http://buytucsonlots.com Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:54:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When choosing a Realtor to sell vacant property, most Sellers will ask about pricing, marketing time and strategy, comparable sales and listings, the agent's experience in selling property and the agent's track record. These are all important questions but not perhaps the best way to distinguish one good agent from ... http://buytucsonlots.com/2012/01/choosing-a-property-agent-by-looking-at-the-agencys-culture/ In the last several months, I have had frequent conversations comparing the levels of Southern Arizona home and land prices with those of past years. For example, the other day I asked an agent in my office where she felt home prices were today. She answered that they seemed to be comparable to ... http://buytucsonlots.com/2011/08/southern-arizona-land-tucson-home-prices/ I recently read 2 small articles in the Business Briefs section of the Arizona Daily Star that are worth mentioning: Finally a little bit of good news!  Foreclosure filings nationally, as well as in Pima County, plunged to a near 4 year low. Nationally, 212,764 and in Pima County 666 property owners received ... http://buytucsonlots.com/2011/08/arizona-foreclosure-rate-coming-down/ I am constantly amazed these days at the prices being paid for Arizona land parcels and particularly vacant land in Tucson.  Anyone who is seriously considering building a custom home (rather than purchasing an existing one), now or sometime in the future, or is looking for a mid-term length property investment, should be ... http://buytucsonlots.com/2011/08/great-arizona-land-giveaway/ The prestigious Arizona REALTOR® Magazine has just published my latest article, “Shopping for Land on the Internet”.  It is a great honor to be able to share my expertise with Realtors all across the state.  I hope that Realtors and consumers alike will find the article enlightening. To read the magazine in HTML Format, click here. To ... http://buytucsonlots.com/2011/08/arizona-realtor-magazine-article/ [caption id="attachment_689" align="alignright" width="210" caption="Sons of Orpheus"][/caption] Did you know that this real estate pro by day moonlights as a bass-baritone singer at night? Well, it's true and the Tucson Weekly published a great article about the Sons of Orpheus and their performance tonight. The Mixed Summer Chorus will perform at 7 ... http://buytucsonlots.com/2011/07/singing-with-the-sons-of-orpheus/ As I recently sold Lot 122 in Pima Canyon Estates for $255,000; almost a 60% reduction from its last sale price of $627,500 in 2005, I wondered if this was representative of the current Arizona property market or was an exception to it. I knew that Pima Canyon had been ... http://buytucsonlots.com/2011/07/pima-canyon-estates-sales-tucson/ I am pleased to announce that my latest article, “Shopping for Land on the Internet”, was recently published in the official publication of the Tucson Association of REALTORS®, the Tucson REALTOR® Magazine… Tucson REALTOR® Magazine ~ July/August 2011 In this issue of the Tucson REALTOR® Magazine learn about an up and coming ... http://buytucsonlots.com/2011/07/shopping-for-land-on-the-internet/ I'm anxiously awaiting to see who emerges as the new developer of Saguaro Ranch now that Stephen Phinny has lost the project to his lender through foreclosure proceedings. No one bid at the trustee sale that was held last week although at least one local and one national group are known ... http://buytucsonlots.com/2011/06/new-beginnings-at-saguaro-ranch/ Anyone thinking of buying, selling or representing vacant land in Tucson needs to be aware that local and FEMA floodplain maps have been updated and changed. The new maps have been officially recognized as of June 16, 2011. This will in many cases change the recognized flood ... http://buytucsonlots.com/2011/06/floodplain-maps-are-changing/