Steffy's Notes

I was walking along one of the Tempe streets for my morning stroll and saw this beautiful front yard and the sign in front of it - Winner of the Beautification Award. The clean lines, honest materials like exposed block, rusted metal, stones are among the favorites. It looks well-deserved - it ce...

One of the incredibly wonderful businesses I interact with in my every day business as a Realtor® is MacDaniel Signs and Installations. I think I hired them for the first time back in 2008 and have been using them for all my transactions, with little exceptions, over the years till now.They have ...

6 a.m. is a great time to be walking on this walking path at Papago Park Trail - the air is cool, the sun is not as hot, we can hear the quails, an occasional jack-rabbit will cross the path. Papago Park Walking Path - Mapped Route The park is very close to downtown Tempe, and it is practically b...

This video shares observations about the real estate market in the Phoenix Metro area for the last 5 weeks (April-May 2020). Homes under contract over the last five weeks have increased by a considerable per cent - about 65%. The news that makes both Sellers and Buyers happy is that even though p...

Blogger Bill Gassett lists and discusses Tax Deductions for Home Buyers - all good reminders to ask questions your CPA. Home Buying Tax Deductions Do you want to find out what expenses you can deduct as a new homeowner? No one likes paying taxes, so making the most out of tax deductions when buyi...

A year ago, poster-style exhibits of homes and buildings, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright were on display at Taliesin West in Scottsdale, as part of a collection called "Timeless". I was fascinated with it, wrote on my blog and some of the exhibits can be seen in my blog post now. For those who wo...

Attractive office space in the prestigious Troon North, an upscale North Scottsdale area, close to dining and recreational amenities - Darcy's Ristorante, Pinnacle Grill, golf courses, Troon Country Club, Four Seasons Resort. Hard corner with great visibility. The suite consists of 5 separate pri...

The title of a book " The Search for a Community on an American Street: One Sleepover at a Time"  (Peter Lovenheim, Author) caught my attention this morning in a newsletter I receive from Zocalo Public Square, an ASU organization in Los Angeles. This journalistic site, which I had enjoyed tremend...

 I think we all have that one memory from our childhood about a favorite tree in our home, or in our grandparent's home, where we enjoyed to climb and huddle every time we can. It was our sactuary and we shared a lot of secrets with our friends there. I had my favorite walnut tree in our yard and...

If you live in Arizona, saguaro cactus plants can be seen almost everywhere - in the desert, in parks and in our front yards.  The saguaro (pronounced sowaro) is also the state flower of Arizona. The saguaros provide shelter to many birds. The first to move in are usually the woodpeckers.  Woodpe...