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Real Estate Agent Goes Along to Get Along
Scottsdale, AZ - Recent studies suggest that consumers still envision salesmen as fast-talking, slick-haired, turquoise-pinkie-ring-flashing hucksters who would sooner eat their own gold teeth than hesitate to push their mothers into traffic if caught standing between...
Out of Ideas, Real Estate Blogger Turns to Trolling
BSRE NEWS - In a long anticipated move, an obscure Real Estate blogger has announced she is completely out of fresh content ideas. "I just don't know what to write about now that my cat died," Dolores Pentupangst of Katy, Texas lamented. "Frolix was good for one,...
Sales Pitch
Reggie stared at the pen. Held between the thumb and index finger of the hand that emerged from a white coat sleeve, the golden implement caught and reflected the overhead lights in mesmerizing fashion. No doubt by design. Reaching to accept the offering, he did so...
Welcome Back, REO Agents!
Greetings REO Agent, As the foreclosure crisis here in Scottsdale is beginning to show signs of easing, if not exactly abating, your fellow Real Estate professionals are eager to welcome you back to the ranks of humanity. You've been missed! You've done what you...
Forever Views
Abe Flemming studied the open notepad on his desk. A daunting list of phrases stared back at him. There was a golden egg hidden within the black chicken-scratch, he just needed to find it. He started at the top and worked his way down. This Home Does Not Suck! Abe...
Realtor Flips Script, Reviews Customers
Scottsdale, AZ - Tired of being the one under a microscope, a local Scottsdale Real Estate agent has turned the tables on the service review paradigm. Barry Wong, a residential Realtor with Prickly Pear Properties, says the time has come for consumers to enjoy the...
On This Day In Real Estate
On this day in Arizona Real Estate: 11/23/1881 - The first Real Estate disclosure laws go into effect for the young territory on the heels of the sale of a corral in Tombstone with a non-disclosed stigma. Claiming he would have paid considerably less for the property...
Scottsdale Home Inspector Declares War on Leaky Pipes, “Dumbass Realtors”
Scottsdale, AZ - A Valley home inspector has declared war on leaky pipes. And Real Estate agents. Tired of consumer demands for advice on matters outside of the scope of his services, Lester Hubble has announced on his small business website that receives up to four...
Report: Appraiser Works Feverishly to Prevent Appreciation in Housing Market
Carefree, AZ - A Valley appraiser is fighting back against the fledgling housing recovery. Citing a disturbing trend in sales data that indicates home prices may be inching up in some parts of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, Dieter Gaines of Hindsight...
Longtime Home Shopper Fires Agent, Adopts Springer Spaniel
11/14/2011 Scottsdale, AZ - In a turn of events that only the most astute amateur psychologist could have seen coming, a longtime Phoenix area home shopper has split with her Real Estate agent of four years. Sources indicate that Haley Cosmo had become frustrated in...