Tri-Cities, Washington, real estate and homes - thoughts and conversation.
Posted in Buyers, Real Estate Industry, Sellers on Jul 31st, 2007
according to Consumer Reports.
I couldn’t agree more with #8…the concrete counters. Call me unimaginative, but concrete is for walking on, not preparing food on.
I was surprised to read that the ’super ranges’ aren’t much more super than a regular range. Of course, I think it’s because even walking into my kitchen and seeing a professional range [...]
Posted in Tri-Cities Market, Washington on Jul 30th, 2007
I always say we’re in the red part of a blue state. Most Tri-Cities residents vote Republican. In fact, most of the Eastern side of the state votes Republican (larger tracts of land, less people pushing in from every side, more of a don’t-tell-me-what-to-do-when-you’re-all-the-way-across-the-country mentality).
From Zillow comes this fascinating piece of research about property values and voting [...]
Posted in Real Estate Career, Real Estate Industry, Tri-Cities Market on Jul 29th, 2007
One of the agents from the Kennewick office sought me out the other day to let me know my marketing is working well for her.
That’s right…MY MARKETING is bringing her clients! Her client chose her from the agent pics and bios on the main page of our agency’s site, but uses my site to find [...]
Posted in Buyers, Real Estate Career, Sellers on Jul 26th, 2007
When a seller calls me to discuss listing their house, I ask if they have some time and then conduct a pre-listing interview. I ask questions like the reason for the sale, amount left owing on the mortgage, personal opinion of value, etc. I also always ask, “What three things are you looking for in a [...]
Posted in Tri-Cities Market on Jul 16th, 2007
Yes! The first half of the year’s stats are in. And, of course it’s not this easy, but if you take a look at total sales y-t-d, and double it, you wind up just four sales short of last year’s total for the year. ‘06 was our second best year ever.
I love what this guy [...]