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Real Estate Agent - Coldwell Banker Bain
Greater Seattle, Washington offers a beautiful diversity of natural and technological wonders. This is a blog about the real estate that connects it all together, and the people who enjoy living, working and playing in the heart of the Pacific Northwest.
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Sometimes scheduling a series of showings can be a real challenge.  Leaving messages for agents, sellers, and/or tenants and hoping for a call back in time to fit their listing into a showing schedule can be frustrating.  Today was one of those days for me, but it ended well. I received a call th...
04/30/2010
King County's nationally acclaimed Countywide Community Forums program has announced its upcoming topic and schedule for May 1 - June 13, 2010.  The topic for this first round in 2010 is "Public Trust: Customer Service and Community Engagement."  More information about this innovative program and...
04/27/2010
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You only know about your prospect what your prospect tells you, until you Google them.  And sometimes you will be shocked at what you learn about them.  Have you ever been alone with a prospect who is wanted on murder charges in another state?  I have, but I didn't know it until I did a Google se...
04/26/2010
Home sellers, professional stagers and real estate agents can all make a dramatic impact on the perceived value and saleability of a home by getting rid of a common, yet unnecessary rattling noise. Floors, especially large floors, generally have a little bounce to them, unless they are concrete. ...
04/26/2010
I have a client who begins every phone conversation, without a single exception, with the same question.  "Is this a good time to talk?" The first time he asked, it made sense.  He and I didn't know each other, and we had never talked.  I told him what I would tell any new prospective client, som...
04/25/2010
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I'm a big believer in the (essentially) free market system, including its application to real estate commissions.  I'm also a big believer in disclosure of unusually high and low commissions offered to me when I am representing buyers.  The free market doesn't require me to work for either lower ...
04/25/2010
I'm blogging about "blogging about blogging."  I've read a lot of great blogs here on the topic of blogging better, and learned a lot from them.  I've been converted from a blogging naysayer to a blogging enthusiast by ActiveRain. Blogging Is Worthwhile It has taken me a few years to get the wort...
04/25/2010
One thing about writing that I love is that when my mind gets all wound up trying to put one idea into cohesive words, its churning up new ideas and applications at the same time.  While I'm blogging about things someone else might learn from or find interesting, I'm actually learning new things ...
04/24/2010
It's a busy real estate weekend.  It's the last weekend for most buyers to find a house that they love in time to strike a deal and get a tax credit.  Showings appear to be plentiful.  Open houses are everywhere.  An Active Rain member is creeping up on 1,000,000 points. The dust is still in the ...
04/24/2010
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I can always tell when there is a new person responsible for monitoring noxious weeds in my part of King County, Washington.  In the spring or summer a note will appear on my door telling me that someone from the county has been hunting for noxious weeds on my land, and that they found some.  The...
04/23/2010
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