Phoenix Real Estate

ATTENTION: Canadians Buying Arizona Real Estate

Year-round golf. 15-degree winter days (Celsius, of course). NHL hockey. Restaurants. Sunshine. Friends. Those are just a handful of the reasons that makes Arizona, and particularly Phoenix, an inviting winter destination for many of your Canadian brethren. And with prices still low and the Canadian dollar still strong, opportunity remains to stop squandering money on winter vacation rentals and buy a home in the sun of your own. There … [Read More...]

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Badges? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Badges

This morning, as I fight off either allergies or the edge of a cold (or the after-effects of too many McDonalds meals on the road this week), I'm going to blatantly piggyback on the lovely and talented Kris Berg of San Diego Castles Realty. It seems the California Association of REALTORS has created a badge agents can put on their website to show that they are Realtors, pay their dues to all-mighty NAR and subscribe to the voluminous Code of Ethics. What caught my eye was this little … [Read More...]

Dear REO Agent, Whose Best Interest Are Your Serving

As I pored through the listings today looking for homes for an investor of mine I saw this note: Please note that Bank of America or Merrill Lynch pre-qualification is REQUIRED on all financed offers Okayfine. Happens all the time on foreclosed homes owned by Bank of America. Except ... Current Owner WELLS FARGO BANK NA Can anyone tell me why Wells Fargo is requiring all prospective buyers to get prequalified with Bank of America? Or is this a case where the listing agent is making up his … [Read More...]

Spring Training Primer – Real Estate Near Maryvale Stadium

Last year, I said I was going to highlight homes for sale around the Valley's multiple spring training complexes. A year later, I'm finally going it. Hundreds and more make their way to the Phoenix area each spring to watch one of the 15 teams getting ready for the season and all of these folks need places to stay. Some choose hotels; others, such as many of the folks here to watch teams from colder climes, come out for the month and choose seasonal rentals. Whether for your on pleasure or … [Read More...]

Mansions on Monday – Walmart Edition, January 23

Don't you love Walmart pricing? Nothing ever is an even dollar amount, it's always just a hair short of the dollar so even though you're paying almost a dollar, those three cents make you feel better about things. Little did you know that the same theory also applies to luxury home pricing, as evidenced by the below home located in Scottsdale's Saguaro Heights area. Before we get there, though, a quick aside ... if the mansions aren't necessarily your style or, more to the point, your … [Read More...]

Etiquette at Open Houses

Before this year started I set what was and is an audacious goal - one sale per week, every year for all of 2012. Keep in mind I have no bank owned listing contract allowing me to rake in the transactions while performing next to no actual real estate. My business consists primarily of helping buyers find the properties that they want either for their families, as second homes or as investments. Real estate is like any other business in as much as I need a certain multiple of clients in … [Read More...]