Nick Bastian
April 6, 2018
Recently, I played in a *really* fun golf tournament with several good friends of mine. The players were a bunch of awesome community members that included local business owners, politicians, non-profits and more. Just a great mix of people having fun to raise money for some great causes. The fact that we were able to have a beautiful course, perfect weather, great food and some awesome raffle prizes were just […]
April 4, 2018
How quickly can we close escrow? That’s a question we get quite often. For the most part, we have to use the old, “it depends” answer. Basically, we say that because it really does depend on a whole lot of things. I remember a recent closing of ours that took just FOUR business days from contract to close, AND the property was located within a Home Owners Association. That’s a pretty […]
January 28, 2018
You have all heard of the greatest show on grass, right? Some say it is a golf tournament happening this week at the TPC, but I might argue that it happened this past weekend at Ed and Heidi Baker’s home in Tempe, AZ. Their 9th annual charity Bocce Ball Tournament raised more than $14,000 for the Tempe Community Action Agency on Saturday, bringing the total amount raised at this private […]
December 20, 2017
The historic Hayden Flour Mill has been a Tempe landmark since the 1800s. For years, we have heard of plans to revitalize the old Mill, and it finally looks like there is a plan in place to transform this Tempe treasure into a mixed use commercial development that will allow the old silos to continue watching over our city for many years to come. On December 14th, the city council […]
December 4, 2017
Yesterday was the “official” announcement that Herm Edwards has been hired to coach the ASU football team. This morning, there was a press conference where we learned a little more about how Dr. Crow, Ray Anderson and many others hope to “elevate” this program to another level. During the press conference we learned more about the “new model” that will be used at ASU going forward. Under the new athletic […]
September 1, 2017
It is hard to believe that I am celebrating 25 years as a REALTOR® today. Wow. According to the Arizona Department of Real Estate, my real estate license was issued on 9/1/1992. If my math is correct, that was 25 years ago. Doing a little more math allows me to conclude that I have been a REALTOR® for more of my life than I have not… While so much of my […]
May 29, 2017
When advertising, AZ Real Estate Commissioner Prefers Clear and Prominent: In this video from our friends at the Arizona Association of REALTORS our real estate commissioner Judy Lowe discusses advertising rules for real estate web sites. Judy talks about challenges she and Michelle Lind ( head honcho at the AAR ) had when trying to determine what “clear and prominent” means, as they put together the advertising guidelines and rules for […]
April 27, 2017
A wire fraud advisory is a document that we use to educate consumers about a potentially devistating loss of funds at the hands of some really bad people. We have started using a wire fraud advisory with our transactions because of the fact that criminals are targeting social media and email accounts to steal your personal information. This low down practice is particularly common in real estate transactions because sensitive […]
March 31, 2017
REALTORS should own their own content… If I’ve said that once over the years, I’ve said it a thousand times. In my opinion, it is best for agents to “Own their own content.” Of course, not everyone agrees with that statement and that’s ok. Heck, I’ll freely admit that it does not apply to all REALTORS. To clarify, I’m not talking about the stuff in your home, I am talking […]