Cathy Arzola's (carzola) Blog

No, it's not what you think, but have you ever driven up to a home that you have listed, know that the hom is unoccupied but when you pull into the driveway, sitting there in the window sunbathing is a cat?  Well my first thoughts were I am at the wrong house, and my clients are going to think I ...

     DPA or Down Payment Assistance has been a major concern to many of us agents who work with first time home buyers or those individuals who require some assistance but may have a good credit back ground.  In a rural location selling homes, USDA Rural Housing has been very good to the first ti...

As we all know, the US and many other countries are in an economic downturn.  This was not the case back in 2004, 2005 when homes were increasing in value fom 1-5% depending on location.  I was a big advaocate of first time home buyers investing in a starter home and holding onto their investment...

Pumpkin pie is a tradition around Thanksgiving, and some people like it, while others don't. I have to admit that I love pumpkin pie with whipped cream on top. When you really think about it, who would have ever thought to take a vegetable that grows in the garden and make it a desert? Pumpkin c...

I have read that when we are blogging to say what we feel, so here I go.  In regards to the mess in Wall Street and the current bank failures I realized that there is a lot of talk but no real solutions.  One side wants to be understanding and if you were go enough to get the loan to begin with t...

I was recently looking into the Hispanic marketing and how to attract that market via the internet and found some interesting facts.  According to U.S. Government Education (http://usinfo.state.gov/infousa/education/overview/computeruse.html#table1) survey, lower income hispanic families' student...