Free 14-step guide

Walk into the builder's office already knowing what every choice will cost you

What custom really costs versus semi-custom, the MUD, PID and first-year tax jump most buyers never see coming, and what to check in the builder's contract before you sign. One sitting, plain English, North Dallas specific.

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Kyle Rohlfs, Realtor with Christie's International Real Estate
Written by Kyle Rohlfs
U.S. veteran · Realtor, Christie's International Real Estate · North Dallas
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Five-star Google review of Kyle Rohlfs: he went above and beyond to provide as much information as possible to guide us in the right direction, and helped us ask the right questions when it came to new build homes.

That one was McKinney. We walked the new builds in Trinity Falls.

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Read it before your first builder visit. Fourteen steps, one sitting.

Fourteen steps, in order, from picking your path to getting your keys

  • The real difference between fully custom and semi-custom, and which one most North Dallas buyers actually use
  • The Texas-specific costs (MUD, PID, HOA, the first-year tax jump) most buyers don't see coming
  • What to look for in a builder's contract before you sign it
  • How to handle selling your current home while you build the new one

My parents built in The Colony in 2000. It wore them out.

My family moved to Texas that same year. I was a freshman in high school. I remember how long the build took, and how many decisions came with it. Paint colors, cabinet finishes, tile, lighting, one choice after another.

Building a new home is not one big decision. It is a hundred small ones, spread out over months, and most people start the process without knowing what is coming.

Grab the guide and walk through the whole thing once before you are in the middle of it. Fourteen steps, start to finish, written the way I would walk a friend through it before they ever step into a builder's sales office.

Prefer to start with numbers instead? Visit the free calculators first, then grab the guide.
Kyle Rohlfs, Realtor with Christie's International Real Estate
Kyle Rohlfs
Realtor, Christie's International Real Estate

I'm a U.S. veteran and I live in Plano. I work the North Dallas suburbs: Frisco, McKinney, Prosper, Allen, Celina, Little Elm, The Colony, and Plano.

In these newer communities I go through the MUD, the PID, the tax rate, and the builder's contract before you sign anything. Most of that never comes up in the sales office.

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