Thank You!
As many of you might have noticed, we have changed our logo a little bit, we have changed our name a little bit, and we have changed our owners.
What you might not know is that late last year, our long-time owner, Tim Mull, decided he wanted to be an agent, not an owner. At the same time, one of our long-time agents and another employee expressed an interest in owning the company. It was a win across the board for all involved.
We still have the same great agents, working just as hard for sellers and buyers of manufactured homes in the Rio Grande Valley.
We want to give a big “Thank You” to the communities for, once again, helping us to have another epic year, with sales numbers that continue to exceed our expectations.
Owners Don Sellars & Marcia Torkelson. The best sales & support staff in the Valley: Barney Watson, Bernie Ohlhauser, Craig Gilley, Lori & Mike Schultz, Lynne Fiveash, Mark Burres, Rita Huether, Robby &
Winona Hood, Ron Moshier, Tammy Garrison-Maier, Tim Mull, Tim Hoffman, Vickie Tommerdahl, Menika Sellars, and Wilma Sprague.
Winter Texan Home Sales 2 office located at 602 N. Victoria Rd. #3000
Donna, TX. 78537.
All closings are handled in our professional office.
Our Rearview Mirror
A look at the past year for Winter Texan Home Sales 2
As more and more people find out about the warm weather, tropical vibe, affordable housing, and citrus orchards, among other things, the manufactured home sales industry has grown rapidly in southern Texas.
For the past 13 years, Winter Texan Home Sales 2 has increasingly grown into the leading manufactured home sales company in the Rio Grande Valley. Winter Texan Home Sales 2 attributes their growth to the growth of Winter Texans moving to the Valley, the repeat business, and recommendations of satisfied customers.
At the end of each year, we like to look back and compare our numbers as they grow. We share this information monthly with residents of Victoria Palms Resort by posting it on our bulletin board in the Activities office. With changes in our company this year, we were still able to maintain a steady growth pace that sets us up for a great 2023.
This year our home sales have grown from 256 in 2021 to 381 in 2022. That might not sound like a lot, but when we talk about dollars, it was $6,548,269.00 for 2021 and a celebratory $10,816,684.00 for 2022.
Our agents, marketing team, and professional office staff have been working hard for our home buyers and sellers in the Rio Grande Valley and it shows. Our team is ready to help you succeed as well!
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Brand New Website
The best way to get the latest home listings
The Rio Grande Valley has become the go-to winter destination due to its temperate weather, friendly atmosphere, and endless activities. With over 100+ parks and resorts in the Rio Grande Valley, we want to help you find the perfect home for YOU.
We listened to your feedback and made some changes to our website. We have a dedicated employee that works with our website developer to make it as smooth as possible for someone looking for a new home. We want to take the worry and work away so that you have more time to enjoy your stay in the Valley.
Front page of Winter Texan Home Sales 2 website.
Whether you are looking for specific amenities, or you want to own the land, or you need handicap facilities; our new website can help you with all of that. With a click of the button, you can see if there is a home in the Rio Grande Valley that meets your needs.
Advanced search page for Winter Texan Home Sales 2 website.
Are you having trouble finding the home of your dreams in paradise? Call one of our agents. We have a list of people looking for” just the right home.” We call everybody on the list as soon as a home comes up that meets those needs.
Would you like a certain agent to help you sell your home or shop for a new one? Do you have a favorite agent? Did you know you can read up on your agent through their agent profile on our Winter Texan Home Sales 2 website? We have highly trained agents with remarkably interesting backgrounds.
We are the leading broker for manufactured housing in South Texas, striving to always exceed our customers’ expectations.
If you have feedback, we would love to hear it. As we constantly endeavor to keep our high standing in the Rio Grande Valley, your feedback helps us do so.
To reach our website, browse to: https://www.wintertexanhomesales2.com
Our QR Code
Using technology for quick home listings.
Technology is rapidly changing, and Winter Texan Home Sales 2 is doing our part to stay up to date with the changes.
One of those changes is our QR code. A QR code, short for quick response, is a pattern that translates into human-readable data. All you do is point your phone at the QR code with the camera app open. When it captures the image, a web address will pop up. Touch that address and it will take you right to
the new Winter Texan Home Sales 2 website. Once you are on our website, you can look for an agent, a home, or even a park.
Recap:
- Point the camera on your phone at the QR code.
- Touch the website that pops up
It's that easy.
Join our page & share with your friends.
We are at a time in our lives when everybody and every group has a Facebook page. Winter Texan Home Sales 2 is no different. On our Facebook page we share new listings, celebrate homes that sell in a record amount of time, celebrate milestones with our agents, and even post informational segments about the Rio Grande Valley and living in a manufactured home.
To help a friend sell a home, go to our Facebook page, and share their listing. Encourage your friends to “like” & “share” that video as well. Before you know it, you have helped your friend show their listing to people as far as Canada, Alaska, Florida, etc.
Private Closings
Did you know that you can still have a private sale of your home and have Winter Texan Home Sales 2 do the closing? We manage several private sales each year. There is such a great benefit to both the buyer and seller with this service, besides peace of mind in knowing that it was done professionally.
Imagine juggling several moving parts at one time. It is hard to do if you aren’t used to doing it. The smooth sale of a home is just like that, whether it is a park model or a manufactured home sometimes even sounding like a foreign language.
When we manage a private sale, we take care of all closing documents, calculate and escrow taxes for both the county and city, produce sales statements, and all monies can be exchanged through Winter Texan Home Sales 2. We even help with Texas residency Affidavits. That is just a few of the items that we manage in your sale. We also make sure that the sale happens in a professional setting that is neutral to both parties.
We can juggle all of those moving parts for you!
Staging
We all want to get the most money out of a sale. Did you know that staging could help you do that? If you are thinking about selling your home, you should be thinking about staging your home also.
We have designed a brochure and a checklist to help you with staging. When in doubt, you can always check with our agents. Our agents have their finger on the pulse of the industry in the Rio Grande Valley and know what potential buyers are looking for.
The When, The Why, & How
You never get a second chance to make a first impression!
A Heartfelt Thank You to Tim Mull
Any time a company goes through a change of ownership, there are hiccups along the way, and sometimes even a few steps taken backwards before a company can move forward again.
This transition in ownership for Winter Texan Home Sales 2 has been quite the contrary! Tim Mull had a wonderful foundation built for this company to grow on. Tim has also been such a wealth of knowledge during the entire process. Winter Texan Home Sales 2 is a well-orchestrated company that embraces the feeling of family. Tim hired each one of the employees and welcomed them into his family. He then worked with his “family,” creating new ownership that has succeeded due to the firm foundation that Tim created. Even though Tim retired as the owner of the company, he has still embraced the Rio Grande Valley as an agent for Winter Texan Home Sales 2, planting his “For Sale” signs all over the Valley.
As our company continues to hold the ranking of number one in the Valley and break records, we must give credit where credit is due. Tim’s continued support means the world to us. It is with our deepest gratitude that we send a BIG “Thank you” to our very own Tim Mull.
Stop By and Visit
At Winter Texan Home Sales 2, we enjoy being active in the Winter Texan and Converted Texan communities. If you ever see us at a community meeting, grand opening, handing out doughnuts, sponsoring a pickleball tournament, at one of the many events, or even at a scavenger hunt stop by and visit. We love to hear from the residents.
The Power of Videos
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In today’s age as being a “show me- don’t tell me” mindset, it is safe to say that a video is worth a million words. That is why several agents from Winter Texan Home Sales 2 have turned to advertising on YouTube, because it is such a powerful way to highlight a home. As YouTube is the most popular video platform available, our agents can reach a wide audience with a video that is highly sharable, therefore making the number of views limitless. It is proven that there is a direct correlation between the number of people that view your home and the time that a home sets on the market. With YouTube being public and accessible by pretty much anything that has a screen and internet access, we can reach potential clients when it is convenient for them. We recently received a phone call from someone that wanted to retire. They had a vision of what they wanted but did not know how to find it. They turned to the second largest engine search for some possibilities. They knew they did not want Florida or Arizona, so they put “Winter Texan” in the search engine. Within seconds, they had an unlimited number of videos that pertained to
Winter Texans. Within minutes, they had the names and numbers of people that would help them find what they were looking for. They commented several times during the process of purchasing a home that “We didn’t know what we were looking for until we saw your video.” What a powerful statement!
Words sometimes fail us,
but a video speaks volumes.
- Wilma Sprague
If you have not already, pull up YouTube on your device, put “Winter Texan” in the search engine, and click on Winter Texan Home Sales 2. Check out our videos. Stay tuned for our upcoming informational videos about Staging, Sales Trends, different resort & parks in the area, etc.
Mobile Home vs. Manufactured Home vs. Park Model
Have you ever wondered about the difference between the three? According to the Manufactured Housing Institute, the difference is the year the home was built. In 1976, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) significantly raised the standards and requirements for the quality of these homes. All recently built manufactured homes are required to be up to code. This includes the homes heating & air conditioning systems, fire safety, plumbing, electrical systems, structural design, construction, and energy efficiency.
Park model is neither an RV nor a manufactured home. This type of home is built according to RV industry code but usually in the same factories that produce manufactured homes, so the same rules for quality and modern design are applied. A park model is 400 sq ft or less in all states except Florida.
Today’s manufactured homes and Park Models are safe, quality-controlled, affordable, and allow for a lifestyle that is a little simpler.
Keeping Good Company
As more and more people are hopping on the Manufactured Home bandwagon, it should come as no surprise that more and more celebrities are doing the same thing.
Matthew McConaughey lives in a double-wide, in a manufactured home community.
Minnie Driver has lived in her Manufactured Home for 20 years. When she was ready for a change, she embraced where she lived, spruced it up with paint and thrift store treasures and kept her home.
Although it may be a little hard to find due to the custom 3 M Vinyl wrap in Mossy Oak camouflage, Kid Rock is a very proud owner or his double-wide that sits atop a mountain in Tennessee.
Elvis Presley was known for living in Graceland, but did you know he also owned a manufactured home on his own campground. That was his special get-away on holidays, vacations, and his honeymoon with Priscilla Presley.
David Arquette, Pamela Anderson, Demi Moore, Hilary Swank, Ryan Gosling, and even Britney Spears, have also found a “home” in a manufactured home.
Can you guess the billionaire that lives in a manufactured home right here in the Rio Grande Valley?
