When Reality Seems Immaterial

I Want . . .

I want a car that runs on water, gets 100 mpg and cost under ten thousand dollars.
I want a camera that has great focus, depth of field, and zooms a mile with image stabilization to the images are always sharp and in focus.
I want an acre with a guest house 4 [...]


Tucson Home Sellers It Is Summer Leave The AC ON

7447 Placita Del Misterio Kitchen

When you are looking at properties on line one thing you can’t see is the temperature in the house. It doesn’t matter how attractive a house might be online if it is too hot to stay inside more than a minute it is too hot.


The Ick Factor And Tucson Real Estate

Moldy Bread

What do you see when you look at a piece of bread with a little mold on the edge?
What do you do when you find a piece of cheese with a little mold on the edge?


Please Don’t Pet the Cactus

Cactus Don

When people come shopping for a home in Tucson for many it is a memorable experience. It is very interesting the kinds of preconceptions people have of Tucson. Some think it is all brown and desolate, kind of like death valley with houses.


Conventional Loan 25% Down The New Norm

Tucson Wildflower Chia

If 25% down becomes the norm a lot of potential buyers out there sitting on the fence that will be out of the market. Waiting for the house you have been watching to drop even further might not be an issue if you are planing on putting down a substantial down payment.


The Tax Man Cometh

Tax Time is Coming Soon

April 15, 2008 is now less than a week away. There are still many, many people that haven’t filed their 2007 tax returns yet (that would be me included : ) and one thing on their minds this week rather than real estate is “Do I have to Pay?”


Tucson Real Estate News Today

Tucson Golf shack

Everyone associated with National real estate seems to be quoting and commenting on the report released by NAR on the state of homes sales across the country.
The ”Tucson Citizen” titled their article this morning (like many others) “Home sales rise, prices fall” The regional breakdown provides a better detailed look at how the numbers fall.
“By region of [...]


Tucson Real Estate We Notice Our Buyers

Tucson Wildflower

One of the handiest documents we provide to our buyers is a short booklet “We Notice our Buyers” It is prepared by our brokerage “Long Realty Co.”


Tucson Home Pre-Inspection

Tucson Home Pre-Inspection

The longer you live in a house the less you see of it. Why, because your house (property) becomes a home. While some people might irritate us the more we are around them it usually isn’t that way with a home.


Tucson Home Sellers Flowers Are Your Best Friend

tucson flowers are your best friend

It: If you want to make your Tucson home stand out from all the others you can lower the price by 5 or 10 thousand. Or you might want to consider spending a couple of hundred and getting some pots and flowers and putting them around the front of the house to brighten up the appearance. Everybody loves flowers.


Tucson Homes a “Guys Point of View”

small front door window

When we are out showing homes to prospective buyers we divide the tasks. Barbara works very close with the buyers showing the home and finding out what features of the home they like and which ones they don’t particularly care for.
Always making a mental list of the likes, dislikes, the must haves and the [...]