Peter J Thoesen PLLC's (mercedesman) Blog

  As a Realtor in Arizona, I receive many inquires from home owners and soon to be home owners, if they should buy a home warranty.   Well, my answer is a definite YES.   I put my money where my mouth is. I have had my own home protected by a home warranty for about 7 years. I have used Old Repub...

Now that the real estate market has recovered in Phoenix, I am encountering part time agents way to many times that give our industry a bad reputation. No wonder the public generally has low respect for real estate agents.  I was talking to a prospective client last week about helping her sell he...

Well, its October in Arizona and I am looking forward to the next 6 months of beautiful, fantastic, great, pleasant, excellent, glorious,marvelous, outstanding, precious, remarkable, superb, terrific, wonderful, SUNNY WARM ARIZONA weather. You may think that I just overdid my enthusiasm, but I wi...

I read in the Wall Street Journal today that the government is working with banks to loosen the lending guidelines. From what I understand, banks don't want to make loans that could go into default and then the government sues them and asks them to repurchase any of these bad loans sold to a gove...

Wow, did you see the massive destruction in Cabo San Lucas caused by hurricane Odile? My wife has friends that live there and she has not been able to contact them yet. We sincerely hope that they are well and were not harmed by the hurricane destruction. But, the disaster is not over for them be...

What a day today in Phoenix! Starting this morning at about 2 or 3 AM, it started to rain and kept raining all morning. I think the weatherman said we had about 4-5 inches of rain today. Whatever the actual number, it was alot. Well, at least we weren't talking about the "Dry Heat" in Phoenix! In...

You may ask your self why do I title this blog as: 5 Bedroom, 4 bath home for rent in Maricopa, Arizona - Closer to Intel than you think! Well, the reason is that I am trying to point out the advantages of renting a home in Maricopa Arizona as compared to Chandler, Arizona where Intel has a large...

  Phoenix Mart is coming to Arizona. What effect will it have on property values in Arizona City, Eloy, and Casa Grande?   Phoenix Mart is a new 585 acre development that is located on Florence Blvd, about 4 miles East of I10 in Casa Grande, Arizona  Phoenix Mart News Casa Grande is located about...

Las Sendas is Mesa, Arizona is a beautiful residential development. Situated in NE Mesa, it has several thousand homes spread out in the high desert and surrounding a world class golf course. 11 years ago, I finally had enough of the blistering COLD Chicago winters and sold my business, packed up...

With the Arizona real estate market in full recovery mode, now is the perfect time to buy land. During the real estate cycle, land prices generally follow the up  swing in home prices. Home prices bottomed out in the fall of 2010 and now the Arizona home market is back to a traditional market.  L...