Author: Marta Walsh
-
Real Estate Virtual Tours
If you are selling your home one tool your agent may use in the marketing is a virtual tour. Adding a virtual tour is most common in the luxury end of the market but of the 1,339 homes listed in our MLS only 645 have a virtual tour added. So less than 50% of agents […]
-
Why Zillow Can Confuse Homebuyers
This post is not about the Zestimate. I actually think the Zestimate is not a bad tool and is pretty accurate a lot of the time. The issue I notice is more to do with buyers thinking homes are available for sale that are technically not. There’s a big kerfuffle currently going on in real […]
-
Is Your Home Being Viewed Enough?
The only way to get your home sold is to have people viewing it. Your agent might of put your home on some of the various home tours and caravans for other REALTORS. For example my office of Russ Lyon Sotheby’s has home tours for our various coverage areas on most Tuesday mornings. That’s one […]
-
Warren Buffett Would Buy Millions Of Single Family Homes
If it was logistically possible. Buffett made the remarks on CNBC’s Squawk Box. Watch the video. While is not really possible for Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway to invest 10’s of billions of dollars into individual single family homes, that is not stopping investors on a slightly smaller scale. Many, many buyers are reporting frustration when shopping […]
-
Where are visitors to MartaWalsh.com from?
Quite a lot of places is the short answer. Most common are visitors from the US and a strong second from Canada. But although it’s mainly North American surfers just in the last month there has been visits from 83 countries. You have to wonder just how interested in Scottsdale and Paradise Valley real estate […]
-
Exploring Southbridge at Scottsdale Waterfront
Yesterday I was down at Fashion Mall and had to stop by the Russ Lyon Sotheby’s Waterfront Office. While in the area, which is very vibrant at the moment, I snapped some pics with my trusty iPhone. Scottsdale doesn’t really do urban living. But this is the closest it gets. Not quite NYC yet but definitely there […]