Certified Divorce Real Estate Specialist · Houston, TX
Eleven cornerstone guides covering every real estate decision in a Texas divorce — written for the person trying to solve a life problem that happens to involve a house.
The people searching for divorce real estate information are not searching for a top-ten tips list. They are in the middle of one of the hardest transitions of their lives, and the house represents something larger than the transaction — it represents stability, continuity, and everything that is being sorted out at once. The guidance they need is not generic. It is specific, honest, and written by someone who understands that the real estate question and the human question are not separate.
Most realtors write about houses. The people searching for help during a divorce are trying to solve a life problem that happens to involve one. That distinction is what this resource is built around.
These eleven articles represent the most important questions in divorce real estate — from the complete process of selling, to whether you can keep the home, to what buying after divorce actually requires. Each one is written to give you the real picture, including the parts of the calculation that most people do not surface until they are already past the moment when it would have been useful.
The legal framework, the three paths for the marital home, how to choose an agent both parties can work with, pricing in a contested situation, and what actually happens at closing.
Read the Complete Guide →The legal answer, the financial tests (refinance, buyout, affordability), the emotional attachment trap, and the question that actually clarifies the decision: will I be glad I kept this in three years?
Read the Guide →Who gets the house, forced sales, capital gains, underwater mortgages, community vs. separate property, and what moving out actually means for your legal rights.
Read the FAQ →What a certified divorce real estate specialist actually does: neutral pricing, attorney coordination, showing management, and keeping the transaction moving when two people in conflict both have to sign.
Read the Guide →An honest look at all three options — what each requires financially and operationally, when each makes sense, and the framework for making the decision without regret.
Read the Guide →Income qualification, credit repair, down payment sources, timing, school district logistics for co-parenting families, and sizing the next home for the life you actually have now.
Read the Guide →How the legal timeline and real estate timeline intersect at each stage, what decisions need to be made when, and what causes delays that could have been avoided.
Read the Guide →The refinance costs, equity traded away, solo maintenance burden, property taxes, and emotional carrying cost that do not appear in the initial calculation but show up reliably afterward.
Read the Guide →Joint accounts, authorized user status, and the credit damage that happens when one party stops paying a shared obligation. What to protect, what to dispute, and how the mortgage clock starts ticking the day the divorce is finalized.
Read the Guide →The $500,000 capital gains exclusion for married couples changes when you divorce. Timing the sale, understanding the stepped-up basis, and the decisions most couples make too late — here is what your CPA will tell you after the fact if you do not ask first.
Read the Guide →Texas has no state income tax, but federal capital gains rules still apply. How long you have owned, how long you have lived there, your filing status, and what exemptions are available to divorced sellers — the full picture before you list.
Read the Guide →I am not a therapist and I am not your attorney. I am a real estate professional with specific training in the divorce process who can manage the transaction in a way that protects both parties, works with both sets of counsel, and gets the home sold or transferred on the timeline the case requires. If you are in this process and need a real estate professional who has been here before, let’s talk.
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