Steffy's Notes

  Thinking back on my first home purchase. I was not a Realtor. My close friend was going through a divorce. She was going to sell her cute row house close to both our parents. I was just 1973 I was  married with a gorgeous two year old daughter Johanna. The house was $21,000 both our parents he...

Juniper Village in Tempe AZ 85283 is a small community of 48 detached patio homes. Twenty seven of them are single story and twenty one homes have two stories. The size of homes is approximately between 1,050  and 1,500 sq.ft. The subdivision was built in 1983-84. The regular assessment for the H...

A question from a potential Buyer about the home for sale in 512 E Balboa Dr. prompted me to take this walk along College Ave to Arizona State University, Tempe Campus. The lovely weather and the breeze today made my stroll quite enjoyable and I learned more details about the history of the neigh...

Exciting new patio home for sale in one of Dwight prak's neighborhoods subdivision - Mistwood Condominiums. 633 W Southern Ave. Unit 1193, Tempe AZ 852822 bedrooms/ 2 master bathroomssingle story - 1,092 sq.ft.view to a green open courtyard space on one side, and to the city park (Dwight Park) fr...

 These friends are visiting us now daily - for breakfast.They seem to love the sunflower seeds very much, the leaves - ah, maybe.We'll see if they will work on their greens, once the seeds are gone.Rosy-faced lovebirds are not native to Arizona, but seem to be doing quite well here.    

This past week I missed a great class on recent trends in kitchen, living room and bathroom design. The organizer sent me her notes - it was interesting to read that the greys are going away. I walked yesterday into the lobby of a Phoenix hotel and came across those summaries of colors, materials...

 What a treat I came across today, while shopping for my favorite geraniums at the Berridge Nurseries in Phoenix. The Orchid Show was such a display of beauty, color, elegance, joy.It seems there was some kind of competition as some of the orchids had a tag "First Place", "Second Place" ...All we...

Twice a month Real Estate Brokers who are active in the Tempe AZ market get together and tour homes that are for sale in this city. It is a good way to see within less than 2 hours homes in different subdivision, connect with other realtors, mortgage lenders, home inspectors, title and escrow com...

This is my participation for Endre Barath, Jr. 's contest about Art and Books on Active Rain. The inspiration for the contest was Paul Freed's painting above.  I saw this painting first some time ago when Endre wrote about the private exhibition where he had seen it. And because it was in the Sou...

 10321 E Caballero Street Mesa AZ 85207Just Sold for $ 262,000 Beds/Baths: 3 / 2Approx SqFt: 1,606 Price/SqFt: $163.13 Year Built: 2002 This lovely home was recently built, yet it was updated in the last year or so with the modern preferences for kitchen and bathroom. The countertops are quartz a...