Sold Case Studies — how I actually sell homes in Temple TX.
Full strategy breakdowns of homes I've sold in Temple, Belton, and Bell County. Pricing decisions, days on market, what worked, what I'd do differently. Real numbers, real comps, no before-and-after fluff.
Most "just sold" posts are victory laps with a price hidden behind a row of emojis. They don't help you decide whether to hire the agent who posted them. These case studies do something different: they walk through the actual diagnostic, pricing, and negotiation decisions on each closing, with the real numbers, the comp data, and what I'd repeat or change next time.
If you're a Temple or Belton-area seller deciding who to list with — or your listing expired and you're sitting with another agent's pricing strategy — this is the section of the site to read. Pick a case below that resembles your situation.
A "just sold" announcement is a marketing post — typically the address, the price (sometimes), and a stock-feeling photo. A sold case study is the full strategy breakdown: original list, price moves, days on market, the pricing diagnostic, the comp data, the buyer profile (where appropriate), and the specific tactical decisions that shaped the outcome. Case studies are a seller's diligence tool — they let you evaluate whether an agent's process matches the situation you're in.
Closings, in order
7713 Purvis Street
Expired turnaround via photo-refresh diagnostic and rental-alternative modeling. Relisted at the prior expired agent's exact same $265K with new professional photography, modeled the rental hold with the sellers before agreeing to a single move to $250K, under contract within 1–2 weeks, closed at full list. Same-street comp (7917 Purvis, larger home, different brokerage) took 115 days to sell.
What's in every case study on this page
- The unique angle of the sale — what was strategic about this closing that wouldn't apply to a generic listing.
- Real numbers from MLS — original list price, every price move with dates, final sale price, days on market.
- A same-street or same-subdivision comp for context. This is the data point national portals can't show you.
- The diagnostic sequence — what we looked at, in what order, before changing the price.
- Alternatives that were modeled — rental hold, seasonal delay, single decisive move vs incremental drops, with the math.
- The unglamorous parts — repair amendments, contractor coordination, last-mile cleaning, anything that protected the close date.
- An honest read on what I'd do the same and what I'd change next time.
No identifying seller details, no buyer financial profiles, no "we got a multiple-offer situation because the market is hot" hand-waving. If a number's in a case study, it came from MLS. If a strategy is described, it's the one we actually used — not what a marketing playbook says we should claim.
Thinking about selling — or sitting with an expired listing?
I'll walk through what a re-list strategy or a fresh-list strategy would look like for your specific home. Same diagnostic process you see in these case studies. No obligation.