TucsonKent's World: Tucson Real Estate Blog

Close to a university, you'd expect to have a few bicycle shops, wouldn't you?  How about one that is passionate about their business?  Not always. Enter Arizona Bicycle Experts.  Located within walking, excuse me...biking distance of the University of Arizona, ABE has been advising, tuning, repa...

Sam Hughes, the neighborhood just east of University of Arizona's campus is one of Tucson's signature areas.  While many of the homes were built in the 1930s bungalow style, the 1940s & '50s brought different influences.  Through the decades, additions and remodels have added their own distinctiv...

Missy Caulk of Ann Arbor, MI (home of my sister, good husband & 3 fantastic kids!), posted this.  What I love about it is the spirit of "lets not point fingers, lets deal with what is in front of us." To read more posts by Missy or find out about Ann Arbor real estate, visit her blog.Have you hea...

There is a time and place for all manner of things, business decisions too.  Over the past year I have worked with a great bunch of people and a wonderful broker at The Pepper Group Diversified Real Estate.  In this time, I have learned a lot, been given some good opportunities and grown my busin...

     2% Rental Tax The City of Tucson is looking at ways to increase its revenue for the 09/10 budget. Because of an unforeseen shortfall the Mayor and Council asked a committee of various city staff to make a recommendation for new revenue streams. The committee came back with $20 million worth ...

The Town of Marana, Arizona is a progressive & dynamic entity in Southern Arizona.  Businesses such as: Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain, Arizona Pistachio Company, Tucson Aeroservice Center, AZBlock 2000 and many others have located in Marana because of the friendly and progressive business climate, n...

Just to the northwest of Tucson, the town of Marana is a small but growing & dynamic community.  Home to cotton fields, endless vistas, new homes starting in the low $100k range and $1+ million custom homes, the diversity of Marana is incredible.  As the town grows, so does its ability to provid...

  On Tuesday, Citibank announced that they had made an $8 billion profit last quarter...after rattling their tin cups all over Capitol Hill looking for handouts (and receiving them).  Two weeks previously (or maybe before, I'm just speaking from personal experience here), their REO department an...

It has been a hair-raising, gut-twisting couple of weeks (Can anyone say Citi and REO in the same sentence without reaching for a blood pressure cuff lately?) - however, last Friday, I had the chance to help my broker get ready for an interview about her part in helping Starbucks get coffee to th...

  Mike Jones lives out on the west side of Tucson--noted for its spectacular scenery and world-class sunsets.  Many people may think there is something familiar about some of the mountains, plentiful saguaro and other cacti seen in his photos...for good reason:  Old Tucson Studios is not far from...