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realestatecom: The Return, Farewell and Planned Return... - 11/13/07 09:18 AM
Hello ActiveRain Members,
It has been a very long time since I came to visit my old friends. A lot of things have been happening and I wish it was because I was so busy with helping people buy and sell real estate.
It has been a rough year here in Tucson for Realtors, and Mortgage Lenders alike. I started my licensing courses this same time last year. Eager to save the first time home buyers from making huge mistakes in their home purchasing, I knew I wouldn't fail as a Real Estate Agent. I was friendly, likable, and I thought, … (9 comments)
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realestatecom: The Perfect Storm - 09/19/07 09:10 PM
Before the summer monsoons hit Tucson every year, Arizonans wait in anticipation. The humidity slightly rises, but so does the heat. It will usually it gets a little windy, and we get some scattered showers.
But we know that there are three things that must happen every year to officially welcome the Summer Monsoon Season. The humidity must rise, and be above 60% three days in a row. Temperatures must also rise as the heat drives in the clouds. And the winds from the south must bring up the clouds and storm. It's a beautiful science and it happens every year. … (10 comments)
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realestatecom: Buyers or Sellers? - 08/31/07 04:27 PM
I was just reading through a "prominent real estate agent magazine" (I'll leave their name out) and a writer there states something of the following (I'm going to paraphrase).
As a new agent, you will be working with a lot of buyers, because you will be out talking to people, shaking hands, holding open houses and trying to get floor time. As you progress forward, and you get more referrals, you will be getting more sellers. Your ultimate goal is to work with 80% of sellers and 20% of buyers, so the quicker you can get to this ratio, the better … (29 comments)
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realestatecom: The Power of Positive Thinking in Real Estate - 08/09/07 05:39 PM
Positive things happen to positive people.Sarah BeenyI went down and visited a fellow Realtor and Mentor today. The positive vibes were FLOWING! But let me go back...I have worked for the past while (seems like forever!) on a couple of real estate deals that have been heading south. I am not one to give up, I try a solution for any problem from any angle. But sometimes, deals fall through anyway. Sometimes, it just isn't your fault. I have had to come and accept that. SOMETIMES, it is your fault, and you have to scramble and make things right. I have … (9 comments)
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realestatecom: Tucson Needs MY Help! At least I think so :) - 07/15/07 11:45 PM
In all honesty, I haven't been fair. I felt like Tucson had more than enough information and I needed to be the cheer squad for Cochise County. But in all honesty, I actually work out of Tucson. Not only that, there really isn't enough cheerleaders for Tucson. Most of the agents I see on the web focus on Oro Valley and North West Tucson. Beautiful places, but what about the East side?
Does everyone know there is a Saguaro Park West and East? What about Fourty Niner Country Club and Arizona National Golf Club? That is just two of a dozen … (3 comments)
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realestatecom: Month 2 Down and Around. Happy ActiveRain Day to me Again :) - 06/26/07 01:29 AM
Ok so I am totally loving ActiveRain, My husband said I need to stay off the MySpace for Realtors, that I don't need to worry about my Google Ranking, because I am the only Lexa Montierth around, and my website is barely functioning. I am thinking that it is just a great start. Since my first blog two months ago I have:
Had a Featured Post (I think little gold stars are my color)
Created my first Website (SEAZHomes.com)
Created the inaugural edition of Southeastern Arizona Homes Podcast (seen on my website)
Starting actually THINKING about what my blogs might say LOL
Finding an interesting … (4 comments)
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realestatecom: What do Home Sellers look for in their Future Realtor? - 06/23/07 03:40 AM
A thought crossed my mind tonight as I was previewing a home that will come on the market shortly. What makes a home seller in this price range (385,000) want to hire me more than any of the other Realtors in the area?
She has told me a few reasons why she is inviting me to look at the home and give her my opinion. One is that I know the difference between a tract home and a custom. I know you might be saying, Well DUH, but how often do we pull up Comps in the area and look at … (4 comments)
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realestatecom: SEAZHomes.com First Podcast - 06/18/07 02:55 AM
I am announcing the first edition of Southeastern Arizona Homes Podcastcomplete, and up and running. Because I have been trying to be tricky and routing this website through my dotmac site (until I know where it's heading), I don't have the link directly to my Podcast page, but you can click and it will take you to the main page, and you can click on podcast. This one is just an intro so no real news on it today, but you have to start somewhere right? Anyone who feels like they are an expert and want to be featured or interviewed … (0 comments)
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realestatecom: My Website is Up and Crawling! - 06/17/07 03:35 AM
Of course you all are the first I had to come and tell! With the help of iWeb for Mac, and a little time,
LEXAMONTIERTH.COM
and
SEAZHOMES.COM
is up, running, and semi-functional! I am working all the bugs out, and latin wording :) but I am just a little too excited to wait. Most likely NOT such a hot idea, but at least I'm not trying to run Google advertising off of it... yet :)
Lexa Montierth
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realestatecom: Lessons Learned ....The First 6 Months - 06/12/07 07:14 PM
So technically I have been a licensed Real Estate Salesperson and Realtor for 6 months now. The first three I was working with a "team" registered as an assistant, but trying to work as an individual. The last three months I have been with RealEstate.com as my own agent working on my own. I just thought I would list the first lessons I have learned through trial and error.
1. If you are going to join a team, know everyone you are going to work with BEFORE you join the team.
2. No matter how likable and friendly you are, you … (36 comments)
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realestatecom: U-Pick and Farm Fresh Produce in Cochise County - 06/08/07 10:57 PM
As I posted about Apple Annie's Festivals, I thought about all the other little wonderful fruit and vegetable stands that are available throughout Cochise County. We are blessed to still have private farm land available to farmers, ranchers and dairymen, and I love to support these hard working people! Information for these stands can be found here:
http://www.vtc.net/~seariz/produce.html
or here:
http://pickyourown.org/AZ.htm
So many vegetables, so little time!
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realestatecom: Apple Annie's July Festivals in Willcox, AZ - 06/08/07 10:49 PM
Willcox is well known for it's u-pick and farm fresh produce!
One of my favorite things to do is act like a tourist and hang out at Apple Annie's Orchard or Produce stands! The produce is locally grown, and tastes wonderful! There are games and rides for the kids, and a fun farm attitude! Here is a list of their July festivals. You don't want to miss the peach ice cream, it's the "cream of the crop"!
Sweet Corn Extravaganza Apple Annie’s Produce & Pumpkins July 14 - 15, July 21-22 8 AM – 5:30 PM
Sweet corn picked at … (1 comments)
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realestatecom: Open House Help? - 06/08/07 07:08 PM
Hello Active Rainers!
I am looking for help with my first open house tomorrow. I have tried to get a book together about the area, I'm putting together folders with all the local listings in the area, a flyer about the property they are visiting, and putting up balloons and directional signs. A few things its a little too late for, but any other ideas for tomorrow folks? And even if it's past that, I could always use more advice!!
Does baking cookies really help? Cinnamon rolls?
Flowers and greenery?
Handing out flyers anywhere before I start? (grocery store I'm picking up the cookies at … (9 comments)
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realestatecom: Small Town 4th Of July - 05/25/07 12:44 AM
There is nothing more Patriotic than a Small Town 4th of July Celebration. I have enjoyed festivities in cities and towns across the SouthWest, and the amount of pride I have seen in rural towns amazes me.
The whole town stops its daily activities and everyone participates in a parade, or pagent. There are usually games and refreshments, entertainment, and patriotic themes all day long.
I will be posting the events and calender from the Small towns I have visited and hope you will take time to visit one of these fine communities on one of their Small Town Independence Day … (3 comments)
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realestatecom: Recent Statistics for Benson Area - 05/25/07 12:26 AM
In the past three months, 26 single family residences have sold in the Benson area (Including J-6/Mescal, Saint David, Pomerene and the City of Benson). The average home was 3 bedrooms, 1.96 baths (don't ask me what would be missing in the .04!), and 1649 sq ft. The median asking price was 169,750 and the sale price was 162,500. Average Days on Market: 88.
Also in the Benson Area, there have been 17 Manufactured or Mobile Homes sold. Average size on these properties is 1,447 Sq ft, 3 bedroom 2.06 bath (Is that where the extra went from the SFR?). Median … (0 comments)
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realestatecom: Happy ActiveRain Day to Me - 05/24/07 11:42 PM
I just looked at the calendar and realized it's been one month since my first blog. I thought this would be hard, and no one would read it anyhow. I didn't think about how doing something so small as getting my thoughts down on a computer screen would help me focus on my Real Estate Career! I am happy to say I have had a surge of new clients coming in, and I have been bolder than ever, handing out my card to pretty much anyone I talk to. "You are what you think" Right?
I'm excited to be on here, … (8 comments)
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realestatecom: What's in a name? - 04/30/07 01:42 AM
Well, according to my brother, A LOT! I love my brother. He is a computer/marketing/graphic arts genius. Don't tell him that though, because he'll deny he does anything special! (That and little sisters can't say nice things about their older brothers, right?) But he has such a way of putting things out there that make me question everything! All my marketing, the words I use etc. So I am trying to come up with a website address.
Montierth is too hard to spell. Lexa is to short (and already taken). You need your personal go get um website name.
So here … (2 comments)
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realestatecom: A Pictures Worth..... - 04/25/07 05:39 PM
I am a recently licensed Realtor with RealEstate.com. But I'm not new to looking at hundreds of photos of homes, and fellow Realtors, and property listings. I am sure one time not so long ago the only way you could see what a property looked like is to drive out there and take a glance. Or, if you were lucky, your Realtor might of taken a few 35MM (I won't go back so far to 110's or Brownie Cameras!) pictures for their clients. But with today's technology, there is no reason not to have media available for your clients online, in … (4 comments)
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realestatecom: Looking for a Rural Homestead? - 04/24/07 12:43 AM
I have recently been bombarded with calls from clients who want "to get away from it all" and looking for that place "in the middle of nowhere". Is it because our lifestyles of today are so fast pace verses those of our parents or grandparents? Or is it that yearning for a home found on the canvas of a Tim Cox painting? I don't have the answers to life's great mysteries, but I have found my clients the homes they were looking for right here in Cochise County. I consider myself a country girl at heart, who always longed to be a … (0 comments)
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Lexa Montierth
Vail,
AZ
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RealEstate.com, REALTORS®
Office Phone: (520) 405-2857
Cell Phone: (520) 405-2857
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I'm not out to change the world of blogging, nor do I feel like I have some earth shattering discovery. I am blogging for history, for information, for help, and to help others. I blog to advertise, I blog to find advertisements. Real Estate is all about Networking, and I am proud to be a part of this community!
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