Tag Archive: this and that

2010: The Year of the Niche in Scottsdale Real Estate

Tunnel Vision

2010 is the Year of the Niche. It’s true, feel free to consult the Chinese calendar to verify.  Scottsdale Real Estate practitioners, in self-defense, have turned to new and interesting means of keeping their businesses relevant in these inexplicable times.  Today's homework assignment for a Real Estate adventurer?  Finding a profitable, niche specialty.  Thus, the members ...

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Paradise Lost

"You mean, it's ours? It's really ours?" They were so excited. Even after I handed them the keys, they were slow to believe that the modest Spanish bungalow was now in their adoptive custody. Over the course of four exasperating months, we must have seen and dismissed close to a hundred homes. ...

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Negotiation

Ninety two contentious minutes into a 90 minute contest, the pitch is littered with casualties. Spent forwards, midfielders and fullbacks slogging wearily through stoppage time. Lungs seared from fruitless forays into the opposing half of the field, calves and hamstrings cramping from dehydration, members of both squads looking to the official for mercy. Stop ...

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I Had a Choice … And I Made It.

Picture a bowl of primordial soup.  No, really picture it.  What does it look like?  I see a gelatinous, gray gumbo of sorts.  The contents within completely impervious to the light of the sun underneath an opaque, spoon-devouring outer layer.  I don't need to make out the individual invertebrates that I sense roiling about the ...

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Selling Homes and Nailing Things to Trees

My wife has an affinity for collecting quotes.  Whether humorous or inspirational, on fridge magnets or flowery stationary, she likes having the visible reminders nearby as a lifeline to help pull her out of whatever malaise she may happen to find herself mired in at a given moment.  Truth be told, prone as I am ...

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The Feedback Fallacy

So you want some feedback on your home. Are you sure?

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I Am A Realtor. The Fate of the Planet Is In My Hands.

The fate of the entire planet rests in your hands. Hire a Realtor!

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Chemotherapy for the Capitalistic Soul

Nobody likes taking their medicine, but it is often a necessary evil. Let’s hope the financial doctors are writing the right scripts.

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