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How this Dallas-Fort Worth real estate company solved the dreaded buyer's remorse

Turns out it's not your dream home? That's okay, you can return it.

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For such a large purchase, it's kind of baffling that you can't "return" a home if a few days or weeks later you decide it's not working for you — until now, that is.

Opendoor, the innovative company that has dramatically changed the homebuying and selling process in Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and all over the country, offers the Opendoor Guarantee. It's meant to cure homebuyer's remorse and bring peace of mind to a process that can be anything but peaceful.

Each home that's sold through Opendoor comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. If you move in and get settled, only to find you're not totally satisfied with anything about your home (from location, floorplan, size, or more), Opendoor will buy it back — no cost, no obligation.

Just let Opendoor know that this didn't turn out to be your dream home, and they will schedule a Home Condition Assessment to make sure there hasn't been major damage to the home or other material changes that have reduced its value. They'll then buy your home back for the original price. Want to read all the fine print? You can do so here.

Before you can even worry about guarantees and whether or not you're buying the right house, you need to get to the initial purchasing stage. Buying a home can be a long, stressful, drawn-out process, but buying a home through Opendoor is unlike any experience you've had before. They make it incredibly easy to visit hundreds of homes, so you can quickly find the perfect one and purchase it on your terms.

Prospective homebuyers can use the Opendoor app as their key to instantly unlock and tour homes any day of the week from 6 am to 9 pm, no appointment needed. Simply use the app to find an available home, tap to unlock, and enjoy your own personal tour. You can check out the same house multiple times, coming back during different times of day to assess the lighting, neighborhood, or commute, and measure to see if your furniture will fit – or even bring your family and friends along for reassurance.

Once you find the home you love, make an offer on it through your trusted real estate agent, directly through the Opendoor app, or even get in touch with an Opendoor Home Advisor, who can answer any questions. You'll have this same point of contact through the process. Once your offer is accepted, pick a move-in date that works best for your schedule, and get ready to put the welcome mat on the front porch.

Want to buy a home with no chance of buyer's remorse? Take a look at the hundreds of DFW homes available on the market now.

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Anna Land Buy

Cox Family sells 116 acres in Anna for mixed-use development

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Anna, Texas

A major land sale in Anna is paving the way for new mixed-use development. According to a release, Frisco-based Rockhill Capital & Investments struck a deal with the Cox Family to acquire 116 acres at County Road 371 and SH-5, approximately two miles east of US-75.

Younger Partners Executive Managing Director John St. Clair, Vice President Tyler Hemenway, and Associate Davis Willoughby represented the seller in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.

Rockhill will sell fully entitled tracts of land to homebuilders, multifamily, and commercial developers.

The single-family portion will be built in phases with development of 325 single-family lots, says Rockhill Chief Development Officer Brent Libby in a statement.

“Construction will likely begin early in Q2 2025,” Libby said. “We’ve already sold 82 of the 116 acres to homebuilder Taylor Morrison and they should break ground first.”

The remaining acres are already being snapped up including 9.5 acres on SH 5 that is under contract to a commercial developer, and interest from a user/developer on the remaining 24 acres, which is zoned for multifamily.

The Cox Family owned the land for decades and had received multiple offers on the property over the years, but were never ready to sell.

“Ultimately, the family wanted to capitalize on the land market before unforeseen market factors took place,” said St. Clair of Younger Partners. “This deal took place at the right time with the right buyer.”

The acquisition nvolved a lengthy zoning process to acquire the land. Rockhill created a Public Improvement District (PID) on the single-family portion of the land, which helped the deal move forward.

Rockhill already has land holdings in nearby high-growth cities of Howe, Van Alstyne, and Sherman, and it ain't stopping here.

“We’ll continue to source and acquire land in the area where we can add value through entitlements, and either develop the property or hold it for some time and exit to another developer or end user,” Libby says.

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