Thinking about short selling your Phoenix home? Have questions about the short sale process? This may be just the ticket (a free ticket mind you) that you have been looking for: Phoenix short sale panel for the public to include Thompson's Realty agent Dean Ouellette. This Thursday the folks over at Shortsaleopedia are putting on a short sale panel open to the public where experts from around … [Read more...]
November is National Novel Writing Month. Taking the plunge.

First, let me make this perfectly clear: This is all Elizabeth Newlin's fault. For the past couple of years, I've pondered signing up for "NaNoWriMo" (NAtional NOvel WRIting MOnth), which is a... challenge? of sorts to write a 50,000 word novel during the month of November. The rules are simple -- you can't start writing until November 1st and if you write 50,000 words by November 30 at … [Read more...]
Help for Underwater Homeowners in Arizona. New HARP / Making Home Affordable Rules

HARP - the Home Affordable Refinance Program - is undergoing some much needed revisions to its eligibility criteria. Previously the program allowed some homeowners to refinance their existing mortgages up to 125% of the home's value. For example, let's say you owe $200,000 on your mortgage. Due to the dramatic drop in home values across the Valley (generally), your home is now worth $140,000 … [Read more...]
Keep an eye on your pool cleaner…
Over four years ago I wrote about meth heads stealing copper from air conditioning units. That nasty habit (stealing copper, not abusing methamphetamine) seems to be on the decline, probably due to laws that make it more difficult to sell scrap copper. Show up at a scrap yard with missing teeth and no ID and good luck hawking your ill-gotten booty. Resident thieves seem to have found a new target … [Read more...]
How Real Estate is Like a Cheeseburger…
The last few days I have been in a bit of a writing funk. It’s not really Writer’s Block per se, it is more like “Subject Block”. I just can’t seem to find a topic that trips my trigger. This is all a bit unusual for me as normally I have the opposite problem – too much to say and not enough time to say it. But for the life of me I just can’t seem to find a topic that lights my … [Read more...]











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