scottsdale realtor: A Consumer's Guide To Surviving Today's Real Estate Market: You Have Options! - 07/21/08 09:41 PM
In today’s topsy turvy Real Estate market, many potential players have been scared to the sidelines. Whether it be the buyer who worries that prices will continue to plummet across the boards, or the seller who laments the inability to fetch the same price that was attainable a year ago, there … (21 comments)
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scottsdale realtor: Use a Local Lender When Purchasing Your New Scottsdale Home! - 06/19/08 11:37 AM
While currently exchanging emails with the out of state lender who is doing the loan for my Arizona buyer, I have decided to turn my gripes into a public service announcement.
To any consumer who happens upon this post, please do yourself a favor and utilize the services of a local … (13 comments)
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scottsdale realtor: McCormick Ranch Real Estate Update, May 2008, Chaparral High School District - 06/02/08 09:47 AM
All facts and figures provided by ARMLS data. The data included in this report reflects listings from participating brokers of the Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service. It is not intended to suggest that Ray and Paul were responsible for the sale of these properties other than where denoted.
* Sold … (7 comments)
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scottsdale realtor: Your Scottsdale Non Bank Owned Property Specialist! - 05/06/08 11:53 PM
Remember back in the day when the buying process entailed finding the home of your dreams? When value was defined by the home that held the most value to you?
Boy I do. I remember it like it was ... 2004, actually.
See, in 2005, everything went nutty in Scottsdale. With rampant speculative buying driving … (84 comments)
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scottsdale realtor: A Day Late and A Dollar Short Sale: Open Letter to a Lender - 04/13/08 12:40 AM
Dear nameless, faceless lending institution,
I am writing today to extend my deepest regrets that our clients have decided to purchase another home while you fumbled around with their offer for the past 8 weeks. You see, there is just so darned much inventory on the market, that when you take two … (41 comments)
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scottsdale realtor: On Board the McCormick Ranch Railroad (Video)! - 04/06/08 10:17 PM
All aboard! Climb on board the Standard Pacific Railroad with the Slaybaughs at the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in McCormick Ranch. Just one of the countless amenities that make McCormick Ranch one of the most admired planned communities in not only Scottsdale, but the entire country. With little ones … (35 comments)
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scottsdale realtor: New NE Phoenix Listing: Remodeled Gem on Huge Lot in the Chaparral High School District! - 03/24/08 10:36 PM
A remodeled home on an 18,000 square foot lot in the Chaparral High School District for less than $500,000?!!! Am I kidding? Nope! This might just be the best value in all of Northeast Phoenix and Scottsdale. The land alone is nearly worth the asking price!
(Yes, I am aware there is a … (10 comments)
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scottsdale realtor: New Lake Community Listing in McCormick Ranch! 8127 E. Del Capitan Dr. - 03/15/08 01:24 AM
Welcome to Vista Del Lago, the premier lakefront subdivision in McCormick Ranch, Scottsdale, AZ.
***UPDATE***
This listing has been cancelled. For a detailed list of our current inventory, please visit us at McCormick Ranch Real Estate Listings
While most of McCormick Ranch was developed en masse by larger production-level builders, Vista Del … (10 comments)
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scottsdale realtor: Georgia On My Mind - 03/06/08 08:24 PM
I can't use my right hand to turn the key in the ignition because the splint gets in the way.
I have to shake hands with my left.
I flipped off the entire gym when I attempted to perform a bench press yesterday.
Admittedly, I do this last one all the time.
Don't even … (38 comments)
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scottsdale realtor: Scottsdale AZ Relocation Package - 03/04/08 09:08 PM
Scottsdale, Arizona is one of the most coveted destinations in the country. With tourists descending upon our city limits every spring, many become vacation homeowners and ultimately year-round residents. The lifestyle is just that appealing. Whether your pastime/obsession is golf, hiking, shopping, outdoor living or just the romantic call of the … (14 comments)
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scottsdale realtor: Tee it Up! Golf Courses in Scottsdale, Arizona - 03/04/08 06:56 PM
Scottsdale and Golf go together like peanut butter and jelly. Like Sam and Dave. Rest and relaxation.
Listed in the 2006 Robb Report as "America's Best Place to Live for Golf," scratch players and weekend duffers alike make the pilgrimage to play Scottsdale's traditional and target desert courses every year. Many end … (18 comments)
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scottsdale realtor: My Life So Far ... (Part 5) - 02/27/08 04:04 PM
Well, at least temporarily, we've reached the end of the road. While I will revisit this series in the coming years, this installment brings us current.
33 years distilled to 5 slideshows.
I have previously invited readers into my early childhood (Part 1), adolescence through my early years in Real Estate (Part 2), … (16 comments)
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scottsdale realtor: My Life So Far ... (Part 4) - 02/27/08 12:26 AM
We are almost caught up!
After wading through piles of old photographs, I have assembled a series of slideshows to (vainly) tell my life story for me. Part 1, predictably, chronicles my earliest years. Part 2 marks my progression from high school through college, and into my early years in Real Estate. Part … (18 comments)
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scottsdale realtor: My Life So Far ... (Part 3) - 02/26/08 12:38 PM
My life so far ...
Telling my life story through old pictures is the goal I set about to accomplish recently. It began as a means of allowing my readers a peak into the window of my life, but it turned into something more. I can't even begin to express how cathartic … (15 comments)
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scottsdale realtor: My Life So Far ... (Part 2) - 02/25/08 09:44 PM
My life in photos. That is the ambitious undertaking I began over the weekend.
What a ridiculously difficult task it is to attempt to boil the sum of one's life to an assortment of photographs. With every turn of the page of every old photo album in mine and my parents' … (15 comments)
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scottsdale realtor: My Life So Far ... (Part 1) - 02/25/08 05:39 PM
In this digital age that we live in, there exists a startling contradiction of unprecedented access to information and self-imposed isolation. Everything you could ever wish to know on most any subject is a mere mouse click away, and yet this newfound autonomy pulls us further away from the world around … (22 comments)
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scottsdale realtor: New Home in an Old Favorite! New McCormick Ranch listing! - 02/22/08 09:33 PM
McCormick Ranch has long been one of the premier master planned communities in Scottsdale, if not all of Arizona. Famous for its miles of greenbelts, walking paths, parks and lakes, the neighborhood amenities and location are unrivaled. With the majority of houses in McCormick Ranch having been built in the 1970s and … (10 comments)
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scottsdale realtor: New McCormick Ranch Listing: Remodeled McCormick Ranch Patio Home For Sale! - 02/17/08 09:25 AM
*** UPDATE: THIS HOME IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. PLEASE CONTACT FOR RAY & PAUL FOR OTHER HOMES CURRENTLY FOR SALE IN HERITAGE VILLAGE IN MCCORMICK RANCH! ***
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Just in time for the spring season, this beautiful new McCormick Ranch listing is perfect for seasonal and full time residents alike. Located on an … (2 comments)
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scottsdale realtor: The Scottsdale Unified School District - 02/03/08 10:23 PM
The Scottsdale Unified School District is one of the primary drivers for relocation to Scottsdale, Arizona. Consistently ranked at the top of school districts across the state, it is little wonder that many new Arizona residents with families opt to begin their searches for a new home here.
With composite test … (14 comments)
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scottsdale realtor: Why Move to Scottsdale, Arizona? - 01/29/08 11:55 AM
Despite an uneasy Real Estate market at large, the mass exodus from other parts of the country to sunny Scottsdale, Arizona continues unabated. Having swapped the title of fastest growing population back and forth with Nevada over the last several years, Arizona welcomed a net gain of 173,066 residents from July … (30 comments)
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