by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 20, 2021 | Moving Tips
Preventing Delivery Blackmail. Be prepared for a demand for extra money by the mover when you reach your destination. Although rare, this problem occurred with enough frequency that Arizona passed a unlawful moving practices statute. The law prevents movers from...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 14, 2021 | The Attorney-Broker Advantage
Are there things agents will never tell you? Do agents avoid matters you need to know about, and replace them with topics that are designed to get you to hire them? Agents are taught that their primary job is to get the listing. You may not told those things that...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 8, 2021 | Home Buying, Renters and Renting
Back in 2011, 2013 , 2015 and most recently in October of 2018, I wrote how buying a home was cheaper than renting. ATTOM Data Solutions’ 2021 Rental Affordability Report shows that trend is continuing. Owning a median-priced 3 bedroom home is more affordable than...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jan 30, 2021 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
The Prisoner. Judy, an English pointer, was the mascot of British river gunboat in China when WWII commenced. She and some of her crew was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and taken by ship to a prison camp in Indonesia to build a rail road. She was smuggled on to...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jan 23, 2021 | Arizona and Its Amenities, Real Estate Facts & Figures
We began 2020 with normal demand while seeing a 31% decline in homes for sale in metro Phoenix. This lack of supply was described by Michael Orr at that time as “shocking”. Although during the first six months of the year demand was uneven due to the Covid outbreak,...