General Musings

Keep It Simple

by Heather March 30, 2009 General Musings

For about 2 years now I’ve been trying to explain to seller clients why it’s not a good idea to “test the market” with a higher list price. Their logic is “we can always drop the price” or “they can just make an offer.” The response I have inside my head is, “Are you bleeping [...]

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a Photo Radar tip

by Chris Butterworth March 24, 2009 General Musings

Watch your speed, but PLEASE DON’T STOP! The cameras are scattered across the Phoenix freeways, and stand as a constant reminder to watch your speed.  However, they don’t flash their lights and snap your picture unless you are going 11 miles per hour over the posted speed limit. For all the public outcry over the [...]

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Spring Blooms

by Chris Butterworth March 16, 2009 General Musings

This is a great time of year to be a Phoenician – warm days, cool nights, blue skies, and brilliant color everywhere you look.  Our desert vegetation is blooming, exploding in pink, purple, orange, red, yellow, and white.  I don’t often stop to smell roses, but I do make it a point to slow down [...]

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1,000 – that’s a lot!

by Chris Butterworth March 10, 2009 General Musings

In a series I wrote in January about goals and resolutions, I mentioned that doing a little bit of something each day can add up to a significant amount over time.. ThePhoenixAgents.com is now home to 1,000 unique articles (blog posts)!  Most of them are related in some way to real estate and/or the Phoenix [...]

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Spamvertising? Not Here.

by Heather March 6, 2009 General Musings

One of my favorite regional bloggers is Kris Berg of the San Diego Homes blog. She snarkily funny and does a periodic column for Inman.com, a national real estate news website. Yesterday Kris wrote about the deluge of email spam advertising the latest tool, trick, tip or pharmaceutical. As a Realtor, I see about 200 [...]

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What do you really mean?

by Chris Butterworth March 6, 2009 General Musings

I saw this banner hanging from a dentist’s office building.  I get it – it’s a creative play on a different company’s widely recognized slogans.  It’s similar to the ‘Got Sand?’ and ‘Got Jesus?’ stickers I see in car windows, taken from the ‘Got Milk’ campaign of a few years ago. However, getting it and [...]

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Spring Training Information

by Chris Butterworth March 3, 2009 General Musings

I noticed two things yesterday:  There were way too many cars driving around with Chicago Cubs flags sticking out the windows, and traffic around Bell & 83rd was backed up worse than it is during the Christmas shopping season.  Put these two facts together, and you don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to realize it’s [...]

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M&I Bank Pulls Some REOs Off Market

by Heather March 2, 2009 Foreclosures / Short Sales

The following is based on my conversations with a couple of agents who work with REO listings owned by M&I Marshall and Isley Bank. I’ve recently discovered that M&I bank made an interesting move with a whole passel of their REO properties. These were unfinished construction in the luxury price ranges located all around the [...]

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13 Years

by Chris Butterworth February 24, 2009 General Musings

Thirteen years ago I didn’t have any idea what I was getting myself into when I said those famous words, "I do." I can’t put into words everything we’ve shared since then, and I couldn’t imaging sharing it with anybody else. Happy Anniversary baby. (for some reason I don’t have a digital picture from our [...]

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Wells Fargo: penny-wise and pound-foolish?

by Chris Butterworth February 5, 2009 General Musings

It’s been reported that Wells Fargo has canceled a lavish trip for employees to Las Vegas due to public outcry and congressional scorn.  Rep Shelley Moore Capito, a West Virginia Republican who sits on the House Financial Services Committee, says “Let’s get this straight:  These guys are going to Vegas to roll the dice on [...]

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Welcome NorthPhoenixAgent readers!

by Heather December 30, 2008 General Musings

Wow! Thanks for following me and finding me over here at my new home, ThePhoenixAgents. I’ve combined forces with my colleague Chris Butterworth, who is an outstanding Realtor and all around great guy.  In future, all our posts will be here, so I hope you’ll take a moment to update your bookmarks and/or feedreaders. As [...]

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Welcome ButterHomes readers!

by Chris Butterworth December 30, 2008 General Musings

And thank you for finding your way over here to ThePhoenixAgents!  I’ve been writing on ButterHomes for more than 2 years (594 posts, to be exact.)  And during that time, I’ve referred you to read the great content Heather Barr writes too many times to count.  Now I’m finally able to give you the best [...]

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