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A great northwest community that lines the Pusch Ridge El Conquistador golf course is El Con Quistador Resort homes. I know the backs of many of these homes from the many times I have played the course. I have been impressed by the homes in this community I have shown over the years. Most of the...

While sitting over a cup of coffee and doing my morning reading I came across a great article John Wake on his Real Estate Notebook site, What are the odds of selling your Arizona home? John made a lot of sense in what he said, which got the wheels turning. There is a lot of miss-perception from ...

Located in the heart of beautiful Oro Valley is the established community of Canada Hills. This community covers nearly a square mile from Lambert to Naranja, and La Canada to Cholla. Many homes in Canada Hills line the El Con Quistador golf course. A fun course to play. In The Secret About Golf...

If you have ever thought of buying property on a golf course, Tucson has extraordinary golf communities to meet the real estate needs of every golf enthusiasts. With over 30 public to private golf courses just in the Tucson, there are more than enough to go around. Go a little further south and ...

One of the reasons I came to Long Realty is that I got tired clients telling me that they found X property on the Long website. Now I hear, “I love your website. It is so easy to find homes.” As easy as it is to find Tucson real estate on the site there are some features many Tucson home buyers ...

We all know this is just a preliminary report awaiting the official report from the Tucson Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service. Its nice to know up front though what we may expect. The information in this report is what is available as of August 31, 2007. I double checked July’s sal...

Earlier today President Bush addressed the sub-prime crisis and what the Federal Government plans to do to help homeowners at risk of losing their homes. The comments I liked were: Bush said, “It’s anything but modest if you’re one of the families affected. READ MORE

In my article comparing home selling to golf I used a game for the analogy. For Buyers I think relating to the equipment is a better analogy. Golf You need an easy college credit at your local community college. Golf seems innocent enough. You’ll just take the class and move on to more important...

As a golfer I see a lot of similarities between golf and different aspects of life. There are so many good books out there about golf that relates to life.  Everything from Zen For Golf to Fairways of Life. Both of which I have read and recommend. As a Realtor I started looking for how golf and ...

Back in April I wrote my first blog, 10 Ways to Keep Your Home From Selling out of nervousness and to break the ice. To date it has been the most read blog I have written. Sometimes you just have to laugh with all the negative media. That has brought me to add seven more things sellers can do to ...