Phoenix AZ Real Estate

That is the latest from the Census bureau. Among the 10 fastest growing cities with a population over 100,000. From July 2006 to July 2007 Gilbert ( 8th place ) had a population increase of 5.8% or 11, 308 new Gilbertine's. That`s about 31 new residents a day.

What is attracting people to Gilbert????? How about a great school system, and some smoke`n deals on Lender Owned property`s

Unified  school district 41, is in my opinion, the biggest reason, and affordable housing. Here are my top three picks for single family 4 bedroom, 2 bath Gilbert school district 41.  All Bank Owned.

With an FHA program 30 year fixed rate these baby's will cost you about $1650 per month with about 8K cash down. That includes Principle, taxes, interest, insurance. That`s about $300 more a month than the average rent. You can at least write off the extra $4,200. They are good deals that make sense.

Working an FHA with Bank Owned property`s is like getting a cow to climb stairs, ( Very long story ) it can be done. It just takes a lot of work.

Here you go....

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Type : Single Family Home MLS # : 3025150 Status : ACTIVE Beds : 4 Baths : 1.75 $189,900

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GILBERT, AZ 85233

Type : Single Family Home MLS # : 3007929 Status : ACTIVE

Beds : 4 Baths : 1.75

$199,900

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GILBERT, AZ 85234

Type : Single Family Home MLS # : 3019254 Status : ACTIVE

Beds : 4 Baths : 2.5

$199,900

 

Good Luck

Patrick

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Communication is critical in Real Estate. I have been very fortunate to deal with high end, qualified,  educated consumers. The downfall to that is they really do not like to have there time wasted. It has only happened twice to me. I walk a client into a home and in less than 5 seconds, I get a cold " NO, This is not for us...do you have anything else?" That is why I preview 99% of the homes before I bring the buyer. OK, back to communication. I found this very cool, user friendly website LIVEVIDEO. It allows me to interact with clients in a real time video feed. Actually several clients at one time. Audio is a challenge because you need to wear headphones. This is just another form of communication, finding out exactly what the buyer wants. It is the same as talking to a client on the phone, and saying I will email you the listing. With this system I can pull up pictures, maps, Power points, and discuss what works for them in real time. It can be public or private, with the flick of a switch.

I would really like to use a dedicated blog to a specific client  to work like www.AZRealEstateReview.com which I started out using for a client in Seattle.  With a dedicated blog, you have all the info and homes discussed in one place. As it turns out my client and I have been using Email. Maybe I am not doing it right?

Oh well just another day in cyberspace. Check out the new service, at http://www.livevideo.com/AZRealtor, and at the top in the middle you will see a tab that reads, LIVE SHOW click there to go here. http://www.livevideo.com/liveshow/AZRealtor

Maybe it will work? Maybe it wont? just another service. Why I think It will work, is that I have a client that is in the Midwest, and the wife travels 75% of the time for work. Now we can all connect at one time, in one place.

Adobe also has a version of this, which is super cool, and allows, easier use of pictures, charts, extra, however it cost a lot of dead presidents, and this is FREE. To make this even easier, you can open a second window on Flicker, and review pictures of homes.

Patrick

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OK I really feel that we are only half way through the Ice berg. By looking at all of the Short sales in the Gilbert market, and knowing that 90% of short sales become bank owned. We`ve got a lot more REO`s on the way. Once in awhile I will find a great deal on a great home. This beauty is a custom home, coming in at 5,410 Square feet. Built 2001, 4 bedroom 4 bath 4 car garage, Living room, Family room, dining room, the list goes on. Oasis Pool, all of this on a 15,000 plus square foot lot. In beautiful Gilbert AZ, School District 41, no HOA. The previous owner of this Lender Owned property, paid just under 1 Million dollars, at about the height of the hype. Stu & Mike Troyan have this home listed for $533, 000. This is a great deal.

It is a short movie. I had to re take it over and over. I was distracted. Some crack pot escaped from the nut house, and was walking around the house trying to justify a low ball offer of $300K, luckily I charged my stun gun.

 

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 Bank Owned Open House today.

A great little starter, in an incredible community.  Listed by Stu & Mike Troyan, 932 Lobster trap is a 3 bedroom 2 bath 1554 square foot offered at 239,000. Nice private yard, great location to ASU.

The lakes community is Tempe`s most sought after place to live. lush landscaping and a fresh water 80 acre lake, you will forget you are in the desert. Private club house, and entertainment every weekend at pier 51. Elementary, junior high, and high school are less than 3/4 of a mile.

And now on with the show......

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 I can not get enough of Fresh & Easy Grocery Stores. Since they hit the valley three months ago, I must be in one their stores everyday. By the looks of the increasing crowd, these guys are a success.

I would say on average I spend about $16. a day on dinner. Dinner is always a big question in my house, and now that my three children have their own cell phones, I start receiving calls about 3pm. Were out of this, we need that, and don`t forget dinner. My kids will eat just about anything as long as Mom hasn`t tried to cooked it. She`s cute and all, but the girl can`t cook. It has been 19 years, she can`t cook!

The very best thing about Fresh & Easy is that they discount their meat 50% on the seventh day of it`s shelf life, Seven days is nothing, all the other stores have their meat out for a minimum of twelve days. Honestly I have never paid full price, and never had a bad meal, ( Mr. Picky )Fresh Yellow fin tuna, NY Strip, Fillet, all half off. Their Chicken is incredible. It`s all Organic, no hormones. Same goes for their produce and baked goods.

Make your way into one of these stores, you`ll never go back.

  

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