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Dude, Where’s the Bottom?

September 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments

So maybe you noticed I haven’t been posting a lot lately.  Maybe you were wondering why?  Well, two reasons really.  One, I couldn’t see blogging much during the summer, because once summer finally arrived, it was fantastic.  If it comes to a choice between being inside blogging or outside doing just about anything else, I’ll […]

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The Truth About Short Sales

July 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Here is the first truth about short sales: there is no “one truth” about short sales.  If you ask 10 different agents about what it’s like to work short sales, you’ll probably get 10 different answers, which will be influenced by the agent’s personality and tenacity, the situation surrounding the short sale, the lender itself, […]

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Update on Port Gardner Wharf

April 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve talked before in this blog about being a big booster of the downtown Everett revitalization that is happening.  A big part of the city’s future plans include the redevelopment of the Everett waterfront, which it is believed will be a big draw to the area.
On that note, this arrived in my email inbox today:
Approximately […]

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Real Estate Market Report for Mukilteo

March 31st, 2008 · No Comments

While we’re waiting for the NWMLS statistics for March to come out, I thought I would go ahead and share some of the market information I am receiving from Altos Research.  If you click on the “Get Reports” button on the header above, you can request to have this report, or one for the city […]

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Tags: market statistics · Edmonds · Everett · the real estate market · snohomish county · mukilteo · Uncategorized

The Advantage that Isn’t

March 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Local online real estate brokerage Redfin just released their second annual customer satisfaction report called “The Redfin Advantage.”  One of the areas they are touting heavily is the negotiating advantage that Redfin’s customers are supposed to receive. 
Here’s Redfin’s graphical representation of their advantage:

I thought it would be a fun idea to compare their numbers to my own, […]

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Tags: info for first time buyers · the real estate market · information for buyers · Inside the Real Estate Biz · Uncategorized