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Expired Listing in Texas: What to Bring the Seller After the Listing Ends
Texas law makes every listing end on a fixed date. For agents in Cedar Park and across Texas: how to diagnose an expired listing and which options to…
Oct 21
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Steven Hoeke
Independent Administration in Texas: Selling an Estate House Without a Court Order
When a Texas independent executor can sell the house without the probate court, why a dependent administration cannot, and the papers a buyer needs to…
Oct 14
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Steven Hoeke
Partition Lawsuit in Texas: What Happens When Co-Owners Cannot Agree to Sell
How a partition lawsuit in Texas works, and the court-priced buyout Chapter 23A gives family co-owners before any forced sale.
Oct 8
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Steven Hoeke
How to Sell a Texas House When You Live in Another State
You do not have to fly in. Texas online notarization, a recorded power of attorney, and the disclosure box you are allowed to mark unknown.
Oct 4
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Steven Hoeke
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Who Owns the Minerals Under Your Texas House, and Why It Can Stall the Sale
Texas splits land into two estates and the one underneath is dominant. Your seller’s disclosure will not warn you, so it surfaces at title.
Oct 4
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Steven Hoeke
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Someone Recorded a Forged Deed on Your Texas House. There Is a New Way to Undo It.
A law that took effect September 1, 2025 lets you file the affidavit yourself, costs nothing at the courthouse, and ends in a recorded finding a title…
Oct 3
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Steven Hoeke
September 2026
Squatters Rights in Texas: What Changed on September 1, 2025
Texas created a sheriff track that skips the eviction court entirely. It is fast, it is narrow, and using it on the wrong person costs you three times…
Sep 28
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Steven Hoeke
Selling an Inherited House in Texas When the Heirs Do Not Agree
One sibling wants to keep it, one wants the money, and one is living in it rent free. Here is what Texas law actually lets each of them do.
Sep 16
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Steven Hoeke
Selling a Texas House With Tenants Still In It
You do not need their permission. But the lease goes with the house, and that decides who your buyer is and what it is worth
Sep 16
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Steven Hoeke
How to Stop a Foreclosure in Texas, and the Calendar That Decides It
Twenty days to cure, twenty-one days of notice, and a sale on the first Tuesday. What each date is for and what you can still do
Sep 16
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Steven Hoeke
Can You Sell a Texas House With a Lien on It?
Yes. Here is what each kind of lien does at closing, and the one most Texans do not actually owe on their house
Sep 16
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Steven Hoeke
What a Texas Seller Actually Pays at Closing
The line items, which one the state fixes, and what a cash sale really removes
Sep 7
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Steven Hoeke
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