Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

>.Paid blog comments suck.Why people insist on paying others to leave comments for them is beyond me. Well, not really. Apparently people do this because they’ve either read or been sold a service which touts that leaving comments will get them better search engine placement. You know, leave a comment, get a link to your site from blogs like this one that are set up as … [Read more...]

Real Estate in Plain English

I was talking to a friend earlier this week who isn’t in real estate (Yes, I have friends outside real estate!) and she brought up an interesting subject…Real estate speak. Yes, we real estate professionals tend to have a language all our own. It’s easy at times to forget that some of the terms we use sound like Greek to the majority of folks out there. Happens in any … [Read more...]

Phoenix Real Estate Investment Firm “Blindsided” by Home Price Declines. Sticks it to Investors

This little nugget was in Saturday’s Arizona Republic: Last week, Phoenix-based real-estate investment firm Right Place Properties spent investors' money to purchase multifamily housing units, promising a healthy return on their cash. Then on Monday, the company and its designated broker, Red Door Commercial, shut down their Web sites, disconnected the phones, laid off the bulk of their … [Read more...]

A Community Comes Together

The outpouring of support in the wake of the tragic death of Highland High School student Kelly Tracy has been nothing short of amazing. Kelly, a 16 year old sophomore at Highland was killed by a drunk driver on Saturday morning, November 15. She was on her way to join her marching band that was going to march in the Gilbert Days Parade. This is my daughter’s first year in the Highland … [Read more...]

Fundraising Events for Kelly Tracy Family

Anyone that’s read this blog over the past week knows the tragedy that befell Kelly Tracy and her family last Saturday. Kelly, a 16 year old sophomore in the Highland High School Marching Band, was killed by a drunk driver on the way to join her band mates for an appearance in the Gilbert Days Parade. If you don’t have a kid in a band, you may not realize just how much of a family our … [Read more...]

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