“Boards don’t hit back.” Accompanied by a wagging finger and evident disdain, Bruce Lee’s classic line from Enter the Dragon is as prescient today as it was when originally uttered before his celluloid tangle with a showboating opponent. The admonition was not mere gamesmanship, but a sweeping
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03/15/2009
Appraisals are typically regarded as the most accurate measure of a home's value, and for good reason. Licensed to perform one task and one task only, appraisers see and evaluate property all day, every day. While some of us more egocentric Realtors feel that we put more time and effort into ou
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03/14/2009
Shh! Can you hear that? It's the sound of hollow vault doors being slammed shut and masking tape being drawn to piece together shattered family piggy banks. Smashing the pink porcelain piglet in cases of emergency is the easy part. It's putting the starved omnivorous swine back together that
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03/12/2009
Still kinda sucks. Check back in a week.
03/11/2009
Surveying Scottsdale and the greater valley beyond, I was struck by the absolute lack of desperation in the vista. I don't know exactly what I was expecting, but the serenity of the open desert, whose tide washed through the sea of rooftops, wasn't it. I was braced for a visual manifestation of
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03/09/2009
Now that the incredible value that was our McCormick Ranch patio home listing has migrated north (sold to an opportunistic snowbird), we still have three great McCormick Ranch listings for your perusal. Each is offered with a painstaking appreciation for current market conditions. First, we have
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03/08/2009
In these troubled times, we Americans need to remember that a penny saved is a penny earned. Not only are a fool and his money quickly separated, but a bird in hand is worth two in the bush leagues. When push comes to shove, remember to raise your spirits by lifting with your legs. We don't ne
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03/07/2009
As Phoenix area homebuyers look to cash in the winning lottery tickets in their hot little hands, it is worth noting that there is such a thing as biting off more than you can chew. While market analysts and laypersons alike point to avarice as the primary machination that brought our economy to
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03/05/2009
You wake up one day and find a small, hard lump entombed in familiar, soft flesh. You fret through your morning coffee before spending an inordinate amount of time exploring the tender area in a scalding hot shower that refuses to burn away the foreign body and subsequent angst. You dress quick
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03/05/2009
Frankie was eating an ice cream cone when the world ended at precisely 3:14 PM PST. Perched upon the slightly too tall swivel stool that prevented his size four shoes from reaching the metal footrest, he raced the sun that beat down on his prize through the pane glass window for the last dripp
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03/05/2009
