The Kirkpatrick Team

The article, “The winning equation: What helps small businesses thrive in certain metro areas” looks at key factors and similarities between some of America’s most thriving places for small businesses. These factors included things such as number of small businesses per capita, private-sector job...

While the trend of increasing mortgage rates and rising home prices isn’t going to leave in 2017, it is expected to slow down. According to a quarterly survey from the National Association of Realtors, existing-home prices are predicted to increase by 4% in 2017, which is a bit less than 2016’s 5...

The article “4 Horrible Habits Keeping You From Being Successful”  talks about toxic habits that keep up from reaching our full potential. These habits are frustrating and can be crippling, and you should train your mind to avoid them The first pernicious habit is weak self-discipline.  When your...

The article “How geography helps explain the stark divisions in wealth and jobs in the U.S.” talks about how the middle class is beginning to majorly dwindle in many major cities. According to a Research Center study published in 2015, America’s economic majority is no longer comprised of a major...

The article Phoenix’s orange-shirt ambassadors now tackling homelessness downtown informs the public about how Arizona is reaching out to the homeless in downtown Phoenix. The orange shirt ambassadors are expanding their regular duties, and homeless outreach is now the center of their attention. ...

The article, Arizona’s economic development efforts moving the needle, published by the Phoenix Business Journal, tells how the state is putting a boost on its economic approach in three different instances. For starters, Arizona jumped from having 85% that of the national average in 2013, to 94%...

The article, Metro Phoenix had the 4th-highest rise in rental rates in the United States but 10,000 new apartments are on the way, announces that metro Phoenix has seen a constant rise in rent. The national research firm Axiometrics states that the Valley's average apartment rent has climbed 22 o...

Are you or someone you know interested in buying or selling a home?The article, Case-Shiller: Home prices continue upward trend, from www.housingwire.com, reports that the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported an annual in...

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  The article, Arizona benefitting from California companies looking to expand, from the Phoenix Business Journal, reports that Arizona's low cost of doing business, quality of life, and proximity are turning the state into the “down-the-hall” office for a number of California companies. And Ariz...