Angela Hardy's (everydayagent) Blog

It is important to understand what "As-Is" means when it comes to a home for sale. Most bank owned homes and short sales are sold "As-Is", and with the current number of these types of sales listed on the market it is imperative that the home buyer understands what the term means. Purchasing a ho...

From time to time I run across clients who become addicted to the thrill of house hunting. They enjoy combing through internet listings looking for just the right house - and the thrill of opening the door to find out if the photos tell the true story of the home becomes an undeniable rush! House...

HUD owned (government owned) homes can be a great option, but they do have some hurdles that a buyer and agent must overcome in order to successfully get to closing. Number one is that the agent must be a registered HUD agent in order to represent a buyer in purchasing the home. If you are consid...

Magical Wishes and a bad escrow companies. I really have issue with bank owned properties that require a specific escrow company and give them POA. I am dealing with one right now which should have closed last week - but the escrow company was "too busy". They actually sent me an email saying the...

Paperwork and home tours. I spent much of the morning organizing my files and doing paperwork so that if another agent needs to step in and do something while I am on vacation it will be easy for them to do so. I had a great afternoon touring beautiful homes for sale in Mukilteo. We looked at vie...

New ideas and new opportunities were the themes for today! My day started with a fantasitc agent meeting at my office where Chad and Rudd from ActiveRain joined us to talk about blogging. So much great information! I continued to receive offers on the property I have listed in Silver Lake. It is ...

Comparing offers can be heart breaking! A listing that I have received multiple offers. I started by comparing the "easy' stuff - net offer price, closing date. length of inspection period. Two offers are very close. So then I started looking at the more intangible aspects of the offer. Young cou...

Today was all about the long journey home - or at least it felt that way. Tournament finals are always stressful - today it was my daughter's volleyball team finishing up a three day tournament. They played so well - I was a proud fan!! After the final game we started our journey back to Snohomis...

Helping potential buyers while being halfway across the state was the name of the game today. While at my daughter's volleyball tournament I received calls on two of my listings from potential buyers who were standing outside of the homes wanting to get inside. I quickly called agents in my offic...

Today was all about my daughter's volleyball tournament. The girls did great and finished the day in Division One! Of course, work also took place. I received a call from an agent that she found one of my vacant listings with the key missing and the door unlocked. I tracked down the agent that wa...