Nick Bastian's Blog

In Arizona, spring brings some serious spring training action to town. If you are a baseball fan in Tempe you can catch a ride to the action at Tempe Diablo Stadium via a FREE shuttle service courtesy of the Angels Spring Training Trolley. Here’s the scoop… Tempe is introducing the free Angels Ba...

Please join us for the Tempe Business Forum featuring Tempe Mayoral Candidate Michael Monti and Tempe City Council Candidate Dick Forman as we discuss the future of Tempe from a business owner’s perspective. Michael and Dick both understand that real estate agents are entrepreneurs and are intere...

More than any other city in Arizona that I can think of, Tempe loves it’s transit system. From the bus system to the Orbit neighborhood circulators to the very popular light rail system, tens of thousands of people move through Tempe neighborhoods each day via public transportation. While a thriv...

The Twelve Oaks area in Chandler offers location and lifestyle options that many people seem to love. Kyrene schools, easy freeway access, close to jobs ( Intel etc ) restaurants, shops and an awesome community park that is Mountain View Park. Check out this cool home at 821 South Terrace Court i...

The Twelve Oaks area in Chandler offers location and lifestyle options that many people seem to love. Kyrene schools, easy freeway access, close to jobs ( Intel etc ) restaurants, shops and an awesome community park that is Mountain View Park. Within Mountain View Park you will find a great playg...

I always enjoy telling people about the Willo Historic District. It’s a very cool historic neighborhood bounded by McDowell and Thomas Roads on the North and South and 1st to 7th Avenues on the east and West. Each year, the residents of Willo put on the annual Willo Historic District Home Tour. T...

For a while, it seemed like light rail accidents made the news fairly often. Cars and trains just didn’t seem to play well together when the system was new. Most of the time, we would hear that people were not paying attention to the road or were unfamiliar with the location of the tracks. It see...

On Friday, January 27th, SEVRAR’s government affairs director ( South East Valley Regional Association of REALTORS ) sent a survey to members concerning the upcoming Tempe Mayor and City Council races. It is my hope that agents will take the time to complete this survey, as I understand that it c...

So, you are on Twitter, right? You know the drill. Come up with something witty and amazing to share with the world, 140 characters at a time. Build relationships, become a market expert, be THE resource for everything in your area, right? How long until you hit tweet number 100,000? Yeah, for mo...

In Tempe, people have a handful of choices when it comes to urban living near Tempe Town Lake and Tempe Beach Park.  The North Shore Condominiums in Tempe are conveniently located near freeways, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, the Mill Avenue District, Tempe Marketplace, Arizona State U...