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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Veterans Day 2009

November 11, 2009 10 comments

For my Dad, Chaplain (COL) Jim Thompson, USA,  Ret. and all who have ever served. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.  – Author unknown
In war, there are no [...]

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How Much Do Real Estate Agents Make?

November 10, 2009 41 comments

Spend much time on real estate blogs, internet message boards and the like and it won’t take long to hear Realtor Bashers making wild claims about over-paid real estate agents.
And while it’s true that one can make very good money in real estate sales, the simple fact is the vast majority of real estate [...]

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Inman Real Estate Connect NYC Discount Code Available

November 9, 2009 3 comments

Going to Inman Connect NYC 2010?
Want to save $100?
Just enter the promo code PhoenixREGuy at registration checkout, and you’ll get an additional $100 off. (If you are an Inman Premium member, be sure to log in first, and you get an additional $100 off.)
Why should a real estate professional attend Inman Connect?
It’s the [...]

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Should the Home Buyer Tax Credit have been Extended & Expanded? (Poll)

November 7, 2009 14 comments

I’ve been running this poll on Twitter for the last couple of days and would love to get more responses. No registration is required, and no one will see your answer.
Of course it’s not a scientific poll by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s interesting data none the less…
It’s easy… just select your choice [...]

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Phoenix Real Estate Guy – Now with more Tucson Home Search Goodness

November 7, 2009 4 comments

As we announced here back in October, Thompson’s Realty has expanded to serve the Tucson metro area. Everything is in place and the “doors” are open!
“Doors” in the metaphorical sense of course as we’re virtually based and have no “brick & mortar” office space. We don’t need a shiny and expensive office building to [...]

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Home Buyer Tax Credit Passes Both House and Senate (Update: Has been Signed by President)

November 5, 2009 36 comments

UPDATE Nov 6: According to UPI, President Obama has signed this legislation. NOW it’s official.
The extension of the existing $8,000 tax credit for first time homebuyers is now all but a done deal.
Moments ago, the House of Representatives passed HR 3548 – The Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009 with a vote of 403 [...]

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How Long Will It Take To Close My Loan?

November 2, 2009 15 comments

There is at least one lender out there who can get your loan closed in 10 days or less – so if your lender is giving you the run around, here is who to call.

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Growing a Moustache to Fight Men’s Cancer!

November 1, 2009 13 comments

Hey! I’m growing a moustache to help raise awareness and funds for men’s cancer.
“Uh, dude you’ve already got a moustache,” you may be thinking.
Not any more!
For only the second time in… 25 something years, the ‘stache is gone.
Why in the world would I do this, and why now?
Because it’s Movember – a worldwide movement [...]

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Gilbert New Homes Real Estate Market: Beginning to Recover?

October 31, 2009 11 comments

One does not have to drive far in Gilbert (or anywhere in the Phoenix metro area) to see this:
  This would be an abandoned subdivision. The streets and sidewalks are in, utilities are run to individual lots, there may even be some common area landscaping done.
But there aren’t any homes.
The builder’s bailed at some point [...]

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THE TAX CREDIT HAS NOT BEEN EXTENDED. Yet. So PLEASE stop saying it has been!

October 29, 2009 38 comments

Good grief.
I’m seeing all sorts of communication coming across Twitter, blogs, Facebook et al such as this:
Home Buyer Credit is Extended! Yeah!

The tax credit as been extended and includes repeat buyers.

I have confirmed the $8k tax credit with CPA as well as mortgage regional manager

Homebuyer tax credit deadline extended…a $6500 credit given to [...]

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Breaking: Senate Democrat Leaders Reach Deal on Homebuyer Tax Credit

October 27, 2009 20 comments

PLEASE read this article carefully. If you are reading this, “The Senate” has NOT passed anything to do with extending the tax credit. This article shares a report that Senate DEMOCRAT leadership has reached an agreement. And as noted, the Republicans are not saying anything other than “We’re close.” Once leaders reach an agreement, the [...]

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Gary Vaynerchuk Live on Crush It Tour (Video). Win an Autographed Copy of Crush It!

October 27, 2009 28 comments

Those that have been reading here for awhile know I love Gary Vaynerchuk. I had the pleasure of hearing Gary speak live not once but twice tonight. The guy gets it. “It” being business, and life. He took a good business (his families $3 million a year wine business) and grew it into an great [...]

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Homebuyer Tax Credit Extension: It’s Crunch Time

October 24, 2009 19 comments

There has been a ridiculous amount of material written about the (up to) $8,000 tax credit for first time home buyers. I’m guilty as charged (here are links to my 16 previous posts on the 8K tax credit).
The current incarnation of the tax credit ends on December 1. You must close on a home [...]

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The Perfect Loan Officer Blogger

October 23, 2009 7 comments

Daily mortgage information from the best loan officer in the mortgage business.

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Highland Jazz Festival: It’s going to … rock? Jam! Swing!

October 21, 2009 12 comments

  These two fine young adults, with their impeccable fashion sense, are members of one of the Highland High School Jazz bands. (Matt plays the trombone and Lauren the saxophone. Both also play other instruments in the Marching Band and the Symphonic Band.)

The Highland High School Band department is sponsoring the First Annual Highland [...]

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Phoenix Home Prices to Drop Another 23%!

October 20, 2009 40 comments

Oh for the love of Pete…
Tim Vetscher at ABC15.com “reports” this today:
According to Fiserv, a financial information and analysis firm, home prices in Phoenix are expected to lose another 23.4 percent by June of next year.

Really? A “financial information and analysis firm” can predict to the tenth of a percentage point where home prices [...]

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Ubertor Site Winners!

October 19, 2009 9 comments

First, my humble apologies to all for the delay in announcing the winners of the “Win a Ubertor Site for a Buck” contest. We’ll blame it on my trip to Vegas to attend the Blog World and New Media Expo. Lame excuse, but it’s all I have.
The three grand prize winners are:

Carmen Brodeur
Dean Ouellette
Elaine [...]

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Dude, your brand name sucks.

October 16, 2009 37 comments

At this moment in time, I’m sitting in the Hilton in Las Vegas, nursing sore feet and an aching head (what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas). I’m here attending and speaking at Real Estate Blog World and Blog World & New Media Expo 2009.
There are a bunch of really smart people here. And really [...]

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Thompson’s Realty Expands to Tucson. And Welcomes Kelley Koehler!

October 13, 2009 47 comments

Yesterday I sent out a message on Twitter that said:
Something big is gonna happen with Thompson’s Realty in the next couple of weeks. You’ll never guess, so don’t even try.

Of course people guessed. While some were creative, no one got close. And things happened a little quicker than I expected…
We are very, VERY excited [...]

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The Streets of Phoenix: Circle G Ranches

October 11, 2009 8 comments

Let’s take a quick spin through one of the Circle G Ranches neighborhoods. This one is in Gilbert:

The Circle G Ranch neighborhoods consist of all custom-built homes. At this writing, there are not any homes currently listed for sale in the area where the above video was shot, but some of the other Circle G [...]

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