Author: Marta Walsh

  • Headed to BlogHer 2011 in San Diego

    For the next 3 days I will be at BlogHer 2011 a conference for people involved and interested in the blogosphere. I am a special guest of CVS pharmacy who are paying for my trip so much of my visit will focus on my other blog www.talkingmakeup.com. While I am there maybe I will pick up […]

  • From Toronto, Canada to Scottsdale, Arizona

    I had the pleasure of a recent vacation to the beautiful city of Toronto, Ontario in our neighboring Canada. I took some photo’s along the way and just wanted to share some of those pictures with some observations about a great city. While I was in Toronto I had some great discussions about real estate, and the […]

  • Sellers How To Stop Your Deals Falling Apart

    An interesting article posted by the Real Deal an online real estate focuses magazine reports that June saw an increasing number of deals falling out of contract. What’s going on here? Lawrence Yun, the chief economist of NAR, said the sudden spike is surprising and worrisome, and that there are no hard statistics available on […]

  • Summer Is Heating Up in Scottsdale | Is Scottsdale Real Estate Ready to Heat Up

    We are almost into August, right into the middle of the heat. But is the real estate market ready to heat up the rest of 2011. I’ve been tracking inventory as a measure of heat for the luxury market. Like here and here. I have a feeling it’s going to be a super busy market […]

  • Isreali Investors Buying Investment Property in Arizona

    The Jerusalem Post is reporting that Israeli investors invested $1.15 billion in US income producing properties in 2010. Full story here. The article mainly focuses on commercial property deals rather than the residential market that I specialize in. But if their are any Israeli investors who are considering purchasing some rental units here in the […]

  • Arizona Quarterbacks and Real Estate

    The Cardinals need a quarterback. Since Kurt Warner retired the franchise just can’t get anything going. The mojo of the Superbowl run is well and truly done. To be honest I am not much of a football aficionado but a lot of clients like to talk football. So I pick up the news of which […]