Archive for September, 2007

Tucson and the F word

Final Notice

How Many F’s for a Single Property?
I don’t even want the word in the title. I don’t want the traffic it often brings or the association with the term. I hope you all know in real estate what the F word is.
If not it starts with a sound like “4″ followed by “clothes” [...]


Sun Sounds of Arizona Fundraiser

Fargo Sun Sound Mascot Dog

Sun Sounds of Arizona provides audio access to information for people in the Southwest who cannot read print because they have a disability.
Service can be accessed three ways:

on the radio,
on the web,
and on the phone.

Sun Sounds of Arizona Foundation is hosting this 21st annual fundraiser which is presented by Desert Diamond [...]


Tucson Citrus Trees or Lemons Are Us

tucson grapefruit

A lot of the people we come into contact with are from out of state or out of the country. They have never been to Tucson or a desert before. They have an idea in their head what to expect but always seem to be a little dumbfounded that we have citrus trees [...]


Have you got a question about Tucson

tucson fire clouds

One of the greatest changes to come about on the Internet over the last couple of years is the trend away from static one way websites to interactive communicative websites (often called blogs).
A little applied logic to the difference.

Not all websites are blogs
All blogs are websites
Therefore there can be websites that are not blogs

This site [...]


Tucson Real Estate Absorption Rates August 2007

rubber duck

Tucson Real Estate Absorption Rates
July 07 to Aug 07

Area

Aug Listed

Aug
Sold

Aug
AR

July Listed

July
Sold

July
AR

Sold YTD

N
725
78
9.29
696
88
7.90
825

NE
425
50
8.50
405
74
5.47
496

NW
2348
265
8.86
2539
279
9.1
2367

XNW
114
12
9.50
99
16
6.18
118

C
1125
192
5.80
1085
202
5.37
1581

E
516
79
6.53
502
64
7.84
677

S
586
48
12.20
555
67
8.28
673

SE
810
92
8.80
763
105
7.26
912

SW
745
47
15.85
722
60
12.03
522

XSW
330
15
22.00
305
23
13.26
221

XS
630
80
7.875
634
56
11.32
580

W
523
55
9.50
500
57
8.77
499

XW
68
6
11.33
67
7
9.57
64

 
8,954
1,019
8.78
8,692
1,098
7.91
 

Our friend the little rubber ducky makes his appearance again [...]


Hey Tucson What Do You See ?

palm tree image on side

What do you see? What do you think you see. I hear a lot of people that always think the glass is half empty, and other that think it is always half full. You know what, the glass is what it is. It is half empty and half full, but how [...]


Tucson Morning Light

tucson Morning light

Today, well tonight anyway; it seems I don’t get to write these days until just a couple of hours before the day is done and a new one has started. I don’t know if all of you had a busy week this week, but I can say I met myself coming and going twice [...]


Tucson MLS Statistics for August 2007

The Tucson MLS Statistics for August 2007 were released yesterday September 14, 2007.
Tucson MLS Apples to Oranges comparisons.
Back in May 07 the Tucson MLS changed the areas included in reporting. This is actually a good thing, but when doing year over year comparisons they still use data for all areas from last year and data [...]


Tucson Butterfly Festival

common checkered-skipper

Yes, you heard it here, there is a butterfly festival in Tucson and it doesn’t mean we all get together and share our favorite recipes for butterflies, or have butterfly tastings.
Did you know there are over 250 species of butterflies in the Sonoran Desert?
On September 29th and 30th is the Tucson Butterfly Festival. [...]


Rocks Toasters and Copper Bubbles around Tucson

tucson palm tree

Today we were out with a fantastic family looking for a new home. It is always fun to be with people when they first come to Tucson and everything they see is new.
While we were out we saw:

cottontail rabbits
jack rabbits (WOW they really have long ears!)
coyotes
fishhook barrel cactus
organ pipe cactus
palm trees with sharp frawns
copper [...]


Tucson Vacant Homes For Sale

empty toilet paper holder

A buyer comes to your vacant home with their children; any one of then needs to use the restroom and they find this, how long do you think they are going to stay?
About as long as the roll of paper on this tube.
In Tucson there are a lot of vacant homes for sale. These [...]


Remembering Reflecting Rediscovering

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