What is Escrow in a Real Estate Transaction?

By |2019-06-25T09:29:40-05:00June 29th, 2019|Buyers, Sellers|

If you're buying or selling a home in Midland, you'll hear the term escrow. But what is it, and how does it protect you during a real estate transaction? What is Escrow in a Real Estate Transaction? In real estate, escrow means secure holding. It's where important items, like a buyer's earnest money check, purchase [...]

3 Home-Selling Tips You Can Safely Ignore

By |2019-06-25T08:43:33-05:00June 25th, 2019|Sellers|

  If you're selling a home in Midland, Texas, your best bet is to work with a real estate agent. And while friends and family will be happy to give you plenty of advice, check out these three home-selling tips you can safely ignore. 3 Home-Selling Tips You Can Safely Ignore First things first: Every [...]

Cement Fiber Beadboard Is The Perfect Solution For Porch Ceilings In Midland

By |2019-06-15T12:00:12-05:00June 18th, 2019|Around the House, Buyers, Design, Home Buying, Home Selling, Luxury, Midland Texas, Permian Basin Life, Sellers, Staging, Tips, Life Hacks & How-to|

Midland can get warm and the humidity can fluctuate. Vinyl beadboard might be perfect for consistently dry, temperate regions, but there is a multitude of places where fiber cement beadboard is the single best option for replacing an old, worn porch ceiling. Fiber cement beadboard is a new building material that looks just like gorgeous [...]

Is Bamboo Really A Green Building Material?

By |2019-06-13T19:04:00-05:00June 14th, 2019|Around the House, Buyers, Design, Home Buying, Home Selling, Midland Texas, Sellers, Tips, Life Hacks & How-to|

Bamboo is considered a green building material, but some environmentalists have questioned how green it really is. It seems to fit the definition of a sustainable material. It doesn't even require re-planting. Once matured enough to use as a building material, bamboo can replace itself in just three years. Still, some say it's not nearly [...]

Items That Homeowners Should Never Keep In Their Garages

By |2019-06-10T12:08:48-05:00June 10th, 2019|Around the House, Tips for Fall, Tips for Spring, Tips for Winter, Tips, Life Hacks & How-to|

Some items should never be kept in a garage. Do you know which items you should never store in your garage? Firewood Firewood should never be stored in your garage. It might seem like a great dry place to keep firewood, but, firewood brings rodents, pests, and insects into your garage. Considering that the garage [...]

Thinking Of Selling? The Market Needs More Starter Homes!

By |2019-06-06T21:10:28-05:00June 6th, 2019|Midland 1st Choice, Midland Texas, Moving, Real Estate, Real Estate Market Update, Sellers, Uncategorized|

Millennials are now the largest group of homebuyers and around 45 million Americans are going to reach the average first-time home buyer age within the next ten years. This is over 3.1 million more home buyers than in the last decade. All of this is causing a shortage of starter homes already. When you look [...]

Prepare For Your Home’s Appraisal

By |2019-06-01T22:59:52-05:00June 2nd, 2019|Around the House, Moving, Real Estate, Sellers|

If you're selling your home in Midland, you will want to prepare in advance for your appraisal after you accept an offer. Did you know that your home's appearance and condition can change the appraisal value too? Some people think that their zestimate will be the appraisal value, but there's a lot more that goes [...]

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