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Nov. 21, 2018

How Do Traffic Circles Work?

How are you suppose to drive in a traffic circle? Do you yield? It's not Rocket Science people! Take notes!

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June 1, 2018

Real Estate Market Disruption

Todd Tramonte's radio show, Texas Real Estate (TRE.com) airs on Saturdays, 3pm on WBAP 820 AM.  This week Todd discusses the big picture of the residential real estate market.   Is there a disruption coming?  Will the market continue to go BEZERKO?

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March 6, 2017

Your Real Estate Questions Answered LIVE

Do you, your friends, neighbors, co-workers or family ever have a real estate question?  I'd like to invite you to connect with me on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/richardsonrealtor or just search for my name, Todd Tramonte, so you can be a part of our Friday morning ...
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Oct. 5, 2015

I win

Last night, after an early morning trek back from Houston to make a T-Ball game, a quick re-build of the deck of the trailer, a trip to Lowes to pickup 11 new fruit trees AND a trip to Home Depot to pickup a massive auger, my little man chose to ...

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Feb. 17, 2015

The Little Things

We are in the home stretch now.  I refuse to type the actual date we hope to move

in, but we are now focused on a "bazillion" little things as we have hopefully made

most of the big decisions.  Paint, floors, counters, doors, fixtures etc. are going in

this week ...

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Dec. 21, 2011

Real Estates Return on Investment Since 2000

A recent MSN Money/Case Shiller study found that the rate of return on real estate between 2000 and 2011 far outpaced the potential returns from the Dow, S&P and NASDAQ. Historically low interest rates continue to make now an even more attractive time to purchase a home. Richardson has quite ...

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Nov. 29, 2011

Purchasing The Right Home In The Right Area

This is an excerpt from Todd's book Live Free - The Art of The Two Year House Flip which can be purchased here.

 

Chapter 2

To approach the home buying process as an investor, you must eliminate as much of the emotion that usually drives the purchase decision ...

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Nov. 23, 2011

Coffee's For Closers

I read an article recently that 33% of sales contracts never make it to closing. 

 

I had to stop and think about that for a minute.  Here we have a transaction with a willing buyer and a willing seller.  I assume they both have agreed on ...

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Nov. 21, 2011

What’s In a Title (Company)?

This past weekend I was working on writing an offer with some buyers and, as usual the first question is, “What should we offer?”  While 99% of the time this means, “What price should we offer?” there is much, much more that goes into writing a contract than ...

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Nov. 16, 2011

What The Media Is Saying About Housing

I found some quotes this week that I found interesting.  I have been telling potential clients for some time that if you are wanting to buy a home now is the time.  With historically low interest rates and high inventory levels buyers have a lot of choices both ...

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