Category Joseph’s Corner

I’d Rather be Hot than Cold I’m sitting Open House in the rain last Sunday and I learned two valuable things. 1) People don’t come out in the rain. Zero visitors until the rain stopped at 2:15, then folks began…

Butterfield’s The vote is in – Butterfield’s named best breakfast in Scottsdale. To be fair and in the name of full disclosure – there was only one voter (Yours Truly) – but I also believe I am uniquely qualified to…

The Home Hunter “Four, Three, Two…” and then the camerman points at Tiffany Hunter, the host of The Home Hunter television show which airs every Sunday at 9:00 AM on ABC channel 15. Tiffany is actually the daughter of Diane…

How’s the Market? I started out to write this review of last year, 2023, and after I looked at the stats – 722 homes sold in 85254 at an average price of $981,839 or $392.96/SF with an average market time…

2024 Predictions It’s an election year so the current Administration will make every effort to help the economy. The Federal Reserve will not raise interest rates and may even reduce them by 1% before Election Day. This will, in turn,…

Water Displacement #40 The product began from a search for a rust preventative solvent and degreaser to protect missile parts. WD-40 was created in 1953, by three technicians at the San Diego Rocket Chemical Company. Its name comes from the…

5 Wonderful Reasons to Love 85254 Easy to Navigate. Laid out on a three-mile by five-mile grid of major arterials every mile, we have no traffic swags or backups. There’s close access to the 101 and 51 freeways. We even have our…