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Subdivisions and the Arizona Regional MLS

It doesn’t happen often, but Jeff Brown’s been proven wrong …

In a post this afternoon on NewARMLS.com, Paul Kriewall announced that agents can use a subdivision’s common name in the Subdivision field instead of only the subdivision’s legal name.

Paul earlier this week had written that ARMLS was going to begin enforcing the letter of the law regarding the subdivision field, which would cause many homes in smaller sections of larger subdivisions to not appear on public searches (or many searches by agents.)

Aside from my own Arrowhead Ranch listing that was going to be impacted, I listed several other areas where enforcement of the rule to that extreme degree would be detrimental both to buyers and sellers.

Paul’s post also indicates that those agents who intentionally use the wrong subdivision - such as those Steve Belt has mentioned who will list a home in McDowell Mountain Ranch when it’s really not in that subdivision - will be subject to the violation process.

Kudos to Bob Bemis, Paul and the crew at ARMLS not only for making the change but in responding to the feedback they received and making such a swift decision.

Mr. Brown, it seems to be a new day with this MLS after all.

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Friday Afternoon Theme Music - May 23

This one’s for my friend Ines in Miami, who today on Agent Genius asked what some of us do for fun on our blogs on Fridays.

I started this feature with the Boat Drunks’ Callin’ in Gone since that was the dominant mood for the day. Since then, it’s all depended on my mood.

We haven’t taken requests and this really isn’t a request, but if not for her I can’t think of a reason I’d be posting Will Smith.

Enjoy, Ines … and whomever else wanders by.

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Phoenix’s Bizarre Bipolar Weather

One of the accepted realities of life here in Phoenix is once the thermometer crosses the triple-digit plateau, it doesn’t recede until October. It’s been that way since my family and I moved here from the San Fernando Valley 31 years ago (this very week, incidentally.)

Which is what makes the last two days somewhat … well, odd.

On Monday and Tuesday we were baking through 109-degree days.

Right now, it’s 54 degrees and overcast.

It’s rarely 54 degrees here in February, much less the closing days of May.

If you’re one of my Canadian friends in town looking for homes … well, first of all why are you not looking at homes with me? But putting that aside, this is not the usual weather for the month of May. There’s a reason most of your countrymen departed for the north over a month ago.

Reality’s due to return next week. In the interim, I’m driving to my appointments today with the sunroof blissfully open.

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