A Cotton Plant and a Short Sale

Today was a day like most others. Up at 6:00am (we have a new 5 month old addition to the family), off to the computer by 6:30am to catch up on Facebook and Twitter, and by 7:00am looking at real estate related emails, and new buyer and seller prospects that have filtered in over the past 12 hours or so.

At about noon I received a call from a potential homebuyer who would like to see a home down in Tolleson. This was a pretty typical call, the buyer had seen a short sale on our website listed at $75,000 and wanted to get in to see the home asap. Also typical, was the fact that the home comped out at approximately $150,000 and the seller and listing agent had decided to drop the price down to $75,000 to generate an offer prior to the Trustee's Sale set for the middle of December. It turns out that this short sale was the nicest $75,000 home I have ever seen.

At this point you're probably wondering where the cotton plant fits into this post? Well, on the way down to show the short sale, I passed a cotton field south of the I-10 freeway and 99th avenue. It occured to me that I had never seen a cotton plant prior to moving to Arizona in 1997, and for those who have never lived in the south, chances are you have never seen a cotton plant either. Besides, cotton is a cool subject. Most likely you're sitting in front of your Commodore 64 or Apple IIe wearing cotton right now. That is, unless you're currently rocking a polyester leisure suit, or getting ready to head out on the bike in your neon green lycra spandex getup.

Cotton actually has a pretty neat history in Arizona. In the early 1900's tire companies such as Goodyear, Firestone and Dunlop relocated their factories to AZ to take advantage of the cotton crop.

Here's a few pictures of the cotton plant for those interested, and a few additonal pics I threw in for good measure :)

Beautiful Arizona sunset.

Ahh, here's the little guy who keeps Dad busy during the early hours of the day. He had a rough first four months, but as you can see, he's doing great and can't wait for a visit from Santa!

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