Local regulation of land development and operation guards against reckless and self-absorbed conduct by landowners. Zoning codes came along in the early 20th Century to diminish incidences of factories locating near residential areas for the convenience of their owners needing readily available labor, before use of autos was widespread. The result was contamination of rented […]
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An NLP Visualization Exercise for Coronavirus COVID-19
We all know that our other than conscious mind is very powerful; it keeps our hearts beating, our lungs breathing, our spleens spleening (is that a thing?) and so one of the most powerful things we can do to stay healthy is to be sure that both our conscious minds, and our other than conscious […]
Landlords, Tenants, and COVID-19
An attorney I know sent this to me anonymously. Clearly not legal advice, but wise words. — Patrick If you’re a commercial lease stakeholder, whether a landlord or tenant. You’re also navigating personal circumstances, trying to use sanitizer, stay away from crowds, wash your hands frequently – in other words, you’re using your head to […]
Let’s End Homelessness – Then, Let’s Square the Circle
I’m not cynical. I believe attacking systemic homelessness is a worthy idea. I don’t believe defeating homelessness permanently is possible. (More on that below). That’s not a justification for not making housing circumstances better. Kudos to Phoenix’s Mayor Gallego for teeing up the problem and challenging participation. Now, it’s a problem at the scale of […]
Origination of the Lawyer Species
February brought on interesting claims of high-tech advances in loan origination and closing. The question for attorneys is whether the advances step on their professional toes. Two first quarter 2020 events trigger these observations: On February 5, Docutech, which brings you the platforms of eSign and eClose digital technology announced that it would partner with […]
About Coaching
A recent conversation I had with some friends led me to think more about coaching. Why do athletes at the top of their game have coaches, and why are the coaches not as good as the person they are coaching? Why do people in varied industries have coaches that don’t know much about how the […]
Lighting for a Murphy bed
Last year I built a murphy bed for an AirBnb property. It was a fun project, and I am a decent woodworker, so it came together in about a week, and for a fourth the price I might have paid to buy one. But, there was a problem. Since the bed folds up into the […]
LCD/LED TV Tech Impacts Large Events
If you have been to a ball game recently, you know about the Jumbotron. In the past, these were made up of lots of little LEDs (light emitting diodes), similar to the daylight readable road advertisement signs, but if you are far enough away, you don’t notice that the individual pixels are fairly large. But […]
The Latest Rental Property
07 Jan 2019 at 15:40
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arizona landlord tenant act, arizona real estate, Auction, foreclosure, home purchase, housing, low cost housing, real estate
As you, my readers, know, I work in real estate. Part of being involved in residential real estate sales is having access to the MLS, the multiple listing service. And it is a wonderful service, an online list of properties for sale, sold, and in other various states. It has more information than the tax […]
Pool Lighting and Flips
As a property rehab specialist, I am often looking at the swimming pool and what will happen during the ultimate buyer’s inspection. One of the things that happens is that if there is any sort of special equipment, like a heater or automatic chlorinator, or a spa control of some kind, it will not be […]