CNNMoney.com has Money Magazine’s “Top 100 Best Places to Live” list up.
The list factors in numerous items. There are several items included in broad categories of financial, housing, education, quality of life, leisure and culture, weather, health and neighborhood demographics.
Plymouth, MN, a suburb of Minneapolis takes top honors.
Arizona placed five cities on the list: Gilbert (#28), Chandler (#30), [...]

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I’ve been invited to an online debate on U.S. News & World Report’s blog, The Home Front.
The subject is, “Do you need a real estate agent to sell your home?”
I’ll be debating with Greg Healy, Vice President of Operations at ForSaleByOwner.com.
My initial volley is up, look for Greg’s first response tomorrow.
Readers will be able to [...]

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23 years in the making, Loop 202 in the Phoenix East Valley is finally finished.
The last 5 mile segment is scheduled to open on July 21 (yes, of 2008).
This will “close the loop” between roughly University & Ellsworth and Power & McDowell.
ADOT is planning quite the party on Tuesday, July 15 from 5pm – 8pm [...]

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(Let me open with my son is fine. I don’t want anyone to go through the freak-out that I did…)
My 16 year old son approached us early in the week, wanting to go up to Payson, Arizona for a camping trip with two of his friends, and the parents of one of his buddies.
Francy was opposed, [...]

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This just out:
Regulators take over IndyMac Bank
In a nutshell, federal banking regulators just shut down IndyMac Bank FSB. It will reopen on Monday as IndyMac Federal Bank, run by the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation).
From the L.A. Times:
The federal government said it took control of troubled IndyMac Bank today, in what regulators called the second-largest [...]

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