Author: Marta Walsh

  • What’s Wrong With This Picture?

    Well pretty much everything. Spotted in the Arizona Multiple Listing Service this morning. Floating hands. Watermark showing the picture was taken in 2008. Bad Lighting. Bad angle. Demand Great Photo’s From Your Agent Imagine walking on to the lot of a Mercedes or Porsche dealership and being handed a brochure with a badly taken image […]

  • Paradise Valley and Cave Creek Wealthiest Towns in Arizona

    I only just stumbled upon this article from September in the Phoenix Business Journal discussing income levels among various Arizona cities. Here’s the data Households with incomes of $150,000 or higher Population (2009 estimate) Paradise Valley 48.08% 14738 Cave Creek 25.59% 5149 Carefree 24.95% 3814 Fountain Hills 20.86% 24795 Scottsdale 18.91% 233105 Phoenix 7.21% 1536632 Here […]

  • Scottsdale Subdivision of the Day: Desert Highlands

    If you like golf. Especially golf with a Jack Nicklaus flair. Desert Highlands could be the community for you to consider. Location wise it’s a bit closer to the action in Scottsdale than neighboring golf communities like Troon and Estancia. Just a quick zip along Happy Valley Rd. from Pima. The real estate in desert […]

  • Technology and Real Estate

    Technology makes everyones life easier when it comes to real estate these days. I just can’t imagine the days of only getting phone calls while at the office, phoning in for messages on the hour etc. Right after writing this blog post I am going to be sending a contract to a client on the […]

  • Paradise Valley Subdivision of the Day: Mummy Mountain Park

    Everyone knows that Paradise Valley is the grand daddy of all Arizona real estate. But not all PV subdivisions are created equal. Mummy Mountain Park subdivision is home to some of the most beautiful homes in all of Arizona. As private and secluded as this it’s only about 5 minutes down Mockingbird Lane to the […]

  • Scottsdale: Buying vs Renting

    I was just looking in the Multiple Listing Service to find out some of the options out there for buying a home in Scottsdale versus renting. There are 1,761 single family homes fully active for sale in Scottsdale currently. For rent the number is only 457. So choice is definitely lower for renters. Renting in […]