Tony Ray Baker, Realtor | Tucson AZ Real Estate

Okay, I'm an average guy. I like long walks on the beach. Okay, flyer boxes are good to go. Signs ready. We're good. Tell Tony Ray gossip. I want to hear it.

Tony Ray Baker, he's an amazing, amazing asset and an amazing agent.

We just listed this property 2 days ago. We're getting hit with a lot of interest on it. We're going to keep those flyers in that box all the way through the end of escrow, okay? As long as this is open and she hasn't signed, another person can bring an offer. Yeah. So, zippity-doo-dah.

He's just got such a wonderful personality, and he makes you feel very at home. He makes you feel like family, and that's very, very important when you're dealing with somebody. He doesn't tell you something if it's not right. You know, he doesn't lead you down the garden path.

In the appraisal process, I have to prove that this house is worth the $239,000, and you know, we were— when we were looking at the comps and stuff, it may be a little bit lower, so I'm a little nervous on that situation. I do things a little differently. All marketing, all photos, all websites, virtual tours, everything has It has to be ready to go before I'll put this on the market because there's no sense in me shooting this out and losing buyers over just not having photos and stuff. I didn't study for real estate. I actually studied interior design architecture. What I'll do is I'll pick up a blow-up mattress and I'll take a double blow-up mattress and I'll do a queen size. I'll pop it under there. This is what we do. We lay down on the floor and I put my head up against the wall and I tell them, "That's your mattress." This is a little 1950s retro chair, okay? And I have a little black retro futon. And I had a house that was decked out totally modern, but it was a townhouse, one bedroom. And I knew my buyer was an older couple, probably, that wanted to use it as a vacation home and just use it for a little stop-by place. Well, the problem is, is it's all new and contemporary, and that doesn't speak to them. So I thought, what do I do with this? I want to speak to two people: the college student who needs one bedroom, or the senior couple who wants to use it as a vacation home in the winter here. And I just made the house look old and new. And guess who bought the house? It was an older couple buying it for their college student. And they fell in love with it. And they bought it because he fell in love with it. They all fell in love with the house, decoration and house. So this is why this stuff is here. Get recordation at the courthouse. And they'll tell me when that happens. And we'll get you keys.

Perfect.

And then you get to move in.

Good.

Yeah.

I went looking at houses on a Sunday and had a blast. I've gone looking for a house before. And it can be a lengthy, frustrating process. And that wasn't the case.

So he had a lot of fun.

A lot to do with it. It's almost sad that it's over so quick because he's fun to hang out with.

Another miracle! And I'm going to hit done and it's going to have the whole house floor plan for you. Really? I know! This would be great for you guys to go buy furniture.

We called him just to kind of talk about houses and in less than a week we were looking at houses and then we put an offer in that same weekend. This whole thing came together in like 30, 45 days. I mean, it just was a lot faster than expected, which was all for the better.