tucsonkent: Video Email & Video Call Clients & Colleagues...FREE - 11/04/09 01:32 PM
In this day & age of enhanced communication abilities - nothing beats a real face-to-face conversation.  How about having one when tens, hundreds and even thousands of miles separate the desired participants?
Having a video conference used to be the bastion of corporations with deep pockets to be able to afford the infrastructure and equipment needed - then Skype came along, Google, Yahoo and other chat platforms started incorporating video capabilities and made it affordable for everyone.
Lets take that & add to it the ability to record a video message and email it to someone - a loved one, friend, … (6 comments)

tucsonkent: Compare Your Local Market Trend So Far With Sam Hughes Historic Neighborhood in Tucson - 04/14/09 05:59 PM
After generating the April Market Condition Report for the Sam Hughes neighborhood, I noticed some interesting trends in the past year:
Average listing price is down from the same time last year, but the actual sales price is a MUCH higher percentage than a year ago. Time on market is remarkably shorter than a year ago. Absorption rate has come back - exceeding the rate of last year, as we head into our "Summer Buying Season" Take a look:
 
 
What does it mean?  Well, comparing the national trend with the Sam Hughes market conditions, you can see a parallel:
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tucsonkent: You Never Know What's Around The Corner In An Old Mining Town - 04/13/09 04:46 PM
A week ago, I spent part of a Sunday afternoon in Bisbee, Arizona.  While waiting to meet a client before we went to view the Loma Linda Mansion, I had a chance to wander down a side street, away from the tourist area for a few minutes - you never know what's around the corner in an old mining town!
First thing that caught my eye was an old Indian Motorcycle ad painted on the side of a building - someone has spruced it up and done a little restoration to it.  Made me think of my days in Durango, Colorado … (15 comments)

tucsonkent: "Gonna Get My Picture On The Cover...Gonna Buy 5 Copies For My Mother!" - AR Blogger On Cover of Rolling Stone! - 04/08/09 12:01 PM
Well, maybe not the cover....and it wasn't Rolling Stone either.  (Gotta be honest here - disclosure, you know)  But I did get an article about real estate published.     In a magazine.         With pages & everything...real ads even!
Back in January, Arizona Gourmet Living magazine asked me to write an article about real estate for their spring issue.  Having just finished research for a blog post about the fall in prices allowing "Average Joe" to buy a home, I figured that fleshing out this thought a little further would be a good idea.
I wanted to produce a market report that told … (15 comments)

tucsonkent: Photo Tour 1 of Historic Sam Hughes Neighborhood Homes In Tucson Arizona - 04/01/09 02:20 PM
The past few days I have written about the Sam Hughes Historic Neighborhood in Tucson, Arizona - don't you think its high time I showed you some of the homes?
Sit back, relax - and enjoy a little music while you take a look at some of these interesting homes.  Make sure you turn on your speakers!
 
 
Should you like what you see here - just imagine what they are like in person.  I'm Kent Simpson - TucsonKent - and will be proud to represent your interests as a Buyer's Broker.
Sam Hughes neighborhood is one of Tucson's premier … (7 comments)

tucsonkent: Arizona Bicycle Experts: Sam Hughes Neighborhood Business (Tucson, Arizona0 - 03/29/09 05:36 PM
Close to a university, you'd expect to have a few bicycle shops, wouldn't you?  How about one that is passionate about their business?  Not always.
Enter Arizona Bicycle Experts.  Located within walking, excuse me...biking distance of the University of Arizona, ABE has been advising, tuning, repairing and promoting the love of cycling to the Sam Hughes neighborhood for 16+ years.
Their motto says it all:
"We are the small shop you've always heard about, we stand behind what we sell, we service what we sell (and what they sell) and we ride what we sell. Come see why our customers keep … (1 comments)

tucsonkent: Ch-Ch-Changes! TucsonKent Busts A Move - 03/19/09 03:03 PM
There is a time and place for all manner of things, business decisions too.  Over the past year I have worked with a great bunch of people and a wonderful broker at The Pepper Group Diversified Real Estate.  In this time, I have learned a lot, been given some good opportunities and grown my business in a challenging market.
One of the things about a growing business though, sometimes it comes time to move in a different direction.  The needs of my business are vastly different than they were a year ago, so I had a tough choice to make.  Paula … (6 comments)

tucsonkent: Winter Assaults Tucson With A Vengeance! (See Video) - 02/03/09 01:06 PM
Did you see Punxsatawney Phil yesterday?  Well, he saw his shadow, which means 6 more weeks of winter for everyone.  Since this winter has been brutal for many people, I thought I'd commiserate with you as we suffer in Tucson.
 

 
By the way, if you're interested in making sure your next winter is a bit more pleasant, we have plenty of new homes, luxury homes, foreclosures - you name it, we've got it.  I'll be glad to help!

 


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tucsonkent: HOGWASH ALERT!: "Commercial Loans Just Aren't Available" - 12/19/08 02:06 AM
The headlines scream day after day with stories about how "Credit Is Frozen" and that businesses can't get loans.  To a degree, that is true...if one is going to a traditional bank to borrow money.  Savvy investors & business people are going a different direction, to brokers, investment groups and other institutions for their financing.
Eric Swanson, Founder of Cornerstone Commercial Group in Tucson, explains what is going on in commercial lending today:
 
 
Commercial lending isn't dead in the water today, one just has to think outside the box.  There are options to banks, with competitive rates--even more flexible … (2 comments)