Leanne Smith's (highdesertre) Blog

For many moving to NW AZ, Mohave County especially Golden Valley there are 5 other major reasons for buying a home: Building wealth because owning a home and even vacant land is an investment Hankering to have elbow room and not see into your neighbor’s bedroom window Needing to have less governm...

Once again this sales or selling myth surfaced.  The individual who shared this myth is a CEO of a national real estate brokerage who said the following:“They, affiliates, (aka real estate agents) don’t have to sell the trust and confidence that (national brokerage name) brings – they only need t...

Life is indeed a long road. Each real estate transaction may also seem like another long road to travel. The goal for you as a local professional real estate agent is not to give up, to keep on going, to embrace the challenge and work through it.One of my favorite television series is Enterprise....

Buying a home is a major undertaking. After researching available information from number of bedrooms, numbers of bathrooms, square footage, lot size, must have other features and neighborhood information such as schools, crime and even resale value (market stability), the next step is selecting ...

Sometimes the funniest titles hold the greatest truth. In this book, You Can't Send a Duck to Eagle School and Other Simple Truths of Leadership, Mac Anderson explores leadership. In the introduction, Anderson provides an explanation of this quote "You Can't Send a Duck to Eagle School." This boo...

In any business, the customers or clients differ.  This difference is called demographics.  In real estate there are a plethora of “WHO's.” There are real estate certifications and designations that address the specific "WHO" do real estate agents love.For example, retiring or relocating military...

A recent article in Inman (a real estate industry website) made this statement:“Real estate agents are bound by their professional ethics..”The article had a link to another article which referenced the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Code of Ethics.This statement “real estate agents boun...

This month's Active Rain Challenge by Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!  was to share one's dreams, one's vision of the future via a Dream Board or Vision Board.What I now to be true after all these years on this year,  when one is much closer to the end of life’s path, dreams continue change and e...

Licensed by each state, real estate agents can practice their craft in any area of the state. However, for REALTORS® this would violate Article 11 of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.  In Article 11, the following is written:“REALTORS® shall not undertake to provide specialized profes...

One of my 2024 personal goals was to build up my strength. Sitting at a computer an average for 2-4 hours daily with occasional walks of vacant land parcels of 2 to 40 acres does not build upper body strength. However it does make for fairly strong legs. Today was my first class of strength build...