Flip Question? Suggestions for laying Sod in the Winter...(Texas)

[Jamie Wooley]

I am about to sign a contract on a home if all goes as planned and the yard front and back is complete dirt. What do I do? Spend the money on laying sod in November? If not I feel it will look terrible. It is a lower priced home ARV will be around $100,000, but I still feel it won't bring what it needs to without a good yard. Any suggestions?

[Mark Freeman]

@Jamie Wooley 

I've had pretty good success with winter rye.  (I'm not sure how it does in Texas).  Plant it as soon as you get the property and make sure it gets some water. (I put some out in the middle of a drought and it didn't start to come up for 6 weeks because it didn't get much water). It will probably take 5 or 6 weeks to look pretty good. It doesn't grow very fast so it makes mowing easy, but it will die when it gets hot.