Archive for July, 2008
Summer Olympics 2008 Schedule
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It is just around the corner isn’t it. Already I can’t open a new paper or turn on the TUBE without seeing references to China everywhere. I guess that is what holding an Olympics is all about for the [...]
Tucson Foreclosures Short Sale REO Bank Owned July 2008
There they are; all the buzz words of Real Estate these days. After seeing the headline “Foreclosures more than double here” in the Saturday, July 27, 2008 Arizona Daily Star I decided I wanted to see for myself where all this stacks up in the Tucson MLS system.
According to an aside on the front page [...]
Tucson Bird of Paradise
Any one that has ordered flowers from a florist or has traveled to Hawaii knows what bird of paradise look like. When they come to Tucson and ask what those beautiful flowering bushes are and are told they are bird of paradise the first response is, “That’s not a bird of paradise.”
To which we say, [...]
Hey Buddy Can You Spare A Can of Shade
Yes it is now officially, unofficially and any other way you want to put it Summer in Arizona. Yes, it is a dry heat, Your Point?
We have had more than a month of triple digit temps. Even with the recent respite of the Monsoon Season it is still HOT!
You know it is summer when [...]
It Doesn’t Look Like Tucson
One of the most interesting things I find about Tucson is the variety of neighborhoods and architecture. Sometimes I turn a corner and I find a whole series of homes or buildings that look like they were plucked right off a street from some other part of the country.
Take this building for instance. It is [...]
How Big is the Housing Crisis
How Wide Spread is it Across our Country
How Big indeed? This doesn’t mean there isn’t one. It means the aunt hills have been made into an entire mountain range, not just a mountain. Fear, misinformation and the economy as a whole drive much of the media and the fear they have instilled. Now it is [...]
Tucson Mail Delivery - Where is My Mailbox
Snail Mail in The Burbs
I grew up on Ohio, Ontario, Ohio to be precise. We had a mailbox across from our drive way. Just like many homes all across America. It was the same when I moved to various parts of the country until I moved to Tucson. When I bought my first home here [...]
