Does Your Austin ADU Count in Your Home's Square Footage? If your Austin-area home has a detached backyard dwelling, you might expect its square footage to be added to the main house when you sell. But a separate unit can be reported separately and still be ... Oct 29, 2026
Capital Appraisals Buying a Detached Condo in Austin: What Buyers Should Know About the Appraisal You find a home in Austin that looks like a detached house. It has its own entrance and shares no walls with the neighbors. Then you see the listing: condominium. Does that change what the home is wor... Oct 16, 2026
Capital Appraisals When Your Custom-Home Budget and the Appraised Value Are Not the Same Number You have spent months working through plans, selecting a site, and finalizing a construction budget. At some point, someone asks: will the finished home appraise for what it costs to build? It is a re... Sep 30, 2026
Jacob Hodges When an Austin Estate Appraisal Needs to Reconstruct an Earlier Property Condition An estate appraisal may ask for a home's value as of a date months or years in the past. By the time the appraiser sees the property, the kitchen may have been remodeled, a roof may have been replaced... Sep 7, 2026
Jacob Hodges Before You Buy a Rental Property North of Austin, Know What the Real Estate Supports A rental property can look promising on paper. The asking price may fit the budget, the projected rent may appear workable, and the neighborhood may seem familiar. Those details matter, but they do no... Aug 25, 2026
Jacob Hodges Why the Closest Sale Is Not Always the Best Comparable Across Greater Austin The sale down the street can look like the obvious comparison for a home in Austin, Round Rock, Georgetown, or another Greater Austin community. Sometimes it is. Other times, a property a little farth... Aug 13, 2026
