One of the main reasons why a national Multiple Listing Service where buyers can find all the data they wish is a pipedream is the concept of GIGO - garbage in, garbage out. With that as a backdrop, here are some suggestions for listing agents here in the Phoenix real estate market (and elsewhere as...

Long story short … at the beginning of December, Jay Thompson started the Real Estate’s Biggest Loser competition. Everyone throws $50 into a pot and the person who loses the most on a percentage basis gets the money for their favorite charity. Mine was the local chapter of “Take M...

This year’s National Association of REALTORS dues have been paid (as have the dues for the state and local chapters.) Belonging to NAR isn’t a choice here in the Phoenix real estate market as the associations own the Arizona Regional MLS - if you’re not a member, you have no access...

Once upon a time in a prior iteration as a stock broker, I used to receive calls from people who were looking at options contracts - generally representing the right to buy or sell 100 shares of a company’s stick - available at absolutely ridiculous prices. “Is this for real,” they...