Criteria For Selecting A Listing Agent
- Real Estate consumers would be wise to select an agent:
- Who is professional in appearance, attitude, demeanor and capability.
- Whose company has a strong local reputation for service, ethical performance and available resources.
- Who is willing to prepare, present and commit to a written comprehensive marketing plan.
- Who is willing to commit to a schedule of communication, follow up activities and attending to details.
- Who has experience and knowledge of the local marketplace.
- Who is skilled and accomplished in formulating and implementing effective negotiating strategies.
- Who has a reputation for caring, committed and trustworthy service.
Considering relocating to the Metro Phoenix area, whether you are relocating for a new job, for family, or to retire, I can help make your move successful and stress free. Not sure which neighborhood is right for you? Need information about schools, employers, local taxes and financing?
Be sure to Contact me for all of your relocation needs including:
- Community and school information (with maps)
- Personalized home searches based on your needs
- Expert advice on local taxes and financing
- Expert advice on local businesses and employers
- Referrals for movers, utilities and other local service providers
- Hotel reservations and other travel assistance
- Anything else you need to make your move successful
Please feel free to browse through some of the Phoenix Metro Valley Homes and be sure to let me know if I can be of assistance to you for all your real estate needs. Fantastic lenders available upon request to help you get pre-qualified.
Other helpful resources:
- Before Your Search Begins - Basics of Home Buying
- TO RENT OR TO BUY? - BUYING THE BEST HOME: SERIES 2
- Why do 1,000 new residents move to Gilbert, Arizona each month?
The Five (5) Fatal Mistakes Home Sellers
Make When Pricing Their Home -
- Sellers often price their home based on “need’ rather than the market.
- Sellers use the ‘wrong’ properties for comparison when pricing.
- Sellers build in a ‘negotiating cushion’ and then have no one with which to negotiate.
- Sellers take advice from ‘well meaning’ but uninformed parties.
- Sellers allow positive emotions about their property to influence their pricing decisions.
It can be difficult for sellers to be objective about the value of their home. Often times sellers estimate high, yet some sellers have no idea how much their home has appreciated and have underestimated the value. Sellers would be wise to rely on a real estate professional for a realistic price assessment. The dynamic is changing in many real estate markets around the country. Sellers, in many cases, are no longer in the driver’s seat. Keep this in mind when you select a list price for your home.
Comparable sales from a few months ago may be out of date for the current market. Even though your neighbor’s home sold for an exceptional price, it may have been the only game in town at the time.
The chance that your home stays on the market longer, it creates a negative stigma. Buyers will have concerns and wonder what perhaps might be wrong with the home. In most cases, the only thing wrong is the price.
If you agree to lower the price you are now chasing the market. By doing so is the correct thing, however it can be fruitless if you reduce too little, too late. Meanwhile, more well-priced listings come on the market and sell. Pricing your home correctly the first time is key.
Seeking out a professional listing agent that will provide accurate sales in your immediate neighborhood with informative knowledge will lead you to great success in getting the best price for your home. Selecting A Listing Agent - Consumers be wise!
Inquire of the agent you are considering to provide you with a detailed marketing plan to let you know how he or she will accomplish the sale of your home. Consider using a listing agent that does market extensively on the Internet. Buyers are turning to the internet more and more now to find their dream home. It’s very important to be sure that the agent you choose is up on the latest technology and offer the maximum exposure on the internet.
If you are looking into buying or selling a home in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, hire a REALTOR® like myself, who wants to win your business. I invite you to contact me direct to assist you with all your real estate needs or questions!
I will be honored to share with you an educated idea of what your home’s value is based on experience, local knowledge, and comparable actual sales in your neighborhood! To get a FREE no-obligation Home Evaluation specific to your needs be sure to contact me direct. If you have any general questions about buying or selling real estate please don’t hesitate to contact me.
If you are relocating to the Phoenix Metro area and need information about schools, employers, local taxes and financing? Be sure to Contact me for all of your relocation needs including:
· Community and school information (with maps)
· Personalized home searches based on your needs
· Expert advice on local taxes and financing
· Expert advice on local businesses and employers
· Referrals for movers, utilities and other local service providers
· Hotel reservations and other travel assistance
· Anything else you need to make your move successful
Please feel free to browse through a search of Arizona homes and let me know if I can be of assistance to you in any of your real estate needs. I also work with great Lenders that are available upon request to help you get pre-qualified.
Other helpful resources:
· Before Your Search Begins - Basics of Home Buying
· TO RENT OR TO BUY? - BUYING THE BEST HOME: SERIES 2
· What A Difference A Year Makes…
· A Great Time For First Time Buyers - FHA Loans
· Why do 1,000 new residents move to Gilbert, Arizona each month?
“Where should I live?” and “How much house can I afford?” Two very basic questions I get asked often when buyers consider buying a home in the Phoenix, Arizona area. My answer would be very similar when it’s a home purchase or any property purchase for that matter. Whether for primary residence, investment property, vacation home or retirement home it is all about money and location.
Depending on how you are accustomed to make decisions, you could be the kind that falls madly in love at first sight or the one that will need to think through your answers in order to make a decision that will help you feel secure and certain.
Being the most basic of questions doesn’t mean the easiest to answer. I believe the answers to these two basic questions will be the foundation of which the rest of your decisions will rest.
Where Should I Live?
Rule of thumb– There is more than one right home.
Sometimes buyers can become overcome with emotion that they can be fixated on one particular property. There is more than one right home. When you are out looking, try to retain a little bit of perspective. Try to not get to emotionally involved with the seductive process of buying a home, it’s spending money, a lot of money!
Often times first time home buyers will fall in love with a house in a neighborhood that might not be the best fit with them. Even though you’ll live in the house, you still have to travel through the neighborhood to get there.
Is it a nice neighborhood? Is there any obvious signs of vandalism? Is there a neighborhood crime watch group? Are your neighbors your age? Are there families around the same age as yours? Are the school districts the right choice for your family? To avoid making this mistake, spend a lot of time in the neighborhood before you buy. Drive to and from the house, go there during the morning, night time and weekends. Check out the local restaurants, grocery stores and businesses that you most likely will be frequenting. Think about whether or not this neighborhood will make you as happy as the house.
No one’s saying you shouldn’t take your time when finding the right house or neighborhood. You should! In fact, take all the time you need. Don’t let your broker bully you into making a decision before you are ready to do it.
How Much Can I Afford?
The answer most experts give is this, if you can afford rent and have cash for a down payment, you can probably afford to buy. However, the easiest way to find out how much you can afford is to get pre-qualified.
Many lenders I work with would be delighted to pre-qualify you in a preliminary way with no obligation. Pre-qualifying is a fairly painless process. You will be asked a few simple questions about your debts and assets and then apply some debt-to-income ratios that have proven successful over the years. The lender then will be able to tell you a number which is the amount of mortgage you can support based on your income, assets, and liabilities. At that point you can determine exactly how much house you can afford to buy.
Be cautious– don’t assume that because you can qualify for the biggest house on the block that you should take that full amount you have been pre-qualified for. Be sure to take into consideration other unexpected expenses and take a mortgage that makes you comfortable and works within your budget or means. Just because your lender tells you that you can qualify for more, doesn’t mean you should purchase a home for that amount. Be reasonable and wise.
If you would like for me to share my reliable lenders with you and see how much you can get pre-qualified for, please contact me. I will be happy to email or connect you with some very professional Arizona lenders.
If you are just starting to look at new homes, investment property, retirement homes or perhaps income properties, feel free to get in contact with me and I can share some areas that might appeal to you and your needs. If you would like to start your home search now, check out my Phoenix MLS Search page.
I am thrilled to announce today will be the official launch date of my new ‘Phoenix Arizona Real Estate Homes Blog’ found at www.PhoenixArizonaRealEstateHomes.com. I want to personally thank all those that have helped to inspire me, motivate and encourage me along the way!
First and foremost I want to thank and formally acknowledge Brian Gardner, a true talent for developing wonderful WordPress themes, my favorite Revolution City! Through his fantastic forum of moderators offering reliable and timely help and other purchasers of the Revolution Themes, I have met some amazing people from all over the world.
I, personally want to thank a particular forum member, Ade Walker who has helped me tremendously with this new learning curve. His outstanding patience’s, willingness and knowledge is absolutely amazing. Without Ade to run to my rescue through the development of my Phoenix Arizona Real Estate Homes blog, it would have never reached this day to share it with all of you!
Thank you Ade from the bottom of my heart! You were a true Godsend and what I consider a great new friend. “You Rock”
I have to say the new learning curve working with Wordpress.org and implementing plugins, hosting accounts, CSS, PHP and all the other geek language that goes with it has been frustrating but yet invigorating just the same!
My new blog will be sharing much about the Phoenix Arizona real estate market, the trends, area market reports, events, an online portal for buyers and sellers to investigate the home buying process in Arizona. My hope is to provide excellent information, real estate opinions and provide exactly what you want to hear and read about! Please always feel free to share your opinions, thoughts and suggestions. It’s just a click away to contact me.
I would love to win you over as a regular reader and have us share and grow together! Please note that since we are in our infancy here at Phoenix Arizona Real Estate Homes blog, it most likely will have some changes and adjustments along the way!
If you are interested in working with Brian Gardner and his wonderful themes, please contact me and I can work with you on getting a new outside blog started, answer any questions or get your started. Also you can find lots of information on starting a new blog at AZ Real Estate Blogging Network, a great resource of tips from top real estate pro bloggers willing to share and teach how to get started.
I look forward to my new journey and getting to know you better! If you have any questions or suggestions please don’t hesitate to contact me direct. Please feel free to leave a comment on PAREH blog today!
May you have a blessed day,
Candace Robinson
If you are considering moving to Arizona or the greater Phoenix area there are many things to consider. However the most raised question is the weather and ‘how hot does it really get?’ Being originally from the east coast and moving to Arizona in 1974 has allowed me to experience the difference for myself.
While most my relatives are shoveling three feet of snow, I’m out playing tennis or golf in Valley of the Sun. In the summer however, there is no denying it gets extremely hot in Arizona. There is no way around it, hot is hot. Often times my out of town guests have often described it like having a blow dryer in your face. I can’t disagree.
I have learned to live with it, some just can’t deal with it. I pretty much accept the fact that if I need to move from one place to the next, there is always air conditioning at the next spot. Air conditioning in the malls, in our cars, in the grocery stores, so there is no threat of dehydration between your favorite spot. It’s not all that bad. The good outweighs the bad!
While others might be dealing with shoveling snow out of their driveways, earthquakes, floods, tornadoes and other weather calamities, Arizona really only has a season of Arizona monsoons.
What is the monsoon? Living in one of the most beautiful deserts in the world — the Sonoran Desert stretches from central Arizona down into Mexico.
Under normal weather conditions, the Sonoran Desert does experience hot temperatures and very dry heat, but once summer rolls around, temperatures drop and our humidity and dew point rise. Monsoons are not about rainfall. In fact, you might be surprised to learn that the monsoon is defined as “any wind that reverses it’s direction seasonally.”
Near the end of June and into early July, the wind patterns over the south of Mexico begin to switch. Winds will turn more to a south and southeasterly direction, bringing in moisture from the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf of California.
As a result, the moisture combines with intense summer heat, producing thunderstorms in and around the Valley. The monsoon storms can produce heavy rain, dust storms, lightning, strong winds and flash floods.
The monsoon season officially begins when our dew point averages 55 degrees or higher for three consecutive days. The monsoon season can begin as early as mid June and go to the end of September.
While our summer monsoon can be exciting and even beautiful, storms can pop up at a moments notice, causing major damage. It’s always best to have a plan of action if you are caught out driving when a monsoon hits unexpectedly. If you can, avoid driving during a summer monsoon storm as visibility can be rather difficult and very dangerous. Be safe and enjoy the beauty the Arizona monsoon sky!
