ARDELL's Seattle Area Real Estate Blog
Seattle Real Estate including The Eastside cities of Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond and The Seattle Neighborhoods of Green Lake, and most points on the north side of Lake Washington.
ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS
2007
3
Comments
DRAGNET STYLE Just the FACTS, M'am Monday 10:05 P.M. - email - Hi Ardell, my name is "Jack". I just moved here from X and am on a mission to find a house before June when my wife and children join me. I thought I could do this using the internet but I'm finding this more and more difficult as hou...
02/15/2007
Perhaps it is Pollyanna of me to hope to turn an entire industry into consumer mode as the primary focus. But I honestly think it would be fairly simple. I think of it this way. What would I think of a Doctor who recommended an Ultra Sound because he makes money off those whether I need one or ...
02/11/2007
Every agent should stop going into the office and start working from home. Just you and your clients. Connect with them and not the agents. Once you are one of them and not one of each other, you will begin to embrace the client the way you are trying to connect, here and elsewhere, with one a...
02/10/2007
Instead of thinking about it as "selling a house" and "buying a house", you should be stating as your goal "getting from here to there".A first time buyer who is currently renting, simply needs to coordinate their notice by the 10th of the month to insure a smooth transition. But those who curren...
02/05/2007
ZERO DOWN means NO DOWNPAYMENT. That means you can finance 100% of the Purchase Price, BUT there are other costs involved in the purchase of a house, besides the purchase price. You can "stack your costs" into the transaction by including the requirement that the seller pay X$ toward closing co...
02/05/2007
0
Comments
I often get this question when someone is buying a condo. Why is $900,000 in reserves insufficient at one complex, and $100,000 more than enough at another complex? Simply looking at the dollar amount in the Reserve Fund doesn't tell you anything, unless you know how much is supposed to be there...
02/05/2007
4
Comments
Whether you are a Dentist or a Lawyer or a Real Estate Agent, IF IT IS YOUR VERY FIRST TIME AT DOING THIS THING YOU DO, that is a piece of info that the customer/client is entitled to know before they hire you. So I'm in the hospital having my second child who happened to be 9 lbs, 9 oz. As I l...
02/05/2007
73
Comments
Take a really close look at that Gorilla protecting the baby in his hand. The Gorilla could be NAR, with the baby representative of every Realtor in the Country. The Gorilla could be the MLS system, with the baby representative of each and every one of its members. The Gorilla could be a MEGA ...
02/04/2007
1
Comments
Talking about "covering for another agent" reminded me of my funniest ever sale of a house. I was getting my first ever leg waxing when the phone rang and an agent asked me to show a house to one of his buyer clients. He was "down the shore" (Jersey) with his family. I said no problem. I rushe...
02/04/2007
1
Comments
My children are sick today.I'm posting this huge awesome picture of my grand daughter for me. It helps me feel better.Tonight I'm wishing my daughters were back at this age.When a band aid cured a boo boo.A kiss and make it better was all I needed.Sometimes a trip to the ice cream parlour after ...
02/04/2007
Rainmaker
305,488
305,488
