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Yes. Searching, saving homes, saving searches, messaging sellers and posting a listing are free.

Tap the heart on any listing photo. If you're not signed in, we'll ask you to sign in or create an account, then save it for you automatically.

Tap the chain-link icon on the photo. On a phone it opens your share menu; on a computer it copies the link.

Set your filters on the Properties page and press Save search. If you turn on alerts, we email you once a day at most, only when new listings match. Manage them on your Saved page.

Open Location in Advanced Search, choose Pick a point on the map, drop the pin and pick a radius. You can also search a whole city, county, lake or neighborhood by name, or draw your own area on the map.

Each color is a kind of listing (for sale, for rent, pre-foreclosure, commercial and so on). Use Pin types on the map to show or hide each kind.

Save 2 to 4 homes, open Saved, tick them and press Compare for a side-by-side view.

Open the listing and use Request a Tour or Contact. Messages stay private inside Boraak; owners' phone numbers and emails aren't shown.

Some sellers keep their address private (you'll see a cloud and the area instead). Message them; they can share the exact address with you.

No. Payment estimates, walkability scores and similar figures are illustrative. Boraak isn't a lender, appraiser or law firm.

A home whose owner needs to sell quickly, often before a foreclosure sale. You'll see the seller's value estimate and what the bank needs. More in buying pre-foreclosures.

A home where the buyer takes over the seller's existing loan (usually FHA, VA or USDA), often at a lower rate. You'll need to qualify with the seller's servicer and cover the seller's equity. See mortgage takeovers.

A tenant hands their lease to a new tenant for the rest of the term. In Texas the landlord must consent first. See lease takeovers.

Use of land or a home in exchange for work or a share, like caretaking, land prep, garden sharing or sweat equity, instead of plain rent. See Win-Win deals.

For Rent is mostly homes and apartments. For Lease is mainly commercial space, farmland or long-term site leases.

On pre-foreclosure listings it shows how far the asking price is below the seller's own estimate of the home's value. It isn't an appraisal.

The seller has accepted an offer and the sale is in progress. It may still fall through, so you can keep watching it.

Budget (including property taxes), get pre-approved, search and tour, offer on the TREC contract, inspect during the option period, then close at a title company. See our first-time buyer guide.

A set number of days after signing when the buyer can cancel for any reason by paying a small option fee. Earnest money is refunded if you cancel in time. Details here.

Commonly around 1% of the price, though it's negotiable. It's held by the title company and credited to you at closing.

No, but an agent or a real estate attorney helps with pricing, the TREC contract and deadlines.

Buying tends to make sense if you'll stay about five years or more and can comfortably cover the full monthly cost. Here's an honest way to decide.

Often yes, especially incentives, upgrades and closing costs. Still get independent inspections. New construction guide.

Texas has no state income tax, so schools, cities and counties are funded largely by property taxes. Explained here.

By January 31. Penalties and interest start February 1.

For the 2026 tax year, $140,000 off your home's value for school district taxes, plus $60,000 more if you're 65+ or disabled. How to file.

Usually May 15, or 30 days after your notice was mailed, whichever is later. Protest guide.

No, only your principal residence qualifies.

Special agricultural (1-d-1) appraisal: land in qualifying agricultural use for 5 of the last 7 years can be taxed on productivity value. Details.

Generally 30 days after you move out, with an itemized list of any deductions. Give your forwarding address in writing. Renter's guide.

Only with your landlord's prior consent.

Many look for income around three times the monthly rent, plus rental history and a background check.

Yes. Post a listing as an owner; buyers message you, request tours and send offers. See our FSBO checklist.

Act early: open every letter, call your servicer about reinstatement or a modification, and contact a free HUD-approved housing counselor at (800) 569-4287. Your options.

Fast. Most are non-judicial: at least 20 days to cure after a notice of default, then at least 21 days' notice before a first-Tuesday-of-the-month sale.

Yes, for pre-foreclosure and Win-Win listings. Only the area is public, and you choose who gets the exact address.

Yes, but Texas regulates them closely and they carry due-on-sale risk. Use a Texas real estate attorney. Read this first.