Map Housing & Transportation Costs for Your Area - 04/28/08 06:44 PM
It's the modern home buyer quandry:
Do I want to pay more for the home to live closer work/school?
or
Do I want to pay less to live further away?
Lately I'm performing the following searches:
Homes close to work/school (usually re-sale)Homes further away at bargain value pricing (often new homes)We look at each and calculate … (17 comments)
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Countrywide CEO- Your Company Loses Over $700 Million- You Earn $132 Mill... - 04/27/08 08:02 PM
Something is very wrong with this picture.
Countrywide loses over $700 million dollars in 2007.
The CEO, Angelo Mozilo , receives an 80% pay cut.
That makes *some* sense.
With that, he was only making close to a $1 million a month in base pay.
But hey- there's some stock options to cash in!
... another … (16 comments)
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Phoenix Among Best Cities for Job Growth - 04/27/08 07:32 PM
When cities experience massive population growth, local authorities must be asking themselves, "can we handle this?"
Evidently Phoenix can.
Phoenix is listed, by Forbes Magazine, among the best cities for job growth. About the area, the article ascribed Phoenix's prospects as strong due to a diverse economy and fundamentally solid economics.
The remarkable element … (0 comments)
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Very Cool Investment Information Resources- The Wikipedias of Data - 04/27/08 11:55 AM
How many of you have gone to Wikipedia for "the gist" of a topic?
Raise your hands, people... ok that makes close to 85,000 of you.
Well... the "next big thing" in the web info arena (according to me) is, ready for it?
Data - more accurately... Smart Data. Raw … (7 comments)
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Livin' La Vida Robot - Local High School Takes on M.I.T. - 04/24/08 08:15 PM
In April of 2005 Wired Magazine published one of *the* feel good stories of a lifetime.
It was called "La Vida Robot" ... It's the adventure of a group of inner city high school students from West Phoenix who dared to compete in a NASA sponsered science competition against the best … (7 comments)
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The Fortune 500 List is Out - 04/21/08 08:14 PM
The Fortune
500 List is out... let's see which home builders made the
list.
This is interesting...
I always love to peruse this issue...
...it's always interesting to me to see that "troubled" companies and
"media darlings" tend to show up in unpredictable places.
… (7 comments)
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Sell Your Home for a Dollar? - 04/21/08 06:58 PM
Would you sell your home for a dollar?
How about $100?
The pendulous real estate market is still swinging to the favor of the buyer...
...so sellers are becoming creative.
A Toronto man has decided to sell his home for $1.
Of course he's not going to accept offers in that price range... he's … (14 comments)
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Academic Excellence- Mesa Arizona Schools - 04/20/08 09:46 PM
"Chuck- you live in Mesa; how are the schools?"
That's the question I was asked earlier today.
It's also a question I love to answer, "Mesa's Schools are excellent!"
Here's some of the latest news:
America's Promise Alliance recognized Mesa
Public Schools as No. 1 … (3 comments)
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From Sharp Downturn to Flattening- The Phoenix Housing Market - 04/20/08 08:24 PM
The question I've heard most often in the last few months it this, "Have we reached the bottom yet?"
Let's give the short answer: "possibly"
I (and most of my fellow agents) have been keeping a finger on the pulse of the market with great regularity during recent years.
For those of us … (4 comments)
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Eat at Joe's- Organic Ingrediants Grown On-Site at this Gilbert Farm/Restaurant - 04/20/08 06:27 PM
Downtown Gilbert
Arizona could be a film set.
It reminded me of Mainstreet USA... the center street of the
towns of my youth.
My family has been drawn to Joe's BBQ
for the past decade.
It's
one of those places where the food is only part of the … (5 comments)
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Gilbert Arizona Spec Homes... Luxury at an Entry Level Price - 04/20/08 04:58 PM
Arizona has many new
homes available.
Home Builders, both large and small, have noticed the valley's wild
population growth patterns, and have set up stakes in this area.
It's quite the task to keep up with all the developments... but it's
very much worth it, as many new … (2 comments)
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This Park Has Gone to the Dogs- Gilbert Arizona's Cosmo Park - 04/19/08 12:47 PM
Gilbert was my first Arizona home. That was the early 1980's ... and the town was a sea of cotton and corn with the occasional dairy farm in between.
This charming town on the outskirts of the big city has become a city of note- a destination for those who want … (2 comments)
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The Blogger's Little Secret: EASILY Set Up an Automatic News Retrieval System - 04/18/08 07:51 PM
I love how-to's.
Few things brighten my day more than discovering that my several step processes... the ones which I've performed countless times...
could be reduced to fewer steps.
Here's one of the quickest "How-To's" I can teach you.
Yes... many will say, "I already know how to do that" ... but this … (20 comments)
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College Towns- A Good Investment... Spotlight on Tempe, Arizona - 04/12/08 05:34 PM
In their latest edition, Business Week looked at the real estate market underneath a different microscope. In their Report "Smart Buys in College Towns".
They looked at the real estate market as a whole and then the markets in towns that are home to major univesities. What they discovered is a phenomena … (6 comments)
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Pat Tillman's Memory Lives on in Tillman's Run - Tempe, AZ - April 19, 2009 - 04/12/08 04:14 PM
In 1994 an undersized linebacker from San Jose secured the last football Scholarship to Arizona State University.
Coach Bruce Snyder sat down with him, and other freshmen, to go over the concept of red-shirting. That's where a person is able to work-out with the team, learn the ropes and grow into … (8 comments)
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Country Thunder to Take Over Florence Arizona for Four Days - 04/12/08 02:18 PM
Country Thunder is coming to Florence, Arizona April 17 - 20, 2008.
This is no ordinary concert. This annual ritual allows county enthusiasts from the far flung sections of this great nation (plus a few guests from other countries) to take in an experience like not other.
This four day event offers participant … (0 comments)
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Where are We Now in the Correction? If I had a TV Show.... - 04/11/08 04:19 PM
If I had a TV Show... tonight's news may go something like this...
Previously on "Arizona Real Estate Live!" (cue upbeat southwest music)...
Cut to: scenes of luxury vehicles passing scenic vistas in the hills of Scottsdale to a distant view of the impressive skyline of Phoenix.
Announcer: Since the turn of the millennium, … (4 comments)
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Top Builders in America - A Sortable List - 04/09/08 06:25 PM
Last September I posted a blog which presented a Sortable List of America's Top Home Builders of 2006 & 2007.
The blog reading community was underwhelmed.
Chalk it up to inexperience or a paucity of information- but the link to Builder Online's research was a big eye-opener for me.
For those who specialize … (11 comments)
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Was the Bubble Avoidable? - 04/07/08 04:00 PM
For those who have been watching the real estate cycle there were some signs.
Sure... simple little cracks that show up when there is any expansion.
Ask a real estate agent for an opinion and you might here any of these explanations:
Widespread availability of easy creditConsumers expanding use of creditWild expansion of subprime … (7 comments)
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De-Clutter Tip: The "Maybe Box" - 04/05/08 03:29 PM
Having seen one too many over-cluttered homes I'm less inclined to keep extra stuff around.
That extra stuff can soon become a full closet, a garage space or a cram-packed "crafts" room.
Do any of you have tips for keeping clutter to a minimum?
Check out the suggestions by Zen Habits, in their article, … (4 comments)
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Rooms With a View- Arizona's Tempe Town Lake - 04/05/08 01:09 PM
"I found you the place you're looking for!" I exclaimed to Bruce.
He and his wife had hoped for a quiet home in downtown Mesa.
He wanted a space- lots of it. He told me to "take my time." That was last autumn.
Homes in the historic district that fit his needs rarely … (0 comments)
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Sprawl-Busting: Wal-Mart Scales Back - 04/05/08 12:31 PM
Forbes Magazine has called Al Norman Wal-Mart's number one enemy.
What does he do?
He's the founder of Sprawl-Busters.
He mobilizes grass roots groups to fight urban sprawl. Have a new big-box store moving in? Call Al.
I live in a pleasant neighborhood. A local Wal-Mart was planned. Opposition arose. The plans … (4 comments)
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Phoenix Film Festival is Underway - 04/04/08 08:13 PM
It's that time of year again! Valley theaters will be showcasing films from around the country at the Phoenix Film Festival held from April 3-10.Headquartered at the Harkins Scottsdale/101 Theatre, this event is now in it's eighth year. The festival offers:packed housesgreat partiesfilms from studentsforeign filmsMoviemaker Magazine has named the Phoenix Film … (2 comments)
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Mesa Arizona Mayoral Run-Off Election to be Held May 20, 2008 - 04/04/08 12:43 PM
Earlier I reported the tight race for Mesa Mayor: Mesa Mayor Race too Close to Call.
Well... here's the latest update.
The March 11 race was too close to produce a clear victor.
Claudia Walters received insufficient votes to participate in a run-off. Although she had immediately decided to recommend one opponent … (2 comments)
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Tempe Town Lake Hosts Ironman Arizona - 04/04/08 12:04 PM
World class athletes will be converging on Tempe, Arizona in the following week to participate in the third annual Ford Ironman Arizona competition. What makes this venue unique can be described in two words: proximity and climate.
All the necessary elements are found in close proximity. The transition area, lake and … (4 comments)
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