Seattle Doggie Event! City Dog Birthday!

Here is the latest party from City Dog Magazine!

I think I might try and take my big Newf! City Dog Magazine plans the best doggie parties in Seattle! In case you don't know what City Dog Magazine is, it is the very BEST dog magazine out there and we are lucky enough to have it written specifically for Pacific NW dogs!

Here is the latest invite from my friend at City Dog:

CityDog is turning 21...in dog years, that is!
And what better way to celebrate than with a birthday "pawty" at the swanky and dog friendly W Hotel Seattle?

You and your furry, four-legged friend are invited to join us at yet another one of our famous MuttMixers to celebrate three fabulous years of publishing CityDog, Seattle's premier magazine about life and living with dogs in the West.

Enjoy tasty cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, while mixing and mingling with fellow dog lovers.

When: Wednesday, July 9, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Where: W Hotel Seattle, 1112 Fourth Avenue. Valet parking available for a fee. Click here for directions.
Attire: Casual cocktail attire for humans; birthday suits for canines.

Please RSVP by July 7th with your name and the number of people and/or dogs in your party to rsvp@citydogmagazine.com. The event is free, but your RSVP will help us with a head count.

Party Animal Rules: Dogs must remain on-leash and be under your control at all times. Dogs (and people for that matter) must also play well with others. Thank you for your understanding!

Seattle Neighborhoods: Greenwood - My Very Favorite Haunt

I actually lived in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood for about a year in my early twenties - I absolutely loved it even though I lived right on 85^th just a block west of Gordito's.  Greenwood had everything I needed at the time:  a Pizza Hut practically right next door, Fred Meyer and a grocery store right across the street from me, but two of my very favorites at the time?  Top Ten Toys and Gordito's.  I was a single mom at the time and my daughter loved that toy store and one order from Gordito's could feed us for three days when money was tight.  

I will have to check in to see if Top Ten Toys is still there or not with all of the construction plans for Greenwood, but I know for a fact that Gordito's is still there!  I recently stopped in for the first time in ages.  I have been eating at Gordito's since they had a smaller restaurant space across the street in 1996.  I love their Vegetarian Spinach burrito and have really only ordered that off the menu.  Even when I moved to Ballard and then the Seattle suburbs, I still made the pilgrimage to Gordito's.  My daughter drives now and plans on making that trek herself at times.

I highly recommend Gordito's if you are ever around Greenwood!  I think it is just one of the best jewels in a wonderful neighborhood. 

Address:  213 N 85th St
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 706-9352

www.gorditoshealthymexican.com

If you are interested in information on Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood or Greenwood real estate please email realestate@cooperjacobs.com.

Seattle Real Estate: My New Outside Blog

Active Rain's new outside blogs are pretty cool  - it took a few days for the domain name I bought to become active, but it was so easy to set up and VERY easy to maintain!  I already had an outside Seattle real estate blog, but having another one that doesn't take much more work is fabulous!

I already owned a few domain names I plan on using for something down the road - one of those was this one:

www.EstatesNorthwest.com

I figured, why not try this since I already own the name, so check it out when you get a chance.  I am still working on the little kinks, but I really love how easy Active Rain has made this and appreciate the platform to share my love of Seattle real estate!

Courtney Cooper ....For all your Seattle Washington Real Estate Needs! Seattle Area Real Estate Agent: Broker and Realtor serving North King & South Snohomish County.  Seattle Real Estate and Seattle Suburbs!  Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services:   Experienced Seattle REALTOR with a background in accounting - I love my clients and work hard for them! Please call me if you are looking for a home or investment property (including short sales, preforeclosures, foreclosures, and REO properties) in Seattle (Ballard real estate, Crown Hill, Phinney, Ravenna, Maple Leaf real estate, Green Lake real estate (Greenlake), Greenwood, Northgate, Lake City,University, Sand Point, Laurelhurst, Windermere, Fremont, Wallingford, Queen Anne, Westlake, Eastlake, Lake Union, Downtown, Madison Park),Seattle suburbs real estate:   Shoreline real estate, Edmonds, Brier real estate, Lynnwood real estate, Mountlake Terrace real estate, Lake Forest Park real estate, Bothell real estate,Redmond, Kirkland, Mill Creek real estate, Everett, or other Seattle Suburbs real estate!

Seattle Real Estate: Mortgage Rates Are Up & Down, But Here's A Tip:

Seattle real estate has been tricky lately.  Buyers are getting pretty much what they want and sellers are learning to play ball.  Yes, the mortgage rates as of late have been all over the place and have a huge impact on affordability when it comes to buying a new house. 

Looking in your correct price range is helpful when it comes to avoiding sticker shock.  The only way to know if you are in a good price range for your situation is to talk to a good mortgage person! Rates change, but looking at an appropriately priced house to begin with will save everyone a bunch of headaches and avoid disappointment along the way.

Historically, these rates are still good rates, too, by the way - even if they are all over the board!

Courtney Cooper ....For all your Seattle Washington Real Estate Needs! Seattle Area Real Estate Agent: Broker and Realtor serving North King & South Snohomish County.  Seattle Real Estate and Seattle Suburbs!  Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services:   Experienced REALTOR with a background in accounting - I love my clients and work hard for them! Please call me if you are looking for a home or investment property (including short sales, preforeclosures, foreclosures, and REO properties) in Seattle (Ballard real estate, Crown Hill, Phinney, Ravenna, Maple Leaf real estate, Green Lake real estate (Greenlake), Greenwood, Northgate, Lake City,University, Sand Point, Laurelhurst, Windermere, Fremont, Wallingford, Queen Anne, Westlake, Eastlake, Lake Union, Downtown, Madison Park), Shoreline real estate, Edmonds, Brier real estate, Lynnwood real estate, Mountlake Terrace real estate, Lake Forest Park real estate, Bothell real estate,Redmond, Kirkland, Mill Creek real estate, Everett, or other Seattle Suburbs real estate!

Active Rain Is A Great Place To Find A Great REALTOR!

AR - a huge networking opportunity and the best place to find the best Realtors!

I have made a lot of friends on Active Rain - I am thrilled to know each one of you and look forward to meeting and networking with even more wonderful REALTORS.  We have a really wonderful referral tool with Active Rain and I have been lucky enough to find the most wonderful Orange County Realtor on this site!

Linsey Planeta (Great OC Realtor) took my brother on with a huge smile and is meeting all of his needs with finding a new home - not only that, but he is thrilled with her!  I am so glad to be able to place a valued client or family member with such a wonderful member of our AR family.  She is making sure that he is able to find a great home and a good investment as ell. Thanks, Linsey!

Are you looking for a Seattle or Seattle suburb Realtor?  I gladly pay a 30% referral fee to anyone from Active Rain and I will take the very best care of them! Thanks Linsey!  Thanks Active Rain!

Courtney Cooper ....For all your Seattle Washington Real Estate Needs! Seattle Area Real Estate Agent: Broker and Realtor serving North King & South Snohomish County.  Seattle Real Estate and Seattle Suburbs!  Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services:   Experienced REALTOR with a background in accounting - I love my clients and work hard for them! Please call me if you are looking for a home or investment property (including short sales, preforeclosures, foreclosures, and REO properties) in Seattle (Ballard real estate, Crown Hill, Phinney, Ravenna, Maple Leaf real estate, Green Lake real estate (Greenlake), Greenwood, Northgate, Lake City,University, Sand Point, Laurelhurst, Windermere, Fremont, Wallingford, Queen Anne, Westlake, Eastlake, Lake Union, Downtown, Madison Park), Shoreline real estate, Edmonds, Brier real estate, Lynnwood real estate, Mountlake Terrace real estate, Lake Forest Park real estate, Bothell real estate,Redmond, Kirkland, Mill Creek real estate, Everett, or other Seattle Suburbs real estate!

Seattle's Children's Hospital: Another Reason To Live Here!

A long night...

I spent all Saturday night at Seattle's Children's Hospital with my 18 month old and got home at about 5:30 AM on Sunday morning.   We think he may have gotten into something while with his babysitter outside, but we are still baffled.  It was scary and serves us right for trying to go out for a couple hours once in a while!  I completely missed an appointment with a client on Sunday because I didn't set the alarm clock correctly in my stupor - first time in eight years and today I finally feel like I might have recovered from the lack of sleep. 

In the past, when I am forced to spend hours in an emergency room, I always leave feeling dirty like I need a shower because the place is just gross.  Children's emergency room is not like that.  From the moment you walk in, they have the nurse constantly checking up on you with triage and then there is a series of other people doing each of their specific jobs when you get into an exam room.  The rooms, by the way, are also about 500 steps up from the normal ER.  When my little ones need it, I will always take them to Children's over the other hospitals around.

More Info:

Children's Hospital

4800 Sand Point Way Northeast
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 987-2109

PS - My little man is doing great and seems to be all back to himself now. 

Courtney Cooper ....For all your Seattle Washington Real Estate Needs! Seattle Area Real Estate Agent: Broker and Realtor serving North King & South Snohomish County.  Seattle Real Estate and Seattle Suburbs!  Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services:   Experienced REALTOR with a background in accounting - I love my clients and work hard for them! Please call me if you are looking for a home or investment property (including short sales, preforeclosures, foreclosures, and REO properties) in Seattle (Ballard real estate, Crown Hill, Phinney, Ravenna, Maple Leaf real estate, Green Lake real estate (Greenlake), Greenwood, Northgate, Lake City,University, Sand Point, Laurelhurst, Windermere, Fremont, Wallingford, Queen Anne, Westlake, Eastlake, Lake Union, Downtown, Madison Park), Shoreline real estate, Edmonds, Brier real estate, Lynnwood real estate, Mountlake Terrace real estate, Lake Forest Park real estate, Bothell real estate,Redmond, Kirkland, Mill Creek real estate, Everett, or other Seattle Suburbs real estate!

Relocating To The Seattle Suburbs: Choosing a Seattle Suburb To Move To

Looking for the best Seattle Suburbs? 

Want to know which Seattle suburb is the best one to relocate to with kids?  Which Seattle Suburb has the best urban villages or Built Green architecture? Seattle suburbs have a lot to offer!  Here is more info on some of the best Seattle suburbs around:

Seattle suburbs real estate

Interested in Seattle real estate? Seattle suburbs real estate? Seattle short sales? Seattle foreclosures? realestate@cooperjacobs.com

Courtney Cooper ....For all your Seattle Washington Real Estate Needs! Seattle Area Real Estate Agent: Broker and Realtor serving North King & South Snohomish County.  Seattle Real Estate and Seattle Suburbs!  Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services:   Experienced REALTOR with a background in accounting - I love my clients and work hard for them! Please call me if you are looking for a home or investment property (including short sales, preforeclosures, foreclosures, and REO properties) in Seattle (Ballard real estate, Crown Hill, Phinney, Ravenna, Maple Leaf real estate, Green Lake real estate (Greenlake), Greenwood, Northgate, Lake City,University, Sand Point, Laurelhurst, Windermere, Fremont, Wallingford, Queen Anne, Westlake, Eastlake, Lake Union, Downtown, Madison Park), Shoreline real estate, Edmonds, Brier real estate, Lynnwood real estate, Mountlake Terrace real estate, Lake Forest Park real estate, Bothell real estate,Redmond, Kirkland, Mill Creek real estate, Everett, or other Seattle Suburbs real estate!

Seattle Real Estate: A Lot MORE Should Go Into The Advertising Of Your Home!

Seattle real estate:  I sell Seattle houses!  I sell Seattle suburb houses!  I am a Seattle Realtor!  I work hard for my clients and make sure that they get my highest attention to detail!  I blog and advertise on at least 20 to 30 sites.  I send out post cards and make flyers.  I show my listings often! I have a list of potential buyers that I send my listings to.  I even hold Seattle Open Houses!

I work very hard for my clients!  Why am I telling you this?  Because today when I looked in the NWMLS at a Seattle suburb house for one of my buyers, there were just a few really bad shots of the interior of the house and one of them had a really dumb description.  It was a crooked shot of half of a full bathroom and not very well lit.  That was not the bad part.  The kicker?  The description read, "Typical Bath". SERIOUSLY????  Why bother writing anything in the description?

The MLS does not give us very many characters to write about how wonderful your house is in the main marketing remarks, but we are given many more characters for the captions of each of the pictures we add.  I always like to look at this as another opportunity to gush about the various features if I didn't have room in the main marketing area. Seattle buyers really notice this so take the time and the wonderful space allowed and really market those listings to the fullest!

Or.....

Don't say anything at all if the only thing you can think of is Typical Bath. This does not do the client any favors.  The particular bathroom in question actually seemed better to me than a typical bath, but I have seen some pretty bad baths lately so who knows.  Do you have a typical bath?

(BTW, this is not the bath pictures next to that caption:)  This is another photo I took to show sellers that they should close their toilets for staging:))

Interested in Seattle real estate?  Seattle suburbs real estate? Seattle short sales? Seattle foreclosures? realestate@cooperjacobs.com

Courtney Cooper ....For all your Seattle Washington Real Estate Needs! Seattle Area Real Estate Agent: Broker and Realtor serving North King & South Snohomish County.  Seattle Real Estate and Seattle Suburbs!  Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services:   Experienced REALTOR with a background in accounting - I love my clients and work hard for them! Please call me if you are looking for a home or investment property (including short sales, preforeclosures, foreclosures, and REO properties) in Seattle (Ballard real estate, Crown Hill, Phinney, Ravenna, Maple Leaf real estate, Green Lake real estate (Greenlake), Greenwood, Northgate, Lake City,University, Sand Point, Laurelhurst, Windermere, Fremont, Wallingford, Queen Anne, Westlake, Eastlake, Lake Union, Downtown, Madison Park), Shoreline real estate, Edmonds, Brier real estate, Lynnwood real estate, Mountlake Terrace real estate, Lake Forest Park real estate, Bothell real estate,Redmond, Kirkland, Mill Creek real estate, Everett, or other Seattle Suburbs real estate!

OK - Here's My Soap Box: Beaches Are Not Highways

I hate that Washington State allows our beaches to be completely trashed up with driving.  Here's my soap box for the day:

http://raincityhouses.com/beaches-are-state-highways/

I know it is OFF- Topic for a Seattle Realtor, but I do have a house there and I just hate how our state beaches are treated. 

Interested in Seattle real estate?  Seattle suburbs real estate? Seattle short sales? Seattle foreclosures? realestate@cooperjacobs.com

Courtney Cooper ....For all your Seattle Washington Real Estate Needs! Seattle Area Real Estate Agent: Broker and Realtor serving North King & South Snohomish County.  Seattle Real Estate and Seattle Suburbs!  Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services:   Experienced REALTOR with a background in accounting - I love my clients and work hard for them! Please call me if you are looking for a home or investment property (including short sales, preforeclosures, foreclosures, and REO properties) in Seattle (Ballard real estate, Crown Hill, Phinney, Ravenna, Maple Leaf real estate, Green Lake real estate (Greenlake), Greenwood, Northgate, Lake City,University, Sand Point, Laurelhurst, Windermere, Fremont, Wallingford, Queen Anne, Westlake, Eastlake, Lake Union, Downtown, Madison Park), Shoreline real estate, Edmonds, Brier real estate, Lynnwood real estate, Mountlake Terrace real estate, Lake Forest Park real estate, Bothell real estate,Redmond, Kirkland, Mill Creek real estate, Everett, or other Seattle Suburbs real estate!

NWMLS Changing The Way The Public Sees Houses

New changes in Seattle real estate - the MLS is doing away with the public status Active - STI.  Read about it here:

NWMLS status changes

Interested in Seattle real estate?  Seattle suburbs real estate? Seattle short sales? Seattle foreclosures? realestate@cooperjacobs.com

Courtney Cooper ....For all your Seattle Washington Real Estate Needs! Seattle Area Real Estate Agent: Broker and Realtor serving North King & South Snohomish County.  Seattle Real Estate and Seattle Suburbs!  Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services:   Experienced REALTOR with a background in accounting - I love my clients and work hard for them! Please call me if you are looking for a home or investment property (including short sales, preforeclosures, foreclosures, and REO properties) in Seattle (Ballard real estate, Crown Hill, Phinney, Ravenna, Maple Leaf real estate, Green Lake real estate (Greenlake), Greenwood, Northgate, Lake City,University, Sand Point, Laurelhurst, Windermere, Fremont, Wallingford, Queen Anne, Westlake, Eastlake, Lake Union, Downtown, Madison Park), Shoreline real estate, Edmonds, Brier real estate, Lynnwood real estate, Mountlake Terrace real estate, Lake Forest Park real estate, Bothell real estate,Redmond, Kirkland, Mill Creek real estate, Everett, or other Seattle Suburbs real estate!