White Mountains of AZ Blog.

Recently two agents in my office, myself and one other, had Buyers lose out in multiple offer situations on a Bank Owned property.  Both times the Agent representing the Bank directed us to give extra time for acceptance on the offers because they fell over Holiday Weekends.  We both blindly did...

My thoughts today have absolutely nothing to do with Real Estate, they have to do with the new security regulations at Airports.  Now I realize that there are all kinds of threats out there, but are the touchy feely things that are going on really necessary?  I'll take an X-ray even though I'm no...

For a while there I thought the Banks were figuring out that they were destroying their own markets by dumping properties on the market at ridiculously low prices because while the prices on those REO's were less than the market, they weren't so low as to totally destroy values. Well, they are a...

How often do we hear this from our clients today?  Everyday perhaps! I can't tell you how many times I am on a Listing Appointment and the Seller asks me where they need to be on price to get the property sold in 60 days?  The latest now that we are late in the year is, I'd really like this sold...

Good Saturday Morning Everyone, As I was driving in to work today I saw at least 2 "For Sale by Owner" signs.  It got me to thinking, what are they thinking?  Why would someone who wants to sell their home take on the task of trying to do it themselves? Oh I know all the typical answers - "I don...

Good Afternoon Everyone, I am sure by now you have heard about the halt to Foreclosures by many of the large Banks due to the discovery of the "foreclosure mills" and the independent companies who were hired by the Banks to push paperwork through the court systems.  The original intent was just ...

I heard about his yesterday officially.  I have heard grumblings about this for a couple of years now.  It is time it came to light so the public is aware of how we have all been defrauded and how our Counties have been cheated out of millions of dollars in recording fees. If you're involved in t...

I hadn't really thought about this until the other day.  I heard a gentleman speak at a luncheon I attended and he asked what made one company stand out over the other.  He explained that it is the difference between the What and the Why of Customer Service. How many times have you entered a com...

At first I didn't even realize that the people I had been working with for the last year were Activerain referrals.  For some reason I had it in my head that they were Craigslist buyers.  But no, when I was working up the Broker's file today I notice that they had contacted me almost a year ago ...

Good Afternoon Everyone, A few days ago I suggested to sellers that if they didn't have a note against their property they might consider carrying a note.  There are many buyers out there now who for one reason or another cannot qualify through conventional means for a loan. After that post I ha...