Blogs

A Texas judge can order a community-property house sold under Family Code §7.001, but cannot give away separate property, and neither spouse can sell the homestead alone. Here is how a court-ordered divorce sale works and what to do when your ex will not sign.

“As-is” does not mean “no disclosure.” Here is what the TREC contract actually says, what Texas Property Code §5.008 still requires, when an as-is clause fails in court, and how to sell as-is without a lawsuit.

Lost your job and worried about the mortgage? The first-week calls to make, how long Texas law really gives you, and how to tell a smart sale from a panic sale.

A tenant left your Texas rental wrecked. Here is the 30-day deposit deadline that protects your claim, what you can realistically recover, and four ways to sell it as-is.

About 97 to 125 days for a listed sale in Texas right now — and 18.7% of San Antonio contracts fall through. The real stage-by-stage timeline, and what actually speeds it up.

A 1031 exchange, the Section 121 exclusion and installment sales are the three routes that genuinely work — plus the depreciation recapture rule that catches Texas landlords who never claimed it.

Additions recoup 18% of their cost. A garage door recoups 268%. Here is what to skip before selling a Texas house — and the separate list of repairs that stop a mortgage or an insurance policy.

To convey full title by deed, every heir must sign. But Texas gives you three routes around a holdout — independent administration with power of sale, muniment of title, and partition under the Heirs’ Property Act.

A Texas HOA must send two notices, wait 90 days, offer a payment plan and get a court order before foreclosing — and you get 180 days to redeem afterwards. Your Chapter 209 rights, step by step.

Bankruptcy halts a Texas foreclosure the instant the petition is filed. Chapter 13 can save the house; Chapter 7 usually buys two to four months. An honest comparison, plus the Texas homestead rules.