How New Construction Is Reshaping Ellis County (And Why I Have Insider Access to the Experiments That Matter) If you’ve been following this series, you know by now that the housing market went through its own Upside Down moment. We’ve explored how the portal opened in 2020, how Vecna’s mortgage curse trapped millions of homeowners, and how the Mind Flayer’s economic web of Federal Reserve...

Episode 3 of 5: The Stranger Things Market Intelligence Series In Stranger Things, the Mind Flayer is an invisible entity from the Upside Down that controls everything through a vast psychic network. You can’t see it directly, but its influence is everywhere, people moving in unison, behaviors synchronized, entire systems responding to its unseen commands. The Federal Reserve operates exactly...

Episode 2 of 5: The Stranger Things Market Intelligence Series In Stranger Things, Vecna’s victims hear a grandfather clock chiming before he strikes. The ticking becomes louder, more insistent, until it’s all they can hear, a countdown to their doom that they can’t escape. If you locked in a mortgage rate below 4% between 2020 and 2021, you know exactly how that feels. Welcome to...

Episode 1 of 5: The Market Intelligence Series You Can’t Afford to Miss If you’ve been trying to make sense of the housing market over the past five years, I’ve got news for you: you’ve been living in the Upside Down, and most agents won’t tell you how we got here or how we’re getting out. I’m giving you the intelligence you actually need to make smart decisions in 2026. Consider...

“I was preapproved, how can my mortgage be denied now?” I hear this from shocked buyers regularly, and it’s one of the most devastating moments in real estate. You’ve found your dream home in DFW, negotiated the perfect price, maybe even started planning where the furniture goes, then your lender drops the bomb that your loan won’t close. Here’s the truth most agents won’t tell you:...

“While everyone else is reading ordinances, we’re reading opportunity. This is how you stay five steps ahead in the North Texas land game.” Listen, here’s the thing about zoning that nobody tells you: it’s not just about what you CAN’T do. It’s about understanding the game well enough to see what EVERYONE ELSE is missing. Most agents hand you a zoning map and wish you luck. We’re...

If you’re shopping for new construction in Waxahachie, Midlothian, Red Oak, or anywhere across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, you’ve walked into model homes seeing interest rates advertised as low as 1.99%, 3.99%, or 4.99%. Builders are pushing these rate buydowns harder than I’ve seen in years, approximately 60-73% of major builders are offering them right now. But here’s what nobody’s...

Why the smartest money in America is betting on southern Dallas County, and what it means for anyone thinking about buying property in the next 24 months Listen, while most agents are busy posting “Sunday Funday” content and recycling the same tired buyer tips, something massive just happened in Wilmer, Texas that’s going to reshape property values across southern Dallas County for the next...

Here’s what most agents won’t tell you about buying land in North Texas: the listing price is just the opening ante in a much bigger game. While competitors are pushing cookie-cutter suburban homes, I’m tracking something far more interesting, the strategic land acquisitions happening across Ellis County and the DFW metroplex that signal where wealth is being built right now. Let me break...

Listen, while everyone was distracted by Black Friday deals, something bigger happened in real estate. Something that could save you tens of thousands of dollars if you’re paying attention. A Zillow report dropped that has everyone talking: buyers securing record discounts, sellers slashing prices multiple times on the same property, and the buyer-to-seller ratio hitting levels we haven’t seen in...