by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jun 29, 2021 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
In the Vietnam war Special Forces Medics were in charge of Green Beret camp sanitation. One cleanliness issue to be dealt with was rats. Medic Jerry Kizan first used a 12 gauge shotgun to stem the horde. In order to reduce indoor personnel and equipment damage, he...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jun 22, 2021 | Home Buying, Real Estate Facts & Figures
Housing permits in the Phoenix metropolitan area – which includes Mesa and Scottsdale – are up by nearly 36% from last year. Despite the recent shocking increase in building costs, and corresponding sale price increases, Valley of the Sun housing building...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jun 15, 2021 | Arizona and Its Amenities, Home Ownership, Real Estate Facts & Figures
The increase in values that has dramatically affected lower priced homes in metro Phoenix has spread. Higher value neighborhoods across the Valley of the Sun have seen significant increases since March 2020. The greatest rise in home prices occurred in Peoria’s zip...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jun 7, 2021 | Home Buying, Real Estate Facts & Figures
In 2020 in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale metropolitan area 3,233 homes priced at $1 million or more were sold, a 56% jump from 2019 according to Realtor.com. Those sales far outpaced other single-family home sales, which saw an 8% growth overall. Overall, prices for...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | May 31, 2021 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
In Draft Dogs I wrote about the use of pack dogs in wartime. But long before those European conflicts, dogs were hauling goods in the Americas. Dogs were an important part of early native American life – besides hunting and religious uses, dogs were used to...
