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Entries from May 2008

Final iPhone Contest Support Request

May 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Yesterday, I met new clients from Flower Mound, TX here in my office. They are looking for a new place to live in North Phoenix or possibly North Scottsdale. As we were chatting in my office Jeff asked me, “Steve, did you win that iPhone yet?” I was blown away. I found out that [...]

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Tags: Internet · Real Estate

Two meme requests, one response

May 28th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Dru Bloomfield and Craig Frooninckx both hit me up with a meme request. I was meme’d back in January, but this time the format is a bit different, so I’ll indulge Dru and Craig.
1. Who is your favorite musical artist? (post a youtube video)
I’m going to go with U2 as my favorite band right [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Real Estate

What’s your hook for selling your Phoenix Home

May 27th, 2008 · No Comments

For a musician or band to have a popular song on the radio, they say it has to have a hook. This would be some catchy portion of the song that hooks you in and keeps you wanting for more. A lyric that you can’t get out of your head. A [...]

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Tags: Phoenix · Real Estate

Happy Memorial Day

May 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Today we honor those that have served our country, who have died so that we can be free. In my family, I don’t have a single direct relative that has died fighting for my freedom. I have never felt the sorrow of someone I knew personally being killed in action. But my [...]

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Tags: National News

Phoenix Area Real Estate Blog Gaining National Presence

May 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments

When I started this blog, I had as motives some very humble, and to be honest, ill-conceived goals. I had read that most bloggers were in their 20’s. As I was approaching 40, I wanted to show what this “old guy” could do. As well, I wanted to provide an additional web [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Phoenix · Real Estate

Phoenix Real Estate Market Update - #4

May 25th, 2008 · No Comments

There are currently 38,266 single family homes for sale, down by 32 from last week. There are 5511 sales currently pending, up by 172 from last week. And 4154 homes closed escrow in the last 30 days, up by 103 from last week. Broader Maricopa County is now at 9.2 months of inventory, based on [...]

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Tags: Market Update · Phoenix · Real Estate · Scottsdale

Is Open House an Effective Way to Sell Your Phoenix Home?

May 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Recently, I’ve found a number of real estate agents across the country talking about the effectiveness of using open house to market a property for sale. General consensus among both the authors and folks responding to the articles is that most real estate agents today are NOT sitting houses open, particularly those agents that [...]

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Tags: Phoenix · Real Estate