Leanne Smith's (highdesertre) Blog

In AZ, is an open range state. What this means is that livestock, cows, can roam freely in the rural countryside unless there are legal fences in place (ARS3-1426). There is not one specific Arizona law for open range, but rather a collection of nine state statues pertaining to livestock and fenc...

After reading an article in an AZ business magazine that identified the 10 Top Skills for Real Estate Agents, I was reminded of this famous line from Shakespeare's Hamlet:To Be or Not to Be: That is the QuestionFor me, I believe this article failed to mention and list the most important skill or ...

Last January (2025) I went to a national franchise craft store and purchased paints, brushes and canvases to do some personal painting. Another craft store was going out of business; I then purchased many skeins of embroidery thread to complete my collection as I enjoy doing counted cross stitch....

The other day on the radio I heard this oldies from the 70’s, Signed, Sealed and Delivered I’m Yours and my very literal brain immediately made the jump to some of the social media real estate groups regarding Buyer Employment Agreements. Here in AZ we have a document entitled “Buyer Broker Exclu...

One of my clients has been searching for a new home.  He loves his existing home, but a new adjacent neighbor is literally the “neighbor from Hades.”Over the past six months, I have sent him numerous mailings, have had many phone, texts and emails communications.  Yet, still no home.This past wee...

Years ago when I was active in executive consulting and coaching, I had the opportunity to meet some incredible people. From each I reflected and found a renewed attitude within me.Probably the individual who created the most reflection and renewal was Laura Novakowski. She was a RN nurse and tra...

Many probably remember one of the last scenes in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. In this scene the aging Knight tells the evil doctor to “Choose Wisely” when searching for the Holy Grail. Unfortunately, as the Knight said, “He chose poorly.”In real estate, I am grateful that I chose wisely wi...

Being in sales for over five decades, I always thought it was cumbersome when some salespeople would hand off their transaction to another person within the organization. In my corporate years, I was an “inside salesperson” who was responsible for the customer’s purchase including ordering any ou...

As I was driving the dirt roads here in Mohave County, I heard this song by the Eagles:My literal brain asked these two questions respectively to being a real estate agent:What is the It?What is the Limit?In full disclosure, I am an old school salesperson. So for me the answers to both questions ...

Working here in the high desert where vacant land and dirt roads are far more common that residential properties on paved roads, a professional real estate agent and in my case a REALTOR® must always be aware of one’s surroundings.  Outside of the 4 legged creatures and legless ones, there are of...