Thoughts on Investing in Real Estate Today In today’s market, you hear all kinds of good and bad comments so which do you consider when thinking of investing in real estate today? First, let’s go back to last year and see what happened. Initially, the market was much like the previous year with sellers still [...] Read more
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All About Renton’s Maplewood Heights Neighborhood
Maplewood Heights in Renton Maplewood Heights is a neighborhood in northeast Renton with good schools, attractive amenities, and a good location. The neighborhood is centered on Maplewood Park and the Maplewood Heights Elementary, which was recently named a “School of Distinction”. The Renton School District generally has seen improvement in test scores in 2011. Recreational [...] Read more
Seattle ICE STORM 2012!
Seattle Snow and Ice Storm Seattle is suffering through an unprecedented week of snow and ice storms that have cut power to 250,000 homes and brought the city to a halt. Our usual mild winters will sprinkle 1-2 inches on us, everybody will stay home one day to play, and then it all melts by [...] Read more
Queen Anne Real Estate Market
Queen Anne real estate market has always been a hot one due to the highly desirable location and charming properties but it has never been hotter! The combination of the attractive values and historically low mortgage rates is bringing a lot of buyers that were sidelined during the boom and really propelling the Queen Anne [...] Read more
Big Box Real Estate Companies vs. Smaller Companies-What’s the difference?
What’s in a name? A Buyer’s perspective It occurs to me that there are some definite differences between the big box real estate companies that you always see in the media and the smaller firms that are in the market. The big firms make you fit into their box and some make you qualify with [...] Read more
Seattle Real Estate New Year’s Resolution No. 2 — Get Your Team Ready
2011 was actually a busy, brilliant year. I got a phone call recently telling me that in 2010 I was in the top 2% of realtors in King County according to the Multiple Listing Service. It made me think about what that might mean… business, lifestyle, how I’m working with my clients to achieve their [...] Read more
