This week I won $50 for doing my job!

Yep, that's right. Just by doing what I consider the necessary part of my work as a Flagstaff real estate agent - knowing the market - I won a $50 gift certificate for dinner at Buster's Restaurant in Flagstaff. Pine Knoll Village is a new 55-lot development toward the east edge of Pine Knoll Drive (which runs through the south end of the NAU campus on the west side of Flagstaff). This is near the better known (thus far) Rio Homes development.

I had been meaning to pay my second visit to Pine Knoll Village (the first was several months ago, when ground was just being broken). Then, last week, I got a message from the developer, Bob Karberg, a long-time colleague in Flagstaff real estate. He offered a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to any agent who visited the Pine Knoll subdivision and took a tour of the model home during a specific three-day period. So, I went.

The Pine Knoll homes are gorgeous, and all come with air-conditioning as a standard feature - unusual in Flagstaff where our cool mountain nights mean that most people live without AC. There are several floor plans. Although many of the homes have a common wall, some are entirely free-standing. Wouldn't you want to know the details of these 55-units if you were selling Flagstaff real estate? (Especially because buyers seem to like them - several have sold already.)

Surprising, but I had no competition for the gift certificate. I was the only agent who responded to the invitation to stop by for a tour last week. As I dropped by again this week to pick up my dinner gift, I took in the sweet smell of fresh cut wood from the framers mingled with the Spring pine-smell of Flagstaff and wondered what the other Flagstaff real estate agents were doing to keep them away from knowing this new offering in our market.

To work with a team of Flagstaff real estate agents that does know the market, contact Team Heitland at RE/MAX Peak Properties. To get the latest market facts, visit Flagstaff Real Estate News.