Leanne Smith's (highdesertre) Blog

Often rural land buyers walk for sale vacant land without real estate agents. These individuals see for sale signs out in the middle of nowhere or close to the middle of nowhere and decide to leave their vehicles to walk some of the “dirt.” Unfortunately, walking the high desert dirt requires vig...

As I am an early riser, usually between 4:30am and 5:00am, I have the good fortune to appreciate the early morning sunrises over the Hualapais Mountains here in Golden Valley, AZ. The brilliant colors and clouds are ever changing. My thoughts always return to the Creator and his artistic hand.Wha...

Living and working here in the high desert of Mohave County, Golden Valley, AZ as a rural land specialist, I have my own unique tools of the trade for especially placing real estate signs on rural vacant land parcels.During my first several years in listing vacant land properties, my go to tool w...

Well another set of tires bit the dust and dust is an appropriate word. Northwest AZ has a lot of dust, dirt. I don't think Queen in this song, Another One Bites the Dust, was singing about tires. This month my annual replacement of tires for my 4x4 Ford Ranger again was realized. Traveling the d...

Today the Nation Celebrates Martin Luther King Day.  Many articles will be published about Dr. King and his accomplishments. Yet, as I read this quote I remembered this verse from the King James Bible, Genesis 1:3:And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.In today's hectic world where...

Listing rural land from vacant parcels (also what I call dirt) to ranches does demand boots on the ground.  Without physically walking the property, understanding the topography, knowing the road access, leaves the seller at a competitive disadvantage (promotion of his, her or their real estate p...

Often people buy off grid vacant land here in Golden Valley, AZ because they want some elbow room for privacy or as my husband said “I don’t want to see my neighbors.” This nearly 2.5 acre parcel has natural privacy due to all the high desert vegetation. The seller invested in cutting in a drivew...

This week has been busy in traveling to various vacant land parcels here in Golden Valley, AZ.  I am a firm believer if a seller wants me to list his or her rural real estate vacant land property, I must visit the property, take photos, determine the best road access along with the availability o...

Living here in NW Arizona and coming from the Midwest, we were accustomed to deer, opossums, ground hogs, skunks, raccoons, beavers just to mention a few of the many critters that lived in the woods behind our home.  Deer were probably the most present and the animals to be most cautious about.  ...

After reading Nina Hollander, Broker  blog posting, Organize Your Home Day: More Than Cleaning – It’s a Lifestyle Upgrade today, January 14, 2026  I decided to take care of some new Pyrex storage glassware we received yesterday. Coming from the 1950’s when Pyrex and Corning Ware were among the un...