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10 Reasons to Choose Phoenix as Your Home

10 Reasons to Choose Phoenix as Your Home

Chewing gum magnate William Wrigley, Jr. visited the Phoenix area during the late 1920s and fell in love with the vast expanse of land and sky. In 1929 work started on his Wrigley Mansion. Now on the National Register of Historic Places, this house is just one of many reasons to relocate to this sprawling [...]

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Saving Money for a House While Living in an Apartment

Buying a home is still one of the great American dreams, but takes time, discipline and a sound savings plan. If you are currently living in an apartment or rental home and are longing to make the transition from renter to homeowner but don’t know how to get there; start by talking to a qualified [...]

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Phoenix, AZ Short Sales…Arms Length Transaction

If you do not know what a short sale is…then please, first read this post describing the process. As part of the agreement between the lender and the seller attempting to short sale their home in Phoenix , AZ,  is often something termed an “Arm’s Length Affidavit”. An arms-length affidavit is a document created by the [...]

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Is The Market Is Recovering…It’s Hard To Tell

I know you hear every day on the news that our market is recovering…right? I also know you hear every day on the news that our market is declining…right? What to believe? Who knows! I can tell you the numbers. Like we can look at the Notices of Default (NOD’s) for the month of April and discover they were [...]

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If You Want To Be In The GAME…Get Pre-Approved People…

EXHAUSTING! That is what is can be like for agent working in this market. Telling the same things to different people over and over. It’s not their fault. These people have likely bought and sold MANY homes in their life. They are sure they understand what it takes and what they need to do. Well…our [...]

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What to Know If You Are Buying A New Build Home

Over the years I have sold literally hundreds of homes…and many of them have been brand new never-been-lived-in homes. Here in the Valley we have dozens of homebuilders…and they all have different policies and procedures. But there are some things I find very similar across the board. Now…as a disclaimer…I am NOT talking about the [...]

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New Arizona Appeals Decision Regarding Easements

New Arizona Appeals Decision Regarding Easements

If you have been out in the more rural parts of Arizona…and even the outlying areas in the Metro Phoenix Area…you will notice that there are many homes that share an access road to get to the property. This is termed an easement. Simply put it is the right to use property that is not [...]

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FHA Extends 90-Day Seasoning Waiver

What is seasoning? It is the time frame between legal owners of a particular property in this case. For example if a home was purchased on March 1st and sold on March 31st…it would only have been seasoned for 30 days. The rules around how lender see this when providing a new loan for a [...]

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