Seller guides
Plain answers, written for Texas
Short guides you can read in a few minutes and share with family or your attorney.
Cash offer or listing: how to compare them for your home
The fair way to compare a cash sale with a listing is by what you walk away with, how long it takes and how sure it is. Here is a worksheet to do it.
Selling an inherited home in Texas: who can sign?
You can usually sell an inherited Texas home once the executor or heirs have legal authority. See the probate paths, deadlines, taxes and first steps.
What it costs to sell a home in Texas
Every common line on a Texas seller's closing statement, who usually pays it, and what is negotiable.
Selling a rental home with tenants in Texas
What happens to the lease and the security deposit when you sell, and the three main ways landlords handle it.
Behind on property taxes in Texas: your options
How Texas property tax delinquency works, what can lower the pressure, and how selling settles the balance.
What changes when you rent out your Texas home?
Renting out your Texas home ends the homestead exemption and 10% cap, changes your insurance, adds landlord duties and starts a federal tax clock.
Should you sell or rent your house in Texas?
Weigh selling against renting your Texas home with real numbers: the monthly math, your loan, the federal tax clock and how much landlord work you want.
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