Recent content by Mark Kelmar

The Inbound marketing blog was interesting, Sumo has been emailing quite a bit of info on it lately, along with some Linked In marketing groups. I'm a full time Aircraft Broker in Az, we are a family business averaging 35-45 planes sold annually. http://kelmaraviation.biz/ Good luck on your...

Glendale Airport is only a mile or two from the stadium. There are a couple of flight schools there that rent, but I'm sure you would need a checkout. If you have time, stop by the restaurant at about 8 or so, I see a lot of older pilots in there BSing every morning, you could probably talk one...

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New LSA's are a bit pricey, but 2006 to 2010 models can be had for $65,000-$85,000. That 's for a plane with dual Dynons, a 496/696 GPS, 2 axis auto pilot, 2000 hour TBO Rotax, parachute, 100 knots on 5 GPH. Sure it only has 2 seats, but I'm seeing a lot of current/former airline pilots and...

Oops,,my bad, duly noted..:)

James, 300/600/900 hours, all levels of pilots still have concerns over high winds and gusty conditions. I knew of a Citation X co pilot that would get worked up over a 15 knot xwind. The best thing you can do is make sure you are thoroughly trained in lots of different conditions. While I...

Very good advice on here. You can buy a very nice Cherokee 140 for the mid 20's. But as everyone else mentioned, you should have at least a $10,000 reserve for gotchas. The 140's are pretty straightforward, easy to insure, relatively cheap to fly and maintain(remember "relative" in aviation can...

Russe, The extension period in my contract is non existent, if I haven't sold it in the 180 days I have it as a listing, the Seller can sell it on day 181 without penalty from me. If I knew that a buyer held out on a side deal with the Seller to wait until my contract ended to avoid a sales...

The only way I'll list a plane is with an exclusive contract. No way is a Broker that invests his/her time and money in putting your plane on their website, paying for advertising(even with my volume discount's I still pay about $300 per listing per month), dealing with potential Buyers, showing...

I know several Liberty grads, each one of them are very successful, intelligent, and the type of people you would like to have for neighbors.

Azcloudbusters looks like a first class operation, I delivered a 172 to a Buyer at Stellar yesterday and had a chance to look at their planes. All of them look great, but the Debonair is extremely nice! No wonder they have a waiting list.

This is a fairly common practice, I'm more than happy to show the plane, start the engine, let the potential Buyer check out the avionics, and I always have the logs on PDF, but absolutely no demo flight until I have a contract. Once I have a contract with a price the buyer is willing to...

Thats true, most owners that bought their planes from 1998-2006 are always a little shocked when they find out how little it's worth today. I'll occasionally run across a client who is determined they can ignore the market value and they'll get 25% more than everyone else because their plane is...

azPilot & David, I belonged to Valley Flying Club several years ago, they have a cheaper buy in but higher monthly rates. I think they currently are located at KDVT, and have a 182, Cirrus 22, and a Turbo Saratoga. If your in Northern Az, a flying club is starting at KPRC with a 2010 Piper...