One More for the Veterans - 05/29/11 10:30 AM
When traveling I often mention to my driver (wife) that we should pull over in the next town and check out a Vietnam Veterans' Memorial. I must have seen a hundred of them by now, but never tire of pausing for a moment and bowing my head in rememberance of what all our veterans have done for us. I like to think that other countries have veterans too, and even if they opposed us in battle, it was their  leaders who sent them into the fray. Veterans from every country, from every war, get my respect all year long. My latest … (14 comments)

Eileen Black - Bainbridge Island Washington - 05/25/11 09:19 PM
I have to admit that like many people, I misjudged someone.
Here's the story. Last fall my mother-in-law passed away. She had passed 90 and still lived in her own home, alone, but a fall and complications took their toll. She lived on Bainbridge Island, Wa, a few miles from her daughter Ellen. Her other daughter and I are Realtors® only 10 miles, a ferry ride and light years away. Ellen and Marjie's brother Scott lives in New Hampshire.
The home would eventually be put on the market and since Marjie and I are in the business, we knew what had … (16 comments)

Expired? Cancelled? Off Market? What's a Seller To Do? - 05/22/11 11:07 AM
Expired? Cancelled? Off Market? What's a Seller To Do? You are not alone. Many homes in Seattle and elsewhere have languished on the market for months. In other words: Unsold. No action for weeks. You're the seller. The sign post in your yard has been leaning toward the street for so long you can tell it's trying to run away. What do you do? Blame your agent? Blame the market? Blame the banks and their lousy short sales and foreclosures? Let me help you here. There are only three reasons your home didn't sell. And you the seller are directly responsible … (31 comments)

Bike riding in Minneapolis - 05/09/11 06:04 PM
Spring arrived in Minneapolis on Friday the 6th of May. We took advantage of sunshine and 60 plus degrees for an 18 mile ride down Wirthe Parkway to the Greenway. Lunch and Midtown Market and then east to the Missisippi River and north past the University, finishing on Plymouth Ave and back to my brother's house.

Minnesota has more paved, rails-to-trails biking trails than any other state.
We liked it so well that a different 6 of us drove to Wayazata Saturday and enjoyed even a nicer day riding 26 miles On the Dakota trail through the Lake Minnetonka area … (14 comments)

Don't Buy A Home Now - 05/03/11 06:49 PM
There are reasons why I say don't buy a home now. Let me give them to you.
You can read on Realtor.com and Trulia and Zillow and numerous other websites the Five, or Eight, or Ten reasons to buy, hints to sell, techniques to get a great deal and so on. There are reasons you should not buy a home now, and I'm not just talking about the Seattle residential real estate market. 
The first question you have to ask yourself, and it is one I ask every new buyer at our first interview, Do you really want to be a … (54 comments)

April 2011 Ravenna Roosevelt Market Report - 05/01/11 11:41 AM
April 2011 Ravenna Roosevelt Market Report
The data is in for April is in and the results are pretty much as predicted. Closed sales are up 100%! There were only 8 closed sales in March, but there were 17 in April. Inventory has remained at 31 active single-family units including condos for the Roosevelt Ravenna neighborhoods. 
The map below shows the sales in red, the pendings in yellow and the active listings in green.

 
What does the data have to say about the month of April? Let's take a look.
 
 
We see that the average days on … (6 comments)

 
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