Contact
Office Locations
Home Office:
The Dunnican Team
9106 Royal Burgess Dr
Rowlett TX 75089
Rockwall Office:
Coldwell Banker Apex, Realtors®
2555 Ridge Road #144
Rockwall TX 75087
The Dunnican Team Buyer Guide
What to Expect
Before You Start
The Texas home buying process has its own rules — TREC contracts, option periods, funding requirements — and it moves faster than most buyers expect. Whether you're relocating, moving up, or buying for the first time, the structure below is the same. What changes is the strategy.
A few things worth knowing before we get into the details:
Pre-approval and pre-qualification are not the same thing. One carries weight with sellers. The other doesn't.
Texas is a "funding state," which means you don't get keys until the lender has actually wired funds — not just when you've signed documents.
The option period is one of the most powerful protections available to Texas buyers. Most people don't fully understand it until it's almost over.
We'll explain all of it. Let's start at the beginning.
