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 Your NeighborsFrequently I am surprised that buyers have not checked out the area where they are buying. We have all heard stories about how one bad apple can ruin a neighborhood. What about if that family is right next store? The sellers don't have an obligation to disclosure the real reason th...
07/09/2007
 The short answer is no. Don't get me wrong I love Apple products and have used their products since the days of the Apple II. I have owned a number of Macs and recently got an iPod but can't recommend the Iphone for several reasons. 1. Bleeding edge technology - I don't want to spend hours with ...
07/08/2007
   If it Smells........I was inspecting a home that also had a rental cottage. I was informed the rental unit had a long-term tenant, a kindly old gentleman. When I entered the cottage and met the tenant I noticed the walls were harvest gold at the top but light beige at the bottom. All the wind...
07/08/2007
At least twice a week at the completion of an inspection, my client will turn to me and say "Would you buy this Home?" I have my standard politically correct answer but that does provoke the question knowing what I know, what would I look for in a home? There are basic features in a home that doe...
07/08/2007
10 Things You Need to Know about pre-listing inspections before you put your home on the market. With the shift to a buyer's market, sellers (and their REALTORS) need to be more aggressive in marketing their homes. One tactic is to have a pre-listing inspection before putting your home on the ma...
07/06/2007
Got a call from a lender who I know. He explained that his client was unable to close on a home because the underwriter had gotten the full inspection report and was now wanting a bunch of repairs made. "Ok, I didn't do the inspection how can I help." The lender explains that the original inspect...
06/24/2007
  In the real estate industry there is a lot of marketing for mold testing and mold cleanup. However what most consumers don't understand is that there are no standards and regulation of this industry and few states are moving toward regulation include my state Washington which has more natural m...
06/21/2007
3 Myths about Website Marketing 1. Instant Results “Our company assures that you will get instant results”. If a salesperson says that they can get you instant results, they are either purposely feeding you incorrect information, thinking you don’t know any better, or they themselves don’t know ...
06/10/2007
Home Inspections are not perfect. We can only inspect what we can see, don’t have x-ray glasses and can’t see under rugs or behind bookcases. Frequently we are called on to inspected homes that are stuffed with furnishings. This obscures our view of many areas of the home and may prevent us from...
06/08/2007
So you took the time and expense to setup a website, but you're not seeing much in the way of results, right? Building a website is akin to opening a shop on a busy street. If it's just a plain doorway not many people are going to look in, however, if you promote it  with signs and spotlights cus...
06/06/2007
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