Federal $8000 Housing Tax Credit Explained

April 18, 2009 28 comments

What is the $8,000 first time homebuyer tax credit? A terrific video describes the credit, and answers many questions. From Chief Tax Economist from the National Association of Home Builders.

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Technical Difficulties with Home Search Photos

April 15, 2009 15 comments

The Phoenix Real Estate Home search goes on the fritz. Not a lot to read here (it’s fixed now), but there is an example of great customer service.

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Nerd Alert! MIT shows “Six Sense” – wicked cool tech interaction device

April 15, 2009 24 comments

From MIT’s Fluid Interfaces Group comes Sixth Sense, “a wearable device that enables new interactions between the real world and the world of data”.
This video is worth the eight minutes.

There are some interesting comments on the TED blog post about this, with some proclaiming it’s Big Brotherish, some saying it will never work, and [...]

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Where to Search for Homes Online

April 12, 2009 63 comments

Zillow.com says they have 3,382,696 listings on their site. Realtor.com says they have 4,084,260. Trulia.com doesn’t advertise a number, but they do say they are, “The best place to start your real estate search”.
Really?
Does someone looking for a home in the Phoenix area really care if Trulia shows 16,628 homes for sale – in Miami, [...]

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Boys and their Toys: The Command Center Expands

April 10, 2009 31 comments

Back in April 2007 I wrote about my wicked cool 24 inch pivoting Gateway monitor. And it’s taken me almost two years to talk Mrs. Phoenix Real Estate Guy into allowing me to expand my monitor real estate space.
Today I added a 23 inch Samsung flat screen to the collection:

Trust me, once you go [...]

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Should a Cash Buyer get an Appraisal?

April 8, 2009 25 comments

An interesting question was posed on Trulia Voices yesterday:
“John”, a self-identified home buyer in Gilbert, AZ asks:
Should I get an appraisal ? Cash buyer.
I am buying a home in Gilbert Az.. 85296, it is a short sale. Sale price is approx, $265,000. I am getting an inspection on the property but was wondering if [...]

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Making an Offer on a Home. It’s not all about the Benjamin’s…

April 5, 2009 42 comments

If you  read enough Q&A sites, talk to enough people, and listen closely, you will often hear this when people talk about making an offer on a home:
“We put in a full price offer and didn’t get the house!”
or
“The seller’s accepted an offer from someone who offered less than we did!”
Most peoples gut instinct leads [...]

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An email to “Windows 7 Tips” – Winner of ‘Most Asinine Comment Ever’

April 3, 2009 35 comments

**Sigh**
I don’t know why things like this bother me, or why I waste my time responding to asinine comments left here. I know that (sadly) the world is full of jerks and bitter people and that if you blog long enough, they will show up on your blog and leave some ridiculous comment.
For most, I [...]

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I got a job as a Social Media MGPE!

April 1, 2009 34 comments

Finally the job offer I’ve been waiting for has come through!
Earlier this morning I was offered a position as a “Social Media MGPE” (Manager/Guru/Prognosticator/Evangelist) for a major player in the real estate industry.
I’m just following the path blazed before me by such notable real estate bloggers as:

Dustin Luther - Move
Joel Burslem - Inman News
Rudy [...]

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ACK! My email is down

March 31, 2009 5 comments

All is well now. Email to jay@ThompsonsRealty.com is being delivered. If you’re reading this and you sent me an email between roughly 5:00am - 5:00pm today (March 31, 2009), I did NOT receive it. Sorry!
If you’re trying to email jay@ThompsonsRealty.com, you’re going to get a bounce back error saying my inbox is full.
It’s not. It’s [...]

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Search Phoenix Homes by Walk Score

March 30, 2009 25 comments

Thanks to the developers at Diverse Solutions, you can now search for Phoenix homes right here on the Phoenix Real Estate Guy blog by “walk score”.
What is a Walk Score?
From the Walk Score site:
Walk Score helps people find walkable places to live. Walk Score calculates the walkability of an address by locating nearby stores, [...]

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