Austin Real Estate Investor and Broker Shenoah Grove, who has participated in more than 1,200 real estate transactions totaling more than $200,000,000 since 2003, was recently interviewed by Bao Tran in Houston, Texas, about the real estate market and her philosophy on helping distressed sellers with real estate. In this interview, Shenoah Grove answers questions […] Read more »
Foreclosure Options For Homeowners in Austin, Texas (Infographic)
While the housing market has picked up in most parts, including Austin, Texas, it doesn’t mean that everyone is doing well. There are still several homeowners that want to sell their house fast but cannot for a variety of reasons. Some of those reasons include property repair, no equity, negative equity, etc… At Hippie Hollow […] Read more »
7 Options To Consider When Facing Foreclosure in Austin, Texas
While the economy in Austin, Texas, is better than most other states, it doesn’t mean that there still aren’t distressed home owners who are looking to sell their house fast. But what options do you really have? I’m not going to insult your intelligence with solutions like ‘pay off your mortgage in cash’ or ‘refinance’. […] Read more »
Underwater Homeowners Owe More Than $1.2 Trillion Than Homes Are Worth
What is an underwater home? It is when a homeowner owes more than the house is worth. For example, suppose you have a house where you owe the bank $150,000 on your mortgage. Now suppose you want to sell this house and you find out it’s only worth $125,000, giving you $25,000 in negative equity. The […] Read more »
Almost 3 out of 10 Homeowner Mortgages are Underwater
29% of Homeowner Mortgages are Underwater Zillow announced today that 28.6% of homeowner mortgages are underwater nationwide, meaning that the mortgages are higher than the value of the home. What this means, for example, is that if you took out a mortgage on a home for $120,000 and the home is now worth $100,000, […] Read more »
July Home Sales Report for Austin Texas
Home Sales Report for Austin, Texas There is good news and bad news in this months Home Sales Report for Austin, Texas real estate. The good news is that Austin area home sales are up for the month of July! This means that fellow Austinites bought more homes in July than they did a year […] Read more »
Can I Sell A House with a Lease Option in Texas?
Lease Option Is NOT an Option in Texas The Lease option used to be the ‘go to’ strategy for selling their house if the seller had little to no equity. However, thanks to the Texas State Legislature, which despite only meeting every other year still manages to create inane rules and laws, the ability to […] Read more »
Does Shenoah Grove Own Real Estate Property?
If You Call Yourself A Real Estate Professional, You Should Own Property At lot of people ask Shenoah Grove if she owns real estate property. The answer is ‘Yes’. Shenoah Grove and her husband, the REI Maverick Phill Grove, own multiple real estate properties throughout central Texas, including Austin and San Antonio, Texas. Phill and […] Read more »
Alternatives to Short Sales For Selling Your House
Alternatives to Short Sales in Austin and San Antonio, Texas If you are behind in payments, if your house is in need of repair, and even if you have little, no, or negative equity, you can still sell your house in Austin and San Antonio, Texas even without short sales. Hippie Hollow Homes and […] Read more »