Category Joseph’s Corner

Beware the Tenth of June I first arrived in Scottsdale the fall of 1980. It was beautiful. I watched the news in February and laughed at the temperatures and snow in Illinois. I knew Arizona summers were supposed to be…

Saying Goodbye to 71st Street In case you haven’t heard, Those Callaways is now Those Callaways on Shea. Yes, we’ve moved our offices to 7217 E Shea Boulevard, just steps from the iconic intersection of Scottsdale Road and Shea Boulevard.…

Sizzling Summer Selling Season Say “Sizzling Summer Selling Season” three times real fast. Yes, it’s here, the three hot months when families want to move between school years. In fact, more than one third of our annual sales occur in…

Real Estate – The Bright Side to Inflation With the price of meat, potatoes and gasoline going up like a runaway balloon, you might be searching for a silver lining. Look no further than your monthly mortgage payment. Yes, you’ve…

Some folks want to be remembered for their accomplishments. Some want a street or boulevard or college building named after them. Not me. I want my name on an omelet! “Why?”, you ask with a wrinkled nose. I’ll tell you…

Just where is Scottsdale? Hemmed in by Phoenix to the West and the Pima Indian Reservation on the East, Scottsdale is shaped like a 24-mile-tall letter “P” on the map. But unlike most cities, it is difficult to define its…

In 2006, we attended a conference in Boston. The event was billed as a gathering of the Nation’s top 100 Real Estate agents. We were there because we had sold 4,000 homes, over one billion dollars of residential Real Estate…

Before you cash in your home equity, you will probably need to spend some time, effort and money getting your home sold. Herein lies the hard decisions. What to do? What not to do? These are tough questions. Enter the…

A number of years ago, I listed a beautiful home for our stager. She had a great flair for helping our clients and her home was no exception. It was so appealing; I knew it would sell quickly. She wanted…

“If I forget to tell you later, I had a really good time.”. With these words, Julia Roberts as Vivian won the hearts of America in what is arguably the most quotable movie of our time, “Pretty Woman”. As I…