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Chemotherapy for the Capitalistic Soul
Nobody likes taking their medicine, but it is often a necessary evil. Let’s hope the financial doctors are writing the right scripts.
Fixing Up When the Market is Down
With prices consistently falling for the past year and a half, why on God’s green earth would you invest more money into a depreciating asset?
Your Appraisal Is Wrong
Think an appraiser is the definitive word on your home’s value? Wrong. It’s your buyer … and he thinks your price is too high.
Reverse Prospecting: Tout Your Housing Needs Directly to Sellers!
Waiting for the right home to hit the market is so 2008. The Real Estate industry has typically utilized the Internet to entice buyers with property. Why not entice sellers with qualified buyers?
Put Away the Rose Colored Glasses When Shopping for a Home
A good buyer’s agent can be downright brutal when assessing the properties you visit in your house hunt. Here’s why.
Options for Would-Be Sellers in a Difficult Market
It’s a tough time to sell a house, don’t let anyone tell you differently. That doesn’t mean that you don’t have viable options for navigating these murky waters.
Desert Oasis: Your Guide to Scottsdale Waterfront Homes
Is there water in the desert? You bet! You just have to know where to look. Follow our guide to waterfront living to find your new home in a Scottsdale AZ lakefront subdivision.
Short Sales, Foreclosures, Resales … Huh?
Times were you looked at a few houses, found one you liked and made an offer to the current owner. After a bit of haggling, you settled on a price that both parties could live with and away you went. Easy as pie. In the current landscape, however, buying a home is...
Selling Your Home in a Down Market
You've been married so long that you've forgotten how to be single. Your t-shirts all have holes in them, you don't shave on the weekends, and you haven't consumed a "Diet" anything in years. While your spouse may love you despite the fact that you have completely...
New Construction Vs Bank Owned Homes – A Brewing Battle?
It is an inevitable starting point for many buyers right now. Before I can finish saying hello, I am bombarded with requests to see bank-owned and short sale housing. Frankly, were we to change places, I would most likely do the very same. I am aware enough of the...