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Willo Historic District Phoenix: Historic Willo Welcomes Visitors This Sund
2008-02-05 00:15:00
Historic Willo Welcomes Visitors This Sunday! The homes do not have garages, walk-in closets, or entertainment centers. They were built in the 1920’s and ’30’s before people thought lots of storage space was essential in a home. But for every modern convenience they may seem to lack, the historic homes of Willo more than make up for them in charm and grace. Once a year, a dozen or so homeowners in Phoenix ’s Willo Historic District open their well-loved and well-cared for houses for the annual home tour. Homeowners invest a great deal of time and care (and yes, money) in restoring and maintaining the unique features of these homes. Styles run the gamut from English Cotswold to Spanish mission, French provincial, and Tudor revival. Once farmland on the outskirts of Phoenix, Willo became a suburb in the early part of the 20th century, and almost two dozen subdivisions were built through the beginning of WWII. As Phoenix grew after the war, commercial development...
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A Scottsdale Tradition: Hashknife Pony Express Riders Arrive!
2008-02-01 06:31:00
Hashknife Pony Express Riders Arrive! February 1st 2008 is when tradition comes back to Scottsdale , Arizona – a day when the West’s Most Western Town deserves to be called just that. Tomorrow is the day when the Hashknife Pony Express delivers the mail at the Scottsdale Post Office. Yes, the Pony Express still exists and is the oldest officially sanctioned Pony Express holding the longest contract with the U.S. Postal Services. But, before the mail gets dropped off tomorrow at 12:30, the Bronze Monument “Passing the Legacyâ€� will be unveiled at 10:30 AM at the Canal in Downtown Scottsdale. Lately, there has been a lot of coverage of mega events like the SuperBowl, Barret-Jackson and The FBR Open. I, however, am very partial to history, art and tradition as you can tell by my previous posts and the cowboy in the video was also speaking from my heart. Here is a video I found on YouTube: It’s good to see that there are some people carrying on with the traditions of th...
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Google Street View on Google Maps in the Phoenix and Scottsdale Area: Dad,
2008-01-29 07:21:00
Google Street View on Google Maps : Dad, you left the trunk open! Steve Belt covered the launch of Google Street View in the Phoenix and Scottsdale Area last October. I was fascinated and, for the most part, I was thinking that Google Street Maps would be a great additional marketing tool. I was right, and ...
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The Mortgage Mess: Ignorance of Common Sense Excuses No One
2008-01-28 06:48:00
Ignorance of Common Sense Excuses No One: This evening I was channel surfing and happened to come across the 60 Minutes segment “House of Cards: The Mortgage Mess“. Steve Kroft did the story, and I thought that it was a pretty good summary of the sub-prime mortgage meltdown in plain English even a layman can understand. Even ...
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There is always a first time: I have been tagged!
2008-01-23 07:43:00
I have been tagged! Is it that time again? You know, Meme time! Luckily, I was browsing through my Google Reader and realized that my friend Shailesh, the Arizona Mortgage Guru, tagged me. Of course one foreigner had to pick on another foreigner, so this is a first for me. I have never done one of these ...
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Phoenix Real Estate Market Trends: Interpreting the Phoenix Market with Alt
2008-01-22 00:51:00
Interpreting the Phoenix Market with Altos Research Charts: I finally got around to making Altos Charts available for most of the Zip Codes in the Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area on my blog. John L. Wake covered the zip-code-changes in the valley in detail on his blog, Arizona Real Estate Note Book, and he even created Google ...
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Outdoor Fun int the Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area: PF Chang?s Rock ?n?
2008-01-09 08:51:00
PF Chang?s Rock ?n? Roll Marathon 2008: The Valley of the Sun is a great place for outdoor activities and sporting events all year round. This coming weekend, Phoenix , Scottsdale and Tempe are jointly hosting the P.F. Chang Rock ?n? Roll Marathon. This fun event (and I freely admit that I prefer being a spectator) is not ...
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Out with the Old, In with the New: Happy New Year 2008!
2008-01-02 22:44:00
Happy New Year 2008 ! Hello Friends! Welcome to this New Year! For many of us, the beginning of a new year is a time for resolutions. So, why is a New Year such an emotional trigger that causes people to commit to new resolutions? It is quite simple: We are human. In our daily lives we ...
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Happy Holidays!
2007-12-23 21:59:00
Happy Holidays ! Dear Friends, My parents are coming from Austria and almost our entire family will gather at our house, so it will be a very traditional family Christmas at our home this year. We are going to do something unusual; we are actually going to take the Christmas week off. I hope all of you are enjoying ...
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When it rains in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area?
2007-12-01 06:38:00
When it rains in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area ? Yes, it occasionally happens that we get rain showers in the Valley of the Sun. It is a rather rare occasion ? rare enough ? it is worth a mention on a couple of real estate blogs, and Jay and Jonathan have it covered. Today, I had to ...
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Tempe Marektplace: The District at Tempe Marketplace is kicking it up for t
2007-11-29 23:45:00
The District at Tempe Marketplace is kicking it up for the Holiday Season! It has been approximately two months since Tempe Market Place officially opened. The open-air shopping and entertainment destination sits on piece of real estate which once encompassed five landfills and had 52 different landowners. After 4 years of development, Tempe Marketplace officially opened ...
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How to manifest the pefect Real Estate Listing Widget: RealBird Inc. and Zo
2007-11-28 08:15:00
RealBird Inc. and Zoltan Szendro Rock! The other night, when I started tinkering with the sidebar and looking for ways to incorporate real estate listings in a subtle way, I came across the service from RealBird.com. In a nutshell, RealBird.com is a listing publisher which offers several services to promote real estate listings. One of the features ...
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Missing in Action: Phoenix Real Estate Blogger Sighting Confirmed!
2007-11-25 19:46:00
Missing in Action : Phoenix Real Estate Blogger Sighting Confirmed! It never occurred to me that some people might actually miss me on the blogosphere. and boy, was I surprised to read this post on Jay?s blog this morning. Yes, I have not posted in quite some time and I could give you a long list of ...
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We better be ready! Scottsdale Historical Society?s 2007 home tour
2007-10-26 04:52:00
Scottsdale Historical Society ’s 2007 home tour: If you’ve been with me for a while, you might remember my question at the end of April: Can We Be Ready? That’s when Mignon Trice of the Scottsdale Historical Society invited us ? and our house ? to be on the 2007 home tour. Being invited is quite an ...
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The ?How-To Manual? on destroying your credit: Seven Easy Steps to Complete
2007-08-09 23:11:00
Seven Easy Steps to Complete ly Destroy Your Credit Score:  Many people ask me how to improve their credit scores. That is always a difficult question to answer and there is never a guaranteed method. Now, don?t get me wrong, if you follow my advice your scores will generally go up, I just can?t say by how ...
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Accelerated Mortgage Payoff Program: Harj Gill demystifies Mortgage Acceler
2007-07-25 20:49:00
Harj Gill demystifies Mortgage Acceleration with his Speed Equity® System Is Mortgage Acceleration for Real? And For You? If you could pay off your mortgage more quickly and save thousands in interest, would that get your attention? It got mine. It started when I sat in on what turned out to be a multi-level marketing presentation that ...
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Blog Tour USA reached Arizona: Pit-stop at Macayo?s Mexican Kitchen in Temp
2007-07-20 10:52:00
Pit-stop at Macayo’s Mexican Kitchen in Tempe Joe and Rudy, of Blog Tour USA and Sellsius Real Estate Blog pulled into the Macyo’s parking lot earlier this afternoon for a little pit-stop in Arizona . Damon Pace of IncredibleAgent.com, a sponsor of the Blog Tour USA hosted the get-together and also introduced the free Incredible Agent website platform ...

When my blog goes silent: It usually means that I am forced to allocate my
2007-07-16 09:05:00
It usually means that I am forced to allocate my time to high priority activities. One of the high-priority activities is making a living and the highest of high priorities is my family. Last week we had a family gathering in Durango, CO and usually this is the only time once a year when all of the ...
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In the Backyard of SkySong: SkySong Future Construction Schedule
2007-07-06 07:40:00
SkySong Future Construction Schedule : On my way home I just realized how fast the first building of the SkySong Center went up. So I had to stop and take pictures. So what is SkySong? SkySong is a center like no other in the world. A place where business and innovation are one and the same. Where business has ...
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Where to Celebrate Fourth of July in the Phoenix Metro Area: Fabulous Phoen
2007-07-03 07:33:00
Fabulous Phoenix Fourth?and More Independence Day is a great family holiday, and we have plenty of choices for day and night fun with food and fireworks. On Wednesday, July 4, head to Steele Indian School Park in Phoenix for the 22nd annual Fabulous Phoenix 4th from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. There you will find three stages with ...
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Short Sale Transactions: Win-Win with The Short Sale!
2007-06-29 23:09:00
Win-Win with The Short Sale ! I hate to see people lose their homes. These days it is happening too often as many folks are unable to keep up with mortgage payments for many reasons. Sometimes a home goes to foreclosure because of divorce, or illness in the family, or because someone loses their job. Today, most ...
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Journey Through the Phoenix Historic Districts: Roosevelt Historic District
2007-06-26 05:20:00
Roosevelt Historic District Revitalizes Phoenix : A few years ago, Maria Capogreco’s friends told her she was taking a big chance opening a deli in the Roosevelt Historic District. But she had faith in the future of what once was ? and soon would be again ? a thriving urban neighborhood. She was right. The former working class ...
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Southwest Real Estate Blogging Conference: What happens when you blog?
2007-06-23 04:27:00
What happens when you blog? The short and sweet answer is:  You get to connect with people!  And one example of this occurred during yesterday’s Southwest Real Estate Blog ging Conference.  No, I am not going to write a summary report of this gathering since this event was already covered by Greg Swan, Jay Thompson, Shailesh Ghimire, Jonathan Dalton, ...
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New Feature on REALTOR.com® - Neigborhood Info Tab just launched
2007-06-21 06:25:00
A little while ago I blogged about new features to be released on REALTOR.com® and finally the first major one is here. Now you will find the neighborhood info tab right next to the photo gallery tab in the detailed listing view. As a result, the visitor is able to get more detailed information about ...
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Inside the Auction - National Real Estate Auction Corp. Auction Event in th
2007-06-17 11:45:00
Yesterday, National Real Estate Auction Corp. held their auction at the Airport Marriott Hotel in Phoenix and I had to attend the event since I blogged about this last month. There were over 100 properties of all kinds consigned and approximately 80 to 100 people turned up a the ball-room of the Phoenix Airport Marriott. ...
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Buying a second home in the United States as a Canadian
2007-06-15 15:38:00
While Canadians in the United States do not seem to generate as much attention as the neighbors to the south, American mortgage lenders have certainly not forgotten about the folks from the Great White North. There are quite a few US lenders who offer financing for Canadian nationals even without any previous American credit. Overall the ...
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Minor add-on found on REALTOR.com®
2007-06-12 07:11:00
Last Friday, the back-end for REALTOR.com® was scheduled to be down for 2 days and ended up being back on-line much faster than scheduled. No major changes have taken place and my apologies for getting a little bit too excited about it. However, there was one little enhancement I found. Well, it is not one of the  many proclaimed major features and enhancements, but the consumer visiting the site can now differentiate between older listings and listings which came online within the last week. Now you will find “New this week!” in green letters in every listings created within the last 7 days.  Nothing revolutinary, yet this is a clear indication that REALTOR.com® is recognizing the need and wants of the internet user and continues to make changes for the better. This one was a very small change in comparison what is promised coming down the line the months to follow. Share This
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REALTOR.com® possibly launching new features?
2007-06-09 08:52:00
Looks like REALTOR.com® is possibly launching some of the new enhancements. 48 hours of downtime leads me to believe that something major is going on…we shall see on Sunday. Share This
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How to raise your FICO score 10 points and save a bunch of trees - MythBust
2007-06-08 08:43:00
Lately there has been some great debate about the use of authorized credit lines by about individuals with low FICO scores to boost them. No, I am not going to reheat this great debate since Jay and Shailesh got it covered, however the same topic was part of an offline discussion I had at lunch today. ...
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A New Voice - The Arizona Mortgage Guru
2007-06-05 06:43:00
You are in for a treat starting soon, right here on this blog. I’m inviting the Arizona Mortgage Guru ? Shailesh Ghimire ? to bring his wit, wisdom, and knowledge of the mortgage business to consumers and industry professionals alike. Shailesh and I share some common traits, as you may have learned from another blog post ...
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