The pictures below are of a house in the Dallas real estate market that was one of a few homes on the list of showings I had for one of my clients last week.  From the pictures, one might feel reasonably confident that this could potentially be a suitable home for someone looking for quality upgrades, an elevated lot and a larger [...]

Here is a home only a small woodland creature could love right?  Well, look more closely and you would be amazed at what that pile of logs actually is….a small residence for a person.   In reality, this is a small garden home designed by Piet Hein Eek in Hilversum, Netherlands. The log house was commissioned [...]

So it has happened, the health care bill has been passed.  I can say confidently that our health care system needed tweaking, but sadly this is not the answer.  And in true government fashion, why not throw in student loans to only be given out by the government now since that is in lock step with health care?  Take away [...]

Attention Plano and Frisco lovers- below is a question from a family looking to relocate to the Plano/Frisco area with my responses in red. Which city is better in your opinion?                                                                                                                                                                Ok. A little background before my questions. We are likely relocating to the Dallas area this summer. We have lived in Dallas once before, in [...]

Today is the kind of day that I’m grateful that my job takes me away from my office about half of the day.  As fun as it is monkey punching the keyboard here on the blog and other “fun hangouts” in the virtual world, I prefer to meet and spend time with real people.  I [...]

Thinking about buying new construction in Plano or the greater Dallas area?  You might want to read this first, State-Sought Home Fixes Rarely Made.   This was a recent article posted in the Dallas Morning News regarding the track record of area builders that is worth a read.  It looks like some of the bigger area builders [...]

Now on Youtube!  This was fun to shoot and we had a good time with it. Speaking of videos, moving forward all of Covenant Realty’s listings will be going up on Youtube as well.  Do you have a house in Suburbia or the Dallas area you are looking to place on the market? This is just one of [...]

When it comes to evaluating the value of a property there are more ways than meet the eye; like beauty, the value of a property is often in the eye of the beholder. Savvy buyers and investors use several of the following methods to determine if the price is right: Comps: Comparing a property to [...]