Winning The Lottery: The Biggest Loser

Written by: Justin McHood

If you had to win a lottery to buy your house, chances are that you might end up in foreclosure or short selling your house down the road. I know.

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Phoenix home buyers, are you being realistic?

Are you a realistic home buyer? Is what you want in a home or a location even possible? There is some hard data to go on, other times you need to {gasp!} trust your agent.

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Homeowners’ Survival Event – Phoenix homeowners in trouble?

Are you a Phoenix homeowner facing foreclosure or a short sale? Maybe you are looking at an increase in your adjustable rate mortgage?

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We are #1!! Now please make it stop. PLEASE?

Lots of real estate agents and brokerages make claims to be “NUMBER ONE!” in all sorts of matters. Yet they rarely back those claims with data.

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Fighting Fraud Is Part Of The Job – From the Title guy

Fighting fraud has become a big part of the job. We are not only protecting our company, but we are protecting lenders, buyers and sellers

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Short Selling Your House: Making The Decision

Making the decision to short sell your house will at least make your stress level decrease. Generally speaking. Or at least keep you from choking someone.

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MLS Photo Fail – Sellers, pay heed to your home’s pictures

Photos of your home are one of the major factors in a buyer choosing to see your home in person. Lousy photos can ensure your home doesn’t sell. Here’s a real winner…

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Real Estate 101: Representation

February 3, 2010 26 comments

Welcome to Real Estate 101, a new series on Phoenix Real Estate Guy. Today we explore representation, and why it’s not a good idea for a buyer to use the seller’s agent.

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Gilbert Police Officer Killed. RIP Lt. Eric Shuhandler

January 29, 2010 22 comments

Gilbert police officer Eric Shuhandler was gunned down after stopping two sub-humans for having an obscured license plate. May he rest in peace.

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Oh the Irony! Adventures in Blogging

January 27, 2010 33 comments

Ironic? Funny? Pathetic? A commenter makes a personal attack. Now he wants it removed because the comment is showing up in Google searches for his name. . .

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How not to sell your Phoenix home

January 24, 2010 42 comments

Your home will get more exposure to potential buyers and real estate agents via the Multiple Listing Service (MLS). Make sure what is there is what buyers need. Here is one side of the listing info spectrum.

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FHA Changes: It Could Have Been Worse?

January 21, 2010 7 comments

FHA is making changes to the FHA loan program that will result in slightly higher costs to get an FHA loan – but it could have been worse.

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Steel Dreamz – Possibly the Coolest Place in Chandler

January 20, 2010 6 comments

Steel Dreamz. It is the ultimate Man Cave. Like classic and muscle cars? Look no further. Cool pics!

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What is a Short Sale?

January 18, 2010 26 comments

Considering selling your home short? Buying a short sale? Don’t know what the heck a short sale even is? Here is some info for you from both the buyers and sellers perspective. . .

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New York City at 3:00am

January 12, 2010 18 comments

New York City. It’s an amazing place. Here’s a quick look in photos at mid-town Manhattan at 3:00am… It’s eerily quite for a city of a bazillion people. From spectacular architecture to a homeless person. And more. Here’s a look in photos of Manhattan at 3:00am. . .

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Streets of Phoenix: Power Ranch in Gilbert

January 8, 2010 1 comment

Resurrecting a video I shot back in February of 2009 about Power Ranch — a large master-planned community in Gilbert, Arizona.
This was originally posted on Phoenix Real Estate Guy.tv – a somewhat failed blog experiment.

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Raising Arizona Kids: Site of the Week. And more.

January 7, 2010 8 comments

Want info on Phoenix Schools? Check out the upcoming “2010 Schools, Etc” Directory from Raising Arizona Kids. They’ve got a wicked cool web site too. . .

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Offer Accepted! Escrow Open! What the Heck is Escrow?

January 5, 2010 11 comments

Your agent calls to tell you the seller has accepted your offer on your dream home. The contract and your earnest money check have been delivered to the title company and escrow has been opened. So, what’s escrow?

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Write Right, Right Now. Virtual RE Bar Camp Presentation

January 4, 2010 16 comments

The Second Virtual Real Estate Bar Camp conference was held On January 4, 2010. Over 2,600 attendees and 28 speakers. Very cool event! I was honored to present a session. Here as promised is the slide deck. . .

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So long 2009, hello 2010!

January 1, 2010 33 comments

2009 was a great year in many aspects, professionally and personally. But 2009 is over and 2010 is upon us. Time to put some goals to “paper”, and make them happen. . . It’s going to be a wild ride!

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New Twist on Trashed Foreclosed Homes

December 30, 2009 23 comments

There are a lot of trashed and damaged foreclosure properties out there. Saw one a couple of days ago that added a new twist…

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A Simple Rule of Thumb Could Save You Thousands On Your Mortgage

December 27, 2009 15 comments

This simple rule of thumb could save you thousands on your next mortgage. Hint, it’s probably not what you think. You don’t even need a calculator.

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Merry Christmas

December 24, 2009 9 comments

Just wanted to take a moment to wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas. Here are a few of my favorite Christmas songs. All quite different, all by very talented musicians. I hope you enjoy them!

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Phoenix New Year’s Eve 2009 Festivities: Ringing in 2010!

December 22, 2009 4 comments

Looking for something to do on New Year’s Eve 2009? Want to ring in 2010 with a bang (so to speak)? Here’s a list of all sorts of things to do for New Year’s Eve across Phoenix…

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Trophy’s Steakhouse: A Slice of Heaven in Queen Creek

December 21, 2009 5 comments

Two days ago, my lovely bride and I were looking for a new place to eat on “date night”. So we scoured Yelp and Restaurant.com (more on that gem later) looking . . .

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Advice for My East Coast Friends. Move to Phoenix!

December 19, 2009 33 comments

Love my friends on the east coast. Y’all stay warm and be safe!
Here’s a quick video for you all, and all in good fun!

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Completely Anecdotal Evidence the Real Estate Market is Changing

December 15, 2009 18 comments

No deep statistical analysis here. Just a hunch, supported by some anecdotal evidence, that the real estate market may be shifting in Phoenix. And elsewhere…

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