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mesa: Red Mountain Ranch 5 bedroom home for sale - 07/08/11 04:10 PM
Pre-Qualify for this 5 bedroom home for sale in 85215 zip code Home in Mesa, Arizona with Ricky Khamis, Scottsdale FHA/Jumbo/Conventional Loan Expert at www.ApprovingAZ.com or call 480-559-9609. Ricky and his team have many Jumbo loan packages for this 5 bedroom home for sale in 85215 zip code. This 5 bedroom home for sale in 85215 zip code features 5 Bedrooms and 4.5 Bathrooms with 7,213 Square Feet and a lot size of 33,733. The front of this 5 bedroom home for sale in 85215 zip code has desert landscaping and features a 3 car garage. The backyard of this 5 bedroom home for sale in 85215 zip code features desert landscaping, Pool, Spa, … (0 comments)

mesa: Red Mountain Ranch 5 bedroom home for sale - 07/08/11 04:07 PM
Pre-Qualify for this Mesa Arizona 5 bedroom home for sale Home in Mesa, Arizona with Ricky Khamis, Scottsdale FHA/Jumbo/Conventional Loan Expert at www.ApprovingAZ.com or call 480-559-9609. Ricky and his team have many Jumbo loan packages for this Mesa Arizona 5 bedroom home for sale. This Mesa Arizona 5 bedroom home for sale features 5 Bedrooms and 4.5 Bathrooms with 7,213 Square Feet and a lot size of 33,733. The front of this Mesa Arizona 5 bedroom home for sale has desert landscaping and features a 3 car garage. The backyard of this Mesa Arizona 5 bedroom home for sale features desert landscaping, Pool, Spa, and Sauna. 64460E. Trailridge Circle 29, Mesa, AZ 85215 is located … (0 comments)

mesa: Red Mountain Ranch 5 bedroom home for sale - 07/08/11 03:39 PM
Pre-Qualify for this Red Mountain Ranch 5 bedroom home for sale Home in Mesa, Arizona with Ricky Khamis, Scottsdale FHA/Jumbo/Conventional Loan Expert at www.ApprovingAZ.com or call 480-559-9609. Ricky and his team have many Jumbo loan packages for this Red Mountain Ranch 5 bedroom home for sale. This Red Mountain Ranch 5 bedroom home for sale features 5 Bedrooms and 4.5 Bathrooms with 7,213 Square Feet and a lot size of 33,733. The front of this Red Mountain Ranch 5 bedroom home for sale has desert landscaping and features a 3 car garage. The backyard of this Red Mountain Ranch 5 bedroom home for sale features desert landscaping, Pool, Spa, and … (1 comments)

mesa: Las Sendas Arizona Homes for Sale facebook fanpage NEEDS YOU! - 06/25/10 08:12 PM
Can you help me with my facebook fan page, please?  Maybe you can get some ideas from what I'm trying to do here (even though I'm so new at this I might be acting like a moron ;-)
Okay, this planned community in Mesa Arizona is close to Falcon Field, Superstition Mountains and minutes away from Tonto National forest.  This is a super clean, well planned out community that has incredible mountain and city views, multi-million dollar homes as well as homes selling for $100.00/sqft. on 1500sqft. or so.
Here's my plan: I want to merge together sales data for properties … (0 comments)

mesa: REO's vs. miles around Phoenix Arizona... Which is greater? - 01/09/09 02:59 AM
I went from Phoenix Arizona all the way to...
You know the rest of the words!
Which grew by more today: The amount of miles on my vehicle or the number of foreclosures in the City of Phoenix?
Today, I went from Tempe to Mesa to Gilbert back through Mesa to Scottsdale to Tempe to Mesa to Gilbert to Chandler to Phoenix to my home in Tempe!!!  A pretty long day viewing homes, picking up a listing, getting a key, hustling to the office, meeting at 6:00pm and then picking up my son in Phoenix.  So, what's the big deal?

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mesa: Don't violate our industry with the unsupervised use of a guinea pig - 08/25/08 02:08 PM
What do guinea pigs and the Code of Ethics have in common?  Article 11.
 
I'll paraphrase - If you can't provide service that shall conform to the standards of practice and competence which are reasonably expected, don't hire yourself out to do the job!
DON'T MAKE YOUR CLIENT THE GUINEA PIG!
 
Real estate has enough twists and turns without some inexperienced agent coming in and making things worse.
 
I've never sold an office building before - so if I get an opportunity to sell one, I have to put my client's needs first.  It doesn't mean I can't take the … (7 comments)

mesa: Down payment assistance will be eulogized no more. Solutions exist! - 08/22/08 03:46 AM
I hereby declare that from the 21st of August, 2008, I will move on from down payment assistance.  Now, I'll focus not on bad-mouthing, I will focus on the solutions below...
 

Our politicians did what they did and come October 1st, things will be different.
Just like I would move on from a bad relationship - There's just no point in beating a dead horse.
Will things get bad? - If I let them.  But, no more complaining from me!!!  I'll let others complain while I help families buy and sell homes.
 
With home prices in more affordable … (28 comments)

mesa: Did Congress cut off the nose to spite the face? - 08/20/08 01:43 AM
I'll keep this one short and sweet:
What will cause more damage to home values:  Termites or Congress?
How many of today's short sales and foreclosures are FHA?  Not many! - During the boom years, you couldn't do an FHA loan because the loan limits were lower than what homes were selling for.  On top of that prices were rising so why would a seller give up a 3% donation, especially when others didn't need it due to the readily available 100% financing programs?
Now that we can agree that our market woes were not caused by FHA loans going into default...
It leads … (9 comments)

mesa: There may never have been a real estate market situation as this! EVER! - 08/18/08 09:26 PM
With the impending end of down payment assistance, there may never have been a more ripe opportunity to "MOVE UP" or switch homes.
Sell now...Buy later!
A majority of transactions that have occurred in the AFFORDABLE price range lately have been FHA transactions.
Sell now...BUY LATER!
Many of these transactions involve Down payment assistance.
SELL NOW!!! BUY LATER!!!

Although the demise of down payment assistance programs is slated for October 1st, I just received word that in Arizona, a pretty active real estate market, down payment assistance programs are seeing their last days well before the October 1st to contract, … (12 comments)

mesa: Even if we were at a bottom how long would it take to recover? - 08/18/08 06:03 AM
In a free market system, an agreement is made between two parties as to who is going to give up something to get something.  The same holds true for the free market system and agreement to purchase that occurs during home sales.  Regardless of market data.  Each "thinks" they can do better but "knows" that something's better than nothing.  Could price fixing slow down our recovery?
Studies are done to determine value in just about everything we buy:
Retailers determine mark-ups on clothing based upon demand (and a little "let's see what we can get away with" influence) Fast food joints … (37 comments)

mesa: Wanted: Buyers for well-priced listings in Arizona - 08/17/08 11:59 PM
In today's market, with real estate doom and gloom everywhere, I notice exceptional bargains that would provide huge returns for the long term investor.
I've told many people about the latest and greatest "bargains" I've found out there and some are just downright underpriced homes.
 
They were such great values that I thought of putting together a separate page on my website for these special properties.  It seems that I cannot do this so easily without getting the permission of the listing agent.  The permission part wouldn't be so bad, it would be the accuracy side that I would worry … (7 comments)

mesa: Previewing homes and getting clients in the process. - 08/17/08 08:11 PM
This month, I will be closing two transactions that are the direct result of my expressing disbelief regarding the price of a home that I previewed.
 
In both cases, the homes purchased were miles away of the "TOPIC" home that I made mention of during a conversation.
 
One home is 15 miles or so from the home I saw.  It is larger than the mentioned home, has a pool and is $50,000 more that what I had seen.
The other, magically fit what they were looking for even though it wasn't what originally fit the search criteria.
In both … (3 comments)

mesa: Investors wanted for long term renters. - 08/16/08 02:45 PM
Creating a win-win situation is easy when the market is in flux.  The recent changes have brought on a new opportunity:  Renters picking out their own home to rent while an investor buys it.
 
No longer needing to give up a lease-purchase option, investors can now purchase homes that pre-approved renters want to rent.
 
With so much inventory in the market, a renter defines where they want to live and the investor purchases the home, if it makes financial sense.
 
With many homes floating around the 120 times rent factor ($'s in rent x 120 = target purchase … (4 comments)

mesa: With the demise of down payment assistance programs should we stop now? - 07/29/08 03:28 PM
Could using the October 1st deadline for down payment assistance as a reason for buyers to get out into the market possibly be viewed as predatory?
Are we going to be leading sheep to the slaughter?
With the evaporation of the Alt-A lending programs last year, we've seen a continual decline in home values.  Starting October 1st, with the absence of DPA's, can we expect home prices to rise or fall?  Aren't DPA FHA loans supporting much of the market from rapid decline?
 
Yesterday, I had a discussion with one of my buyers.  He has his down payment saved up … (17 comments)

mesa: Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Ahwatukee and Scottsdale Road Closings - 03/28/08 05:01 AM
For East Valley residents in Arizona regarding important traffic update!  If you don't live around here, skip this and go to the next post on Push those home prices down so we can all get along with our lives! below.
This weekend, the East Valley will be having rubberized asphalt and other freeway improvements done.
Since the real estate market is picking up, be aware of the weekend closures: http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/112346 Be safe with showings this weekend! … (2 comments)

mesa: Push those home prices down so we can all get on with our lives! - 03/28/08 12:54 AM
 
A depression is either a long recession or a severe recession.
Let's see if we can avoid the depression by getting back to normal!
If agents can push housing prices down to levels that are fundamentally sound, and do this quickly, consumer confidence can increase.  The increase in consumer confidence will in turn cause consumption to return to healthier levels.
As an agent on the listing side, your job is to get a property sold.  There are two factors, price and time, that will be used to calculate customer satisfaction.  Sell for higher than market in a short time-frame and … (16 comments)

mesa: First Time Homebuyers: "Please handle with care!" - 03/26/08 11:15 AM
We as an industry need to show care and concern to protect the First Time Homebuyers!

When I ask a first time homebuyer, "What made you decide to purchase a home, now?"  They usually respond:
"Well, the market has come down so much that I figured that this would be a great time to buy!"
Thank goodness I was able to get to them first before someone sacrificed them to an overpriced listing.
We've got to realize that we've got to protect this new wave of buyers from becoming cannon fodder for overpriced sellers.  We have to spend time educating … (21 comments)

mesa: FHA DPA's: Agents earn "sales" bonus of $250.00 to $650.00 using it! - 03/25/08 03:58 PM
In a market plagued with agents unaware of shifts in strategy, "know how" with FHA Down Payment Assistance programs could get you a nice bonus!  Best part about it?  It is a WIN-WIN-WIN situation.
SELLER sells their home!  BUYERS go from rent to own!   AGENT sells a listing!!
Now that FHA maximums have been increased, raise the price on your inventory and you move a home and get a bonus!
Buyers are looking for opportunity with low risk factors.  Show the market how a home can be purchased easily and you increase your chances to sell.  Show the buyers they can … (11 comments)

mesa: Letter to tenants prior to listing an occupied home. Please advise! - 03/24/08 09:47 PM
Since there are so many great suggestive posts on AR, and since I have already benefitted by reaching out for agent suggestions on another issue, I hope to get some feedback that could better help the agents I help.
I have recently been asked by several agents for any assistance I may provide them in contacting tenants.  The request was to help accomplish two objectives:
Inform them of their property possibly changing owners. To reach out and invite them to consider purchasing a home in a great buyer's market. Please provide any insight or recommendations as you see fit.
Here goes:
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mesa: Home Staging, Good Luck If You Don't Use a Home Stager! - 03/22/08 04:41 AM
I wrote this in reply to a comment that I made on a "Home Staging" professional's blog.  I thought that this might help people better understand what home staging can do to help sell a home.  In today's market, people better do what they can to make a home stand out.  The feeling of "being home" that a stranger gets from properly planned rooms really does add an advantage.  The post deals with the numbers.  Substitute the typical area's quarterly market drop for the $5,000 as you see fit.  Remember, I'm a lender and I see enough transactions monthly to see … (13 comments)

 
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