Wire Fraud and Cyber-hackers
Wire Fraud and someone hacking into email to take advantage of the public is nothing new. Now business email compromise or wire fraud has targeted real estate transactions and buyers…
The OpenDoor home buying process
They are calling them the i-Buyer. We know them by names such as OfferPad or OpenDoor, and now Zillow is sticking their toe in this market. The May 2018 Cromfort…
Beware the remodeled home with new room addition…
The neighbors have enjoyed an enclosed patio on their home for the last 10 years. They are moving and putting the house on the market and have listed the home…
Home staging. It’s all the Raging!
How you live in your home is not always how you sell your home. We hear more and more about how home staging can help sell your home faster and…
Five ways to strengthen your home purchase offer
When offering a contract on a home, a buyer wants to make their offer as attractive to the seller as possible. While offering to pay a higher price seems the…
Understanding the Zillow Zestimate
So how does Zillow get their real estate information? How do they come up with the Zestimate? Understanding how Zillow works and their business plan can shed a new light…
The Home Inspection
During the process of purchasing a home the residential purchase contract allows for the buyer to have a period after the terms of the contract has been accepted to go…
Value vs. Price: Buyers seek both
There are many different tools and considerations in setting the price of a home to sell. It is a fact that the seller or a real estate agent eager to…
Verde Ranch cookouts benefit the Reigning Grace Ranch
Anchoring love at the Reigning Grace Ranch
Rio Verde welcomed Reigning Grace Ranch to the Box Bar Ranch as an intermediate home while their new 20 acre ranch was being prepared at 172nd and Rio Verde Drive this spring. Reigning Grace was started in 2009 by Christopher and Amanda Moore, and pairs at-risk youth with formerly abused horses to experience the life therapy both share with one another. 75% of the children in the program are in foster care or child protective services programs. Most of the horses have been rescued and rehabilitated from abusive and neglected backgrounds. Reigning Grace Ranch is a registered equine rescue in the state of Arizona.
What do at-risk kids and neglected horses have in common? Both have lost trust in those who had them in their care. How do you get that back? Reigning Grace pairs each child with a mentor and a horse. One of the first things that happens is the horse picks the child, not the other way around. Kids are placed in a circle, and the horse “goes to” the child that will be his for the 7 weeks of sessions. During the process the child along with their family learn the skills of a working horse ranch: Hard work, problem solving, leadership, self-esteem, responsibility, life skills, character development and the calming therapy of a horse.
The HOA-Tough love
It’s about time someone stood up for the issuer of tough love: the HOA. Lovers of the right to own property in a free society will screw up their faces at the mention of a Home Owner’s Association. Who needs someone telling you what 12 colors of dirt you can use to paint your house, and then charging you for the privilege? Maybe I want to paint my house purple, or never weed the yard, or leave my car in the driveway since I have exercised my right to exercise and my garage is a gym.
One of Home Owner’s Associations greatest values is they help the homeowner maintain the value of their property. A healthy HOA, with reasonable by-laws and competent leadership can add great value to your investment. Those home buyers who don’t want to be told what to do have the option to live in another area, and those who want a consistent experience should not fear the HOA.
