Along with the success of the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport come more and more visitors to the Mesa, and Phoenix East Valley Arizona area. Slated to be built upon the former General Motors' Proving Grounds, the Gaylord Resort will be the largest hotel in Arizona. This hotel, along with the growth of the area, and the airport, will provide visitors with easy access to and from areas in and around the Phoenix Valley - including all of the wonderful day trips they can take within 3 hours from east Mesa. I've provided an excerpt from the East Valley Tribune below; however, you can click om the Gaylord Resort above to get more details. Some of the details not mentioned in this article include: the Mesa project is expected to rise 10 stories, have 1,200 to 1,500 rooms and 200,000 to 300,00 square feet of indoor meeting/convention space.
There is also planned a 200-acre, 18-hole desert golf course.
Mesa, Arizona Real Estate. Call me at: 480.216-3334 for information on purchasing or selling a home in Mesa, Arizona or surrounding towns. OR email me: Teri@TeriEllis.com. Feel free to visit one of my websites: HomesAzRE.com, MoveToMesaAz.com or MoveToSunnyAz.com. Or stop by my blogs at: Active Rain; or Phoenix Valley Real Estate Blog.
Allegiant Air once again opens up more flights out of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. Beginning on October 24, 2008, Allegiant Air offers non-stop air service between Redmond, Oregon and Mesa Arizona. Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport is easily accessible to the east valley, quickly adding more and more flights. Allelgiant Air fares are very 
reasonable, and Allegiant focuses on the areas less serviced by larger airlines. I've provided a link for more information on flights in and out of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. Arizona hosts many visitors during the winter months who travel from all across the company - especially during the winter (cooler) months.
During the summer months, our visitors retreat to cooler areas, such as Redmond, Oregon and vicinity. I heartily recommend my friend, Thesa Chambers if you are looking for a summer home in Central Oregon.
Mesa, Arizona Real Estate. Call me at: 480.216-3334 for information on purchasing or selling a home in Mesa, Arizona or surrounding towns. OR email me: Teri@TeriEllis.com. Feel free to visit one of my websites: HomesAzRE.com, MoveToMesaAz.com or MoveToSunnyAz.com. Or stop by my blogs at: Active Rain; or Phoenix Valley Real Estate Blog.
Okay, those of us who've been around for awhile have heard all of the raves and shouts about the Flip Video? Despite several attempts to capture lightening shots with my Nikon SLR and my Sony Cyber-Shot, I could not get a good shot. So, I jumped online to ask the photo experts their opinion. See them here: I received a bevy of good tips including a link from Bryce Mohan explaining the idea behind shooting fireworks - which just so happened I had posted on when he shared - here. You will see that I had managed to take some fairly decent shots of fireworks, but had not thought about doing the same thing for lightening.
So, are you ready? Drumroll, please! I leisurely went outside last evening as the lightening storms had started, and took my Flip Video. I "thought" there were some good bolt shots, and actually did find one. I don't know if those of you who have a Flip know it or not, but you can capture a shot from your video - which is exactly what I did. I came up with this....Not bad, huh?
I thought this turned out really cool. AND it was taken with the Flip!!! Yet another good reason to have that handy little camera in your possession.
Our monsoons the last week have been absolutely amazing.....lots of wind, rain, and damage and LOUD claps of thunder......I grew up here with the monsoons, and one thing I can say? They are never, ever the same. But we LOVE the moisture we get. ;-)
Mesa, Arizona Real Estate. Call me at: 480.216-3334 for information on purchasing or selling a home in Mesa, Arizona or surrounding towns. OR email me: Teri@TeriEllis.com. Feel free to visit one of my websites: HomesAzRE.com, MoveToMesaAz.com or MoveToSunnyAz.com. Or stop by my blogs at: Active Rain; or Phoenix Valley Real Estate Blog.
The other day, I shared a list posted on the website of the Arizona Department of Real Estate of builders having financial difficulties. Today, there were two articles for two separate builders in our Phoenix Valley filing bankruptcy - Chapter 11.....
1. Woodside Homes based out of Utah which have several communities going....one in Mesa, Arizona. The link to that article is from the Salt Lake Tribune. Hopefully Woodside Homes will be able to work itself out of bankruptcy, and sell some homes. I didn't realize they built in so many states. Woodside floorplans have always been some of my favorite.
2. Charlevoix Homes is another builder, and that article is found in the Arizona Republic.
Bottom line, everyone is struggling in this market, though I have see positive signs of our market. These builders, along with others, are finding it difficult to sell their homes. Words to the wise: Make certain that you are informed when purchasing a new home by checking online, or on the Department of Real Estate website for any information you can find on the status of builders in your area.
Mesa, Arizona Real Estate. Call me at: 480.216-3334 for information on purchasing or selling a home in Mesa, Arizona or surrounding towns. OR email me: Teri@TeriEllis.com. Feel free to visit one of my websites: HomesAzRE.com, MoveToMesaAz.com or MoveToSunnyAz.com. Or stop by my blogs at: Active Rain; or Phoenix Valley Real Estate Blog.
As some of you know, I recently posted a blog about the Arizona monsoon with spectacular photos of cloud 
formations. I now include an article from ASU about monsoons for your further information.
Well, tonight, one came rolling in - LOVE IT! - and I rushed outside to take some lightening shots. Nothing shows up on my camera, or rather, it will not click 'cause there's not enough light.
Please, someone help. Our monsoons are beautiful, and I can catch the rain, the clouds, the dust - but so far, not the lightening.
It is thundering as I speak.....and our monsoons will soon go away until next year. All of you shutterbugs out there? Can you share? Wait, could I do the flip video of t
he lightening? Anyone know?
I did capture some photos of the sky lit up but, alas, no lightening...yet! ;-)
Mesa, Arizona Real Estate. Call me at: 480.216-3334 for information on purchasing or selling a home in Mesa, Arizona or surrounding towns. OR email me: Teri@TeriEllis.com. Feel free to visit one of my websites: HomesAzRE.com, MoveToMesaAz.com or MoveToSunnyAz.com. Or stop by my blogs at: Active Rain; or Phoenix Valley Real Estate Blog.
Whether you are buying or selling a property in Mesa or Phoenix, Arizona and beyond, my goal is to provide the tools and resources you need to make a smart and stress free real estate investment.
If you are a buyer or a seller looking for a home in our beautiful Phoenix Valley in Sunny Arizona, I can help. My specific areas include: Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler, Gold Canyon and Queen Creek. Since I am familiar with the builders, whether it's a new home or a resale home, I am familiar with most. What are you looking for? New? resale? More rural? Urban? All three of my websites offer different experiences. www.MoveToSunnyAz.com is my "showiest" website with lots of red. I have links to new home construction, multiple listing service and floorplans and more. And then there's www.MoveToMesaAz.com featuring Mesa homes and more. www.HomesArizonaRealEstate.com (or) www.TeriEllis.com, is my main website, which is literally filled with information about communities, areas, etc. It also contains links to new homes and the multiple listing service (MLS).
Yet, another website is: www:AzLadyInRed.com. This was my first website, and it has many new home models for you to check out. The other websites might have some models, but this one has a lot. It will provide you with the idea of what the home can look like. Keep in mind, they are models only. Models are typically upgraded! Plan to spend another $20-50K to make it look like the model.
If education and experience and personality are important, then be sure to consider me for your Realtor. I continue to add to my educational armour on a frequent basis including achieving my Broker's license in 2007. I am the proud holder of the CRS (Certified Residential Specialist) which is a designation held by fewer than 5% of the Realtors across the country. Additionally, due to my continuing education, I was the first one in the Southeast Valley to achieve the MRE or Masters of Real Estate certification offered by the state of Arizona. That certification is only awarded to those Realtors who hold two designations plus 52+ hours of continuing education every two years. I have maintained that achievement for the past three two-year periods. The additional designations that I have earned are the GRI - Graduate of Real Estate Institute and the ABR - Accredited Buyer Representative. I have added the Commercial collection of classes to my list, and plan to take the Land Sales collection this year.
I work well with people, have a good sense of humor, and have developed the "art of Listening." I often find homes that my buyers want within five homes. As for my sellers, they love what I do for them. No matter the price, they each are treated with a virtual tour, a Home Book for their countertop, colored sign rider with photos of their home, colored flyers to place in their homes, weekly CMA's for their community, and they can reach me by phone 95% of the time for answers to questions or concerns they may have. In additon, listings are placed on Craig's List, on Realtor.com, Homes.com and a plethora of other sites like this one.
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I was raised in the Phoenix Valley, and I am acutely aware of the neighborhoods, and of Phoenix in general including Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler, Queen Creek, Gold Canyon, Phoenix Valley and Scottsdale. Those towns just ran together in the old days, and now they are separate communities. I love working with first time home buyers because they get so excited, and it's fun to make their dreams come true. Kinda reminds me of my first home purchase. It was like a dream. Almost as much fun and enthusastic are the move-up and second home buyers. They are a little more savvy about what they are looking for and many of them are relocating from other states so I walk them through what Arizona is all about. I am a Realtor who actually "listens" to what my clients want and then I can take them to places that work best for them.
Listing homes, whether they be a high end luxury home or an entry level home, is one of my specialties. Each of the sellers are treated equally with a virtual tour, a Home Book, colored flyers, colored sign riders, and quick responses to emails and/or phone calls. I love to track information, and my sellers are treated to an "update" on a regular basis of visitors to their virtual tour online, or to the listing on any of my websites. Additionally, their home is marketed wherever I can market them. In the malls, in the RE Book, on Craig's List, Zillow, Homes.com and Realtor.com. I have a great knowledge of the ins and the outs of real estate and buying and selling homes. I enjoy working - equally - with buyers or sellers and typically enjoy an ongoing relationship with them all.
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