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Preferred Properties Decatur TX
An independently-owned brokerage in Decatur, Texas, serving Wise County and the surrounding North Texas counties on the northwest edge of the Dallas–Fort Worth exurbs.
- Phone
- (940) 627-1990
- Market
- Wise County & North Texas
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About This Brokerage
Preferred Properties appears in the NTREIS broker directory as a Decatur, Texas office under ID NTREIS-PPRO01WC, with Marilyn Read as broker of record. Public office records list three affiliated agents, and the firm’s active listing feed covers Decatur, Boyd, Bridgeport, Bowie, Newark, Ponder, Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Fort Worth.
The broker’s public profile lists a service area spanning Wise, Jack, Parker, Tarrant, Denton, Montague and Clay counties, with stated specialties in residential sales, property management, investment property, REO and bank-owned transactions, and first-time buyer representation. The profile lists Accredited REO Agent and Certified Community Stabilization Expert designations and references prior recognition under a RE/MAX affiliation.
A note on our data: we have not published a street address for this office. MLS records and third-party business directories give two different Decatur addresses under the same phone exchange, and we could not establish from a primary source which is current. We would rather show nothing than show the wrong one — see our methodology. We also could not verify an official website for the firm.
The Wise County Market
Decatur sits at the junction of US-380 and US-287, about 40 miles northwest of Fort Worth. That places Wise County on the outer commuter ring of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex — close enough that metro job growth reaches it, far enough that land is still priced as land rather than as lots.
The result is a market with two largely separate buyer pools. One is buying acreage: ranch tracts, hay and cattle ground, and rural homesteads, where the transaction turns on water, fencing, road frontage and grazing capacity. The other is buying a house on the exurban edge, trading a longer commute for square footage and a lower price per foot than Denton or Tarrant County. The same brokerage often serves both, but they behave like different markets and price on different logic.
Wise County also sits within the Barnett Shale. Natural gas development has been part of the local land economy for two decades, and it shows up in transactions as royalty interests, existing leases, pipeline easements and pad-site access agreements attached to otherwise ordinary rural parcels.
What to Know Before Buying Here
Mineral rights are a separate transaction. In Barnett Shale country, surface and mineral estates are routinely severed, and the mineral estate is generally dominant in Texas — meaning a mineral owner can have rights of surface access even against the surface owner’s wishes. Establish in writing what conveys and what does not before closing, and understand any existing leases.
Water is the acreage question. Rural tracts here depend on wells, surface tanks, or rural water district taps. Availability and cost vary considerably parcel to parcel, and a water district tap can carry a meaningful fee and a waiting period. Verify the actual water source and its capacity rather than assuming.
Agricultural valuation has a rollback risk. Land carrying an agricultural or wildlife-management special appraisal is taxed on productivity value rather than market value. Changing that use can trigger rollback taxes covering prior years plus interest. If the plan is to build on ag-valued land, price that exposure into the offer.
Areas Served
Public listing records place this brokerage’s activity across Wise County — including Decatur, Bridgeport, Boyd and Newark — along with Montague, Parker, Denton and Tarrant counties.
Frequently asked questions about Preferred Properties Decatur TX
Is Preferred Properties Decatur TX a real estate brokerage?
Yes. Preferred Properties Decatur TX is an independently owned real estate brokerage in North Texas, Wise County. It is one of dozens of separate, unrelated firms that use the “Preferred Properties” name, and it is listed in the PreferredProperties.com national directory — an independent reference compiled and verified from public records.
Where does Preferred Properties Decatur TX operate?
Preferred Properties Decatur TX serves North Texas, Wise County. Confirm the current service area directly with the firm.
Is Preferred Properties Decatur TX connected to the other “Preferred Properties” firms?
No. “Preferred Properties” is a common name used independently by many unrelated brokerages across the United States. Preferred Properties Decatur TX operates on its own in North Texas, Wise County and is not affiliated with the other similarly named firms — or with PreferredProperties.com, which is an independent directory and media resource, not a brokerage.
How can I contact Preferred Properties Decatur TX?
The office can be reached at (940) 627-1990. Always verify current contact details and license status directly with the brokerage and your state real estate commission.
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