Leanne Smith's (highdesertre) Blog

As a very young child (2-5  years old) I spent my summers with my Swedish Grandparents, Conrad and Hilma Hoglund (Swedish Spelling). The reason for this was being 50% Swedish and having hot summers in the early 1950's with only fans and no AC, I had convulsions from high fevers of 106-107 degrees...

Human beings are pretty consistent when it comes to their behaviors. Years ago, I read a book by Lillian Bjorseth entitled Breakthrough Networking.  In this book Bjorseth stated “people decide ten things about you within the first ten seconds of meeting you.”  Then she provide this simple equatio...

Some may remember the movie Pollyanna with Haley Mills who portrayed a child who appeared never to be unhappy and she inspired a town. The author was Elanor H. Porter who wrote these words in the actual novel“There is something about everything to be glad about, if you keep hunting long enough to...

How often do real estate sellers, buyers, agents and those other parties involved in real estate among other industries sometime fail to realize that everything has a cost.Believe it or not, there is an actual acronym for this saying “TANSTAAFL.”There is no such thing as a free lunch.All of our c...

Possibly some have heard this song of Give Me Land, Lots of Land Under Starry Skies Above, Don’t Fence Me In?  For vacant land buyers, would an off grid 52.17 acre parcel qualify for lots of land? And zoning allows a mini-ranch, a residential either site built or manufactured home to RV along wit...

Often we have real estate sellers or buyers who are in a hurry rather to list or buy.  Here is my most recent example of what I call “Hurry Up, Wait and Hurry-Up Now!”On April 14 of this year a potential vacant land listing client contacted me about listing a vacant land parcel.  My standard of p...

This morning I read this quote by Charlie Chaplin:"Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain."Sometimes we become so busy, so entangle with the day to day events, our serious side is in overdrive. Sure we may chuckle, but to laugh, really laugh is often put to the side.Last night I...

Imagine my surprise when my phone rang and the caller ID showed a past seller’s name.  This seller and her spouse had me looking for a house several years ago. I had previously sold two of their vacant land parcels. My last conversation with the husband was he had a medical issue.  The clients we...

With lots and I mean lots of vacant land here in Mohave County, finding the exact vacant land parcel as a buyer’s agent or as a brave buyer(s) who is willing to travel the dirt roads property corners matter.  This particular nearly 10 acre off grid property located in White Hills, AZ on North Nig...

In rural areas, the general public aka as consumers, customers or clients are often directionally challenged. These individuals have a poor to actually no sense of direction.  GPS is often their goal to navigational tool and often in rural areas GPS is in error.Imagine receiving a call from a pot...