Dashter, a wicked cool new plugin for WordPress, was just released. Actually, Dashter is far more than just a plugin. From Dashter.com: Dashter is a revolutionary way to listen, curate & amplify social media interaction, directly from your WordPress website. I was fortunate enough to beta test the product, and can say I was enamored with all its functionality. Apparently, I am not alone as … [Read more...]
Thinking about using Genesis / AgentPress? Now is the time to buy!

I’ll freely admit that I am now fully assimilated into using the StudioPress Genesis framework for this site. And a (highly customized) AgentPress child theme. Why? Because it just works. And the team behind StudioPress and Genesis (and all their child themes) is brilliant. And the user community is outstanding. Works + brilliant + community = happy customer In honor of “Black Friday” … [Read more...]
Hacked. Or, how I spent the last 60 hours
Remind me to never Tweet something like this again: I fired that off around 7:30am on Wednesday, you know, trying to be all positive and everything. "Setting the tone for the day" as those bright and cheery people say you should do. Three hours later, my email, phone, text messages and Twitter DM’s starting lighting up with things like, “Dude, your site is throwing malware warnings” and … [Read more...]
Now Pondering – it’s a new blog.

Several days ago someone asked me, “What’s the URL of your personal blog?” We both stood there staring at each other realizing it seemed strange not to have one. So now I do. What to expect there? I really don’t know. It’s a personal, not business oriented blog. Personal blogs tend to morph, wax & wane and evolve over time. Well, I guess this blog’s done that too, but you know … [Read more...]
Yippee! Phoenix Real Estate Guy is Six Today!
Six years ago today on May 8, 2005, the first article was published on Phoenix Real Estate Guy. It was not good. Many more not-so-swift articles have followed. Hopefully more goodness than suckage ensued in all the following years. That judgment will be left up to you oh avid reader. I didn’t start using Google Analytics to track traffic to the blog until July 19, 2006, so I don’t know how … [Read more...]











I'm Jay Thompson, and I have a little blogging problem... Welcome to The Phoenix Real Estate Guy, or "TPREG" as I fondly refer to it.