Relocation
Moving To North Texas Is Mostly A Math Problem. Most People Solve It Last.
Where you land changes your taxes, your commute, your schools, and how much house the same money buys, by a lot more than people expect. Pick the version of this that matches your situation.
Corporate Relocation
Samsung, New Jersey to Plano
The headquarters move lands about a thousand households in North Texas. The property tax number will look alarming, and the way most people compare it is wrong. Here is the correct comparison, plus the four things that cost new arrivals real money.
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Buying here as a foreign national
No Social Security number, no US credit, and no visa is required to own property in Texas. What changes is how the loan is underwritten. There are three separate paths and most people are told about only one of them.
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Moving from another state
No state income tax changes your take home immediately, higher property tax takes some of it back, and housing cost takes a lot less of it. Whether you come out ahead is knowable before you move.
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Who You Are Working With
Most of my clients did not grow up here, so I spend a lot of my week explaining North Texas to people who are deciding on it from a thousand miles away. Tell me where you are coming from and when you need to be here, and I will tell you what that actually costs.
Raven Mok
Active eXp Realty DFW | CLHMS | Former CPA
Before You Pick A Neighborhood
Run The Numbers First
Two tools answer most of the early questions. The cost comparison tells you what your money is worth here, and the city directory tells you where that money goes furthest given your commute.