Engage Strategies for Success Before You Even Call a Real Estate Agent

Are you ready to purchase or sell a home? Before you contact an agent, there are steps you should take toward quick success. Consider these important strategies.

Finding a Lender

One of the first steps...

Plano Moms is an online community of moms in and around Plano, Texas. Following a fabulous Plano Moms Texas Pool Mixer in May, a fantastic blog post about all things Texas Pool was posted to the Plano Moms site. Check it out and become part of the Plano Moms Community:...

With so many homes on the market these days, it can take a lot of effort to make your home stand out among the crowd. Along with considering minor and major improvements, you also have to clean, organize, and keep it that way. And when you have kids, it can seem even m...

Each year the days swirl by faster and faster like a line from my favorite children’s Christmas book, “as leaves that before the wild hurricane fly.” The Holiday Season carries with it the memories of Christmas past and the hopes for future celebrations. We anticipate...

As the Holiday Season approaches we give pause to give thanks for the many people and blessings in our lives. Time passes swiftly, more so as the years go by, and life is a journey best shared. May we always remember that it is in the connections that we make, the rela...

Its endless summer at the Texas Pool, celebrating these last weeks of our 57th season. The Texas Pool Foundation has been thrilled to welcome new Historian Michelle Giltner to our Board of Directors. Michelle brings a passion for Plano history and expertise in preserva...

The Texas Pool was built in 1960 and opened to the public in 1961. Developed by the famous Texas Hunt Family, the Texas Pool was a selling feature for the Dallas North Estates neighborhood, designed to attract families of nearby Texas Instruments in what would become D...

We were jazzed, at our house, about the arrival of the first day of Spring. There is always an excitement in the air as the planet turns up the heat and the Texas subtropical weather kicks into vacation mode. Palm trees require sunshine and like the palms I thrive best...

Honoring the first day of spring, I've begun spring projects in our home. One of those tasks, cleaning out the garage, has become a quagmire of belongings, heirlooms, and things we “might need someday.” As we age, and our loved ones join our forefathers in the hereafte...

It’s a New Year, a new page on the calendar, an open book waiting to be written, a fresh garden to be planted, and an opportunity for contemplating life’s directional choices. I’m a bit slow to step up to the plate, however. I’ve been savoring the Holiday Season, unwil...