Of course right about the time we listed the area we were in was listed as a toxic area that had elements in the ground water causing cancer (just the sort of news you want when you list your home for sale!!)

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2011/09/16/20110916reality-tv-taps-phoenix-area-foreclosures-betting-the-house.html

Latest news, upcoming trends, permits, inspectors, section 8

(http://www.portfolio.com/business-news/2011/11/03/house-passes-two-bills-to-help-startups-raise-capital )This reform to Regulation A is different than the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act, which will allow you to raise up to $2M in $10k increments.

I read in the news that the police recently shut down some kids for selling lemonade.

Those suckers are known to be carriers -- in fact, squirrels in Denver supposedly carried the plague a few years back (or so the news reported).

The news is saying stores are packed and breaking records but thats not what we saw.

The one tidbit of useful info I can add is to make sure your blog is the central hub of your social media campaign... for example don't send them to youtube or someone else's news site, put the youtube video in your blog post and create a blog post to summarize the juicy bits of someone else's article (with attribution of course).

I was dead broke too with no money to buy gifts and here this guy comes along like Santa bringing me good news that he got cash buyers lined up ready to buy the deal.

I know most news reports dwell on how much the market here has crashed but sales are through the roof right now. 2011 had more sales then any other year in Vegas history.If you are buying to fix and flip you will most likely be flipping to a landlord looking for good cash flow and long term appreciation.