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Prescott cost of living index is 98 while Arizona’s is 102.  This is 2% less than the nation. I was actually somewhat shocked by this number.  I live in Prescott and it definitely has very reasonable; property taxes, gas prices, healthcare costs, transportation and utilities.   However, the housi...
03/26/2014
There are 21 town and cities listed on besterboomertowns.com list of best boomer towns.  Here is the complete list; ·        Aiken, South Carolina ·        Asheville, North Carolina ·        Ashland, Oregon ·        Athens, Georgia ·        Austin, Texas ·        Bend, Oregon ·        Camarillo,...
03/26/2014
Many buyer clients come to me looking for a deal.  They assume that bank-owned home is the best deal.  I warn them right up front that a bank-owned home isn’t always the best deal.  Bank-owned homes come with no warranties.  Buying a bank—owned is like buying a car that you can’t take back to the...
03/19/2014
I get many questions from sellers about how they should fix up their home before they sell it.  My answer usually surprises them.  I tell them not to make too many assumptions about what a prospective buyer may want.  I tell them that the most important selling aspect of a home is how it conforms...
03/19/2014
I like to send my clients to contacts that I can trust will do a good job.  If I have a buyer looking for a lender, my preference is to send them to a mortgage broker instead of a bank.  A bank is limited to only the types of products offered by that particular bank.  A mortgage broker brokers lo...
03/19/2014
Rates have been at historic lows for years.  Rates are now around 4% for a 30 year fixed loan.  The Federal Reserve has been on a $85 billion per month bond purchasing program for many years.  Now, the feds are scaling back.  The Federal Reserve will cut back to $75 billion per month and then eve...
03/18/2014
Many people began their home searches online.  Many people find real estate websites like Trulia.com, Zillow.com and Homes.com helpful in their home search.  I think these website are helpful for general information.  Problems arise when my clients takes these website too seriously.  Many of my c...
03/18/2014
  This is the rest of the top 10; 1.    Asheville, NC 2.    Sarasota, FL 3.    Venice, FL 4.    Beaufort, SC 5.    Ft Myers, FL 6.    Charleston, SC 7.    Austin, TX 8.    Prescott, AZ 9.    Naples, FL 10.Myrtle Beach, SC Prescott consistently beats other towns in Arizona because of its perfect e...
03/06/2014
Thumb Butte is one of Prescott’s most prolific landmarks.  At 6,500 feet it rises about 1,200 feet from downtown Prescott.  Geologically, Thumb Butte has been known as a volcanic plug.  A volcanic plug is formed when a much larger volcano’s exterior erodes after millions of years and leaves behin...
03/06/2014
Here’s something that may shock you.  Arizona has 19.4 million acres of land covered by forest, Minnesota has 17.3 million acres.  See; http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/ogden/pdfs/arizona.pdf and http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/faq/mnfacts/forests.html    And “no” the forest in Arizona does not include cactus ...
03/04/2014
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