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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...
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...
No One Cares About The Fun Bubble
Open houses were how I made my initial bones in the Real Estate business. One of the tried and true methods for encountering the home buying public in its natural environment, it proved to be the old school prospecting technique that was the best fit for my...
The Foreclosure Moratorium: An Opportunity for Mom & Pop Home Sellers?
With the latest scuttlebutt in the housing industry centering around a rising political push for a large scale foreclosure moratorium by leading lending institutions, most are aware that Bank of America became the first to issue a temporary nationwide pause in...
How Do I Get the Best Deal On Real Estate Services?
Certainly, we are all aware that Real Estate fees are negotiable and that there is no set standard for the services of a REALTOR. Mind you, that does not mean agents are under any obligation to deviate from their stated rates, but it does mean that what Agent X quotes...
Listing Price Reductions: Go Big or Go Home
Note: The following is the opinion of Paul Slaybaugh only, and, therefore, patently correct. Unless you are trying to get under a specific price barrier, you are better off leaving your asking price alone than making a minuscule reduction. Sounds contrary to logic,...
Hire Me, I Spent 50K to Dominate Irrelevant Keyword Searches!
"List with me because I dominate page 1 of Google for Scottsdale Real Estate, as well as Neighborhoods X, Y and Z!" A familiar refrain. Firmly entrenched in the Internet Age of Real Estate marketing, it would be reasonable for a consumer to expect his chosen agent to...
Selling a Home in Scottsdale? Keep the Agent Bonus in Your Shorts.
Thanks, but no thanks. Therein lie my in-depth feelings regarding buyer agent bonus compensation. It's a tricky business, this whole trust-building endeavor. From the initial consultation with a prospective client, to the signing of the closing documents and all...
What’s Mean and Grey and Stupid All Over?
There are dragons lurking in the dark recesses of your property listing. Mean dragons. Scaly, grey, mean dragons that might rise up out of their lairs and go all Godzilla on your potential showings if left unchecked. And what, pray tell, is the name of these...
You Want to Preview My Home? Buzz off, Ebert.
I have seen my share of thumbs down houses over the years. It’s a sad truth, but for every summer blockbuster, there is a Real Estate Gigli. Properties that look so promising in the MLS trailer fall flat despite the star-studded cast. Granite counter tops,...