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Welcome to “Open House”, I am Brad Snyder and I’m a Realtor with Haymore Real Estate. This program has been designed to bring you news and information you can use. Each week I will have guest experts talking about what they know best and answering your questions and concerns. My goal is to inspire, empower, and enlighten as we discuss issues that effect homeownership.

2008 Year End Review –

Well folks….. Open House radio has been on the air for one year. This show was created to be an outlet for local real estate information. We felt that Sierra Vista and Cochise County was unique and what is happening in Phoenix, Tucson and around the country may not reflect what is happening here when it comes to real estate. Our area is different. We have the honor of having Fort Huachuca as our number one employer. We have a great number of military contractors and other support personnel for Fort Huachuca that live in our community. We also have a great number of our Border Patrol who support and protect our border that live right here in our community. We are a community like no other in Arizona.

It was our goal to create a show that would give you a variety of information about all areas of real estate and home ownership in Cochise County. We wanted to give you not only information about home buying and selling, but also about home improvement, protecting your home investment, home safety and security, and we did that by interviewing some great local experts in their fields.

I personally want to thank all the guests in the past year for taking time out of their schedules to sit down with me and share their knowledge and expertise. We could not have made it to our one year anniversary without each and every guest.

I want to personally thank each of you….. our listeners. We really felt that there was a need for a local real estate show; however we could not have predicted the response to this show would be so well received.

You are why this show is on the air. This is your show and I am honored to have been chosen to host the show for you. I have truly appreciated the feedback, the suggestions, the input and especially the ask Brad questions from each of you. I have not forgotten that without you, our listener this show would be cancelled. Without you there would not be a need for this type of real estate show.

For those of you that are new listeners….. This is a listener driven show. It is my goal to produce guests and shows based on what you have asked for. This is a local real estate show designed to answer all your questions and curiosities about real estate and home ownership.

As I said, I am honored to be your host. If you are curious as to who I am and why I host this show……..I have lived in Sierra Vista for 20 years. My wife is a Nurse and manager at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center, we have four wonderful children, one at Joyce Clark Middle School and three at Buena High School. We have owned a number of homes in the area and have owned rental property as well over the years. We have enjoyed our community and the people here and have enjoyed investing in the community.

After spending over twenty years in restaurant and retail management I realized that what I truly enjoyed most was real estate investing and decided that a career in real estate was where my heart was. I wanted to put my knowledge and love of real estate and Sierra Vista to work for those in our community.

I am a REALTOR and Property manager at Sierra Vista Realty. I help people buy and sell real estate, I manage residential and commercial property and I am a commissioner on Planning and Zoning Commission for the City of Sierra Vista.

I have thank the powers that be here at Cherry Creek Radio for believing in this show and giving us the air time each and every week and of course those local businesses that have sponsored and advertised on our show over the past year cannot be thanked enough.

OK……. So what did we talk about this year?

Our very first show was all about home mortgage information. I had the pleasure to have Cindy Subia and Jackie Draves with Ventana Mortgage as our very first guest. I was happy that they were brave enough to come onto a brand new radio show and share their knowledge of the mortgage business and answer your questions.

Our next show was with Colleen Barton an Escrow Officer with Fidelity National Title Agency, now with First American Title Insurance Company. Title and escrow is a very confusing and complicated part of every real estate transaction. You end up signing your name and initially more pages than you can count. Colleen who is a veteran in her field was a fantastic guest and explained much of this process.

Our next guest was Bob Watkins, the owner and Broker of Sierra Vista Realty. Bob is a rare person in our community. He was born and raised right here in Cochise County and has seen this community grow up before his eyes in his almost 80 years. He shared some unique history and of not only our area but of the real estate business. Bob has been a REALTOR since 1959!!

Next we addressed the home inspection with Travis R. Weddle, the inspector/owner of TRW Inspections. The home inspection is one of the most important times during the purchase process. It basically gives you the chance to kick the tires so to speak and much like a car that should be checked out by a mechanic when you buy it, your home should be inspected by a professional before you buy. Travis explained the process and what he looks for during these inspections.

With Fort Huachuca having a great number of folks that come through for school and training here there is a great number of people here for 3 to six months….. so we had Mike Benson from TDY Housing.com join us to explain how temporary housing works.

Our next show was all about home safety and security and our guest was the community resource officer for the city of Sierra Vista Police Department, Scott Borgstadt. This was one of our most popular shows and was interesting to hear about the proactive approach the police department takes in protecting our community and families.

Home ownership comes with tax advantages and we next had Richard Copeland from Liberty Tax Service in the studio to explain the tax benefits and what you needed to know to prepare for your tax returns.

With the changes in the real estate market many folks decided to stay in their current homes and remodel or add on and we had Wayne Johnston from Can Do Construction come on the show and talk about some options and things you need to know about remodeling.

Rain is not something we get a lot of and it is easy to forget about your roof until you have a leak. We had the folks with AmeriTop Roofing talk about roof facts and what you needed to know about repairs and roof replacement.

Manufactured housing has come a long way since the mobile homes of the 70’s and we had the folks from Ideal Homes in the studio to talk about the new manufactured home building process and some of the options available today.

Many people think a home warranty is only for new homes. We next had the great folks with Fidelity Home warranty in the studio to explain all about the Home Warrantis available for every home, even if you have owned that home for 30 years!

Our next show focused on new home construction and we wanted answer your question about the new home options and we had Aviva Trustman from Sun Haven Realty in the studio to talk about RL Workman homes.

Your heating and cooling systems are easy to take for granted until you are too hot or too cold. These systems keep your home comfortable and we thought we should answer your questions with Jim from Arizona Comfort Systems.

In tougher economic times and just to be more energy conscious we thought it would be great to talk about home energy savings tips and what you need to know about saving some money so we had David from Sulpher Springs Valley Electric Cooperative on to anwer those questions.

Many people asked what was happening in our housing market and what the local economy was like so we had the pleasure of having Robert Carreira Director, the Center for Economic Research and find out what they do over at Cochise College on our show for a local economic update.

Our next show was another of our most popular. We had the pleasure of having Paul Camino from the Sierra Vista Fire Department on to talk about home fire safety tips for protecting your home and family.

Our next guest was another of the veteran real estate professionals in Cochise County, we interviews Gary Haymore, owner and designated broker of Haymore Real Estate and talked about the current real estate market and some of the changes he has seen in his three decades in the real estate business.

Next we talked about the west end redevelopments project with Dan Abrams, from First West Properties who is a long time businessman from that end of town and has a unique perspective on the past and the future of the west end of sierra vista.

We talked about fencing around your home and the different types of materials used in fencing with Al Hammond, from Action & Results Fence Company.

Landscaping is an important part of every home and gives it character and adds function to your home and we talked about landscaping with Brian  from Southwest Desert Images.

We next talked about first time home buyers and what they need to know about getting their first home loan with Brad Richardson of New West Lending.

We had Duane Cozart, C.E.O. of Karver Homes in the studio to talk about their unique custom homes here in Sierra Vista.

Many homes have swimming pools and others want one, so we talked with Tom Giuffrda with Patio Pools and talked about pools and spas.

What do you do when you have water of fire damagae in your home? We talked to Lorena Tiburcio owner of PuroClean about their unique service.

Our next guest talked about custom cabinets and their other services as we interviewed Gary Greer with Stan Greer Millworks.

Nancy Rea from Re/Max was our next guest talking about her experience and her perspective on the current real estate market.

Our next guest Frank Morrow from First West Properties gave us an update on what is happening in the commercial real estate market in Sierra Vista.

We had many questions from listeners about estates and wills and we had Ms. Annette Gerhardt, of Gerhardt Law Office PLC on the show to answer your questions.

We had David walling, Vice President of Walling Properties in to talk about sierra vistas first new condo project in 30 years!

MAJ Raymond P. Bouchard with our local Habitat for Humanity office came on to tell us about the great things they are doing right here in sierra vista to help great people get into their own home.

We learned about home owner insurance with Hillary Chavez with Allstate Insurance.

We talked about home insulation with Carl Hooper, Project manager with YE Insulation.

We talked about metal buildings with Joel __________, with Superior Metal Building.

We learned about estate auctions with Kathy Crawford with Tumbleweed Auctions.

We talked with Joe Stroud with E.F. Edwards Financial about current mortgage options in a tougher lending market.

Our next guest talked about owner carry back notes and we talked with Karin L. Phillips, an Account Executive with NoteWorld Servicing Center.

We even talked with Rick Koffman from Castle & Cooke about their unique communities.

Wow what a year!!!!!

We’re going to take a quick break, You can e-mail your questions to brad@bradsnyder.com. You’re listening to “Open House” on KTAN1420am. I’m Brad Snyder.

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Thanks for joining us today on “Open House” and e-mail your real estate questions to brad@bradsnyder.com and make it a great day!!