Bill Austin on Social Media:
Bill Austin presenting Social Media at the third Arizona Real Estate Blogger Network Meetup. This video is approximately 50 minutes long and will give you a general overview of what Social Media is and how to apply it to the Real Estate Business.
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For a long time technology embracing REALTORS® belonging to ARMLS were limited in choices to display real estate listings on their websites and blogs. We could either frame the free and rather basic MLS search provided directly by the Arizona Multiple Listing Service, or utilize the only advanced solution provided by Success Web System [...]

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After discovering Twitter.com (perhaps as a result of being bored in a broker licensing class) it was just a natural progression to graduate to Seesmic. At first, I deemed Twitter.com just to be a “fun gadget” and disregarded it. My opinion of that changed rather [...]

Bank Owned Homes from El Mirage to Queen Creek:
Recently, I have been home shopping a lot with first time buyers. Just before my trip to Austria I got a foreclosure under contract in Queen Creek where I represent my clients as their buyers agent. My buyers were pretty much under the gun finding a new [...]

Being married for 50 years is an accomplishment! I asked my dad what the secret sauce to a good and long marriage is. His answer was quite simple: “Just do what she says, and everything will be fine”.
Now the honeymoon is over and I hope there will be many happy years ahead of you guys!

Sporadic Blogger will be back:
Lately it has been a bit quiet again here on the Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area Real Estate Blog - not intentionally. In the last couple of weeks I have been busy getting my real estate broker license and had to devote most of my time to other high priority activities [...]

Windsor Square Historic District Home Tour:
One of our most enjoyable traditions in Phoenix is the historic district home tour. We have an astonishing number of historic homes and homeowners who cherish their properties and gladly share them with the public. This time Windsor Square is opening its neighborhood, homes, and gardens to visitors for [...]

Bank Owned Home is Going Green:
Today is Saint Patrick’s and naturally “Green” is the theme for today! This video was taken yesterday while house-hunting with my clients in El Mirage. There is definitely a lot of inventory out there in the Greater Phoenix Metro area, however finding a bank owned property in decent move-in conditions [...]

Getting the Answer from the Maricopa County Assessor’s Office:
After being on hold for about twenty-five minutes with the Maricopa County Assessor’s office, I finally got the answer to my question about my own Limited Property Value: and guess what? I was wrong!
 
I should have dug a little bit deeper in my research, but I partly [...]

A Question of Value or a Question of Error?
By now, most residents of Maricopa County have received their 2009 Property Valuation form from the Maricopa County Assessor, including me.
Of course, Property Taxes are also affected in this declining market as County Assessor, Keith E. Russell, wrote in the note he included in the letter I [...]