Friday, December 20, 2013

Coggins Professional Building Offered by Steven Crane | Associate Broker at RE/MAX Excalibur

Coggins Professional Building
Contact: Steven Crane | RE/MAX Commercial | Excalibur Realty | +(888) 562-5991
Coggins Professional Building is a 15,644 rentable square foot, general office building located in Sun City, Arizona. Constructed in 1983, this attractive stucco building can be divided into six suites or used by a single tenant/owner. The second floor has 2,559 square feet including one restroom and is accessible by both an elevator and stairwell. The first floor has 21 private offices, several open bays, two large conference rooms, eight restrooms and plenty of storage. The property is conveniently located just south of the US 60 (Grand Avenue) on the northeast corner of 105th Avenue and Coggins Drive. There is plenty of parking on-site, including eight covered spaces.
Property Type: Multi Tenant Office
Available: For Sale, For Lease
Address:
10448 W Coggins Dr
Sun City, AZ, 85351, USA
Additional URLs
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Steven Crane
RE/MAX Commercial | Excalibur Realty
+(888) 562-5991
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10448 W COGGINS Drive Sun City, Arizona 85351 MLS# 5044548

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Your Credit Score - How to Have a Winning Credit Score

How to Have a Winning Credit Score
It's that time of year again - when the discipline of maintaining our New Year's Resolutions begins to fade. But your credit score doesn't have to. Check out these helpful tips on how to turn your credit score into a winner.



Create a Winning Streak
If you have sparse credit history, one of the best ways to establish a history and bring up your credit score is to pay your bills on time for many consecutive months, says Wayne Sanford, a credit expert with New Start Financial Corporation in Dallas. "After three payments in a row, you start to establish a payment history," Sanford says.
It's best to have one or two credit card payments in that mix of bills, to show that you can handle debt responsibly. However, charging large sums on the cards isn't necessary. In fact, you'll probably want to keep the amounts small enough to pay off every month, in order to avoid costly finance charges.
"Say one person charges up their credit card buying furniture for their house, while another just charges $50 a month for gas," Sanford says. "The $50 a month is going to score more favorably on [the credit bureaus'] scoring models, because they're not abusing the card."
Consider Your Long-Term Financial Plan
Retail stores commonly offer customers 10 or 20 percent off their purchases in exchange for applying for a line of store credit. But these accounts can lower your credit score by affecting your "card utilization" - the credit limit on a particular card versus how much is owed on that card. Store credit is usually extended in small amounts - say, $250 - so a purchase of $100 uses almost half of that card's limit, which can negatively affect your credit score.
"Credit bureaus used to look at overall debt utilization, but now they look at the individual cards," says Scott Kuhn, a mortgage banker in Philadelphia who works to improve credit scores for potential clients. "You can have 10 credit cards, nine with no balance, and one with a $100 limit and a $100 balance - just that one card can bring down your score."
To avoid this pitfall, resist the short-term temptation to save a little at the register with a store credit card. Pay cash or use one of your current credit cards. Your long-range strategy will prevail in the end.
Pay Close Attention to Medical Bills
Collection attempts for medical bills can lower your credit score, even if the bills are paid, Kuhn says. Many medical offices will turn accounts over to collection agencies if balances aren't paid - sometimes when they're as little as one month overdue. The agencies then place negative marks on the customers' credit reports, and don't always remove them when the debt is settled.
The solution? Pull your credit report and look for negative entries. If you spot one for a medical bill that's been paid, contact your doctor's office and ask them to send a letter to the credit bureau on company letterhead confirming the payment. "That alone can add as many as 100 points to a person's credit score," Kuhn says.
Don't Dwell on the Past
If you've made mistakes in the past with credit, a good way to bring up your score is to seek out secured credit cards and loans, which are guaranteed with money up front. A secured credit card, for example, may require a deposit of $500 to give you a $500 line of credit. Interest charges may apply to any balance you carry, but the score improvement it provides is often worth the cost.
"You have to do the math and say, ‘Is an investment of $100 or so worth me having good credit?'" Sanford says.
Before you open one of these "safe" credit accounts, however, make sure that the lender will report your on-time payments to the three major credit bureaus, and don't close the accounts too quickly.
How you pay your bills today counts more than how you paid them five years ago. Accounts that are currently open and being paid on will score more heavily than ones that are closed.
Finally, know that your credit scores follow you throughout your life. Making winning credit decisions today could help make your financial goals easier to reach in the future.

7500 E Arroyo Road Cave Creek, Arizona 85331 MLS# 4917676

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Brokerage? SO MANY CHIOCES

What to do with your real estate license...

Residential

Commercial

Business broker

Property management

New home sales

Time share

All of these areas of specialization have a unique skill set requirements...

RE/MAX Fit To Sell - Deal Makers for Home Buyers

Thursday, December 12, 2013

FW: 4th Quarter Newsletter

2012 Chapter Logo
CENTRAL AZ CCIM CHAPTER
NEWSLETTER
4TH QUARTER - DECEMBER  2013

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 

 

   

BobbieM







Dear board, members and sponsors,


Thank you for a year better than I could have imagined! After serving on the board for the past 5 years, it is a bittersweet end to my presidency. Don't get too excited-I am not going anywhere. I will be serving as your Regional Vice President for the next two years! So you won't be getting rid of me that quick.

I'd like to thank all of you who participated in our strategic planning event in 2012 that helped set our future for the upcoming 3 years. Our golf committee, led by Belinda Rosthenhausler, was incredible. Sponsorships have grown and continue to grow. Our education committee, led by Linda Robbins, added lunch & learns. Our scholarship committee, led by Lisa Richardson, reviewed numerous scholarship applications. So many more participated. I can't begin to list them all. And I apologize if I've forgotten someone who deserved mention. Our success is due to all of you and blessings from our Lord shining down on all of us.

This will be a year of dear memories that will last a lifetime! Please get involved with our CCIM Chapter. Attend our monthly meetings. Go to the business meetings in the Spring and Fall. And don't stop at being a member, we need you!

Blessings,

Bobbie Lorraine Mastracci, CCIM



 

NOVEMBER BREAKFAST MEETING 
 

 

Over 50 members and guests listened to an enlightening Arizona State Trust Update, led by Jim Adams, Deputy State Land Commissioner, at our November 7 breakfast meeting. If you haven't been attending our monthly breakfast (and on alternate months, lunch) meetings, you've missed a lot this year! Kudos go out to Kevin Sellers and Bobbie Mastracci for bringing us a year filled with awesome breakfast and lunch speakers-our hats are off to you! 
HOLIDAY PARTY

A good time was had by all who attended the holiday dinner party at Arizona Country Club on December 5. Board members and sponsors received a plaque from 2013 President Bobbie Mastracci 

in recognition of their contributions to the Chapter. One of the benefits from your annual Chapter dues is the holiday party, which is a "no cost to members" event.

 

 

DESIGNEE ONLY EVENT 

 

Nearly 60 CCIMs packed into the Ritz Carlton on the evening of October 29 to hear speaker Robert Burchmore's discussion, "Is the surf up-or is it a tsunami?" Bob provided an in-depth analysis of the current economy and trends that will-and are-impacting commercial real estate.

 He was very informative and several attendees were overheard remarking, "What a fabulous evening-it's a shame we only have one such annual event for Designees to mix and mingle with other Designees, and hear a speaker who delves a little deeper than our monthly meeting speakers do.

  

 

CENTRAL AZ CCIM CHAPTER SPOTTED

  

Spotted at the RealShare Health Real Estate were Scott Fey, CCIM and Bonnie Halley, CCIM staffing the CCIM booth. 

 

More than 300 of the leading executives in healthcare real estate (including players in the brokerage world, REITs, investment and finance, developers, healthcare real estate and hospital system leaders) are attending this conference, which offered diverse panels of healthcare real estate experts who shared their insights and outlooks for the marketplace.   


2013 SPONSORS
 
 

PREMIUM SPONSORS  

 

US Bank

 

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PLATINUM SPONSORS  

 

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Kasten Long Commercal Group

 

 

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CapitalSource 

 

   

Gerchick    

 

 

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SILVER SPONSORS 

 

NAI  

 

 

Rayndon

 

 

Wells Fargo

 

 

 

Dominion Pacific Commercial LLC

 

 

   

 

WANT TO SEE YOUR NEWS OR TRANSACTION IN THE CHAPTER NEWSLETTER?

 

Send news to
Pat Rogers, CCIM at pat.rogers@naihorizon.com - or call her at 480-266-4483 to discuss. The next newsletter will be done in March 2014, but you can send your news in ANYTIME!

 

 
CONTACT INFORMATION
 
Tiffany Miner
Chapter Administrator
Central AZ CCIM Chapter
Phone - 480272-6837
Email - centralaz@ccim.net
7650 S. McClintock Dr., Suite 103-372 Tempe, AZ 85284



SPOTLIGHT ON NEW PRESIDENT
 SCOTT FEY, CCIM 
 
Dana, Melinda and Scott. 

2014 Chapter President Scott Fey, CCIM, is a commercial real estate broker with Omni American, LLC, and also a partner with Omni Ventures, LLC. His responsibilities include developing cash flowing commercial real estate properties in Phoenix and the southwest. Omni Ventures, LLC recently developed two self storage facilities on land holdings controlled by the Partnership. The first facility was constructed in 2011 and sold in 2013 for $6,900,000.00 to CubeSmart©, a public REIT. The second facility opened in July, 2013, just south of Gilbert, AZ. The Partnership has numerous additional development projects in the pipeline.

 

Prior to his real estate career, Scott was CEO/President NPR Holdings, LLC a radio broadcast investment firm. Scott founded the company, New Planet Radio, in 1998 while based in San Francisco, CA. Under Scott's guidance, the company improved and sold over $70,000,000.00 in US radio assets over a ten-year time frame.

 

Scott's specialties include discovering investment real estate properties comprising land, office buildings, industrial buildings, and retail centers for investment partners. Omni American's various divisions include brokerage, development, investment, and construction. Omni Ventures, LLC recently closed on the purchase of a 178,956 square foot self land parcel in Pinal County, Arizona for the development of the firm's third self storage facility.

 

Scott and his wife Dana J. Lyon live in Paradise Valley, Arizona and part-time in Sun Valley, Idaho. Dana and Scott are avid snow skiers and hikers and enjoy the mountains of central Idaho. They have two daughters: Melinda J. Fey lives in Los Angeles, CA and works for BCBG Maxazria Group as a graphic designer; and Sally J. Lake lives in Baltimore, MD, with her son "Coby" Lake and works as director of West Liberty Child Development. Scott was born in Chevy Chase, MD, just outside of Washington, DC and attended the University of Maryland. He holds an Arizona Brokers license and is a CCIM Designee.

 

 

 

SPOTLIGHT ON NEW BOARD MEMBERS 
 

The Chapter is pleased to welcome new members of the board of directors: Steven Crane, Candidate; Jason Eisenberg, CCIM; Peter McSorley, CCIM; and Rick Padelford, CCIM.   

  

 

Steven K. Crane is an Associate Broker with RE/MAX Excalibur, Commercial Division. A 2012 graduate of University of Phoenix, he has been in the commercial real estate business for 5 years and holds the Accredited Commercial Professional designation. He is in the process of earning his CCIM Designation. He has also been a residential real estate broker and was awarded the coveted Top 10 in RE/MAX's Southwest Region 4 times. Steven holds the following designations: ABR (Accredited Buyers Representative), CRS (Certified Residential Specialist), GRI (Graduate of the REALTOR® Institute), SFR (Short Sale Foreclosure Resource), and RDCPro (REO Default Certified Professional). He previously spent time in the manufacturing engineering business with Air Liquide, Strippit/LVD, and Nissan Forklift Corporation, where he earned the prestigious Employee of the Year Award in 1998. Steven and his wife Yadira have two children: a son (Branden) and daughter (Mitzi). A member of International Council of Shopping Centers and Urban Land Institute, he actively participates in: Arizona Mountaineering Club (Board of Directors and Outing Leader) and is an active mountain bier, rock climber, guitar player and motorcyclist.

  

Jason Eisenberg is Vice President of Development and Acquisitions at Eisenberg Company. He joined the company in 2004 after graduating from Tulane University with a B.S.M. In Legal Studies in Business. Jason has been involved with site acquisition, development, leasing, pad sales, ground leases, and build-to-suit shopping centers, as well as tenant and landlord representation. He received his CCIM Designation in 2013.

 

 

Peter McSorley is involved in investment sales of office and industrial properties with Patriot Commercial Properties. He has been in the commercial real estate business for six years.  

 

 

 

 

Rick, Karen, and
 Elle Vee

Rick Padelford, CCIM, is with Realty Executives Commercial in Tempe. A 1981 graduate of Arizona State University (Business Administration), he specializes in office, land, and industrial sales and leasing in the Southeast Valley. He has been in the commercial real estate business 26 years and has been a CCIM Designee for five years. He was previously in the resort sales business and "back in the day" did restaurant work. Rick and his wife Karen enjoy hanging out at the cabin in Pinetop, hiking, golf, and reading.

 

  

The Chapter also welcomes back to the board returning officers; David Miller, CCIM, (vice president); Bonnie Halley, CCIM, (secretary/treasurer); and immediate past president, Bobbie Mastracci, CCIM; and returning board members: Alan Davidson, CCIM; Linda Robbins, CCIM; Pat Rogers, CCIM; and Marco Zazueta, Candidate.
CHAIRS NAMED FOR 2014 CHAPTER COMMITTEES 
 
The following individuals have agreed to chair committees for 2014: Legislative, Alan Davidson, CCIM; Education: Linda Robbins, CCIM; Candidate Guidance: Bonnie Halley, CCIM; Designation: David Miller, CCIM; Scholarship: Lisa Richardson, CCIM; Membership: Steven Crane and Janette Bennett; and Programs/Speakers: David Miller, Scott Fey, and Kevin Sellers. Please contact any of these individuals directly if you'd like to be involved with their committees.

 

MEMBER NEWS  
 

Andrew Cheney  

Andrew Cheney, CCIM, and Craig Coppola, CCIM, of Lee & Associates represented Mainspring Capital in the 10-year, more than $24 million lease renewal of the 93,753 SF Corporate at Pima Center Building C in Scottsdale. Cheney and Coppola also represented Yarvek, LLC in the more than $11.5 million sale of the 73,377 SF Cotton Corporate Center building in Phoenix to Mutual of Omaha. Congratulations, Andrew and Craig!

 

Nick Nick Miner, CCIM, of Orion Investment Real Estate recently closed on the $5,200,000 sale of the Atrium Shoppes at Hamilton Place Mall in Chattanooga, TN. Nick represented the seller, Shoppes at Atrium, LLC. The buyer, Li Group Three, LLC, was self-represented. Way to go Nick!

 

Barry Lammersen of Lammersen & Associates reports the recent sale of two properties. Laguna Holdings, LLC purchased 7000 E 1st Avenue, Scottsdale AZ for $2,150,000. The 7,707 SF office/retail property was sold by Blue Sky on 1st, LLC. Also, 350 N Pennington, LLC, a 1031 investor, purchased 350 N Pennington, Chandler AZ, a 6,575 SF property for $1,650,000. Use will be a Childtime Child Care Center. CC Multi Limited Partnership was the seller. Lammersen represented the seller in both transactions. Congratulations, Barry!

 

Patriot Commercial Properties
is pleased to announce that Paul Blum, JD, CCIM, has joined the company as part of the commercial brokerage team. 

 

 

Chapter member Neal Churney, CCIM, of Johnson Capital is one of the featured speakers at the RealShare Phoenix Metro event on December 12 at the Phoenician. For further information go to www.globest.com/events.

LUNCH AND LEARN 
 
Mark your calendar for the first "Lunch and Learn" event of 2014. On January 28, Howard J. Weiss, attorney with Nussbaum, Gillis, and Dinner, PC will be the speaker. Special thanks to Andrea Castilla with First Scottsdale for being our lunch sponsor. Lunch and Learn events are open to MEMBERS ONLY and cost only $10. Future events will be held on the 4th Tuesday of each month (except July and December) at NAI Horizon, 2944 N 44th Street, Suite 200. Lunch and dessert sponsorship opportunities are available. Please contact Linda Robbins at 602-390-7262.
 
COURSE SCHEDULE 
 
The CCIM Institute offers both classroom and online courses. In 2014, the Chapter will offer two CI 101 classes (February 10-13 and November 10-13) and one CI 104 class (June 9-12). For additional information, visit our web site at www.ccim.com 

 

SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS  ANNOUNCED 
 

Congratulations to the following recipients of scholarships to 2014 CI classes:

  • Jami Callelonga with CBRE received a scholarship that may be used for a CI 102, CI 103, or CI 104 class
  • Matt Fitz-Gerald (Colliers), Phil Tomlinson (CPI) and Alexandra Loye (NAI Horizon) each received a scholarship to be used for a CI 101 class.

Congratulations all! We look forward to your completion of the entire CCIM program!

 
CENTRAL AZ CCIM MEMBERS HELPING OUT AT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY  
 

Thank you, Bobbie Mastracci, CCIM with Phoenix West Commercial; Sean Bishop, CCIM and
Mark Macias with MiddleFork Commercial;
Mark Keller, CCIM with SRP; Patrick O'Sullivan, CCIM, Michael Wong and Zack Mishkin with Gerhick Real Estate; Linda Robbins, CCIM with GPE Companies; Jeff Keen, CCIM with Cole Capital; Brian Gaffney with SJ Fowler and Marcia Karasek with Old Republic Title.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Find It, Fix It, FLIP IT! (Written by: Michael Corbett)

Find It, Fix It, FLIP IT! also more softly spoken as "Rehab and Resell".  What do you want to do for real estate investment?


Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Vacation Rental in Paradise Valley

Gainey Ranch house description

Beautiful resort type home with Guest House, 4500SF total living space and a magnificent yard front and rear. POOL can be heated as an optional charge during the winter months. This location is perfectly situated in Paradise Valley with close proximity to the best Arizona has to offer. We host Weddings at this property, Sports Teams welcome, Family Reunions, sleeping arrangements for large groups okay. Two Masters in the main house and 1 in the Guest house. Lush green grass.
Located in the Heart of Scottsdale in the Town of Paradise Valley, surrounded by multimillion dollar estates, this luxury estate has many amenities to meet your needs. Main house with two master bedroom suites, guest house (full kitchen, bath, Master bedroom, laundry and garage), luxurious resort style yard with magnificent pool, batting cage, fire pit, large covered patio, BBQ and so much more.
 
http://www.vrbo.com/205329

or Contact Steven Crane Directly at the following

Steven Crane | Associate Broker
RE/MAX Excalibur
8510 E Shea Blvd, Ste 100
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
480-812-5447 Mobile
stevencrane@live.com

Brand New Meetup.com Real Estate Group

Come join us at www.meetup.com we have a new group to meetup and discuss real estate.  Whether it be commercial or residential let's talk about your needs and wants. 

http://www.meetup.com/cranerealestate/


The CRANE Real Estate TEAM is growing.

Yadira Solorio-Crane is currently working towards her Real Estate Licensing in Arizona via the "Arizona School of Real Estate and Business".  Yadira will initially hang her license with RE/MAX Excalibur of Scottsdale/Phoenix.  Her primary focus will be working with Buyers and Sellers in the Residential arena. 

Yadira has a diverse cultural background where she is bilingual speaking Spanish and English.  She has a significant level of expertise to manage projects as she comes from an Executive Chef position from a local Scottsdale Resort (Embassy Suites) at Stone Creek Golf Club.  Yadira, also has experience as a small business owner having successfully established and run her own restaurant in Cancun Mexico.

Look for exciting things from Yadira in the months and years to come, she is committed to having a Personal & Professional commitment to our clients.

New on the Market (Medical Office Space "Sale or Lease") Sun City Arizona

New on the market...  Pre-Listing opportunity.

10448 W Coggins Dr, Sun City, AZ

FEATURES:
  • Located near Banner Boswell Medical Center
  • Covered Parking Available
  • Easy Access from US-60 (Grand Ave)
  • Several Exterior Entrances, Which allows building to be subdivided
  • Quality office improvements
Suite A:        3,487 SF
Suite B:        2,145 SF
Suite D:           716 SF
Suite E&G:  3,364 SF
Suite F:        2,559 SF

 Available for Lease (partial or full), and SALE.

Previous uses for Medical.  Watch for more details as we get closer to launch.

Contact:

Steven Crane | Associate Broker
RE/MAX Excalibur
8510 E Shea Blvd, Ste 100
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
480-812-5447 Mobile
stevencrane@live.com

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Steven Crane | Associate Broker
RE/MAX Excalibur
480-812-5447
stevencrane@live.com
 

Friday, December 6, 2013

Steven Crane's updated Linkedin Profile

www.linkedin.com/in/stevenkcrane/

Steven Crane | Associate Broker
RE/MAX Excalibur Real Estate
8510 E Shea Blvd, Ste 100
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260

Call me at 888-562-5991 or email at stevencrane@live.com


New Facebook presence starting December 2013.

Watch the Facebook site for new developments with an ongoing effort to create relevant content for my friends and clients.   As always CRANE REAL ESTATE is Personal & Professional

Steven Crane
Associate Broker at RE/MAX Excalibur
of the Greater Phoenix Metro area

Contact me directly at 480-812-5447

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Orpheum Lofts - Furnished Seasonal Rental in Downtown Phoenix

Orpheum Lofts in Downtown Phoenix

Available this year an exclusive opportunity to lease a 1 Bedroom 1 Bathroom exceptionally furnished in the historic building.

Amenities include:

  •  Historic Building


  •  Art Deco Styling
  •  Magnificent foyer
  •  Technology center
  •  Pool Table and Entertainment Lounge
  •  Entertainment Lounge
  •  Private Conference
  •  Food Prep and storage
  •  Television and movies
  •  Large space
  •  Heated Indoor Pool
  •  Spa
  •  Workout room (Cardio) adjacent to the pool
  •  Entertainment while cardio workout
  •  Storage lockers
  •  Steam room
  •  Sauna
  •  Garbage Shoot
  •  Balcony Courtyard
  •  Balcony courtyard
  •  Beautiful styling
  •  Clean and elegant living space
  •  Functional kitchen with eat/in area and bar
  •  Entertainment area and style

  •  Dinning room area adjacent to the kitchen
  •  High ceilings
  •  Beautiful flow
  •  Bathroom
  •  Bedroom with walk-in closet area
  •  Exposed brickwork
  •  In-unit laundry
  •  Concierge
  •  Entry
  •  Light rail
  •  Restaurants and light rail
  •  Restaurants
  •  Excellent location

Minimum stay is 1 month.  Accepting lease applications now.  Reserve your time today. 

Contact 

Steven Crane | Associate Broker 
RE/MAX Excalibur
480-812-5447 Mobile or txt
stevencrane@live.com