DFW Real Estate Podcast with The Pyron Team The Pyron Team

Obviously when you sell your home, you want to present it in the most appealing way possible. So, is using a professional stager important? Looking to sell your DFW home? Get a FREE home evaluation. Looking to buy a DFW home? Search for homes on the market. Is using a professional stager important? Actually, it depends. Typically, we only need to bring in a professional about 10% of the time. To determine what the case is for your home, we will come out to your home and take a look for ourselves. Generally, most of the homes we visit tend to look very inviting. Most of the time, we notice that people tend to have very good tastes. Generally, most of the homes we visit tend to look very inviting. The only way we can say whether or not you should use a stager is by visiting your home. If you have any other questions or would like more information, feel free to give us a call or send us an email. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

There is a difference between being pre-qualified for a mortgage and being pre-approved. Looking to sell your DFW home? Get a FREE home evaluation. Looking to buy a DFW home? Search for homes on the market. I’d like to take a minute to address a frequently asked question: “What’s the difference between being pre-qualified for a mortgage and being pre-approved for a mortgage?” If you’ve been pre-qualified, it means your lender has only taken a cursory look at your financial information. While they’ve checked your credit score, for the most part pre-qualified means your lender has taken down your information and made a presumptive decision before they begin the rigorous process of verifying the information you’ve provided. In short, prequalified means you’ve spoken with a lender about your financial situation. Being pre-approved shows sellers that you are serious and know your purchasing power. If you’ve been pre-approved, it means your lender has gone through that verification process and has documented your finances. In addition to a credit check, they’ve taken the time to contact your employer and verify your income. In regard to your credit, pre-approved means your lender has looked deeper into your credit report than your score, having examined your bills to verify their accuracy and your credit history. When you are pre-approved, you are very close to being able to close on a home. When we represent a seller, we are always looking for a pre-approval over a pre-qualification. While pre-qualification indicates a lender’s best guess, when a buyer is pre-approved for a mortgage it shows the seller that the buyer is more serious about closing and knows their purchasing power. If you’d like us to answer any questions you have in a future video, or you’d like to talk to us about buying or selling a home, please contact me at (469) 338-4756 or online at sales@thepyronteam.com. I'd be happy to help you.

Should you order a pre-listing inspection for your home before it goes on the market? Looking to sell your DFW home? Get a FREE home evaluation. Looking to buy a DFW home? Search for homes on the market. As a seller, is a pre-listing inspection important? Although some Realtors are doing this, we actually don’t recommend that you order a pre-listing inspection. Why? The buyer will hire their own home inspector. Some of the items on your inspector’s list may not match up with their inspector’s list. As a result, you might fix things that you believe should be addressed but that the buyer is not concerned with. There’s really no need to spend money on a pre-listing inspection. There’s really no need to spend that extra money. If there are obvious things that need to be fixed that you don’t need an inspector to tell you about, then go ahead and take care of them. Otherwise, I would skip spending the money on a pre-listing inspection. If you have any other questions about selling your home, just give us a call or send us an email. We would be happy to help you!

The final walkthrough of a home sale is the buyer’s last chance to walk through the home and make sure it’s in good condition. Looking to sell your DFW home? Get a FREE home evaluation. Looking to buy a DFW home? Search for homes on the market. The final walkthrough is a very important part of a home sale. As a buyer, it’s your last chance before closing to walk through the home with your Realtor and make sure the home is in good condition and there’s nothing changed about it that the seller should be responsible for. Once you close, it’s very difficult to go back and correct anything. Once you close, it’s very difficult to go back and correct anything that should’ve been corrected beforehand. If you have any questions about the final walkthrough or have another real estate topic in mind that you’d like to see me discuss, don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We’d love to help you.

If you are buying a For Sale By Owner property, can you still hire a professional Realtor to represent your interests? Looking to sell your DFW home? Get a FREE home evaluation. Looking to buy a DFW home? Search for homes on the market. Lately, a lot of homebuyers have asked, “Can you help us purchase a For Sale By Owner property?” About 95% of homes on the market are listed through Realtors, meaning that only 5% are not. If the seller is representing themselves, a Realtor can definitely help you purchase the home. You can definitely work with a Realtor to buy a FSBO home. A FSBO seller is someone who wants to go around the real estate system in order to perhaps get a higher sales price for the home. When looking at For Sale By Owner properties, buyers need to be aware of the true market value of the home, as well as some of the ramifications of dealing with a seller directly. That said, we can and do help buyers purchase homes that are listed as For Sale By Owner. If you have any questions or need our help in this area, just give us a call or send us an email. We would be happy to help you!

Can Zillow accurately pinpoint the value of your home? There are a few reasons why it’s especially difficult for Zillow to do so in Texas. Looking to sell your DFW home? Get a FREE home evaluation. Looking to buy a DFW home? Search for homes on the market. What can’t you trust Zillow to provide an accurate value for your home? For one thing, we’re in Texas, which is a non-disclosure state. This means a consumer website can’t publish the value of your neighbor’s home or what they may have sold it for. That information can only come through the MLS. Secondly, Zillow pulls data from public tax records and other similar sources to estimate the value of homes. Their estimate tool, the Zestimate, is merely an algorithm that calculates this public online information and is typically 5% to 15% higher or lower than the home’s actual value. The best way to find your home’s true value is to contact a Realtor. The best way to find your home’s true value is to contact a Realtor such as myself so we can conduct a free CMA (comparative market analysis) and accurately look at the values of the homes that have sold in your area. If you have any other questions about Zillow or you’re interested in having us conduct a CMA for your home to calculate its worth down to the penny, don’t hesitate to give us a call or send us an email. We’d be glad to help.