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volume 2, issue 23 October 20 26, 2017
september statistics
table of contents
4 the house detective
Choosing a home inspector
5 september statistics
Residential markets
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the house detective barry stone: america's home inspector
by Barry Stone, Certified Home Inspector
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nown today as Americas in the real estate profession. Even when details of the inspectors' credentials and lev- vapor barrier, and is it required by code? -Ed
House Detective, Barry advises agents would like to recommend a top- els of experience. Buyers would then have a dear ed : A vapor barrier is a plastic
readers from coast to coast quality home inspector, lawsuit anxieties are means of comparing qualifications and could membrane spread over the ground surface
about home inspection and real there to complicate and cloud the picture. call inspectors for additional information. beneath a building. Its purpose is to reduce
estate disclosure, providing honest clarity, The reason for this fear is simple; agents By equipping buyers with adequate humidity in the crawlspace to prevent mois-
fresh wit, consumer protection, and even- can be blamed for errors made by home information furnished by the inspectors ture condensation on the subfloor and fram-
handed fairness in his responses to real inspectors they recommend. When a home themselves, agents can meet the disclosure ing. When sub-area moisture condenses on
estate questions. inspector is sued for professional negli- needs of their clients without recommend- wood members, fungus infection can cause
gence, agents can also be named as defen- ing anyone in particular and without incur- structural damage. If your foundation area is
agent referrals dants. Realtors hoping to provide qualified ring needless liability. Buyers could then not adequately vented, a vapor barrier may
inspectors for their clients are therefore make an educated choice, rather than a shot be the best solution.
dear barry: My agent gave me a list of
faced with a perplexing dilemma: to recom- in the dark. According to the building code, a vapor
local home inspectors, but she expressed mend an inspector of preferred choice or to Before hiring a home inspector, interview barrier is an alternative means of reducing
no preference for any particular one. give you an undefined list of inspectors for all prospects to compare relative qualifica- humidity in the subfloor area. The primary
When I asked her for a definite recom- your own choosing. Fortunately, there is tions and experience. Request a sample method is to install screened vent openings
mendation, she said her broker had a rule another alternative. report from each inspector, and try to find at the perimeter foundation. In some cases,
against referring home inspectors, for Rather than giving buyers a list of names someone with many years in the business. the layout of a building or the method of
reasons of liability. and numbers, agents can provide detailed construction prevents adequate venting of
Being from out of town, I have no idea information prepared by the inspectors inspector recommendations the subarea. Thats when, a vapor barrier is
which inspector to choose, and I just wish themselves. To initiate this process, agents specified as an alternative solution.
my agent would give me some direction or could request a resume or flier from each dear barry: The house I'm buying was
advice. What do you suggest? - Renee available home inspector. A packet of perti- just checked by a home inspector. He recom-
dear renee : Liability and the fear of it nent qualifications could then be presented mended installing a vapor barrier on the Distributed by Action Coast Publishing. To write to
ground surface under the building because Barry Stone, please visit him on the web at
have become defining forces in nearly every to every homebuyer. Fliers would contain www.housedetective.com.
field of business, particularly among people there are no vent openings. What exactly is a
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10,451
190k 55
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9,282 new listings 49
183k
1,441 43
all properties
closed sales
1,088
all properties
2016 2017 2016 2017 2016 2017
median sale price 2016 2017
194,000
median sales price days on market closed sales
all properties all properties all properties
days on market until sale
+3.8% -10.9% +6.4% all properties all properties
This is a research tool provided by the Greater Albuquerque Association of REALTORS with data from Southwest Multiple Listing Service, Inc. (SWMLS). The SWMLS market areas
statistics courtesy of includes Albuquerque, Corrales, Placitas, Rio Rancho, Bernalillo, East Mountains/Estancia Basin and most of Valencia County. Percent changes are calculated using rounded figures.
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and stones
rocking their way to success after
twenty years
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eing a woman in a mans world is Valencia County.
nothing new for the three sisters Ever looking to add products and ser-
behind JPR Decorative Gravel. But vices, the group also operates a Redi-mix
that doesnt mean they had to give concrete sand and gravel hauling busi-
up their feminine sides to be successful. ness as well as Just Pick-It-Up Redi-mix
Celebrating its 20th year, JPR is owned business that is for the do-it-yourselfer
and operated by Julie Villegas, Patsy Cruz who can rent a mixer already set up on a
and Racquel Villegas. small trailer.
Growing up, all three worked in vari- It was that latter business in which the
ous capacities in their fathers business, women showed their muscle and busi-
Coyote Concrete, before deciding they ness acumen.
wanted to start a little side business for I knew Rio Rancho Stone was clos-
Patsy Cruz, in cab, Racquel Villegas,
themselves. ing, so as soon as I found out they were
middle, and Julie Villegas have turned
We thought we could maybe make closing, I called the owner of the property
JPR Decorative gravel into one of the
a couple hundred dollars a week, Julie and asked them to lease it to me, Patsy
leading stone companies in the state.
said with a little chuckle. We went to my said. Then there was an Easy Cart busi-
dad and said, Hey dad, we want to start ness that was there (in Rio Rancho). So
a gravel business and call it JPR Decora- I called out the owner and said, You can
tive Gravel. sell it to me or you can compete against
They even included the-then15-year- me and I already own a concrete com-
old Racquel, We didnt even ask her, pany. So of course he chose to sell to me
Julie said. We just stuck her in there. because it was going to be too hard for
And that came as something of a him to compete. Thats when the market
surprise to Racquel, whose plans were to was going down anyway.
move to Florida and study psychology. Adapting to the changing marketplace
I didnt even know about it, she said. and diversifying the business while re- buy our first truck and we went in a lim- They were super close. They were like best
Dad, of course, was all for his enter- maining true to the basic core they built, ousine, because we owned a limousine friends.
prising daughters. has been a key to the overall success of business at the time, Julie said. Thats It leaves the women something of a hol-
We had a little side yard and he also the business. when we got our logo too. They always low feeling when it comes to the business.
owned a pit at the time, Julie said. You What we do, we do more than just called us the Coyotelitas. Dad was the He never really got to see our suc-
can buy all the sand and gravel every- decorative gravel, Julie said. We had Coyote and we were the Coyotelitas. But cess, Julie said. Which is kind of sad.
thing from me and we figured out where to diversify. We also do hauling, and we were at a restaurant in Houston and Still, he left them with a legacy and a
we could get the decorative gravel. We the Redi-mix. I have my own pit with he showed us a napkin and he said, This strong work ethic that has carried them
opened a little space right there in the my own color. There were a lot of gravel is what your logo is going to be. And he forward even as they maintain their own
side yard. We rented a truck from dad. So businesses that werent making it. drew it on a napkin and we put the bows femininity despite the masculine world
we started with one truck and from there Now the company not only supplies on the coyotes and so thats how we got they inhabit.
we started hauling, jamming. most of the major landscapers in the Albu- our logo. Were girlie girls, Julie said. Were
In the two decades since, the little side querque metro area and even Santa Fe, but They also got their truck, but the trip women, we look good. We like to dress.
business designed to make a few Frank- they also can haul it with their own fleet turned out to be a gloomy one in the So when they see us, they didnt take us
lins on the side has turned into a multi- of trucks. What's more, home landscapers end because shortly after returning from seriously in the construction world. But
yard conglomerate reeling in about $10 have their choice of bin after bin of differ- Houston their father was in an auto ac- once they get to know us and know that
million annually, she said. ent colored stone to decorate any yard. cident when he was hit by a close family you know what youre doing, then you get
They now have yards in Bernalillo, And thats a far cry from where they member. He died two weeks later. that respect. We had to earn our respect.
Rio Rancho, central Albuquerque and started when a year into their enterprise, It was right after we came back Now I think were very well respected in
the south valley. Expansion plans also they decided to get their first truck. from Houston, Racquel said. My dads the industry.
have them looking into adding a yard in We went to Houston to an auction to nephew hit my dad with a horse trailer.
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$609,000
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southwest mls open house listing information was derived from the southwest multiple 29 listings
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this friday - thursday
listing service properties (swmls) as of 11am on monday. open houses are
run as space allows. information is accurate, but not guaranteed.
low: 166k
high: 1.198m
ABQ Acres West Corrales Far NE Heights Far NE Heights Foothills North Foothills North
8204 Via Encantada NE 769 Sagebrush Drive 12100 Persimmon Avenue NE 5719 Balsa Court NE 13501 Piedra Grande Place NE 6151 Goldfield Place NE
$565,000|3270 sq. ft.|4bdr|4ba $409,900|2518 sq. ft.|3bdr|2ba $460,000|3018 sq. ft.|4bdr|3ba $425,000|2830 sq. ft.|4bdr|3ba $950,000|3845 sq. ft.|4bdr|5ba $350,000|2080 sq. ft.|3bdr|3ba
Realty One of New Mexico Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Coldwell Banker Legacy Coldwell Banker Legacy Vista Encantada Realtors, LLC Coldwell Banker Legacy
(505) 883-9400 New Mexico Properties (505) 293-3700 (505) 293-3700 (505) 884-0020 (505) 828-1000
Edmund McGee (505) 798-6300 | John Fernandez Lynn Martinez Sandi Pressley Katherine Gilmore Mosley Michelle Smith
MLS # 903667 MLS # 895669 MLS # 895302 MLS # 899845 MLS # 894219 MLS # 902045
10/22 1PM-4AM 10/21 11AM-2:30PM 10/22 1PM-4PM 10/21 1PM-4PM,10/22 1PM-3PM 10/22 1PM-4PM 10/21 2PM-5PM
Ladera Heights Ladera Heights Near North Valley Near North Valley Near North Valley North ABQ Acres
8143 Sheffield Place NW 1819 Cielo Oeste Place NW 4000 Ivy Lawn Court NW 4842 Guadalupe Trail NW 3100 12th Street NW 10600 San Bernardino Drive NE
$188,900|1702 sq. ft.|3bdr|2ba $166,000|1440 sq. ft.|3bdr|2ba $575,000|3830 sq. ft.|3bdr|3ba $545,000|2400 sq. ft.|4bdr|3ba $400,000|3206 sq. ft.|4bdr|3ba $759,000|3522 sq. ft.|4bdr|4ba
Re/Max Advantage Sunrise Realty LLC Coldwell Banker Legacy Keller Williams Realty Realty One of New Mexico Realty One of New Mexico
(505) 452-1506 (505) 480-2633 (505) 828-1000 (505) 271-8200 | Dominic Serna (505) 883-9400 (505) 883-9400 | Jesse R Maestas
Leland R Locke Tiffany L Degraffenreid Michelle Smith MLS # 903783 Carol Cooper-Skopil MLS # 902513
MLS # 898859 MLS # 890627 MLS # 901222 10/20 11AM-5PM,10/21 11AM- MLS # 873237 10/20 4PM-7PM,10/21 11AM-3PM,
10/21 2PM-4PM 10/21 1PM-3PM 10/21 1PM-4PM,10/22 1PM-4PM 5PM,10/22 11AM-5PM 10/21 12PM-3PM 10/22 11AM-3PM
North ABQ Acres North of I Northeast Heights Northeast Heights Northwest Heights Northwest Heights
11804 Modesto Avenue NE 18 Camino Real 309 Glorieta Street NE 10901 Constitution Avenue NE 7231 Valle Jardin Lane NW 6815 Vista Del Sol Drive NW
$659,900|3935 sq. ft.|4bdr|3ba $1,198,500|6596 sq. ft.|4bdr|5ba $182,900|1831 sq. ft.|4bdr|2ba $173,400|1528 sq. ft.|3bdr|2ba $369,500|3096 sq. ft.|4bdr|3ba $312,000|3326 sq. ft.|4bdr|4ba
Granfors Realty,LLC Realty One of New Mexico Realty One of New Mexico Hot Realty, LLC Re/Max Advantage Keller Williams Realty
(505) 821-1309 (505) 883-9400 (505) 883-9400 (505) 433-2162 (505) 452-1506 (505) 271-8200
Stephanie L Granfors Sandi Reeder Melissa Salinas Brittany Jorgensen Natalie Arndt Kathryn A Dubroff
MLS # 895971 MLS # 887745 MLS # 903713 MLS # 897710 MLS # 897248 MLS # 895076
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open houses santa fe mls open house listing information was derived from the santa fe multiple 12 listings
this friday - thursday
listing service properties (swmls) as of 2pm on tuesday. open houses are low: 206k
run as space allows. information is accurate, but not guaranteed.
high: 1.498m
Eldorado NW Quadrant SE of City Limit SF City Limit SWN SF City Limit SWS SF City Limit SWS
16 Antigua Rd 47 Blue Canyon Way 8 Sueno de Santa Fe 1324 Hickox Street 3053 Cliff Palace 2213 CAMINO RANCHO SIRINGO
$589,000|3314 sq. ft.|4bdr|4ba $576,000|1926 sq. ft.|3bdr|2ba $1,190,000|4893 sq. ft.|5bdr|6ba $445,000|1800 sq. ft.|3bdr|2ba $425,000|2193 sq. ft.|3bdr|2ba $349,000|2143 sq. ft.|3bdr|2ba
Santa Fe Properties Realty One of Santa Fe Sothebys Int. RE/Grant Professional Asset Management Sothebys Int. RE/Grant II Keller Williams
505-982-4466 505-490-4151 505-988-2533 505-379-2117 505-982-6207 505-983-5151
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MLS # 201704936 MLS # 201704615 MLS # 201702062 MLS # 201704375 MLS # 201704817 MLS # 201703667
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SF City Limit SWS SF City SE North SF City SE North The Rio Grande, Santa Fe Trail, watermelon sunsets
993 Camino Consuelo 506 San Antonio 728 Don Gaspar and the great Sandias...
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