Saturday, August 05, 2006

About Pat

I'm Pat Monahan, a REALTOR® in arizona. I specialize in selling and buying townhomes, condos and patio homes. Any property with a shared wall with it's neighbor.

I've been doing this for almost 10 years (1997), specializing in townhomes for about 5. My wife joined me in Real Estate almost 4 years ago( 2003).

I hang my license at West USA Realty and can be reached at 480-917-1922. My wife's name is Amy. One of us will answer the phone.

Agents say to me all the time, why do you specialize and not sell everything. I wonder if they expect their doctors to know everthing in medicine? Or their lawyers to practice in all areas of law? I wonder if they want their plumbers to do carpentry work or roof work? Do they call Dominoes and ask for a cheeseburger and fries?

The truth is, if you specialize you become better and more knowledgable about your area of expertise. You know about the specific communities and about HOA specifics. You know when pricing is rising in one community, but not in another. You can also help your clients to make more money when they sell or save more money when they buy.

Some agents can wing it or pretend to be an expert in all areas of real estate. But, how many agents can truly know about all geographic areas, know about all communities whether they are townhome, single family, farm, resort or vacant lots? How many can know all the laws about commercial properties and then know everything about residential too? Do they know everything about horse properties, waterfront properties, high rise condos and historic homes?

I admit it. I do not know about most of those types of properties. But, I do know a lot about townhomes, condos and patio homes in Tempe, Mesa, Chandler and Gilbert Arizona.

I hope to share a lot of this knowledge in this blog.

pat

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