Our friend, Jay Thompson is known the world over as the Phoenix Real Estate Guy. I say the “world over” because he really does have one of the best real estate blogs around and has been recognized many times for the great work he does. His wife once told me that she doesn’t like to […]
Light Rail and Roller Coasters
Watching the stock market has been quite the roller coaster ride recently. In fact, Magic Mountain ain’t got nothin’ on this ride. I am reminded of a meeting I had a few weeks ago where I was able to speak with Andrew Waite of Personal Real Estate Investor Magazine. One of the interesting things we […]
End of the line… What’s there?
For quite some time, there has been a lot of discussion (and a lot of controversy) over the choice of where the light rail line should run. This past weekend, the newspaper had an article titled “Route choice aims to draw passengers” which covered the topic pretty well. Of course, you have the people that […]
Homes Near Light Rail
Rail Life is proud to have chosen Realty Executives of Tempe to help bring our readers information on housing near the light rail lines in Phoenix, Tempe and in Mesa. Soon, there will be an entire section dealing with homes for sale and for lease along the line. We have searches saved and available for each stop […]
Developments moving forward along the Light Rail line
I have been having fun checking out a lot of the businesses, places and developments along the new light rail line. The other day, I was driving the line as it goes along Terrace Rd in Tempe and noticed this community that is under construction. Being nosy, I stopped and asked the construction manager what […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week
Rail Life has a “Phoenix Light Rail Group on Flickr.” Basically, we want to share some of our pictures from the community and to allow people to add their pics as well. These can be light rail related but we also want a favorite spot, restaurant, sports team, community etc. On Sunday morning, we choose a “light rail pic of the week” […]
Time to have some fun – Blogger style…
Monday, I am “heading out to San Francisco” (reminds me of a great Jimmy Buffet song!) to join a bunch of bloggers, mainly from the RE.net community. Inman’s Real Estate Connect is July 23rd – 25th and is preceded by RE Bar Camp on the 22nd. Day one of Inman Connect has a nearly six hour […]
AZ Light Rail – Not all “Urban Luxury”
Most of the articles I have seen about Light Rail in the paper talk about the many "large" projects being built along the light rail line. Places like "Edgewater," in Tempe and "Chateau On Central," in Phoenix have been mentioned several times. (among many others) While these projects and many of the commercial projects are […]
Tempe Luxury Apartments – SOLD! $$$
JPMorgan Chase & Co recently paid nearly $85 MILLION for a 466 unit luxury apartment complex just North of Rio Salado and West of Mill. ( 1033 N Parkside Dr.) The property, called Trillium Rio Salado, includes units that range in size from 813 – 1498 square feet. Rents currently range from $920 – $1,700 […]
Mosaic is coming to Tempe
Last night’s “Mosaic Groundbreaking Gala” was held at the Tempe Center for the Arts. There was a lot of good food, drink and information! Hugh Hallman gave a very upbeat talk about the new project and the City itself. Mosaic is a gorgeous project, well designed and will have many great features including a Whole […]