I’m pretty sure if the power company offered you a month off from paying your bill, you’d say yes. It might not happen tomorrow, but according to an article I just read in a Sierra Club magazine, in a few decades looks like large power bills will be a thing of the past. As we all know, it’s... (more...)

WHAT IS A BUYER’S AGENT AND WHY DO I NEED ONE?   Q:  How do Buyers’ Agents Get Paid?   A:  Their services are free to the Buyer.   Q:  How does that work?   A:  When the Seller’s Agent signs a listing agreement with the Seller, they negotiate a commission.  They then offer... (more...)

I was up in the Vancouver BC area last week and my friend Laura Howren took me with her to see a property she just listed in Chilliwack. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the area, it’s a city in the Fraser Valley region in BC about an hour and a half away from Vancouver (home to... (more...)

Seafair in Seattle is Roaring to Life! Yes, it’s that time again Seattle, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels are back in town.  And, if you haven’t heard already, the Fun in the Sun at Seattle Seafair thunderboats are back on Lake Washington.  It is truly a spectacular time of year.  Seafair is... (more...)

Mercer Island is known as a wonderful place to live.  It’s also great to visit, although as it sits in Lake Washington Private docks on Mercer Island Waterfront between Seattle and the Eastside, and is crossed by I-90 on the Floating Bridge (built in 1940), it is often just passed over as commuters... (more...)

An important factor for many families relocating to the Seattle area are proximity to great public schools.  For the year 2009, and consistently year after year, Bellevue high schools have a total of five high schools ranked in the top 100 in the nation and Washington has 31 ranked top 1500 according... (more...)

Mercer Island is a rural city located about 10 minutes east from Seattle, on the I-90 floating bridge. Notorious for its numerous waterfront properties with views of Lake Washington, the Cascades and Mt. Rainier, Mercer Island is home to many of the Seattle area’s elite. Single family home prices... (more...)