So, you finally make the big decision to sell your home. While there’s a lot to think about such as packing and hiring movers, the top priority needs to be in finding the best listing agent to sell your home.

While you have your choice of listing agents, selecting the …

Selling your McCormick Ranch home is not as simple as putting a for sale sign up. Many homeowners have an emotional attachment to the home, especially if they’ve lived there for awhile. So, before you put that sale sign up, you want to make sure you definitely are ready to …

When you own a home, one thing you can be sure of is property taxes going up at some point. Many times they outpace inflation of your salary. 

The U.S. Census Bureau reports homeowners in the U.S. paid $126 billion in real estate taxes during the …

As a Russ Lyon Sotheby’s realtor, I do everything to protect home buyers and make sure nothing goes wrong when they’re purchasing a home. While I have your back, I came across this list of things that, as a home buyer, you’ll want to remember when buying a home.  …

When you decide to sell your Cactus Acres home or one in another neighborhood, there’s a certain amount of stress that goes along with it. It’s just not all about packing and moving. There’s an emotional stress that goes along with moving and putting your your Cactus Acres home up …

It’s tough enough preparing for a move, but making needed house repairs before putting your North Scottsdale home on the market, just adds to the stress. Gone are the days of  putting your house up for sale without making needed repairs. 

Whether it’s your North Scottsdale home for …

Whether you’re buying a home for sale in McCormick Ranch or another community, you will, no doubt, be hiring a home inspector. This person’s job is to inspect the home you’re buying and look for anything wrong and report back to you. Then you can make a  decision on whether …

You’ve heard it before, you get the most bang for your buck by investing in real estate. But you might not have the cash to do it.  No worries. about.com lists several strategies for investing in real estate without cash.    

As an agent at Sotheby’s Phoenix …

Your mortgage payment is probably the biggest expense you have. But most borrowers do little to nothing to shop around and negotiate the best deal. In the end, it means home buyers could end up paying much more for a loan. In Terravita Scottsdale, one of the neighborhoods I sell …

Some of the reasons I’m going to mention about why buyers and sellers get ticked off might not seem like a big deal, unless you’re on the receiving end. When I’m selling homes in Cactus Acres or other communities, the same pet peeves keep coming up.

For one, missing …