Tri-Cities, Washington, real estate and homes - thoughts and conversation.
Posted in Tri-Cities Market on Jul 30th, 2008
I spent the first year of my real estate career taking calls about foreclosed-upon properties. I worked at an agency which handled most of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac re-sales (Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are government-sponsored entities which loan a ton of money for the purchase of housing). I spent a [...]
Posted in Week That Was on Jul 27th, 2008
Ooooh - I never even thought of this! The granite on your counter could be loaded with radon, which is an odorless gas, loaded with radioactivity. I think you know by now that I am NOT an alarmist, and I despise conspiracy theories, but this is a new way to look at what is rapidly [...]
Posted in Tri-Cities, WA on Jul 25th, 2008
Rumor has it (I feel like Perez Hilton) that the ABC show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition might be coming to the Tri-Cities. Wow!
This is by no means set in stone, but how cool will it be if it’s true? And why shouldn’t they come?
After all - we have a local ABC affiliate, KVEW - TV.
We [...]
Posted in Week That Was on Jul 20th, 2008
Well, if you subscribe to or make a daily trip to The Consumerist, as I’ve urged you all to do for a while now, most of this week’s recaps will be old news.
Moving? Thinking of using Movearoo? That’s okay, if you don’t mind having some limited choices.
The banks are failing, the banks are failing…well, some [...]
Posted in Tri-Cities, WA on Jul 18th, 2008
Starbucks just released a list of every store they’ll be closing, and NONE of the Tri-Cities ones are supposed to fall under the axe. As you might remember, I’m a diet Coke fan, so dwindling numbers of the coffee giant wouldn’t have affected me.
BUT, because I am nothing if not cognizant of others’ needs [...]