Chud's perspective on Quality of Life in Pullman, WA

Colton, WA - What living on the Palouse is all about.   Smooth sailing to Colton, WA.   The Palouse, southeast Washington's vast, rolling hills, undulating sea of wheat, is spread out over 2 million acres of steep, rolling, treeless (for the most part) on dark soil.   Other than selling trucks to...

In sales, a referral is the key to the door of resistance. Bo Bennett Once again I am going back to some of the things that I learned in my 20+ years in the car business in regards to referrals.  Building a reputation of the "go to car guy" or in this case the "go to real estate dude" starts with...

"Almost any man worthy of his salt would fight to defend his home, but no one ever heard of a man going to war for his boarding house" - Mark Twain With the cost to acquire a home as measured by an affordability factor (home prices, interest, etc. per income) at historically low numbers, FIRST TI...

Pullman (Ya gotta luv this town) - Activities and Quality of Life When Cindy, my wife, and I first met and I learned that she was born and raised in Pullman, WA, I thought that she must have had the most boring childhood (plus the poor thing must have had to put up with being a Cougar).  My ignor...

Income Property - Is it a good deal? First, lets get some definitions cleared up: Income property - Property purchased or developed to earn income through renting, leasing or price appreciation. Income property can be residential or commercial. Residential income property is commonly referred to ...

"Know your inventory by walking the lot every morning" is what my grandfather preached to me and the rest of the salespeople at Wendle Ford.  In the car business, it is easy to assume that as a salesperson you can provide any customer that walks on the lot, calls in or inquires via email, informa...

Growing up in one city, Spokane, there a lot of things you take for granted - familiarity of neighborhoods, schools, hospitals, restaurants, shopping, kids activities, adult activities... the list goes on and on.  In Spokane, me and my family were on cruise control in regards to when Jack had to ...

Re-blogged by 0 agents This blog is the first of a series of Pullman, WA's quality of life.  This blog focuses on my perspective of economic development and its impact on our quality of life in our great community. Economic development is critical for a community to move forward in regards to it...

This blog is the first of a series of Pullman, WA's quality of life.  This blog focuses on my perspective of economic development and its impact on our quality of life in our great community. Economic development is critical for a community to move forward in regards to its overall quality of lif...

Negotiating to a win-win doesn't mean drink the "steroid spiked fruit punch and roll up your sleeves" with the attitude of "game on - take no prisoners" attitude.  Unfortunately, with my career in the car business, I have dealt with the public's perception of negotiations as a very negative thing...