Greg McCown's (gmmccown) Blog

  The Basics of Buying a Home   The first step in Buying a Home would be to talk to a lender, be it a bank, mortgage broker, or mortgage company.  They will first take some simple information over the phone and determine approximately what the maximum would be that they could lend to you.  They ...

It's Getting Better!   I've read more than my share of statistics and reports.  I've looked at the raw numbers and a multitude of graphs put out by our local MLS.  Much of the information is positive, but some of it is still negative.  I'll I want to know is if it's getting better yet.   I have ...

Priorities getting trampled on?   Over the years I've closed on many deals simply by being flexible.  I often work late or on a Saturday.  I've even shown a vacant home at 1am in the morning.  As agents we try our best to be available and to work with our clients but everyone has limits.  I thin...

Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona   Saguaro National Park is divided into two seperate locations on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona.  Each side has it's own visitor center.  The Saguaro National Park Rincon District is located at the base of the Rincon Mountains on the east side of Tucso...

    The Best Park in Tucson     I have lived in Tucson, Arizona for a total of thirty two years.  I'm not sure if there is a park in this town that I have not been to.  Most parks here are average with a few soccer fields, a kids' play area, and a baseball diamond or two.  Most have quite a few t...

Where did all my repeat business go?   Past clients have always been the bread and butter of a long and prosperous career in real estate.  After my tenth year in the business past clients were my primary source of new business and things were going good.  Repeat business was consistent and requi...

Light Trails on Mount Lemmon   Light Trails can be some of the most fun things to photograph.  On a recent trip up to Mount Lemmon, located in the Catalina Mountains on the north side of Tucson, I decided to pull over and take some pictures of some Light Trails with the Tucson city lights in the...

Aravaipa Canyon: Kind of like Zions National Park minus the crowds I have lived in Tucson for 32 out of my 37 years.  So I was quite surprized when someone asked me if I'd ever been to Aravaipa Canyon and I had never even heard of the place.  He told me that it was a lot like Zions minus the crow...

The Pima Air and Space Museum is located Southeast of Tucson at 6000 E. Valencia Road.  It is one of the museums of its kind in the world.  The Pima Air and Space Museum has over 300 aircraft and 125,000 artifacts.  They even have John F. Kennedy's Air Force One, a B-29 Superfortress, and an SR-7...

I am obsessed with points.  I am quite new to ActiveRain, but I already find myself logging in daily.  I first check my point total and then my local rank.  Not sure if this is healthy but it sure is fun.  The ActiveRain creators were truly in a genius mindset to create a system that is so addict...