General Musings

Spamvertising? Not Here.

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 [...]

6 March 2009 Read the full article →

What do you really mean?

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 [...]

6 March 2009 Read the full article →

Spring Training Information

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 [...]

3 March 2009 Read the full article →

M&I Bank Pulls Some REOs Off Market

Foreclosures

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 [...]

2 March 2009 Read the full article →

13 Years

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 [...]

24 February 2009 Read the full article →

Wells Fargo: penny-wise and pound-foolish?

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 [...]

5 February 2009 Read the full article →

Welcome NorthPhoenixAgent readers!

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 [...]

30 December 2008 Read the full article →

Welcome ButterHomes readers!

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 [...]

30 December 2008 Read the full article →

The Phoenix Real Estate Market

General Musings

Some days working as a Realtor is pretty discouraging. Buyers are scared to buy a house now, afraid it won’t be worth what they paid for it on the day they take possession. I’m not sure I can blame them. Cash investor buyers make offer after offer at 50% of list price or less, only [...]

29 December 2008 Read the full article →

Of Writer’s Block and Donuts

General Musings

The blog’s been pretty quiet lately. I’ve got writer’s block.  Given the upheaval in the world’s economies and the rollercoaster that is Wall Street and how it all stems from my industry, every draft post ends up seeming trite, immediately outdated by new information, or both. I’m comforted to know I’m not the only blogger [...]

16 October 2008 Read the full article →

Denis Leary’s a Jerk

General Musings

Denis Leary’s a comedian.  His jokes are sarcastic, scathing, and generally negative in tone.  And I’ve laughed until my stomach hurt watching his show. When you make fun of people for a living, you can get away with quite a bit – especially when you’re attacking your own traits.  We’ve all seen comedians build entire [...]

15 October 2008 Read the full article →

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