Cy Phillips | RE/MAX Innovations, Inc. | (515) 422-4731 1940 SE Parkview Crossing Dr, Waukee, IA 4 car garage ranch with walkout basement! Call Cy today for more info! 515-422-4731 3BR/2BA Single Family House offered at $242,500 Year Built 2012 Sq Footage 1,495 Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 2 full, 0 partial Floors 1 Parking 4 Car garage Lot Size 12,050 sqft HOA/Maint $0 per month DESCRIPTION Large ranch with walkout basement and a 4 CAR GARAGE!!! Not only does this home have 3 large bedrooms, 2 large bathrooms, a mud room off the garage, 9' ceilings in the walkout basement, a large deck accessible off the garage access door, a walk-in pantry, and vaulted ceilings... it also has an incredible trim package! Just try to compare the trim in this home with others in the price range, they won't touc... 05/03/2012

The Business Record reports that Dallas County has had the 11th highest annual growth rate on the average wage per job between 2000 and 2010, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, compiled by Bizjournals.com. The data was compiled from the 1,000 largest counties in the country. Dallas County had an average wage per job of $44,599 in 2010, up from $26,389 in 2000, an annual growth rate of 5.39 percent. Polk County's annual wage per job grew from $33,272 to $45,831, a 3.25 percent rate, which ranked No. 400 in the country. 03/28/2012

Average Sale Price: $233,938*Average Days on the Market: 111*Average Size: 2,081 sq ft above grade, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths* Grant Park Development, just south of Waukee High School, has transformed what once was cornfields into one of Waukee’s hottest neighborhoods for professionals, young families and the retired. Perfectly situated just west of the future Alice’s Road corridor and two blocks from the new middle school, the high demand for housing in the area and the future economic growth slated for Alice’s Road makes the neighborhood not just friendly, but also a sound investment. With an average sale price this year-to-date of $233,938, the new construction homes in Grant Park are targeted to moderate to upper income families and individuals. Most of the vacant lots have already been ... 09/20/2011

If you plug in ‘Waukee Schools’ on the Dallas County Assessor website, 33 property/land tracts come up representing more than 320 acres of some of the most prime real estate in the county. A recently purchased 76-acre track is at the intersection of LA Grant Parkway and Ashworth Road. The district announced last week an 18-acre parcel purchase at 95th and Stagecoach in West Des Moines for a future elementary school for the growing district. These land acquisitions, coupled with reports of bursting enrollment, point to continued growth and development well into the future for Waukee Public Schools. Whether you have children in the district or not, these are positive indicators for the people of Waukee. Where there are people, there are schools. Where there are schools there is business a... 09/06/2011

The Waukee School District announced this week that they are taking steps to add a seventh elementary school to the district. The new school would be built at 95th Street and Stagecoach Drive in West Des Moines, southwest of Jordan Creek Town Center in the Michael’s Landing development, The Des Moines Business Record reports. Tuesday night, the school board approved the purchase of 18.23 acres for the school for $760,000. The new building is expected to open for the 2013-2014 school year. Enrollment has boomed for Waukee in the past decade. The district reported a total enrollment of 2,409 students in 2000, which has grown to 6,577 in 2010. The district is projecting that it will have 8,2014 students by 2013. 08/11/2011

We spend a lot of time here on Active Rain, and in social media seminars, talking about how to use Facebook as professionals to be found by new clients.  This week, the shoe was on the other foot for me!  On Monday I hired a Realtor to sell one of my investment properties in Waukee, IA.  My husbandand I reached out to this particular Realtor (I can't remember if it was thru voice mail or email), and the first time I spoke to him, he said "yeah, I saw on Facebook it looks like your husband and I have a mutual friend and what do you do at Zillow".  Here is what the Realtor knew about me before even placing the first call: I am an actual person. I have a job and knew where I worked. I am married and he knows where my husband works. We are out of town sellers.  We are into the Internet and ... 09/04/2009

Real Estate Auctions Why auction Real Estate?  Yes, some people still ask this question.  The answer is simple: An Auction Sale is the most effective way of establishing the value of a property while simultaneously producing a ready, willing, and able buyer for it.  A seller can quickly sell a property at 100% of its value, and a buyer can easily purchase a property for what they are willing to pay.  The Auction Method of Marketing is the fairest, most transparent, most efficient economical system in the world.  Auctions.......bring Action!  All prospective buyers know that if they have an interest in a property going up for auction, they MUST attend the auction and bid their price or they will miss the opportunity to buy! ‘Traditional' real estate brokerage's method of ‘listing' homes ... 08/11/2008