Bob's Blog on Historical Homes in McKinney and Dallas.

Tips on staging your home so it will sell Did You Know? - A Staged Home Sells 6.9% faster than an unstaged home? - That for every dollar the seller pays a professional to stage their home, they get a $4 return on their investment? How is this for a return on your investment? - That Staging is ess...

We enjoyed another fun and interesting evening in McKinney, Texas last night.Beginning the evening with the viewing of the 1925 film version of The Phantom of the Opera, starring Lon Chaney, Sr., and directed by Rupert Julian, is said to be one of the more influential adaptations of Gaston Leroux...

McKinney has a number of events through out the year that are just a lot of fun. One is in the historical district and it is officially called the McKinney Historical Neighborhood Association. If you are interested in the wonderful old homes of yesterday, you need to come and join our association...

I just listed a most unusual property in the Sheffield Farms subdivision.  This is an immaculate acreage of manicured 11 acres and has a home with 4 bedroom 3.5 bathrooms that is like new.  All of the lots in the subdivision are 11 acres and they never can be cut up to make smaller properties. Th...

McKinney's housing sales are slow as they are every year in October. November and December home sales are usually good for both sellers and buyers as families are preparing to make their move during the last part of the year and before school starts up again. If you are a potential seller, I reco...

Phantom of the OperaThe 1925 film version of The Phantom of the Opera, starring Lon Chaney, Sr., and directed by Rupert Julian, is one of the more influential adaptations of Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera, in which a disfigured phantom haunts the Paris Opera House, trying to force...