Phoenix Area Real Estate Blog

I apologize for this bit of rant, but today, for some reason, I’m feeling a bit grumpy.  As a REALTOR, we get our cars washed somewhat frequently.  For me it’s every 7-10 days, depending on the weather and my appointment schedule. 
At one time, I had a great car wash I really liked.  The line manager was [...]

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I recently helped a gentleman, going through a divorce, move into a rental home.  He had looked at a number of homes in the area (an area he has personally lived in for a number of years), and what he generally found on the rental market was in rather rough shape.
I showed him a rental [...]

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There are currently 10 active properties for sale in Scottsdale Horizon. Per ARMLS, the average asking price per square foot for the 10 homes is: $243/sq ft. The active property at 9789 E Pine Valley Rd is bank owned, with an asking price of just $183/sq ft. Excluding this home, the average [...]

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Recently, on the National Geographic channel (I think…might have been on Discovery), there was a program about hybrid and electric vehicles. One of the vehicles featured was the Lexus LS 600h L. It’s a hybrid, which has a V8 engine along with batteries and an electric motor.
The Lexus rep was talking about it’s Super Ultra-Low [...]

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Today I updated the blogroll.  A few left (unfortunately) and many have joined.  New to the list (in no particular order):

Phoenix AZ Real Estate by Jonathon Dalton
AZ Real Estate Notebook by John Wake
reRevealed by Lani Anglin
Sellsius Real Estate Blog by Joseph G. Ferrara and Rudolph D. Bachraty III
RE Agent in CT by Athol Kay

They join my [...]

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Yesterday we talked about the security a lock box provides. Today we’ll talk about the other big reason why a modern lock box is so useful: Feedback.
Whenever an agent accesses a lock box, the key they use stores the lock box ID they’ve just accessed. Each night, when they re-sync their key, [...]

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Today, September 13, Google has chosen to honor Roald Dahl’s birthday.  Roald Dahl died in 1990, but would have been 91 today.  Dahl was the author of such books as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, and Matilda.  To honor Roald, Google have changed their infamous logo on the main screen.
I asked [...]

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