Archive for June, 2007
Scottsdale Projects Win Architectural Awards at The Golden Nugget
Posted by: | CommentsArizona and Scottsdale took numerous awards at the recent Golden Nugget Awards
The Golden Nugget Awards, sponsored by PCBC (Pacific Coast Builders Conference) were awarded in San Francisco recently. Of more than 500 projects, Scottsdale received quite a few. In fact, in the 44 year history of the award program, Arizona developers and architects had their best year ever. The Judges’ Award of Excellence was given to the City of Scottsdale for the beautiful public works project – the Chaparral Water Treatment Facility located at the southeast corner of Hayden Rd and McDonald. You might not have known it was a water treatment plant, but if you are a resident or frequent visitor of Scottsdale, you probably drove by it during it’s lengthy construction.
The Casitas at Silverleaf won a Gold Nugget Grand Prize for Detached Residential Project of the Year. Developer: DMB Associates, Inc. Architect: CSE & Associates, BBG Architects. Silverleaf is a exclusive luxury community located in DC Ranch, Scottsdale.
The following commercial buildings and homes won Golden Nugget Awards of Merit:
- A private residence at Silverleaf, Scottsdale – Custom Home over 10,000 square feet
- Casitas at Silverleaf, Scottsdale – Single Family Detached Home between 3601-4000 square feet and Single Family Detached Home between 4001 -4500 square feet
- The Clubhouse at The Golf Club Scottsdale
- Trader Vic’s, Scottsdale – Specialty Project
- Naiff/Cohen Residence, Scottsdale – Custom Home under 5000 sq ft
- DLB Residence – Custom under 5000 square feet
11 Acres of Trust Land Will be Auctioned This Week
Posted by: | CommentsOnline Listing Presentation A Valuable Tool For Out of State Homeowners
Posted by: | CommentsGoToMeeting.com is a Great Tool for Online Real Estate Listing Presentations
Several times in the last few years, I have dealt with homeowners who live out of state but need to sell their Scottsdale homes. It has been frustrating for both the client and me. I send email documents and then we talk on the phone. I’m looking at photos and statistics trying to explain something and make a point, but we find out we just are not looking at the same page. Those days of frustration are over.
Welcome to the cutting edge of technology in the real estate industry. I have my first listing appointment tomorrow using online meeting technology from www.GotoMeeting.com.
How does it work? I have done all my homework: previewed the listings that the home will be in competition with, reviewed the market trends and statistics for that neighborhood, prepared a market analysis and the listing agreement and made a document of our strategy to sell the home. I emailed my client an invitation to “join the meeting” at 10:30 on Wednesday with an explanation of how it works. Her email invitation has a web link and an access code. Since she is new to this technology, she will need to spend a few minutes downloading the viewer. Then once she has entered the access code, she will essentially be looking at my computer screen. As soon as I call her on the telephone, we will have freedom to not only discuss, but view all my detailed information and charts.
There is no doubt that the homeowner has to put a lot of trust in his real estate advisor when he is out of state. I always try to put myself in the homeowner’s situation and that is how I came up with the online meeting idea. Short of being in the same room together, I can’t think of a better solution to bridge the distance.