Phoenix Area Real Estate Blog

It wasn’t very long ago, when the best way to find a tenant for a rental home was to place a sign in the yard, and an ad in the newspaper. It wasn’t a great way to find a tenant, it was simply the best way. Using MLS has always been marginally effective, primarily because [...]

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Starting today, Sunday, April 27, 2008 I will be doing a Maricopa County market update each Sunday for the indefinite future.  I will be doing these updates for the 10 cities in Maricopa County that I do the vast majority of my business.  (You’ll notice a predominantly NE Phoenix area focus).  For this first week, [...]

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One promise I make my clients who list their home for sale with me, is that I will gather feedback and share it with them.  As a recipient of all types of feedback requests, I know what I like, and what I don’t like.  For example, I’ve yet to meet an email feedback request [...]

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Earth day was a few days back. It came and went with little fanfare at my household. That was unfortunate. It came and went with absolutely no fanfare here on the blog. That was a mistake.
Acknowledging this error, I’ll simply draw your attention to a few of the greener posts from [...]

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The tenant for my rental listing at 28820 N Nobel Rd in Dynamite Mountain Ranch was moving in yesterday, when I spotted this stamp in the concrete in front of the garage. The homes in Dynamite Mountain Ranch were built by DR Horton, in an area of Phoenix that has been identified as having [...]

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My client selected a home in Queen Creek after looking at more than 20 homes in person, and over 150 homes via her Client Gateway that I set up in ARMLS.  Actually, looking at 20 homes wasn’t too challenging.  Every one of them was vacant, so they were typically easy to view, if I didn’t [...]

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I don’t post often on Saturdays, but this seems like a good time to acknowledge that Dru Bloomfield roped me into being a panelist at the upcoming Scottsdale Area Association of Realtors Technology Symposium.  Jay Thompson, Dru, and myself will be hosted by Kevin Garner, Managing Director of the NAR’s Center for Realtor Technology, answering [...]

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