real estate: If You're Walking Through Hell, Don't Stop. - 02/24/08 04:46 AM
From a distance of only ten feet, entrance to the courtyard beyond seemed a formidable task. Impossible.A fools errand, this. The high sunwashed adobe wall and the great iron throw-bolt seemed to say "go away." I almost did just that. No one, after all, was expecting me, and see? The gate is barred, padlocked. I nearly turned … (38 comments)
real estate: Inside NAR Political Contributions: A Major Shift From Right to Left? - 02/18/08 12:08 AM
The 3rd largest contributor to political campaigns (per http://www.opensecrets.org/) is the National Association of REALTORS®. Since the 1996 election cycle, NAR contributions to Democrat candidates have increased in every cycle. This cycle, it's exponential. For the first time in a long time, giving to Dems will surpass 50%. Here are the numbers. Granted, … (31 comments)
real estate: "Daddy, Make Him Stop!" Why Uncle Sam Isn't the Answer in a Free Market - 02/15/08 12:55 PM
Where is uncle Sam? Why isn't he watching this [short sales] and have control on it? Why allow the lending institution to do whatever they feel like giving crazy mortgages or short sales why is it up to them? This question was posted by a young woman (a real estate agent) bemoaning the effect of short … (80 comments)
2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 30, 2008: While 68,657 of you are asleep in your beds, 25 of us are cruising your blogs, looking for inspiration, encouragement, insight, and laughs. 12 are insane enough to have clicked the little button that lets others … (32 comments)
real estate: For My Newbie Friend, Kevin Wood, Listing Agent and Active Rain Member - 01/21/08 11:15 PM
This is for Kevin Wood, (Active Rain Newbie,) and Jeff Turner, two people who need to do business together. The listing in the Real Estate Show I've created below is Kevin's; I lifted his photos off MLS and created it for him, with his permission. IMHO, Real Estate Shows is just fantastic. Active … (22 comments)
real estate: Broken Priority: When "Free and Clear" Isn't Good Enough for the Bank - 01/20/08 06:55 AM
The retired couple sitting in my office were incredulous. They had: photos, architect drawn plans, and aloan denial letter from a local bank."We own the property free and clear," said the husband. "We bought it as is, and we also bought the rights to the plans." He was a builder from out of state who knew … (32 comments)
real estate: Sign of the Times: Plead My Case for Fraud - 01/19/08 06:34 AM
High visibility, low cost per view. Intersections are a great place to advertise. The usual fare is a cardboard box advertising a yard sale. This wasn't your usual sign. This one got my attention. Target market: A good lawyer. Incentive to call? Up to half a million dollars if you win the case. … (37 comments)
real estate: Rent! You Can Always Buy Later for Less! - 01/14/08 10:19 AM
I'm going out on a limb here. I was just watching NBC's Today show, and the talking head was being interviewed about the wisdom of renting versus buying. "Much better to rent right now than to buy," he said. "The price of housing is still going down. It will cost you … (39 comments)
real estate: "Rise in Pending Home Sales at Odds with Local Closings" - 01/08/08 07:25 PM
That was the headline in the business section of Tucson's Arizona Daily Star. A bar chart shows the MLS data. It supports the headline. The National Association of Realtors sees pending sales as a leading indicator of housing market activity. Christie Smythe (not a REALTOR®) quotes an NAR spokesperson, Walter Molony, as saying that the "discrepancy … (15 comments)
real estate: Rotting Apples: The Psychology of Foreclosure on your Community - 12/31/07 09:11 PM
"Thank God that's not MY problem," is often one's reaction upon hearing that someone in the neighborhood has been foreclosed.
Please take this to heart: as a homeowner, it really IS your problem. Foreclosures are an equal opportunity occurance. They don't just happen in middle and lower middle class neighborhoods. Driving home … (17 comments)
real estate: Adam Waldman Has The Best Perspective for 2008 - 12/29/07 09:26 AM
So you had a bad day? That's what I read this morning when I checked in on Adam Waldmans blog. (Real all the way to the end. This has a good ending!)
You bet I had a bad day yesterday! My client, after months of looking, found the perfect home for … (46 comments)
real estate: There's a Floor Under the Tucson Real Estate Market. How's By You? - 12/27/07 10:36 PM
Two UP arrows. Five DOWN arrows. That's the Tucson Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service sales snapshot for the month of November, 2007.
Quick glance? "Boo! Hiss! See? I told you the sky was falling!" But that's not the real picture at all.
First: Look at the UP arrows.
The average sales … (15 comments)
real estate: Differing Google Strategies for Active Rain: Tucson's Top Three 'Rainers - 12/01/07 08:40 PM
I'm addicted to statistics in the pursuit of "What Works?"
For Active Rainers, "what works" is visibility to Google. It's what makes the phone ring. The top three Rainers in Tucson, AZ have achieved this visibility on Active Rain in very different ways.
Tens of thousands in the Active Rain ranks never … (115 comments)
real estate: Real Estate Correction: I Don't Want Help From My Government - 11/26/07 01:00 AM
Today's Active Rain front page Featured Posts included this title, by Lenn Harley: MASSIVE FORECLOSURES COMING? THE MARKET IS SPEAKING LOUD AND CLEAR. You might want to read it, and the commentary it's attracted, before continuing.
By the time I read Lenn's post, almost eighty people had commented. One comment, by … (69 comments)
real estate: Networking Heritage? Her Mom Was a Realtor - 11/20/07 06:58 AM
Lori Riegel is, hands down, the most effective networker I've met in Tucson. My phone rings because Lori met with someone in her capacity as Marketing Consultant with Tucson's Arizona Jewish Post. She's a machine! Lori has a simple (and simply the most effective) two-book system for tracking her business contaces. I'll share … (23 comments)
real estate: Inspired by Light - 11/06/07 10:15 PM
In a market where one house competes with ten thousand others for the attention of a single buyer, you--the listing agent--have a most powerful ally in presenting your house to the world. Allow me to present that ally. Meet the setting sun. Its rich, deep yellow rays have a unique power … (48 comments)
real estate: Life Before Real Estate? You Bet! - 11/04/07 02:25 PM
All of us had a previous life. This was mine. What was yours? I was a high end real estate developer on Long Beach Island, a barrier reef off the coast of New Jersey, six miles at sea. This oceanside condo complex, the Breakers, exceeded the height limitation for the town of … (26 comments)
real estate: Messed-up Lives and Listing Opportunities - 11/03/07 11:56 AM
They (yup, those guys) tell us that when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. But human emotions sometimes go over the edge. You see the results in this photo. When a marital disagreement has gone this far, the house often ends up in foreclosure because the owners are so far down the … (46 comments)
real estate: Loonie Rules! Canadian Buying Power Up 6% for Tucson Home! - 11/01/07 07:02 AM
Goooood morning, Canada! While you're having your cuppa tea this morning, consider this: the cost of owning your winter home in warm, sunny Tucson, Arizona went down by more than six percent yesterday. The Canadian Dollar is worth $1.06 US since our Federal Reserve dropped the Fed Funds rate yesterday. How long has it … (8 comments)
real estate: Late Night AR--The Few, The Awake! - 10/31/07 06:48 AM
Out of 55,526 members, 53 are currently logged in. It makes me wonder who the other 52 are, and why they can't sleep through the night like normal people.
We're not your normal Active Rainers.
That's Cheryl Johnson in the first position, top-left, with the big glasses. What you can't see … (27 comments)
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From a distance of only ten feet, entrance to the courtyard beyond seemed a formidable task. Impossible.A fools errand, this. The high sunwashed adobe wall and the great iron throw-bolt seemed to say "go away."
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