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Damon's cell phone buzzed in his pocket as he stepped out of the stately house and into the warmth of late April in Scottsdale, Arizona. Checking the display, he recognized the number from the four previous calls he'd let roll to voicemail. Whoever it was, his mystery...
Things I’m Not Doing During a Scottsdale Winter …
January 11th, 2011 ... do you know where your tank tops are? It's time to talk Scottsdale vacation homes, people. You see, while you are buried under two feet of snow, I'm mowing my lawn. In flip flops. As today is a bit nippy by Scottsdale standards, I went a little...
How Not To Draft Your Short Sale Hardship Letter
To whom it may concern, I am drafting this explanation of hardship in attempt to effect a short sale of my property located at 88 W. Tantalus Lane, Scottsdale, AZ 85258. When I purchased the property on 1/16/2005, I was under the impression that Real Estate values...
Market Value Versus Assessed Value: Where Not to Look for Your Home’s True Worth
Maricopa County property tax valuation notices go out in another month or so, and the reverberation of a couple million jaws dropping will once again shake the Valley of the Sun. Whether a new homeowner's first tax valuation experience or a case of seasonal amnesia in...
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a … What the Hell Is It?
Somewhere in 2008 … “Yeah, and if Abe Lincoln wore a skirt, he’d a been the bearded lady,” Ramiro scoffed. “Look, I don’t care how it got there, all I’m telling you is it wasn’t there on Tuesday.” The three flannel clad men stood shoulder to shoulder around a five by...
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The blog as a Real Estate tool has been nothing short of revolutionary. Seemingly overnight, a million and two agents turned to their keyboards to flog consumers and search engine spiders with news from the front lines and advertise their wares. As the popularity of...
Won’t Appraise, You Say? Then Bring Me a Cash Buyer!
If only it were that simple. I’ve had this pearl lobbed across the kitchen table by a would-be Scottsdale home seller in denial more times than I can count, and I can count all the way to eleven, thank you very much. After all, it’s self-evident that the single most...
All Aboard the McCormick-Stillman Railroad in Scottsdale, AZ!
Digging through my old archives for additional community information I could use to populate this site, I came across this video I shot aboard the Standard Pacific Railroad at the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in McCormick Ranch (Scottsdale). Hard to believe it's...
Town & Country Scottsdale
Continuing the Unique Architecture in Scottsdale series, this edition focuses on the mid-century modern designs of famed local architect Ralph Haver. If you enjoyed the style of the Frank Lloyd Wright inspired homes of Mountain View East in McCormick Ranch, but are...
Life’s Too Short To Work With Jerks
... but too long to label someone as such within 30 seconds of making their acquaintance. A common theme across the Real Estate net is a gleeful willingness to drop a potential client like they're hot if deep levels of compatibility with the affronted agent do not...