Home Buyer Tax Credit Extension: Yet another bill introduced

September 21, 2009 Comments

UPDATE Nov 5, 2009: The Senate and House have both passed legislation extending and expanding the home buyers tax credit. See details here!
Back in June, I wrote an article, Homebuyer Tax Credit to be Extended? Expanded? That article linked to five bills that were circulating in the House and Senate that would either extend [...]

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Hosting Change on Phoenix Real Estate Guy

September 19, 2009 Comments

I just flipped the big virtual switch. We’re now hosted with Rackspace Cloud.
The name servers could take a day or so to propagate, so you could be served up from either Media Temple or Rackspace over the weekend. This could produce some wonkyness in regards to comments – if someone gets the MT version [...]

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Huntington National Bank: Are you freaking kidding me? From deep with the WTF files

September 18, 2009 Comments

Dear Huntington National Bank -
The addendum you are requiring potential home buyers to sign before you will even look at their offer is, in my opinion, ludicrous and borders on criminal.
I’ve seen a lot of banks put a lot of asinine things in their addendums that makes me question whether you people have a [...]

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What You Won’t Learn By Watching TV

September 17, 2009 Comments

How to get the best deal on a mortgage and what questions you should ask your loan officer. What you won’t learn by watching TV.

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Want a Ubertor Website for a Year? For a DOLLAR?

September 15, 2009 Comments

Thanks to the folks at Ubertor, a terrific real estate web site provider, not one, not two, but THREE lucky readers of Phoenix Real Estate Guy will get a complete Ubertor Premium site for a year for the ridiculous price of one dollar.
That’s no typo.
Win a website for a year for a [...]

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Thompson’s Realty Welcomes Nancy Hawkes

September 14, 2009 Comments

Ever meet someone and just think, “I like this person”? Sometimes you can’t even really place exactly why, you just know it when you meet them?
Well, that’s Nancy Hawkes, the latest addition to the growing family at Thompson’s Realty.
She didn’t want to do it, but here’s Nancy in her own words:
Nancy Hawkes [...]

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Susan Boyle’s First Single – Wild Horses

September 13, 2009 Comments

Now here’s something *completely* non-real estate related…
If you’ve been connected at all to the Internet over the last six months or so, you’ve probably heard of Susan Boyle. The runner-up in Britain’s Got Talent TV show has an AMAZING voice. Her YouTube performance from episode 1 of BGT has been viewed over 29 million times.
Her [...]

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Upcoming Events: RE Blog World and Phoenix Business and Professional Women’s Foundation

September 12, 2009 Comments

Two cool events are coming up in October, and I’m excited to be speaking at both of them.
Real Estate Blog World is being held in conjunction with the Blog World and New Media Expo 2009 in Las Vegas on Oct 15 – 17 (RE Blog World is the 15th).
There is a great lineup for RE [...]

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September 11: Eighteen years ago

September 11, 2009 Comments

As I type this memorial services are happening in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Shanksville, PA and the names of almost 3,000 people murdered on September 11, 2001 are scrolling across the TV screen on Fox News.
Eight years ago today, our lives changed. Everyone remembers where they were and what they were thinking on [...]

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Is Your Landlord In Foreclosure?

September 7, 2009 Comments

Is your landlord in foreclosure? Now you can monitor whether or not your landlord is in foreclosure with LemonLandlord.com.

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Thompson’s Realty Welcomes Karen Fanty

September 5, 2009 Comments
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We want to take a moment to welcome Karen Fanty to the growing family at Thompson’s Realty!
From the moment we first met Karen, we knew she was the perfect fit. She’s personable, smart, funny and places her clients needs above everything. Just what we’re looking for in an agent.
Karen spent 18 years as real estate [...]

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