Leif Swanson

This funny looking bar code is a trendy way to advertise a website to techno-savvy people.  Instead of your normal bar code for pricing, a QR code (short for Quick Response) allows someone to take a photo of it with their SmartPhone (e.g., Blackberry, iPhone, Palm, Droid), which then takes them to the appropriate website.
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Phoenix Metropolitan Area Real Estate Statistics - June 2010
What is happening with the real estate market in the Phoenix metropolitan area?  What changed in June 2010?
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1) SALES: June 2010 had sales of 9,278, which was lower than June 2009’s 9,325 sales. 85% of the sales in June were homes, [...]

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Phoenix Metropolitan Area Real Estate Statistics - January 2010
What is happening with the real estate market in the Phoenix metropolitan area? What changed in January 2010?
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1) SALES: January 2010’s sales of 5,789 were much better than January 2009’s 4,736 sales and even better than January 2008’s 2,907 sales. That’s [...]

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There are many valuable and informative TV shows about selling homes:
Buy Me on HGTV
Real Estate Intervention on HGTV
Bought & Sold on HGTV
Secrets That Sell on HGTV

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There are several TV shows that show professional fix-and-flippers:
Flip This House on A&E TV
Flip That House on TLC (no recent new episodes)
Property Ladder on TLC (no recent new episodes)

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There are many TV shows that offer home staging advice & tips:
Designed To Sell on HGTV
Sell This House on A&E TV
The Unsellables on HGTV
Get It Sold on HGTV
Hoarders on A&E TV
Stager Invasion on TLC
Curb Appeal on HGTV
Clean House on MyStyle

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