“Sign here, please. And here. Initial here, please. Date. Super, I’ll email this to the listing agent, and we should get an answer within three to five business days.” There is no arguing that the inexorable march of technology has merged with the increasingly corporate backdrop of the Real Est
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09/02/2010
It has been quite some time since I revisited the Scottsdale Foreclosure Value of the Day series that I launched in 2009. More aptly titled the Scottsdale Foreclosure Value of the Fortnight, or Leap Year, I aim to chase away the dust bunnies and rededicate myself to the format. It may not be dai
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08/31/2010
We REALTORS are a narcissistic bunch. A revelation, I know. From the bus stop advertising that depicts an attentive agent fielding calls on a pink cell phone to the glamor shot of an agent with his toy poodles on a "For Sale" sign in front of an overshadowed house, the marketing realm is litter
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08/16/2010
A blog is a negotiation. From the agreeable dispensation of non-threatening content which the audience will accept at face value, to the unapologetic delivery of overwrought, editorial hyperbole that is received with abject horror, the post itself represents but an initial listing. In the case o
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08/11/2010
Thanks, but no thanks. Therein lie my in-depth sentiments regarding buyer agent bonus compensation. It’s a tricky business, this whole trust-building endeavor. From the initial consultation with a prospective client, to the signing of the closing documents and all stops in between, a certain r
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08/07/2010
There are dragons lurking in the dark recesses of your property listing. Mean dragons. Mean, scaly, green dragons that might rise up out of their fiery lairs and go all Godzilla on your potential showings if left unchecked. And by what name, pray tell, are these marauding reptiles known? “REALT
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07/28/2010
I have seen my share of thumbs down houses over the years. It’s a sad truth, but for every summer blockbuster, there is a Real Estate Gigli. Properties that look so promising in the MLS trailer fall flat despite the star-studded cast. Granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances, new car
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07/24/2010
Oh, but that little house was turned out the day it landed on the multiple listing service! The hardwood floors all scrubbed and polished. The smell of freshly cut lawn and bougainvillea greeting new arrivals as they stepped out of Mazda Miatas and Chevy Tahoes and Ford Fusions. The windows so
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07/20/2010
The current market does not favor buyers. I repeat, the current market does not favor buyers. Allow me to explain. For months, if not years, you have been told that the glut of housing inventory makes for a buyer’s market of epic proportions. Why, the ancient Greeks themselves would write song
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07/13/2010
Just about anyone who has spent any time at all in Scottsdale is familiar with the planned community of McCormick Ranch. A community which includes some 23,000+ residents, many are less familiar with the approximately 50 individual subdivisions that fall under its umbrella. With radical differe
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07/10/2010
