{"id":9861,"date":"2009-09-26T06:54:29","date_gmt":"2009-09-26T13:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=9861"},"modified":"2009-09-26T06:54:31","modified_gmt":"2009-09-26T13:54:31","slug":"looking-for-a-reason-to-buy-real-estate-how-about-free-ice-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/9861\/looking-for-a-reason-to-buy-real-estate-how-about-free-ice-cream\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for a reason to buy real estate? How about free ice cream?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This from my Arizona Republic<\/i> real estate column (permanent link<\/a>):<\/p>\n

When I was a kid, my Uncle Jack, my mother’s oldest brother, told me a story I’ve never forgotten. He was at a little county fair way out in corn country. Nothing special, just beauty contests for hogs, cheesy little rides and sticky, sugared confections.<\/p>\n

Late in the day, the ice cream vendor decided to pack it in, announcing that he was giving away what was left of his inventory. People elbowed their way to the front of the crowd, so eager were they to get something for nothing. They walked away with the ice cream piled into their bare hands, rushing off to their cars, leaving a trail of melted drips behind them.<\/p>\n

The lesson I took from my uncle’s story was that those folks didn’t really want ice cream. They were willing to get themselves dirty, and to get their vehicles dirty, just to have something for free. Most of them probably didn’t even eat the ice cream, and they certainly couldn’t have enjoyed it. Imagine trying to inhale a glutton’s quantity of chocolate-fudge-swirl before it melts all over your clothes.<\/p>\n

Could that be what’s going on right now with the $8,000 first-time home-buyer’s tax credit? I happen to be carrying three listings that are undeniably “investor’s specials” — which means they’re a good buy, but they need a lot of work. Even so, my phone is ringing off the hook with agents trying to sell those houses to owner-occupants — folks with very little cash trying to get an FHA loan so they can buy a house, thus to get $8,000 in “free” money.<\/p>\n

Do those buyers really want homes, or do they just want that free money? What will happen to the properties when the $8,000 is spent? Should we dial the clock back to 2006 to see if anything looks familiar?<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the National Association of Realtors is campaigning for even more “free” money to bribe even more otherwise-unmotivated buyers. The only thing that could make the deal sweeter would be a double hand-full of “free” ice cream.<\/p>\n

 
Spread the word:<\/em><\/strong> Click here <\/a>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This from my Arizona Republic real estate column (permanent link): When I was a kid, my Uncle Jack, my mother’s oldest brother, told me a story I’ve never forgotten. He was at a little county fair way out in corn country. Nothing special, just beauty contests for hogs, cheesy little rides and sticky, sugared confections. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[251,24,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9861","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-big-mother","7":"category-egoism-in-action","8":"category-marketing","9":"category-real-estate","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2201,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2201\/want-garlic-on-that-ice-cream-you-dont-want-cash-flow-on-your-capital-growth-either\/","url_meta":{"origin":9861,"position":0},"title":"Want Garlic On That Ice Cream? You Don’t Want Cash Flow On Your Capital Growth Either","author":"Jeff Brown","date":"November 10, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Dad, when he was poor, survived on peanut butter and onion sandwiches -- no lie, as I couldn't make that up. :) Though not nearly as weird, I like spinach salads with olive oil and malt vinegar. I've not run into anyone else who likes it. They usually put balsamic\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Investment"","block_context":{"text":"Investment","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/investment\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7331,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/7331\/epiphany-marketing-and-rocky-road-ice-cream\/","url_meta":{"origin":9861,"position":1},"title":"Epiphany Marketing and Rocky Road ice cream…","author":"Sean Purcell","date":"March 6, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I have talked about and written on Mayoral Marketing before.\u00a0 The basic premise of marketing, according to this theory, is to build a community of people who would elect you mayor.\u00a0 This concept leads to some useful details on how we should go about marketing in order to accomplish this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Casual Friday"","block_context":{"text":"Casual Friday","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/casual-friday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Epiphany Moment","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/light-bulb.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":856,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/856\/who-wants-ice-cream\/","url_meta":{"origin":9861,"position":2},"title":"Who Wants Ice Cream?!","author":"Jeff Brown","date":"January 5, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Ever ask a bunch of nine year old kids if they wanted some ice cream? Ever ask your 16 year old son if he wanted a new Mustang? Or my all time favorite -- ever asked your wife if she wanted diamonds for Valentine's Day? Did any of those questions\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Investment"","block_context":{"text":"Investment","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/investment\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1136,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1136\/were-not-mensa-members-but-real-estate-is-a-dream-job\/","url_meta":{"origin":9861,"position":3},"title":"We’re not MENSA members – but real estate is a dream job","author":"Russell Shaw","date":"March 11, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The following was on the front page, just under the masthead of Sunday's Arizona Republic: Home Values rise despite slowdown Despite falling prices by year's end, leftover momentum from the Valley's housing boom pushed 2006 values above the previous year's values in almost every city. Median price increases in Maricopa\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Investment"","block_context":{"text":"Investment","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/investment\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Not MENSA","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Not%20MENSA1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9901,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/9901\/do-today%e2%80%99s-home-prices-reflect-their-market-value\/","url_meta":{"origin":9861,"position":4},"title":"Do Today\u2019s home prices reflect their market value?","author":"Al Lorenz","date":"September 29, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Can you really look at a buyer today and tell them that they are buying their home at a good price?\u00a0 Sure, you can tell them how the price they are paying compares to what folks have been paying the last few months, or few years.\u00a0 But that doesn't mean\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Dirty Laundry"","block_context":{"text":"Dirty Laundry","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/dirty-laundry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18185,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/18185\/overnight-news-can-big-business-fix-itself-youll-know-if-heads-start-to-roll\/","url_meta":{"origin":9861,"position":5},"title":"Overnight News: Can big business fix itself? You\u2019ll know if heads start to\u00a0roll.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"May 31, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Embracing the pieties of Marxism is bad for business, this being the most obvious statement in the history of everything. Moreover, the Instapundit's quip \u2013 \"get woke, go broke\" \u2013 has proved true since Colin Kaepernick imploded the NFL. If you wonder why corporate poobahs continue to alienate half their\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Group Therapy"","block_context":{"text":"Group Therapy","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/group-therapy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Ya think it's easy?","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9862,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9861\/revisions\/9862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}