WPG Blog

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.                               -Baslo

I read a blog post yesterday about a broker whose clients read an email and then praised her writing talents. What a lot of people don't know is that real estate is hard. I think some people don't realize that we are trying to sell or find a home for them even when we aren't sitting with them fac...

Doing is a quantum leap from imagining. Barbara Sher

Being a full time realtor and running a non-profit youth organization doesn't leave much time to spend with my family. Labor day weekend was a great weekend to spend time with my family. My twins invited a couple friends over and cooked a great dinner. Mom has been teaching them for a while on ho...

I'm sure that most of you know that my daughters are looking to buy a house next summer once they have good credit and have saved enough for a large down payment. My daughters told me what they were looking for, where they wanted it, the size, room and bathrooms, etc. I signed them up for the lis...

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up. Mark Twain

Here is the market data for Lake Stevens, WA for the month of July. As you can see, the numbers are very similar to last years numbers besides two very important areas. Avg time on market and avg price sale were still are dropping. Price it right and it sells. July 2011 Closed Units 81   Up 1.2%2...

My daughters are, in a word, perfect. I might be a little biased but they are amazing despite the fact that they are teenagers. Both of them are intelligent, hard working, and have a wit that will have you laughing the hardest laugh you've ever had in your life or slightly embarrassed at their qu...

Just last weekend, my AAU Basketball Organization had its Fall Try Outs. Since I started my organization five years ago, Fall Try Outs have always been a trial. Usually most of my usual kids can't play during the fall season because they are either playing with their school or their school feeder...

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."                Maya Angelou