*I* won't be doing any of this as most of my Saturday will be consumed with getting some listings in Wittmann together, and Sunday will be monopolized with web work.But if you are looking for things to do in and around Phoenix this weekend, here are a couple of ideas. Might not be a bad time to simply enjoy the outdoors, because we're likely just a couple of weeks away … [Read more...]
SB1291 Fails to Pass
by on April 24, 2007
The bill we've been discussing here the last few days failed to get the required 2/3's majority in the Arizona House today.Voting results:THIRD READ: DATE AYES NAYS NV EXC EMER AMEND RFE 2/3 VOTE RESULT Vote Detail 04/24/07 32 22 6 0 Y Y FAILEDGreg has a nice summary, including a statement from Zillow.Hopefully someone will attach yesterday's amendments, which clarifed … [Read more...]
Watch Your Kids Around Water!!
by on April 21, 2007
No matter how many times you hear it, no matter how many times you see it, it can't be said often enough:Watch your kids around water!There wasn't one child drowning in the Phoenix area this week -- there were FOUR."Two toddlers, an 18-month-old girl and a 3-year-old boy, drowned Wednesday night in a family pool, the third and fourth child drowning victims in three days in Mesa.Mesa … [Read more...]
Arizona Board of Appraisal Tells Zillow to Cease and Desist
by on April 13, 2007
From today's Arizona Republic: An Arizona regulatory board has ordered Zillow.com to stop offering its online estimates of home values. The Arizona Board of Appraisal has issued two cease and desist letters to the popular real estate Web site, claiming Zillow needs an appraiser license to offer its "zestimates" in Arizona. "It is the board's feeling that (Zillow) is … [Read more...]
Meet the Newest Member of the Team!
by on February 27, 2007
Dogs and real estate blogs seem to go together. We've got Toby & Sadie -- not to be confused with Jonathan & Tobey. And of course there's Greg & Odysseus. I'm sure there are other human/canine combinations out there as well. Pictured to your left is the latest addition to the Thompson menagerie. He's 100% purebred mutt. He's a "rescue dog" -- the politically correct term meaning he was on … [Read more...]
I'm Jay Thompson, and I have a little blogging problem... Welcome to The Phoenix Real Estate Guy, or "TPREG" as I fondly refer to it.
