Phoenix Fireworks: Celebrate Independence Day Phoenix Style!

IMPORTANT! Click here if you are looking for Phoenix fireworks shows for 2011. Looking for fun and fireworks this July 4? Below is a partial list of places to watch fireworks across Phoenix (and some other places in Arizona as well). (source = azcentral.com) Phoenix Fireworks Freedom Wireless Fabulous Phoenix Fourth: 6-9:35 p.m. July 4. Kids rides, food court, scheduled events and … [Read more...]

Book Review: How to Buy Your First Home (2nd Edition)

Disclosure: This is not a paid review. I was provided a complimentary copy from the publisher but under no obligation to write a review.How to Buy Your First Home, 2E by Diana Brodman Summers covers a lot of ground in 174 pages (plus 113 additional pages including a glossary and several informative appendixes). The book is well written and broken into a logical sequence of … [Read more...]

Saskatoon Paper Misquotes, but Gets the Gist of it

The other day I talked at length with Jason Warick, a reporter with the Saskatoon (Canada) Star Phoenix newspaper. He was working on a story about Canadian buyers for real estate in Arizona.In the article – Saskatoon Residents Find Arizona Opportunity — Jason (a heck of a nice guy by the way) talked to people ranging from agents such as myself and Jonathan Dalton, to some … [Read more...]

Phoenix Real Estate Guy Sells Out? Advertising on Blogs

If you look over to your right, you’ll see a block of four paid advertisement spots (assuming you aren’t reading this via RSS or Email of course. If you are, please click through). I have no doubt that some out there in the REBC (Real Estate Blogging Community), aka the “RE.net”, will be appalled, and thoughts of “shill”, “sell out” and … [Read more...]

ASU Reports Record Rate of Decline in Phoenix Home Values

According to a study from the Arizona State University W.P. Carey School of Business, the “ASU-RSI” (ASU Repeat Sales Index) average home prices in the Phoenix metro area dropped 13% year-over-year in March.This is the first double-digit “ever” (ever is a really long time. I suspect it’s the first double digit decline in this metric’s history — I’m … [Read more...]

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