Phoenix Real Estate Guy is... well, I'm not sure what he is. He's a blogging real estate brokerage owner who is way into social media/networking.
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I can’t help myself…If you are reading this blog post on PhoenixRealEstateGuy.com and not in a feed reader, and assuming you’ve been here before, and you remember what it looked like, then you’re well aware that we’ve changed the look and feel of the blog.If you’ve been around very long, you also...
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Your one-stop spot for information on Phoenix homes and the Phoenix real estate market. Updated every Tuesday.Phoenix Area Market SnapshotsAll Areas and Types of Sales: “Traditional Sales” only (Not lender owned or short sales): REO (Lender / Bank Owned) Properties only: Phoenix Metro Short Sale ...
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Your one-stop spot once-removed for information on Scottsdale homes and the Scottsdale real estate market. Updated frequently.Tucson Real Estate Market StatisticsTucson Average and Median Sales Price – Single Family Homes: Tucson Inventory and Sales Price: This charts are generated by the am...
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Your one-stop spot for information on Scottsdale homes and the Scottsdale real estate market. Updated weekly.Scottsdale Real Estate Market SnapshotsScottsdale Single Family Detached Homes: Scottsdale Active Listings (3 yr trends): Scottsdale Monthly Median Sales Price (3 yr trends): I can pu...
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What are you doing reading a real estate blog on Thanksgiving?Go watch some football, eat some turkey, loosen those pants, nap and spend time with your family and/or friends. Ponder all you have to be thankful for.I’m thankful for my family and friends and those that have placed their trust in u...
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Not surprising, but sobering numbers…The Wall Street Journal reports that the number of people underwater on their mortgages (those who owe more than the property is currently worth), has increased to 23% nationally.Arizona is second only to Nevada with 47.9% of all home owners with a mortgage h...
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Recently I had the pleasure of meeting the lovely and ridiculously talented Tara Hunt at the National Association of Realtors Conference & Expo. It was very cool to meet her and hang out a little, talking about real estate VRM (Vendor Relationship Management).“Holy shit, it’s Tara Hunt!” were...
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At this moment in time, it’s 79 degrees and sunny.Perfect golf weather.In the middle of November.This is why we live here. Gilbert, Arizona is home to several golf courses and today I swung by three. All are public course and all are in excellent condition.Kokopelli Golf Course 1800 W Guadalupe R...
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I have been seeing on the news quite a bit lately how the economic recovery is underway (I read something about Green Shoots months ago now, so logic dictates we are on our way to recovery, right?) but I am still being asked the question of “So what exactly is keeping me current on my mortg...
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Here I am, sitting in a San Diego hotel room at 4:00 in the m0rning, weeping like a baby…Just a few hours ago, the Highland High School Marching Band won first place in the Arizona State Marching Band Championship!My daughter Lauren is a member of that band.I just don’t have the vocabulary or th...
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Real estate bar camps are an held in an “unconference” format where some of the best and brightest come to share, laugh and learn.On November 12, prior to the National Association of Realtors annual Conference and Expo in San Diego, approximately real estate professionals from across the country ...
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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 unwounded soldiers. – José Nar...
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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...
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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 atten...
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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 easyR...
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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 expen...
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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 -12.“Whoa, hold on there Jay. You said the tax credit extension w...
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One of the facts of the mortgage business today is that it can sometimes be a hurry-up-and-wait game. When it comes to buying a house, I have seen it more than once lately where the seller’s lender who has to approve the purchase contract (because it is a short sale or a bank owned propert...
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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...
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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 b...
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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 managerHomebuyer ta...
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PLEASE read this article carefully. At this time, “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...
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Gary V - enthusiastic is one word to describe him...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 famili...
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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 by Nov...
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“The lenders I work with are great. They get my loans done, customers love them and I really only have one complaint…I wish they would blog.“ Craving Technical Mortgage Talk?I have heard the above statement more than once from a Realtor – and usually I just smile, shrug a...
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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 depar...
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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 tent...
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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 BrodeurDean Ouellett...
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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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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…W...
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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 othe...
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