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2009
Tell us something we don't know! (But thanks for the recognition) BestBoomerTowns, a website specifically aimed at highlighting the best places in the USA for the Baby Boomer Generation to live, has named Tucson as one of its top 21. Now those of us who already live here have known what a great...
01/31/2009
Whether you are among the "Baby Boomer" generation or not, the quality of life in Las Cruces is something to be proud of. To have others recognize it from afar is even better! BestBoomerTowns - a website aimed at baby boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964), named Las Cruces among the 21 "...
01/31/2009
Man, sometimes you can do everything right, follow the timelines (even be early on most of it), have someone at the closing table who speaks the language that my client's wife is most comfortable with...and the durn thing still doesn't close on time. WHY? Because the lender's warehouse line got ...
01/29/2009
Tucson is generally thought of as a pretty evironmentally conscious city in many respects. Reclaimed water is widely used for landscaping, xeriscaping has been embraced & adopted by most people...without any regulation or mandate forcing people to do so. Where we are behind the curve (so far) is...
01/28/2009
With all of the stories (both media & truth) about market struggles throughout most of the country, black clouds and gloom seem to be constant threats. A lot of people have lost a lot of value in the past few years, a lot of people hurt by the downturn in market conditions...but there is a silve...
01/27/2009
Jeff Belonger is one of THE Experts on mortgage lending in the U.S. He posted this helpful tutorial for consumers on his blog on ActiveRain. I want to thank him for allowing me to share this with people visiting my website. Thanks Jeff! Shopping for a mortgage when buying your home or...
01/25/2009
About 2 weeks ago, my broker forwarded me an email asking for volunteers to help with construction when the TV show, "Extreme Home Makeover" comes to Tucson. Seeing that as something that doesn't come around every day, I jumped at the opportunity to volunteer! Earlier this week, when a call for ...
01/25/2009
Grant Road - one of Tucson's busiest East-West arterial streets, is going to become 6 lanes wide in the future. Tucson City Council approved plans to add a lane in each direction by a 6-1 vote on January 13th. The Grant Road Improvement Plan has been in the works since the passage of the RTA (R...
01/25/2009
The Pima County Bond Program still has over $2 million in funds available to allow people with limited funds available for downpayment & closing costs to buy a home! In December the funds were already allocated to buyers in escrow, but quite a bit of money became available when several transactio...
01/24/2009
"Saguaro Gone By" After seeing some of the responses to a photo I posted of a cabinet door using saguaro ribs as a decorative insert, I thought I should look through my photo files to show everyone what a saguaro cactus looks like when it has passed on. These incredible succulents live 150-175 ...
01/24/2009
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