March 27, 2009 - In the last 24 hours this graph shows what has happened with Tucson home listings and sales! Here is the summary:
New Listings - 106
Price Drops - 103
Back On Market - 11
Inactive/Seller Release - 32
Under Contract - 94
SOLD IN 24 HOURS - 71
Gabrielle (Kamahele) Rhind - 2009. If you want to reprint parts of this - just email me for my permission rhindohana@msn.com. Buying or selling Tucson Arizona Real Estate? Click info@gabriellerhind.com and let me know how I can help you! Or visit www.BuyMyTucsonHome.com
Tucson's Irish community puts together many "Be Irish" Day celebrations! Here are some places around Tucson to celebrate St Patricks Day on March 17th!
Boondocks Lounge. Midtown Tucson - 3306 N. First Ave. from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. The Nancy McCallion's Irish Trio is the main attraction at Boondock's today. The restaurant will serve corned beef, cabbage and, of course, Guinness.
The Irish Pub. On Tucson's eastside, 9155 E. Tanque Verde Road, beginning at 11 a.m. $1 domestic green beer mugs all day and live entertainment beginning at 8 p.m. Corned beef, cabbage and red potatoes will be served all day for $8.95.
Frog & Firkin. Near the University of Arizona, 874 E. University Blvd. from 11 a.m. - 1 a.m. For an English Pub, the Frog and Firkin does Irish well! Catch traditional Irish music all day into the evening while enjoying traditional Guinness and Harp.
Maloney's . On Fourth Ave in Downtown Tucson- 213 N 4th Ave from from 11 a.m. - 2 a.m. Maloney's serves green beer and other drinks to whet your whistle at special prices. Corned beef and cabbage is on the menu with music entertainment throughout the day and night.
Auld Dubliner . Located at the University of Arizona, 800 E. University Blvd. from 11 a.m. - 2 a.m. - here is the summary: Jägermeister promo at noon, band and DJ music, a beer and Irish trash cans, Irish car bombs and anything else Irish they may dream up!
Sonoran Glass Art Academy. Located at 633 W. 18th St. on March 21st from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. Here's something different: glassblowing and beer. The academy will offer tastes of beers from Thunder Canyon Brewery and Barrio Brewing along with bidding on hand-blown beer steins. They will have glassblowing demos and a free beer stein for paid admissions.
Shanty. On Fourth Avenue, 401 E. Ninth St. from 12 p.m. - 2 a.m. get your green beer, green popcorn and green derbies, and Pipers all day long!
Gabrielle (Kamahele) Rhind - 2009. If you want to reprint parts of this - just email me for my permission rhindohana@msn.com. Buying or selling Tucson Arizona Real Estate? Click info@gabriellerhind.com and let me know how I can help you! Or visit www.BuyMyTucsonHome.com
There is a little Hawaii in Arizona this week. Today's post will cover the upcoming Arizona Aloha Festival and later this week, I'll showcase a local Hawaiian Restaurant and point out some other local favorites, including University of Arizona football players and local hula halau's right here in Tucson, Arizona!
The Arizona Aloha Festival is held annual in Phoenix/Tempe, Arizona. Thousands of people arrive from all over to enjoy Hawaiian food, traditions, and culture. My nieces, will be part of the hula dance competitions for the 4th year in a row and I am surely proud!
What to expect at the Arizona Aloha Festival
Live entertainment, including music, dance, and lectures of Hawaii and Polynesia. An Island Marketplace with vendors offering traditional crafts, fresh flower leis, baskets, hats, carved bone necklaces, and tapa cloth. You'll also find island wood products, Hawaiian jewelry, surfer shorts, Hawaiian coffee, and Hawaiian music. Now the food - although there are American choices, come ready to eat some favorite Island foods like kahlua pig, manapua, haupia, Vilo Vilo chicken, or Spam musubi. There are craft activites for children and an Island Jam with an open invitation for everyone to dance.
When? March 14 and 15, 2009
Where? The Arizona Aloha Festival is in Tempe, Arizona. Here's a map and directions to Tempe Beach Park.
Cost? FREE.
For more information, contact the Arizona Aloha Festival at 602-697-1824 or visit Arizona Aloha Festival.
For those interested ALOHA Is...
A is for AKAHAI, meaning kindness,to be expressed with a feeling of tenderness.
L is for LÔKAHI, meaning unity, to be expressed with a feeling of harmony.
O is for `OLU`OLU, meaning agreeable, to be expressed with a feeling of pleasantness.
H stands for HA`AHA`A, meaning humility, to be expressed with a feeling of modesty.
A stands for AHONUI, meaning patient, to be applied with perseverance.
(Courtesy of LIVE ALOHA, 165 Waokanaka Pl, Honolulu HI 96817)
Gabrielle (Kamahele) Rhind - 2009. If you want to reprint parts of this - just email me for my permission rhindohana@msn.com. Buying or selling Tucson Arizona Real Estate? Click info@gabriellerhind.com and let me know how I can help you! Or visit www.BuyMyTucsonHome.com
As it hits 90 degrees here in Tucson Arizona this week - it's the start of weekend trips up to Mt. Lemmon for many to get a break from the heat!
The home cabins built on Mt. Lemmon since the Aspen Fire of 2005 are beautiful and price ranges suit almost any budget! Prior to the fires, the mountain was comprised of simple second homes - nothing fancy - many 40 to 50 years old with some upgrades and some - without!
Today, Mt. Lemmon looks a lot different - you'll still find rustic cabins that survived the fire but you'll also find newer small, quaint cabins all the way up to 4,000 square foot homes with four levels and garages! Prices range from the high $300s all the way up to $3.3+ million.
If you aren't interested in bearing the expense of maintaining a second home, you can buy a "share" of a cabin with some friends or family. Currently there is "share" of a cabin up for sale for $140,000 - in a 2005 custom built 2 bedroom/2 bath over 1500 sq. ft. home in a terrific location! Several cabins on Mt. Lemmon were either bought or built by combining family resources- making the year-round expense affordable.
If you are interested in buying a lot, the prices range from $50,000 all the way to up to the high $600s. Price depends on the type of land use, location, development, utilities available, etc.
Building costs on Mt. Lemmon vary and options today are worth checking in to! You can completely custom build a cabin home, or you can purchase a pre-built log cabin that is built right on site, or go the route of a modular cabin. On average it costs about $150 - $300+ per square foot to build a custom home and can take up to a year or longer to build - depending upon the builder you chose.
A pre-built cabin home delivered to site can cost anywhere from $45,000 to $150,000+(additional costs are associated and depend upon which company you use, the floor plan as well as the cost of the local contractor you select.)
The pre-builts, depending upon your contractor, can be put up relatively fast - the one pictured to the left is 1600+ square feet, comes with two porches, and is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath with a loft and it took two months from foundation to roof to build. The rest is being completed by the owner himself as a weekend project!
A modular cabin (one is pictured below) is the fastest and least expensive way to own a mountain retreat! Just make sure the lot you purchase is suitable to the modular and that you work with a company that has experience with permits, foundations and utilities in this location. There are several modular companies in and around Tucson and Sierra Vista that specialize in modular cabins with a variety of floor plans from as small as 500 square feet up to 3000. This modular home on Mt. Lemmon is a 3 bedroom/2 bath just under 1000 square feet with a custom deck added on:
If you are ever on Mt. Lemmon, give me a call at 520.245.0242 - I do get phone service high atop the mountain - I may just be there and would love to meet you!
Gabrielle (Kamahele) Rhind - 2009. If you want to reprint parts of this - just email me for my permission rhindohana@msn.com. Buying or selling Tucson Arizona Real Estate? Click info@gabriellerhind.com and let me know how I can help you! Or visit www.BuyMyTucsonHome.com
February 20, 2009 - In the last 24 hours this graph shows what has happened with Tucson home listings and sales! Here is the summary:
New Listings - 94
Price Drops - 119
Back On Market - 10
Inactive/Seller Release - 28
Under Contract - 78
SOLD IN 24 HOURS - 37
Gabrielle (Kamahele) Rhind - 2009. If you want to reprint parts of this - just email me for my permission rhindohana@msn.com. Buying or selling Tucson Arizona Real Estate? Click info@gabriellerhind.com and let me know how I can help you! Or visit www.BuyMyTucsonHome.com
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It's mostly hot in Arizona, but there are a few months out of the year where it's PERFECT weather. If you travel to Tucson in the summer months - it will be hot and come prepared for brief moments of monsoon rain. The rest of the year, the weather changes from day to day - sometimes warm, sometimes cool, sometimes snow!
HERE'S A LITTLE ABOUT ME - FOR THOSE THAT NEED TO KNOW!
For those want to ask, "How long have you been in real estate?". I've had a real estate license since 1986, and worked part-time. Since 2004 - it's been my career full-time. A is for AKAHAI, meaning kindness,to be expressed with a feeling of tenderness.
Graduated with a Masters in Counseling and worked at the Tucson Branch of the National MS Society for years as regional director.
Lived in Tucson just about 20 years now - but Hawaii is still home. My dad, an Army veteran, is from Hilo, Hawaii and alot of my family live there. The other half, live in Germany where my mom is from!
I volunteer a lot of my time - my favorites are El Tour de Tucson or Perimeter Bicycling Association of America (PBAA) here in Tucson and Tanque Verde Soccer Club - coaching U6 to U10 kids teams.
I don't do real estate all the time! I have alot of other interests, but I am available 365 days a year - - with a call (520)245.0242 or simply email me rhindohana@msn.com.
And for those interested in a little Aloha - here ya go:
L is for LÔKAHI, meaning unity, to be expressed with a feeling of harmony.
O is for `OLU`OLU, meaning agreeable, to be expressed with a feeling of pleasantness.
H stands for HA`AHA`A, meaning humility, to be expressed with a feeling of modesty.
A stands for AHONUI, meaning patient, to be applied with perseverance.
(Courtesy of LIVE ALOHA, 165 Waokanaka Pl, Honolulu HI 96817)
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