inspection report that the b…

So one of the biggies is a pool. Everybody loves a pool, especially here in Texas. A pool's a great way to cool off in the summertime, but make sure you put a pool in because you want a pool because you will not see really any of that money on return on the sale side. Houses with pools do not necessarily comp out at a higher price per square foot t…

Hi, this is Gina Mullen with Gina Mullen Realty and I'm here to answer all your questions regarding real estate and give you some tips and tricks as well. We get asked a lot of times “Where can I build new and be in the Argyle School District?” So there's a lot of options right now for building new in the Argyle School District. So starting on the …

Today we're going to talk about HGTVs 2019 smart home that is located in Roanoke, Texas. This home, if you've seen the pictures, is just fantastic. There are so many things in this home that appeals to the modern buyer. We've got all the technology in there such as voice activated lights. You can dim them, you can make them brighter. There is a swa…

Today we're going to talk about the loans most commonly seen in a residential real estate transaction. The first is a conventional loan. This allows for as little as a 3% down payment. Mortgage insurance is required if the loan value is more than 80%. Business assets can be used for closing funds only, gifts can be used for down payment, and your c…

Hi, this is Gina Mullen with Gina Mullen Realty and I'm here to answer all your questions on real estate and give you some tips and tricks as well. Today we're going to talk about curb appeal. We want our curb appeal to have the most dramatic effect possible. We want people to drive up and go, "Wow, the front of the house looks great!" So how do we…

Hi, this is Gina Mullen with Gina Mullen Realty and I'm here to answer all your questions regarding real estate and give you some tips and tricks. Today we're going to talk about pricing your home to sell. This is a great time of year to talk about this. It's the busy time and we're getting ready for a lot of houses to hit the market and one of the…

Hi, this is Gina Mullen with Gina Mullen Realty and today we're going to talk about for-sale-by-owners versus hiring a real estate agent. So, a lot of for-sale-by-owners think that they're going to put their house on the market. This is going to be great, they're going to save all of this real estate commission. I'm not really sure for-sale-by-owne…

There are a lot of websites out there that will provide you information regarding the real estate in the area. One of the most important things to know is that Texas is a non-disclosure state, meaning that when a property sells, it is not disclosed to the general public or to companies who are seeking that information. So a lot of times the Interne…

This is Gina Mullen with Gina Mullen Realty, today we're going to talk about the appraisal process. So when you go to buy a home and you are getting financing on that home, your lender is going to require an appraisal on the property. We are having a difficult time sometimes with our luxury new construction in some of the areas in and around the Da…

I think that there are some people out there that believe that real estate agents just fill in the blanks, that there's not a whole lot to it. There's these blanks that need to be filled in, and it's pretty self-explanatory what needs to be done and they just fill in the blanks and that we are just relieving the sellers or the buyers of having to d…

Hi, this is Gina Mullen with Gina Mullen Realty, answering questions that you have about real estate. Today we're going to be talking about “how do we get our house ready to sell?” So we always have a staging appointment with our clients where our team comes in. A staging appointment used to be where you decorated the home, maybe brought in some fu…

Hi, this is Gina Mullen with Gina Mullen Realty and today we are going to talk about what buyers want, which also affects sellers as well. When we look at listing a home and the seller asks, “well what should we do to our home?” Well we definitely should only do updates that are going to make an impact and updates that will appeal to what people ar…

This is Gina Mullen, with Gina Mullen Realty, answering your questions about real estate. Today we're going to talk about should I stay or should I go? We talk all the time with clients about, “well I think I want to see if more money before I move” or “I think I want to see what the market does.” So right now what we're seeing is interest rates ha…

Hi, this is Gina Mullen with Gina Mullen Realty and today we are going to talk about a 203K Loan, which people refer to as, you know, “That loan that I'm going to get that is going to help me renovate my house.” So most people think that when you do a 203K Loan, that you're going to take out a mortgage that's going to be over the cost of what you p…

Hi, This is Gina Mullen with Gina Mullen Realty and I am here to answer some of your questions regarding the real estate market. Today, I'm going to answer the question I get asked most by my clients and that is: Is there a shift in the market? The answer to that is yes, but it is a little more complicated than that. There has been a shift in the m…