Amanda Pullen, Realtor

10/31/2026

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10/29/2026

Your dining table has been an office for a while now. Dinner happens on the couch.

You bought this house first, back when life in North Fort Worth looked a lot smaller. It did its job.

Then life kept growing, and the house started feeling smaller every year.

Picture 2027 with a kitchen big enough for everyone and a garage where the car actually fits.

Send this to the friend who's been squeezing a big life into too few square feet.

10/27/2026

Raise your hand if your first house is starting to feel a little tight. 🙋

Wanting more room makes sense. Figuring out how to sell one house and buy the next one, without moving twice or paying two mortgages, is where most people freeze.

So I wrote it all down in one place: the three ways to time it, real timelines from recent moves around North Fort Worth, and how to find out what your house is worth. Link is below.

What's the one question you'd want answered first?

Outgrown your first house? Here's how selling it and buying the next one works in North Fort Worth: three ways to time it, real timelines and next steps.

10/24/2026

This family was done.

Not done with each other. Done with the house.

The yard. The projects. The constant list of things that needed handling. With her health making it harder to keep up, and no one else stepping in, it was too much. They knew it. They just needed a plan.

Their daughter was switching schools. That was the moment it got real. They went from "we should probably move" to "okay, we're doing this."

They came to us after a solid buying experience years back. A trusted friend had pointed them to Amanda and Mike the first time around. That trust held. They came back.

Here's the honest part: they started the process later than they wanted to. The school year deadline was real. That pressure was real. So instead of forcing a purchase under stress, we helped them think it through.

They chose to rent for now.

Not a backup plan. A smart one. With job changes and school changes ahead, flexibility mattered more than a mortgage right now. No yard. No surprise repairs. No being locked to one spot.

They moved from Rhome to Roanoke. Their daughter is close to her school & no long driving routes. The overwhelm is gone.

That's the win.

If your home is starting to feel like a burden instead of a home, let's talk. No pressure.

Just an honest conversation about what the next move actually looks like for you.

10/22/2026

Seventeen Lakes in Fort Worth, TX is the kind of place people don't want to leave.

When one of my clients outgrew her home, moving out of the neighborhood was non-negotiable, so we found her a house that fit her life better, right here.

Life looks like the Home Trail crew, book club, ladies game night, and mahjong night at Aromas on Oak. Neighbors lend each other Halloween costumes and team up to save the trees on Frog Lake from a beaver. 🦫 Halloween here is the best trick-or-treating around, and even the keyboard warriors in our Facebook group can't argue with that.

So be honest, what would you rate it out of 10?

10/21/2026

If you want to be settled in a new place before school lets out in May, the first real step happens this November.

That first step isn't finding out what your house is worth. Prices can shift between now and spring, so a number pulled today won't hold. Pricing comes later, closer to listing, when the numbers are current.

The first step is the purge. One room a week, or one area of the house, starting now. That's how November and December stop being lost time and start working for you.

Here's where I come in. We walk through your house together, and you'll know exactly what needs to go, what can stay, and what buyers are going to notice. No guessing, and no staring at a full garage wondering where to start.

Most of the fear underneath a move is about getting it wrong. Maybe that means giving up the rate you have now, or carrying two house payments for a stretch. Sometimes it's quieter, like wondering if you'll miss the old place once you're gone. Starting early gives those questions time to get real answers, including whether selling first or buying first makes more sense for you.

You leave with a short list for each month. January and February are for repairs and getting the house ready. Early March is when it hits the market.

This past spring in North Fort Worth, homes like yours went under contract in about four weeks and closed about 30 days after that (NTREIS MLS, March to May 2026). Listing in early March puts your closing in May with a few weeks of cushion before school's out. A late start pushes closing into summer, right when graduations and vacations slow everything down.

And if the plan shows that staying put is the better call, that's a good answer too.

Want to walk through your house together and pick your first room? Send me a message.

10/16/2026

“If it says Keller, it’s Keller ISD.”

This one sounds so logical. You’d think the city on your address tells you everything about where you live. Around North Fort Worth, it really doesn’t.

City lines, school lines, and zip codes all draw their own maps. Parts of Fort Worth are zoned Keller ISD, and some Keller addresses go to Northwest ISD. One zip code can hold three different communities.

Your mailing address can say Roanoke while the house actually sits in Fort Worth city limits. That means Roanoke’s resident amenities aren’t yours, because on paper you’re not in Roanoke.

So before you fall for a house, check three things for that exact address: the city limits, the school district map, and what the city actually provides.

What advice do you keep hearing? Send it my way and get a straight answer for where you live.

10/15/2026

Groceries cost more. The card balance keeps creeping up. Meanwhile, your house has been quietly growing in value.

For some people, selling is the move that makes the most sense. Money from the sale can pay off debt and cover the down payment on a house that fits your life now, and sometimes the new payment lands closer to your current one than you'd expect.

Every situation is different. If you're curious what selling could do for you, send me a message or drop a comment. No pressure, just real numbers.

10/14/2026

Nobody calls a real estate agent because they want to talk about square footage.

This week the real reasons came out. Months of quietly worrying about a lease end date. Saving for a forever home and wanting to get it right this time, after getting it wrong once before. A house that's been on and off the market so many times the whole thing feels personal now.

Then there's a daughter getting her mom's house of 20-plus years ready to sell. Every closet holds a memory, and she can't sort through all of it and still keep up with the rest of her life. So we're carrying what we can. The estate sale is behind us. Now the junk is getting hauled off, and the cleaners and landscapers are being lined up. Right now her only job is to be a daughter.

That's the part of this work nobody posts about. Finding the right house usually starts with someone finally saying, "I can't do this part alone."

Mine started with golf cart rides into downtown Roanoke every time we visited my in-laws. We knew right then that's what we wanted: to be closer to the people we love most, with a golf cart for the fun part. Seriously, it was on the must-have list when we bought our house.

Your reason doesn't have to be big to count. What's yours? 👇