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How would increasing Phoenix home prices affect bank foreclosures?
01/18/2012

1) Economic Answer. The banks may slow down a bit on the speed of foreclosing because they expect/hope their Phoenix homes will be worth more later. 2) Organizational Answer. The banks have created and staffed, over several painful years, a bank foreclosure bureaucracy and that bureaucracy will not want to slow things down and become [...]

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Arizona Home Staging Tips (video)
01/18/2012

Amy Rozines of Showcase Design and Home Staging is very talented and it’s a lot of fun to help her stage homes. Home staging makes a huge difference in how attractive a home is to home buyers. Amy’s been doing more and more interior design work lately so I’m very happy she still had time [...]

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Arizona Mortgage Market Update (video)
01/18/2012

Email me if you would like Robyn’s or Lonny’s contact info. [I'm having fun experimenting with the new mobile video blogging capabilities. It'll be fun to see how I end up incorporating video into my websites.]

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Where Do You Wear YOUR Yoga Pants?
01/12/2012

Yoga pants for women are becoming more fashionable and trendy in recent times. Depending on the type of location you live in, you may be used to seeing people wear yoga pants quite often. Wearing yoga pants out in public has become very popular among young active women in temperate climates. Take notice throughout your [...]

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Tucson Small Business Credit Card Processing
01/12/2012

Whether you have large company or a small business you need to be sure you are following some very strict guidelines. Especially when you are going to select a credit card processing company. Will I Be Able To Find A Credit Card Processing Company? Likely yes, you will be able to find one. One suggestion [...]

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Understanding the Basics of Contents Insurance
01/12/2012

For those fortunate enough to not have learned what contents insurance is, it is a type of insurance that covers the contents of your home in case of a fire, or water damage, or other disaster. When picking out a homeowner’s insurance it’s often overlooked. The contents insurance is also very necessary to protect valuables, [...]

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Tucson’s Best Insurance Options
01/12/2012

Since Tucson Arizona actually has something called the Arizona Department of Insurance, there are standards that insurance companies must abide by; this offers Tucson residents a reasonable amount of protection and assurance when it comes to insurance. If only the residents of all cities and states could be as sure of their protection, when it [...]

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Are You Making The Most Of The Football Game?
01/12/2012

Sometimes NFL games can be rough; there are games that are just a drag to watch at times. This does not happen often but it does happen from time to time. Placing bets on the football games or going to a bar van make these games more enjoyable. If you are a big football fan [...]

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Are You Ready for Some Poker Tucson?
01/12/2012

What is the great thing, is there are several places you can now play poker. Some are free, but for those of you people that have some hardcore poker skills, you can play with the casino and win money. I Need To Find A Site To Play On Finding the perfect online casino might be [...]

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Why Choose an Online Casino?
01/12/2012

Throughout world history, in just about every culture, gambling has held its position as the “second-oldest profession”. Some folks prefer to engage in basement poker tournaments. Others prefer the glittering lights of Las Vegas or Atlantic City (or the more sedate environs of smaller gaming towns like Reno or Laughlin, not to mention the many [...]

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Promoting a Smoke Free Tucson
01/12/2012

Since November of 2006, it’s considered illegal to smoke in almost every restaurant, bar, store or office building in Arizona thanks to the Smoke Free Arizona Act. Thanks to this law, Arizona has been leading the way to prohibit smoking in the state and limit the harmful amounts of second hand smoke that have been [...]

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Tucson’s Hottest Jewelry Designers
01/12/2012

If you live in Tucson, Arizona you love the area because, of the wide varieties of recreational and entertainment opportunities that it has to offer. Other people love Tucson because, of its eclectic culture of artists and jewelry designers who live and work in there. Krikawa Jewelry Designs: 4280 North Campbell Avenue #107, Tucson   [...]

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Book Review: Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan
01/11/2012

Did you know that Darth Vader’s two wingmen during the climatic scene in Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope are under the callsigns “Mauler” and “Backstabber?” Did you also know that Vader’s squadron was called “Black Squadron?” And did you also know that Mauler has a son named Rejlii Mithel who is a lieutenant [...]

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Q&A with Epic Rap Battles of History co-creator Epic Lloyd
01/11/2012

In 2010, comedians Epic Lloyd and Nice Peter were performing in a freestyle rapping improvisation show entitled “Check OneTwo.” One of the show’s games involved them extemporaneously battle rapping as famous figures suggested by audience members. Peter later proposed the idea of translating the rap battle concept over to the digital video realm of YouTube. [...]

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Upcoming albums of 2012
01/11/2012

Dr. Dre’s Detox will be his first album release since 2001, which came out in 1999. As another year comes to a close, don’t forget to take a minute and reflect on what great music 2011 brought us. Sounds from Adele, Lady Gaga and Blink 182 are just a few artists worth celebrating for their new [...]

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FX’s Archer: the best show you are not watching
01/11/2012

In today’s hypercompetitive world of television programming, comedies are a dime a dozen. They compete using laugh tracks and one-line zingers, all aiming to win a decent percentage of television viewership. Some of the more illustrious comedies out there achieving both critical acclaim and attracting large audiences include The Office, Modern Family, 30 Rock, Parks [...]

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Impressions from latest Dark Knight Rises trailer
01/11/2012

After a multitude of low-resolution bootlegged previews had spread all over YouTube (and were subsequently taken down by Warner Brothers), an HD-quality studio-approved version of the Dark Knight Rises trailer debuted on iTunes and is now finally beginning to go viral. If the months of Hollywood hype surrounding the film’s principal photography, plot synopsis, characters and [...]

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The Sacred Peaks
01/11/2012

The Arizona Snowbowl has been given approval by the U.S. Forest Service and the City of Flagstaff to use reclaimed water to make snow on the San Francisco peaks. 13 Native American tribes consider the peaks to be sacred. These are the voices of some of those involved.

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Saldivar leads Jacks to upset of Sun Devils
01/11/2012

The last time the NAU men’s basketball team traveled to Tempe, Ariz. to take on the ASU Sun Devils was the 2006-07 season, where they walked out with a win. Five years later, history repeated itself. Junior point guard Stallon Saldivar capped off a career day by draining a scintillating 3-pointer from well beyond-the-arc with under a [...]

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Women’s hoops forces Nebraska to double overtime in loss
01/11/2012

What could have been for the NAU Lumberjacks (5–5). Twice the score was tied with a shot to win it and twice the shot would not fall. In their first game at home against a Big Ten opponent, the Lumberjacks pushed the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers (9–1) to the brink before falling 97-88 in the second [...]

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Wupatki National Monument
01/11/2012

Archeologist Lisa Baldwin takes us on a tour of the Wukoki site at Wupatki National Monument near Flagstaff. Less than 800 years ago, Wupatki flourished as a meeting place of different cultures. How and why did people live here? The builders of Wupatki and nearby pueblos have moved on, but their legacy remains. By Kent [...]

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Quick Look at Desert Ridge, Arizona (video)
01/11/2012

If you’re thinking about selling your Desert Ridge home, please consider interviewing Francie to be your real estate agent. Francie lives in Desert Ridge, knows Desert Ridge very well, of course, and Francie will work extremely hard for you. In fact, in most parts of metro Phoenix I have real estate agent colleagues I trust. [...]

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Videos added to sidebar at Arizona Real Estate Notebook
01/11/2012

You’ll notice that last night the gremlins added a list of recent videos in the sidebar of this website. The sidebar shows the 10 most recent Youtube videos that I’ve posted here. If you’re a “visual learner” like I am, I think you’ll find this addition super useful. On the home page, the list of [...]

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Phoenix real estate zip code graphs now begin in January 2000!
01/11/2012

I’m totally psyched about this! (I’m such a geek!) My zip code graphs now all begin in January 2000. The 124 zip codes covered are listed in right-hand column or at the bottom of this page. This is GREAT because it gives us 2+ more “normal” years of home-sale data to look at which gives [...]

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Arizona No. 8 in population growth
01/11/2012

From the Phoenix Business Journal. Arizona Population Growth Arizona added 90,000 residents between April 1, 2010, and July 1, 2011. That equates to a 1.42 percent growth rate. Both in raw numbers and percentage terms, Arizona ranked eighth for growth. Arizona’s population as of July 1, stood at 6,482,505. It is the 15th most-populous state. [...]

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