Archives

Preparing for an Open House or Showing

Many Seller’s don’t give much thought to an Open House, clean up a little bit and figure out what to do while the agent hosts the open house.  Unfortunately there are those that take advantage of open houses for other reasons than to see your home.  To help protect you, just think of these items:

Jewelry. [...]

How to tell if you are over-priced

I believe that when a home owner calls me to sell their home, that is in fact the goal, sell their home.  I do a lot of work before meeting with them and during the life of the listing and I don’t want to waist time or money for me or the home [...]

Getting your listing in the “Cloud”

Marketing your home for sale is so much more than putting a sign in the yard and entering the details into a local Multiple Listing Service (MLS).  Especially in Phoenix where many of the buyers for the local real estate are out of town.  Either they are second home buyers or people relocating to Phoenix.  [...]

Arizona Earnest Money

Earnest money is the amount of money a buyer submits with an offer to purchase a house. You actually write a check and send a copy with the purchase offer. Typically it’s a personal check.

Earnest money proves the buyer is ‘in earnest’, or serious about buying that house. If the seller accepts the offer, the earnest money [...]

Phoenix Crime Stats

While showing Real Estate in Phoenix, one question that I am asked quite a bit: Is this a safe neighborhood? And it’s one of those questions on the forbidden list of Realtors, we can’t answer it for several reasons.  Namely because, how do you define safe?

I am however able and very willing to point you [...]