recent blog posts from Betsie Melter
Posted by Betsie Melter | on July 15, 2009, 12:01 amI just bought the coolest video recorder called a FLIP Video Recorder. I am going to start using it when I take buyers out to look at homes. When we go into a home I will record the home like a virtual tour and then at the end of the day we can replay it » Read more
Posted by Betsie Melter | on July 9, 2009, 5:59 pmMany people ask me if I take a break from real estate once the triple digits hit. And I actually have to laugh because even though it is 116 degrees out in Chandler, we are actually in our busiest time of year. People still seem to buy homes in the summer. I think one of » Read more
Posted by Betsie Melter | on June 3, 2009, 4:09 pmHUD has revised their $8000 first-time home buyer tax credit, and Arizona may not qualify at all! Earlier last week ML 09-15 was re-released with SUBSTANTIAL changes. The major points are: The borrower can monetize the tax credit, but it CANNOT be used towards the 3.5% down payment requirement. A company/individual charging for the service cannot » Read more
Posted by Betsie Melter | on May 28, 2009, 5:33 pmSome people are complaining because investors have started buying homes again in Chandler. I say this is great news! Investors buying again means that they see potential in the market and the prices are good enough for them to buy so it should mean that they are good enough for you to buy too! The » Read more
Posted by Betsie Melter | on May 20, 2009, 8:11 pmBack in 2005 when houses were increasing daily in price we had appraisal issues where the houses were appraising for less than the purchase price. The appraisers couldn’t keep up because it was changing daily. Well, we are back in the same situation, but reverse. The homes have decreased so much in the past 2 » Read more