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northwest: Veterans Day 2012
- 11/12/12 07:41 AM
As a “Veteran”, I wanted to write a post today that centered on the sacrifices that all Vets endure to preserve the “American Dream”, and provide the freedoms for all in the uniquely American value of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”. Instead, I will use the words of another from Coldwell Banker, Nick Colletti, who is also a Veteran and who summed up nicely, what I was feeling. – Mike Winkler, Principal Managing Broker - Issaquah Taken from Blue Matter, the official Blog for Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC Guest Blog Post by Nick Colletti “Appreciate the little things
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northwest: Distressed vs. Non-distressed Housing Market
- 10/29/12 09:51 AM
Some national reports site that the improvement in the housing market has been in better neighborhoods and for non-distressed properties. There is no question we have a bifurcated market. Nationally non-distressed properties are down on average 25% from the peak while the distressed property market is down 40%. Numerous charts show the non-distressed segment has shown far more (relative) price stability than the overall market. Whether you call it a bifurcated market or a market duality it is interesting to analyze the impact of distressed sales on the overall market. When valuing a home I think it’s important to understand what
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northwest: What is it About Culture?
- 10/08/12 10:32 AM
Why has office culture and business culture become the buzz word in our industry? The American Heritage Dictionary (circa 1985) has numerous descriptions for the term culture. My two favorites are: 1. “The act of developing the social, moral and intellectual faculties through education” 2. “Intellectual and artistic activity, and the works produced by it” The culture of a branch is a living, breathing work in progress. It’s the unstated attraction of an environment inviting people to belong simply because it feels right. All the intellectual recruiting in the world will not
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northwest: Worthy Customer - Worthy Broker?
- 10/01/12 11:37 AM
As real estate professionals we spend an incredible amount of time managing our Sphere’s and prospecting, always in search of the “Worthy Customer”. While, there is often great debate about methods, I tend to subscribe to the simple philosophy scribed by Dave Beeson, “everything works and nothing doesn’t’”. In other words, there are too many who were in our industry, who no longer practice real estate, yet make blanket statements about what works and what doesn’t and surprise, surprise, they typically have a solution that you can purchase to prove their point! Of course, that is a subject for an entirely
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northwest: To Delay or Not To Delay
- 09/17/12 08:47 AM
As a listing broker, we are now frequently in situations with multiple offers. It can benefit sellers if they have more than one offer to consider delaying, but there are also situations where it may not be wise. Here are some tips to help you make a smart decision.Situations where you should not delay the presentation of offers:• Your first offer is strong, the financing looks good and there may be appraisal issues at a higher price.• You did not have a letter on file and it was not noted in the agent remarks per MLS Rule 11.• Some buyers will
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northwest: Time for ActiveRain?
- 09/03/12 06:23 AM
A few Coldwell Banker Bain Principal Managing Brokers were recently discussing the idea of blogging as a group about the real estate industry, our company, culture and communities. One of the group remarked that while we had some video bloggers (more on that later), only George Roth, who you will meet, is currently blogging. The discussion meandered a bit until George himself said, “What about ActiveRain?” It was late in the afternoon with a preponderance of low blood sugar in the group and before we knew it we had all agreed to join and participate in ActiveRain. So here we are!
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