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Harry Ridge is a Dallas Real Estate Broker with more than 25 years experience in the industry as an Agent, Broker & Investor and has the knowledge and experience to lead his Real Estate Team in any market environment. Serving the DFW Real Estate and specializes in the Dallas Foreclosure market.

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Plano Homes and Price Reductions

They real culprit is that the seller has unrealistic expectations for the price of their Plano real estate. Many times sellers will say, “Why don’t do you do more to sell my house?”

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Pending DFW Real Estate Going Back on the Market

When pending DFW real estate sales go back on the market as an active listing, it arouses many people’s suspicions in the area. Everyone wonders what went wrong with the closing? Why did the transaction fall apart? It’s possible it was canceled Because of seller’s remorse, but that’s very unlikely.

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Dallas Real Estate – Low Ball Offers

Dallas real estate buyers who are in a position to invest in a home in this buyers market are in the advantageous position of being more likely to get there low ball offer accepted. But whether the market is a buyer’s market, a seller market or some in between, lowball offers can result in big savings to a buyer if they are presented and negotiated properly.

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The Worst DFW Real Estate Selling Mistakes You Can Make

When many DFW home sellers interview Realtors it is easy for them to get caught up in the excitement of choosing a listing price. The higher their sell their DFW home for the more money they make the more financial opportunities they will have.

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11 Steps Away From Owning a DFW Home (Part 1)

It’s always a great time to buy DFW real estate. This is true in most all cases when you know you will be staying in your DFW home for three years or more. It is generally better to buy less home in a nicer area than the other way around. Homes in the nicer areas tend to hole their value and appreciate more. Stay away from areas that have a lot of Dallas foreclosure homes.

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11 Steps Away From Owning a DFW Home (Part 2)

If you are buying a Dallas foreclosure home the steps to closing are substantially the same. Don’t hesitate to ask a lot of questions. Ask as many questions as necessary to help you understand the entire home buying process.

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Should You Buy or Rent a Plano Home

Retain the services of a professional DFW Realtor to guide you through the process. It may be a good idea to look at some Dallas foreclosure homes to find a great value in a home.

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Raising a Down Payment for Real Estate – Home Purchase

Home ownership rates have increased from 25% in the early 1900s to 67% in 1999. During all these years, many home buyers struggled to come up with a down payment. Years ago, in some cases, the banks required as much as a 50% down payment before they would give them a mortgage.  Today, generally, the [...]

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How to do a Real Estate – Home Search

Doing a Plano real estate search means doing some homework, but you can find out much about a property this way. A property search can turn up valuable data that you can use when writing an offer to buy. Example, I will not write a purchase contract without looking into the history of the property [...]

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How to Buy a DFW Home with Good Resale Value

Do you really need to consider selling a home even before you buy it?  Well, what if you decide to move or have to move? Wouldn’t you want a house that has increased in value and will sell quickly? Of course you do. Most of us won’t live in the same house for the rest [...]

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Safety and Privacy During a Plano Home Showing

  Is your private information safe? Before a Plano home goes on the market and home buyers begin to come through the door, smart sellers will put away confidential and sensitive information. You might be astonished to learn what “home buyers” can learn about you as they are looking at your home. Your Private Documents [...]

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Will What’s In The Attic Of Your DFW Home Affect The Selling Price?

There are several good reasons why a potential DFW home buyers needs to send their professional home inspector into the attic before they move forward on the purchase of a home. Attics should never be overlooked because it may show the history of the home. It can provide clues to serious problems that might be [...]

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DFW Real Estate – Staging Tips

It is time to sell your DFW home and you know you have a better chance of selling your home faster and at a higher price when it is staged but you don’t want to spend the money.  Staging your DFW home is a bit more than just cleaning the carpet, making minor repairs, cleaning [...]

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Using Price Per-Square-Foot to Determine the Value of Your Dallas Home

It is possible that the price per square foot of a Dallas home could be falling while the total price of the home can go up.  This can happen because the per-square-foot costs that you read about are based on one of two computations. To figure the price per-square-foot of the home, simply take the [...]

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Dallas Foreclosure Tips

Dallas Foreclosure Tips I want to share with  you the top five things you need to know before you buy a Dallas Foreclosure Home. The Dallas foreclosure market is HOT and there are great values to be had.  But don’t venture out there before you develop a plan.  Here are the top five tips. 1) [...]

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Marketing Tips For Selling Your Plano Texas Home

Utilize all of these tips when you are selling Plano Texas real estate. They will help you get your home in front of the largest buyer pool possible. This is very important if you mortgage is high and you need the highest sale price possible to get out from under the property because you don’t want to end up as another Plano foreclosure or be forced to sell your house to one of those “We Buy Houses Companies”.

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Why Would A Plano Realtor Take an Over Priced Listing?

Generally, these same rules apply to Dallas foreclosure listings as well because a bank is susceptible to the tactics of these same Realtors. If your home is in major disrepair or you have to sell very quickly for any reason you may want to contact a We Buy Houses Dallas companies and see what your options are.

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What Should You Ask Your Plano TX Realtor

Smart consumers will interview two or three potential Plano TX Realtors before deciding on which one to retain. Just as you will size up the potential Realtor you can rest assured that the Realtor will likely be sizing you up too. Stay away from agents who don’t ask you questions about your motivation to sell [...]

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Will What’s In The Attic Of Your DFW Home Affect The Selling Price?

Make sure you retain the services of a professional DFW Realtor to advise you as to what options you have if there is “attic damage” in the home. If you are a buyer this holds especially true if you are buying a DFW Foreclosure home.

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Why do I need a DFW Realtor when Buying New?

Builders rely on their reputation to keep their bustling DFW real estate business and their reputation with the Realtor community is paramount to their success.

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