Juli's Scottsdale/Cave Creek AZ real estate blog

North Scottsdale community garage sale - Los Alisos, Saturday, April 13th          If you like picking up bargains and browsing garage sales, the Los Alisos community in north Scottsdale is having a whole community garage sale on Saturday, April 13th. Located just south of Carefree Hwy on 60th S...

What's the cost per SF for that home for sale?        I hear this question often as some people get fixated on the cost per SF when looking to buy or sell a home. The fallacy with relying SOLELY on the cost per SF is that it doesn't take other factors into place: lot size, pool, garage count, up...

Spring brings so many things and my favorite is when the "kids" come here from the Chicago area for spring break. Is it any wonder why?                                     Chicago area forecast                                                                      Scottsdale area forecast   But, wi...

       On Monday, I wrote a blog about the swarm of bees that moved into my yard  How quickly can you build a home?. I called around and most people said they'll just leave in a day. Well, they didn't. So, I called the non-emergency phone # for the Scottsdale fire department and they said I neede...

     Today, our landscape crew was here for their monthly clean up. As I have been wanting to make some changes in the back yard to freshen up the look, I was outside talking with them. As their day was drawing to an end, I went out to view their work and to ask them to put together a bid for the...

Emergency Animal Clinic opens in north Scottsdale   Emergency Animal Clinic has opened their third emergency and critical animal care hospital in north Scottsdale.  Located at the southeast corner of Scottsdale Rd and Williams in the old Raintree Pet resort building, you'll find some of the nices...

Is there wiggle room in that asking price?         Many of my clients want certain subdivisions for various reasons. For my clients, I set them up to receive automatic, almost immediate, notices of anything new that comes on the market which meets their needs. Last Saturday, I received an email f...

       One of the things we miss about living in the Chicago area is the great restaurants and food. We no longer need to worry about one of our Chicago favorites - Portillo's opened in Scottsdale on Tuesday, February 26th.        My husband has been driving past the Portillo's site at 10574 N 90...

     Can you guess who is in this photo? I'll give you the answer at the bottom.        If you're like me, you HATE getting your photo taken. Updating my head shot is definitely on the lowest end of my "to do list." But, as this photo illustrates, an outdated photo doesn't represent us well.    ...

     What price should I ask for my house? A question heard daily by Realtors®.        Last week, a previous client called to ask me to price her mother's home. They had to put her in assisted living because of health conditions and wanted to sell the home. Fortunately, mom had the foresight to p...