There’s is nothing better than owning your own home. It’s a great feeling that you have your American dream of home ownership and it’s time to move in, buy items, and redecorate the way you desire. There are five key things that occur after the closing you should be aware of.

Loan Payments and Impounds:

If you obtained a loan, you should receive your loan billing statement before your first payment is due. If you don’t receive your payment book or if you have questions about your loan, seek your lender.

Deed Recorded:

The original deed to your home is to be mailed to you by the County Recorder. It generally takes 4-6 weeks after the close of escrow.

Title Insurance Policy:

Your title insurance policy will be mailed to you 2-3 weeks after the close of escrow and must be kept in a safe place.

Property Taxes:

You may not receive a tax statement for the current year for the home you buy. Be sure that taxes are paid when they are due. If your taxes are not included in your monthly payments, contact the County Treasurer.

Best of all after Escrow:

I hand you the keys to your new home!

Jim Plummer, Scottsdale

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It’s that festive time of year. St. Patrick’s Day weekend is here! Not to forget, March Madness of  the NCAA tournament in college basketball. Everybody is Irish and feeling like the luck of the Irish! There are many places to go to enjoy your weekend and Irish festivities with friends in Scottsdale. We think Irish Pubs.

There are several to choose from here in Scottsdale. Simply click on the links below to learn more about our Irish Pubs throughout Scottsdale!

Citizen Public House

Skeptical Chymist

Temple Bar

The British Open Pub

Tilted Kilt

Wally’s Pub

West Addision

Fun is in the air here in Scottsdale. Please drink responsibly, enjoy your weekend, and Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone!

James W. Plummer III (Jim)

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Vicki Botkin
480-213-4880
vicki.botkin@exprealty.com

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More great news is coming to the Phoenix Valley Metro as General Motors (GM) announced they plan to build an Information Technology (IT) center in Chandler. As one of several IT locations in the United States, this new addition to the community will add roughly 1,000 jobs into the center, which is a huge win for the east valley. Until the new facility is open in early 2014, GM will house workers in a temporary center until its new facility opens. In five years, GM will be fully staffed at their Chandler location.

What a huge win for the community. A couple of years ago, Intel announced it’s adding 1,000 jobs at its new research and development facility, currently under construction.  The growth of the valley will be significant and more housing will be needed throughout Chandler.

The new GM business development with additional employment will affect the housing market for chandler once again. The home values have already increased in Chandler by nearly 15% from 2011 to 2012. According to the Maricopa County Accessors Office, Chandler’s home values were up to $146,800 in 2012, from $128,100 the previous year. I expect the new GM facility will affect another increase again. Still, properties values are continuing to increase throughout the valley. As lending rates are low and real estate values are going up, this would be a great time to buy. I have the resources to assist you in your home search in Chandler. Please call me at 480-788-9212, to begin your search of your new home!

Chandler Real Estate and Homes For Sale

Jim Plummer, Scottsdale

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LOOK NO FURTHER.  4BEDROOMS PLUS HUGE LOFT AREA, 2.5 BATHROOMS, WITH POOL, 3CAR GARAGE.

OPEN FLOOR PLAN FEATURES FORMAL LIVING AND DINING ROOM WITH 3-SIDED FIREPLACE. FAMILY ROOM OPENS TO LARGE KITCHEN WITH GRANITE COUNTER TOPS. LARGE LAUNDRY ROOM. HUGE PANTRY AND SEPARATE CLOSET MAKE FOR GREAT STORAGE. MASTER BATH INCLUDES DOUBLE SINKS, SEPARATE JETTED TUB AND SHOWER AND LARGE WALK-IN CLOSET. OVER-SIZED UPSTAIRS LOFT AREA THAT CAN BE USED AS A DEN/OFFICE/GAME ROOM. COVERED PATIO AND PEBBLE-TEC POOL IN BACKYARD. 3-CAR GARAGE WITH CABINETS FOR STORAGE!! THIS IS A GREAT FAMILY HOME. HURRY BEFORE ITS GONE!

$2250/MONTH WITH RENT INCENTIVES FOR 18 AND 24 MONTH LEASE.

CLICK HERE FOR MLS LISTING

CALL AGENT FOR SHOWINGS AND MORE INFO

VICKI BOTKIN
480-213-4880
vicki.botkin@exprealty.com

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Vicki Botkin
480-213-4880
vicki.botkin@exprealty.com

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Built-In Rear Projection & Tube Television Entertainment Center

Real Estate Built-In Television Centers Flat Panel Compatible!

Throughout the valley, so much development took place in the late 1990′s and early 2000′s at subdivisions in the likes of Legend Trail, Troon, DC Ranch and McDowell Mountain Ranch, all in Scottsdale. All the builders would provide these built-in entertainment center in the living room areas. You remember those huge boxed rear projection screens and tube televisions we used to have?  Those entertainment centers, of one you see pictured were built simply for those. Oh times have changed ever since, and flat panels were at its pioneering stages in the trend. First, the plasmas, then the LCD, and today the extremely thin LED screens.

When I show homes with those features, many times these potential buyers wouldn’t know what to do with an already outdated built-in feature. I felt the same way other than just to tear the whole thing out from the back walls. When my parents built their home in 2004, they had that same feature. They had that large rear projection television for their home to put inside the spot. Today, they have a new feature which resolves the issue of not having plat panel compatibility, and they didn’t have to worry tearing out the entertainment center to place the plat panel.

If you are looking for a flat panel in a home with the built-in entertainment center, you should look into Stone Creek Furniture. They will build custom made flat panel entertainment center and cabinets, which eliminates your worries of demolishing the entire built-in center, and still store your arts, crafts, photos, or anything you want in other areas of the center. What’s great about what my parents have is they can store their receivers, digital cable boxes, and the remote control works though the doors below the LED flat panel. These doors allow radio waves from the remote control to the receiver, of which they can’t see it. They will customize your entertainment center by wood, contemporary, pretty much any way you want it so that fits over that huge hole, once made for those large rear projection and tube screens.

So, when you view a home with me and you ask, “what can I do with that huge hole? I have a flat panel”, I’d get a custom made flat panel entertainment center, like my parents have and enjoy.

Jim Plummer, Scottsdale

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I have a new listing in Fountain Hills, AZ. If you like a bright house with oodles of light, then this is your house. It has beautiful large windows throughout the home, letting the AZ sun shine in!

This Fountain Hills home is inviting and spacious with an open floor plan. It has 4 bedrooms with 3 1/2 bathrooms, perfect for a growing family or roommates.  This Arizona home features  granite counter tops in a large kitchen with a breakfast island/bar and light-filled breakfast nook. The space flows into the family room with a built in fireplace. These areas are perfect for informal gatherings. But for Christmas and Thanksgiving there are both formal living and dining rooms. All appliances included!

There are two Master Suites; one is downstairs so you can grow old in this house!

There’s also a spacious 3 car garage.

Nicely landscaped private backyard and large patio with private views  of both the desert and the famous fountain in Fountain Hills.

If you love small town living and the idea of walking to the fountain, park, lake, shops, library, post office, and more….this is your new home!

Take a tour of home here

See it on the MLS

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