TEXAS HOME BUYING AND SELLING GUIDES
Understand your buying and selling options.
Explore options for buying a home or selling a property in Texas.
Learn how financing arrangements work, what a sale might cost, and which questions to ask before signing.
Selling a house with little equity in Texas: compare your options
Owe close to what your Texas home is worth?
Estimate your net proceeds and compare a conventional sale, waiting, and creative financing before deciding.
Can't afford repairs? How to sell your Texas house as is
Need to sell a Texas house but cannot afford repairs?
Compare an as-is listing, buyer credits, and a direct purchase using costs and estimated net proceeds.
Can you offer seller financing with an existing mortgage?
Can you owner finance if you still owe a mortgage?
Learn what to check about payoff, lender consent, wrap loans, and ongoing responsibility in Texas.
Rent-to-own vs. owner financing in Texas: costs, ownership, and risks
Compare rent-to-own and owner financing in Texas, including deed timing, upfront money, rent credits, balloon payments, and what happens if plans change.
Read the guideSelling a Texas rental property with tenants: what to consider
Selling a tenant-occupied house in Texas?
Review the lease, coordinate showings, document deposits, and compare selling occupied with waiting for vacancy.
Inherited a house in Texas? Steps before you sell
Learn what to gather before selling an inherited Texas house, including title and estate records, mortgage details, sibling agreements, and repair estimates.
Read the guideSeller financing in Texas: a guide for buyers and sellers
How does owner financing work in Texas?
Review the purchase price, down payment, loan terms, deed timing, and risks before agreeing to seller financing.
Subject-to vs. seller financing vs. mortgage assumption
Compare who owes the loan in a subject-to purchase, seller-financed sale, and mortgage assumption, plus lender approval, upfront cash, and seller liability.
Read the guideTexas seller net-proceeds calculator
Estimate what you could keep from a Texas home sale after mortgage payoff, repairs and selling costs.
Free calculator with clear assumptions and no signup.
Upfront costs for owner financing and rent-to-own in Texas
Plan your upfront buying costs in Texas.
Compare owner-financing down payments, rent-to-own fees, closing costs and reserves with hypothetical examples.