Daryl Datus's Blog

The Hoods Canal Spot Shrimp sport season generally opens during the month of May with clear blue skies and majestic Olympic Mountain views. This has lured the sportsmen and ladies out like only Hood Canal can. With baited and set pots the fishermen awaited the first easy limit. By 10:00 am the fi...

With the weather warming early this year, and the excitment of the out doors. Every day I hear "Is it spring yet?"   Its ok with your evergreens, dogwood, spirea, maples, deutzia, mock orange, elderberry and buddleia. Its best todo your roses in stages, starting by removing dead or diseased wood ...

With spring in the air , hoping to sell this year-----The 4-month moving average for Housing Starts is the highest since July 2008. Some economists feel the underlying trend for home building is upward and should remain that way for a couple of years. February, however, saw Existing Home Sales di...

Many ask what is weather like in Belfair, On average, the warmest month is August. The highest recorded temperature was 101°F in 1981. On average, the coolest month is December. The lowest recorded temperature was 7°F in 1990. The maximum average precipitation occurs in December Best place to get...

I would like to be one to welcome our new business to Belfair. Taco Bell Its wonderful to have options when shopping for Real estate in the Hood canal area!!   Taco Bell Corp. has made plans to break ground in April of 2014, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., (NYSE: YUM), is the nation's leading ...

              last week’s economic headlines saw gains in retail sales, along with consumer and producer price increases, a return to more measured performance in short-term employment activity, and new home construction ended the year on a positive note. Retail Sales Retail sales enjoyed a bump ...

    Unlike winterizing your main home, winterizing a vacation or summer home effectively means closing down the home for the winter. However, winterizing a cabin,vacation home  or summer home really only involves a few basic tasks that can be completed in about a day by a homeowner Shut off the W...

Its a great time to sell!! Remind yourself of the tax advantages of closing a transaction before January. Also the deals are more plentiful for both buyers and sellers because there is less competition at this time of year. Keep in mind that interest rates are expected to rise in 2014, so now is ...

  October Unemployment October’s unemployment performance beat forecasts despite possible skewing due to the Federal shutdown. The economy added 204,000 non-farm jobs in October, putting the unemployment rate at 7.3 percent for the month, and the total number of jobless Americans at 11.3 percent,...

How Many times this happens in our business, I was traveling home one day and saw a large vessel flipped, and the locals delt with it this way.  I guess the old bird is making the best of it and saying This is the way I roll. LOL>