Bobby Deneke

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Baby, it's cold outside

Posted On: December 6th, 2016 5:02PM

Today is December 6th, 2016. To an Arizona native it is freezing cold outside.  Siri says it is 53 degrees but quickly says "I don't believe that is very cold". Odd statement for something to say, something (someone) that was conceived in California.  

Having lived here since 1958 (with short momentary "adventures" to other states and countries) I have always loved the gift of 8 months of beautiful and 4 months of heat, even when its this cold.  I know that in a few hours it'll warm up to the high 60's and once again I will be in Nirvana.  

I love this growing town. If you are somewhere you're considering moving away from to join us in Phoenix or Scottsdale, please, call me and lets meet to discuss your dreams and make a plan to find that property that after a few short years of adaption you'll find yourself  saying, "Baby, it's cold outside".

Merry Christmas

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Learning from Leaders

Posted On: September 16th, 2016 6:30PM

Today is Joseph Callaway's birthday!  He and his wife, Joann, are anchor Leaders within the Real Estate community here in Arizona.  They have set an example through their hard work that I am deeply proud to be a follower of. I wished Joseph Callaway a "Happy Birthday" on Facebook.  It seems kind of funny to me that I have been the recipient of so much good teaching and instruction from this true icon within our industry that all he receives from me is a simple "Happy Birthday". Yet in my deeper thoughts earlier this morning I concluded that what Joseph Callaway has received from myself and so many other Realtors is a generation of professionals that have chosen to take the high road and to truly place their clients first from start to finish throughout the real estate transaction. I am thankful to have sat in Joseph and Joann Callaways presence, their teaching and instruction and been downloaded with the conviction that nothing rises higher than honesty and truth and to serve is to succeed.  

Happy Birthday Joseph Callaway and thank you for giving beyond measure to our industry!

Joseph and Joann

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selling your beautiful home

Posted On: September 15th, 2016 1:43AM

When preparing to sell your beautiful home there is something that will only assist you and your Realtor in that effort.  It is called "Deferred Maintenance".  To many people it sounds like an insult or at the very least 'work'.  The reality is that it is getting everything done that was really suppose to have been done all along.  For example, lets say you live in the north central neighborhoods where homes are generally a bit older. It isn't uncommon to need the air conditioning vents (the registers) cleaned, painted or replaced, the base boards painted, the door might be a little sun lightened from Arizona's summer exposure.  These aren't insults but rather the first things buyers look at or notice when they look at your beautiful home.  As home owners these are many times the items we have grown used to and forget how they look.  

When Bobby (that's me) takes a listing, I like to look at this and more to make a comprehensive list and provide the seller (that's you) with a list of a couple/few handymen that will be able to take care of these deferred maintenance items usually without it feeling like you're passing a kidney stone paying for it.

In my experience, I have found that about every dollar spent can many times return $4 to $6 dollars in selling price and most importantly present your beautiful home as the beautiful home that it is.

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September 9, 2016

Posted On: September 9th, 2016 3:57PM

Am I the only one that turns the A/C down to about 68 degrees at night?

Born & raised in beautiful Arizona I learned from a client years ago that APS has electric plans that are really cheap except for noon to 7:00pm.  Murny, my client, was a huge positive influence in my life. I always listened to what she said and took to heart most of it. Turning the A/C down really low (after) getting on APS's cheap-rates-at-night-plan was amoung them.  Now with the weather cooling off I find it somewhat common to hear a chattering sound only to find one of my kids wrapped in a blanket and smiling slowly but genuinely  as they press through the coldness and say "good morning, dad". 

It's my "sign" that I look for every year to realize that it may be time to adjust the thermostat to a little higher of a setting.

 

Murny Shover

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