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50 Things I’ve Learned Since 2007
One does not live through a Bubonic Real Estate Plague without lancing a few boils, or learning a thing or fifty. For your own edification, I give to you the lessons of a post-bubble Scottsdale Real Estate agent....
REALTORs Released Back Into the Wild
Feb 9, 2013 09:45 AM Disassociative Press _______________________________________________________________________ SCOTTSDALE (DP) - A four year federal wildlife program to rehabilitate the sagging numbers of a local animal population has proven to be a rousing...
Somewhere on an Online Real Estate Forum …
Q & A: Home Buying in 85258 I want to buy a home that is for sale in McCormick Ranch for $495,000. I've heard I can get a better deal if I don't use an agent, is this true? Also, what is the normal amount to take off the list price for an offer? Need help,...
Standard Bank Addendum
Standard Addendum to Purchase Contract Purchase Agreement for a First Bank of Asbestos (henceforth referred to as “Seller”) property is non-binding unless this addendum has been attached and fully executed by all parties. In the event of a dispute between the language...
Short Sale Confidential
The clandestine meeting took place at twelve thirty on a Thursday. Two men armed with black briefcases approached each other in the darkness, flanked by muscle-bound henchmen who busied themselves looking tough. The second-hand light refused to fully illuminate either...
An Honest Comparative Market Analysis
Comparative Market Analysis to Establish Top Market Value for the Property Located at 8560 E Turkey Way, Scottsdale, AZ 85250 Prepared for James and Heidi Knives on 1/21/2011 Recent Activity in Hayden Estates (7/21/10 – 1/21/11) Status #Listings List Price Sold Price...
Intervention
The Steadfasts barged through the garage door as the familial octopus they'd become, arms and legs of varying sizes jostling to cross the threshold first. "Gently, Blaine! Put it down gently," Alexis bellowed after the seven year old victor who approached the kitchen...
Feedback
Damon's cell phone buzzed in his pocket as he stepped out of the stately house and into the warmth of late April in Scottsdale, Arizona. Checking the display, he recognized the number from the four previous calls he'd let roll to voicemail. Whoever it was, his mystery...
GPS
“I’ll dust it, but I’m telling you, it’s a waste of time.” The lanky crime scene investigator known as Phelps kneeled beside the passenger door of the beige sedan and opened his kit. He shook his head as he studied the eruption of prints on and around the chrome...
How Not To Draft Your Short Sale Hardship Letter
To whom it may concern, I am drafting this explanation of hardship in attempt to effect a short sale of my property located at 88 W. Tantalus Lane, Scottsdale, AZ 85258. When I purchased the property on 1/16/2005, I was under the impression that Real Estate values...