http://buytucsonlots.com Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:37:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This week I was contacted by a Lender I had done quite a bit of business with several years ago who told me about a new Lot Loan Program she now has available. Of course that got my attention as currently there is only 1 Lender in Tucson providing what I ... http://buytucsonlots.com/2010/03/mortgages-are-lot-loans-coming-back/ http://buytucsonlots.com/2010/03/realtors-land-institute-az-chapter-meeting/ Here's  a summary I just recieved from a Senior Loan Officer at Bank of America that I think is right on the money (so to speak). Doug Frisch has been in Tucson many years and I respect his periodic forecasts/reports. Although he is referring to the single family home market, his ... http://buytucsonlots.com/2010/03/are-we-coming-out-of-the-recession/ Lou Jewell, ALC is a reputable land broker practicing in North Carolina. Last year he wote an article listing 93 land Disclosure Issues that a buyer or seller might come across in a rural land transaction. Although most of my transactions are more urban than rural, I have run up ... http://buytucsonlots.com/2010/02/land-disclosures/ As I've said, I think EVERY LAND OWNER should file a tax appeal this year. We're in a downward trending market that hasn't hit bottom yet and there are plenty of sold comps out there (most likely some are similar to your parcel) that may justify a lower value than the ... http://buytucsonlots.com/2010/02/how-to-file-your-tax-appeal/ Most if not all owners of Property in Pima County received their Residential Notice of Value for 2011 in  this week's mail. This shows the Full Cash Value ascribed to your land by the Assessor's office on which your property taxes will be based. THIS BEGINS A 60 DAY PERIOD ... http://buytucsonlots.com/2010/02/stop-complaining-and-file-that-tax-appeal/ I was recently showing land to a couple from Iowa who were put off by the idea of building a custom home on a parcel that had a regulated wash going through a portion of it. This led to a lengthy conversation about washes in Tucson and how they effect ... http://buytucsonlots.com/2010/01/washes-love-them-or-hate-them/ As I'm sitting in an eerily quiet office 2 days before the new year, my thoughts have turned to the difficulties everyone in our industry has experienced in 2009. A good friend who has been a home remodeler has just joined his third Real Estate Brokerage in search of a niche ... http://buytucsonlots.com/2009/12/end-of-the-year-thoughts/ If you haven't experienced this wonderful  architectural and cultural masterpiece of Tucson in awhile or never at all, this is a terrific time of year to make the short trip down I-19. My men's Choir, The Sons of Orpheus has the privilege to perform six,  annual Christmas  Concerts with the Tucson Boys Choir and ... http://buytucsonlots.com/2009/12/mission-san-xavier-del-bac-the-white-dove-of-the-desert/ I've been putting off writing the concluding segment of this story for some time now and I just realized why. I have interacted professionally with the staff members of the Assessor's Office on a regular basis for many years. They'll call me or I'll call them to discuss a variety of topics; current ... http://buytucsonlots.com/2009/12/appealing-land-values-part-3/