Houston Real Estate Blog - Diego Jaramillo, Realtor®

Inspections are an essential component of the Due Diligence period during your Houston home buying experience.  The Due Diligence period is also known as your Option Period or Termination Period.  This period provides buyers with the unrestricted right to terminate their contract.  One major item to take care of during this Due ...

  The time of reckoning has come, as I stand in front of the room and state, "My name is Diego and I'm an email junkie".  The 8X8 or 33 touch program unfolds as I start to acknowledge the symptoms and the inception of my addiction.  An epiphany of sorts clears my mind as I identify the source of ...

Why use FHA?   Buyers need to have a better understanding of FHA financing solution and confidently see it as a viable option.  First time home buyers especially can use FHA financing to their advantage because of the flexibility and accessibility of it.  So, what is FHA financing?  How can you inform yourself about ...

The national news tends to make investors uneasy, sellers relentless and buyers get off the bus and throw their hands in the air.  As dismal as the present economy on a national level, Houston real estate is coasting by.  In part due to one of the largest medical centers in the world, it being the energy capital ...

Buyers are often misinformed or unaware of the difference between being prequalified and being preapproved.  As the mortgage industry changes, you hear about new lending and appraisal practices that add to the confusion.  Credit score requirements and interest rates have seem to be on the rise which of course seems to make things more ...

As the old saying goes, “everything is bigger in Texas,” including problems associated with asbestos. With a large petroleum industry based in the state, many problems have occurred as a result of oil companies using asbestos at their facilities. Giants such as Mobil, Shell and Gulf have been stationed in Texas. This industry has been ...

A slowing market usually resembles a Buyers Market. Inventories rise and days on market increase in certain areas with lower sales. Sellers wishing to sell in the first quarter of 2009 find themselves among a larger inventory of homes fighting for buyer attention. Savvy Sellers understand that the first few weeks on the market are the most ...

If you are considering selling your home in the next 3-6 months, you are probably asking yourself questions like these: 1. Should I replace the tile counters in the bathroom with granite? 2. Does the wallpaper make the house look dated? 3. Is the cost of installing new kitchen cabinets worth the expense? 4. Do I need to put on a new the roof or ...