Leanne Smith's (highdesertre) Blog

Coming from the Midwest that is mostly flat, I truly never had a problem even driving rolling hills. However out here in Golden Valley as well as other cities and towns in Mohave County there are lots of dirt roads, high hills, shallow to deep washes, one lane roads on the side of a mountain. I b...

Today is the first day this month I have had 30 minutes to write this posting for the July 2025 challenge hosted by Patricia Feager and Lew Corcoran of “How Have You I Changed.”When I first decided to enter the real estate industry after 20+ years of corporate sales, 20+ years of being a strategi...

Within the real estate industry, sometimes we, as professional real estate agents, fail to remember that as individuals:You’ve got a friend in me.That friend is often another professional real estate agent.This friend is there:"When the road looks rough ahead"And this may include dirt roads fille...

Have you ever listed a vacant land property, reviewed the past sales, toured the property and thought “If I am fortunate, the property should sell with 45-60 days?” Never in your wildest dreams did you ever think it would sell quickly. This past week after placing a For Sale Sign on this .14 acre...

When we moved here to Golden Valley, AZ back in March of 2017, we looked forward to living here in the high desert with plenty of elbow room and lots of peace an quiet. As my husband, Ken, is a Vietnam Veteran, he decided to visit the local Veteran’s clinic. The clinic experience was very positiv...

After being a professional real estate agent for now over 8 years, though I have five decades of sales experience, I was once again reminded of the results of going the extra mile.  Last week I received a residential listing referral from a real estate agent in Maricopa County and I indicated tha...

For those moving to Arizona seeking to buy real estate, many are not aware that the State of AZ is an open range state. There are numerous states that have open range laws with many west of the Mississippi.Here in AZ, ranchers lease land from the Bureau of Land Management. This allows the cattle ...

Lately this word of Sense has been in the news in general conversation when paired with common.  The word sense has many meanings from being something intuitive as in a “gut feeling” to part of the human physical experience as hearing, seeing, touching, etc.Albert Einstein has his own belief abou...

Real estate is truly a 24/7 business.  Add in each real estate transaction is unique, personal time becomes evasive.For the last couple of years, I have made a concentrated effort to schedule more personal time.  And this year I have been able to be more successful in achieving this personal goal...

Yesterday evening when I explained to a friend I could not attend the weekly Friday late afternoon get together as I had just received another residential listing referral, he said “Go make some money.” When we are in sales, we often hear this phrase or a similar phrase. Yet what I have discovere...