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Real Estate Agent - Coldwell Banker Bain
Greater Seattle, Washington offers a beautiful diversity of natural and technological wonders. This is a blog about the real estate that connects it all together, and the people who enjoy living, working and playing in the heart of the Pacific Northwest.
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Real Estate 2011 Real Estate 2010 Worked For Me By the end of 2010, I have managed to write more business (total value of mutually accepted Purchase & Sale Agreements already closed and pending) than in any previous year. 2010 wasn't all that bad in real estate, it just took some work. While I wa...
12/27/2010
Redfin Update Request What I Like About Redfin Redfin does something that all real estate brokerages should do. They publish some important metrics about their actual performance for their clients. Some of it is subjective, such as client survey results, and some of it is objective, such as how m...
12/27/2010
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Shoes You May Leave Your Shoes On I've visited two different client's homes several times each in the last week, while helping them negotiate deals. They each mention to me each time I arrive that it isn't necessary for me to remove my shoes. I do anyway, and they understand why I do it. It's a h...
11/28/2010
Multiple Offers In Seattle Rewards Of Rational Pricing In the Greater Seattle real estate market, multiple offers for homes that are rationally priced have become fairly common. Multiple offers don't always mean offers above the listing price, but when the quality and value appear generally attra...
10/14/2010
Get Back What I Paid For My House Phone Calls From Homeowners Increasingly I have noticed a virtual script in the calls I receive from homeowners who are considering selling their homes. The script goes something like this: "We bought our house in 200__ and put about $___ thousand into some impro...
10/12/2010
I Would Love To Show You My Listing Let's Both Be Honest I will be honest with you about what you can expect and not expect from me, and I ask that you be honest with me about why you would like me to show you my listing.  It doesn't matter whether you would like to avoid working with a broker, h...
10/10/2010
Real Estate, Facebook And A Wedding This is a true story that illustrates the value of Facebook in particular, and social media in general.  Do you want to know why social media matters?  This is why. Meet The Groom A few years ago someone walked into my office, interested in selling the home he ...
06/19/2010
Do You Thank Buyers' Friends? We've all had it happen.  We make an appointment to show a property, and at the appointed time our client shows up...with a "friend" who we have never met and did not know was coming along.  Sometimes that "friend" is really another real estate agent, or other  party...
06/14/2010
A Census Story That Is Unbelievable Today I spent the day at a new construction model home, mostly showing interested buyers around the model and other completed homes that are available in the development.  My first visitor of the day was a Census worker.  His visit was stunning. He Needs The Mo...
06/12/2010
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Negotiating Manner Negotiating doesn't start when a disagreement arises.  Negotiating starts as early as you start thinking ahead about the potential for the disagreement to arise.  In real estate, negotiating begins before the listing and before the buyer ever sees the property.  For a professio...
06/10/2010
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