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sandpoint realty: Seasons of Sandpoint, Idaho - A Photographic Journal: February 2012, 3rd Edition - 03/31/12 03:38 AM

This series of blog entries features the various seasons in and around Sandpoint, Idaho. Sandpoint, North Idaho, Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort, and Lake Pend Oreille have been featured in the national news repeatedly over the last several years. Autumn of 2011 found Sandpoint, Idaho being voted America's Most Beautiful Small Town by Rand McNally, and in the winter of 2011/2012 Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort was named the Best Ski Resort of the Season byUSA Today/Rand McNally.
Real Estate in Sandpoint has been on the rise approximately 7% a year for three years, much in part due to the decrease in pricing. … (3 comments)

sandpoint realty: Seasons of Sandpoint, Idaho - A Photographic Journal: February 2012, 2nd Edition - 03/29/12 11:31 PM

sandpoint realty: Seasons of Sandpoint, Idaho - A Photographic Journal: February 2012, 1st Edition - 03/29/12 11:20 PM

sandpoint realty: SARABETH - Fantastic Trio of Sisters from Sandpoint, Idaho with their first Music Video - 03/04/12 07:02 PM

So, these three sisters are part of the most talented, close-knit family. Truly what America is all about.
They are trying to get to their first milestone. 3,000 views.
Please view their video. They song and music is wonderful.
It was filmed in Sandpoint, Idaho.

If you have questions about North Idaho Waterfront or Sandpoint Lake Pend Oreille property, give me a call.
Gary Lirette, REALTOR®Tomlinson Sotheby's International Realty208-610-1384garyplirette@gmail.com
or visit
www.SandpointID.netwww.SkiSchweitzer.netwww.LakePendOreille.org

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sandpoint realty: Seasons of Sandpoint, Idaho - A Photographic Journal: 2012 Sandpoint Follies...way too much fun - 03/03/12 11:59 AM

sandpoint realty: Downtown Sandpoint Hosts Events and Santa Claus: Sandpoint Real Estate Blog - 12/08/11 08:52 AM

Last week Marcy Timblin, Manager for the Downtown Sandpoint Business Association appeared on my radio show: North Idaho Business.
Marcy was on the show to talk about two things: What’s happening in Sandpoint for the month of December and the new movement called Genuine Sandpoint.
Marcy Timblin, Downtown Manager for the DSBA
Downtown hosts Santa Claus, special events

This holiday season, the jolly old gent otherwise known as Santa Claus will be making visits every week until Christmas at "The North Pole" on the Cedar Street Bridge. All children are invited to bring their adults and visit with Santa; there … (0 comments)

sandpoint realty: When the chips are down, become innovative and work harder: Sandpoint Real Estate Blog - 09/01/11 06:05 AM

Hard to beileve I was carrying five mortgages just a couple of years ago. My real estate business had slowed down to a trickle, I was getting divorced after 20 years of marriage, and bankruptcy was on the horizon. Losing everything, I put into motion a plan to become solvent and get my business back on track.
First, I had to get my real estate business going stronger. I already had one of the most viewed websites in our area: www.SandpointID.net. I had been using YouTube a bit, and was on all the typical sites such as Linkdin and Hot … (0 comments)

sandpoint realty: Sometimes you just have a good week: Sandpoint Blog - 05/01/11 03:50 PM

Have you ever been so busy you wonder if you are actually accomplishing your real goals? I have had a good and busy week.
Last week I added another million dollars in listings, and will add another mil next week. On Monday I will be finalizing an offer for a home in the $800,000 range. The client found me through my internet presence, which is considerable.
I had a very good radio show last week, and the guests were pertinent and entertaining. You can read about them in my previous blogs.
I also had a very good cooking demo at Yoke's … (5 comments)

sandpoint realty: Real Estate Gimmicks - Remember the Mobile Artists' Open House? Sandpoint Real Estate Blog - 04/03/11 03:59 AM

We all know some of the various methods sellers and REALTORS® use to close the sale. In this market, it can be frustrating. How do you get buyers to even notice the home, much less put pen to dotted line?
Some things are pretty standard, such as holding an Open House. However, in our area, so spread out and with resistance built in, having an Open House is often fruitless. If you are in town or in a development, there is a better chance of having some traffic that may lead to a sale. In a major metro region, people routinely … (3 comments)

sandpoint realty: Shadow Inventory still making headlines: Sandpoint Real Estate Blog - 03/29/11 11:41 PM

On March 10 I posted this blog: Is a flood of shadow inventory on the horizon?
I included the sources, and explained why we might see things get worse before they get better. The financial institutions may be banking (forgive the pun) on having one result: an increase in their stock values. If the flood comes the outcome could be painful. All prices could drop by 25-40%, and while the benefit to buyers is obvious, it could have the opposite effect.
If the value of homes is dropping consistently, but not all at once, buyers may have a wait-and-see attitude. … (1 comments)

sandpoint realty: Some interesting statistics about where buyers come from: Sandpoint Real Estate Blog - 02/16/11 06:06 AM

We've been going through the Matthew Ferrara Learning Network (http://www.mflearn.com/) with one of his short learning videos at our weekly Wednesday meetings for Tomlinson Sandpoint Sotheby's International Realty.
Here are some interesting statistics that he pointed out:
Where to buyers of real estate come from?
Agent 38%
Internet 37%
Sign 11%
Friend 6%
Newspaper 2%
Magazine <1%
That's right. Print advertising in total is less than 3%! By some accounts, 97% of all buyers now see the listing through the internet.
Agent contacts, their inner circle and sphere of influence still is tops, followed closely by internet. How do agents get … (0 comments)

sandpoint realty: Pictures sell your listing: Sandpoint Real Estate Blog - 02/05/11 03:49 AM

There is no doubt that pictures sell your listing. Many use professional photography to better showcase the homes of our sellers. In a resort area like ours, it is equally important to sell our area. In our last weekly meeting at Tomlinson Sandpoint Sotheby's International Realty, we discussed this issue. Posed was what percentage of our buyers were local? While factual numbers are not given here, it can be said that most who buy in Sandpoint, Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort, and along Lake Pend Oreille, the vast majority of buyers are coming from out of the area. I would go one … (3 comments)

sandpoint realty: How to use Activerain to appear to be on the cutting edge of technology (without even trying hard) - 01/26/11 10:51 AM

Posting your blog on Activerain may seem fruitless to some, but it can make you appear to be really tech-savvy without much effort.
How you ask? Well, what makes you look technologically more advanced than your fellow REALTORS®? Is it that you have a really cool website with lots of bells and whistles? Maybe it is that you are a prolific blogger. Is your blog on your website? Are your blogs on Facebook? Do you Tweet? Are you photographing your area and putting that out on a photo website? Do you Skype with your clients out of the area? Do you … (6 comments)

sandpoint realty: A day at the pumpkin patch at Green Bluff: Sandpoint Blog - 11/03/10 11:35 AM

On the hills above Spokane is a farming community called Green Bluff. Green Bluff is in Mead, WA just north of Spokane Valley and NE of Spokane off Bruce Road. Besides just being a farming community, there are little eateries, quaint stores and shoppes, and the overall atmosphere is charming. The fresh produce and fruit make it worth the drive.
We stopped to visit Green Bluff this Autumn and spent a few little whiles in the pumpkin patch.
Here are the pics:

Here is a Mapquest Link
http://www.greenbluffgrowers.com/
Gary Lirette, featured in Where To Retire … (2 comments)

sandpoint realty: MC and Judge at the 2010 Sandpoint Summer Sampler: Sandpoint Blog - 06/11/10 05:14 AM

Each year there are two food venues that offer bits and tastes of our many great restaurants: Taste of Sandpoint each winter, and the Sandpoint Summer Sampler each summer. This year's event next Thursday, June 17th will offer food and drinks from 14 various eateries.
There will be the annual competition between the area's two best chefs, and lots of fun all around.
This year, as in many years past, I will be hosting as MC. I will also be a judge.
To learn more visit the Chamber's page Sandpoint Summer Sampler
Here is a video when I hosted in 2008: … (0 comments)

sandpoint realty: Do you have another job? Sandpoint Real Estate Blog - 05/26/10 02:10 PM

I have always been a busy REALTOR, in that I have a busy real estate career plus I host two radio shows. Since my friend opened his great little restaurant, Dish Home Cooking, I have managed the cafe a couple of days a week for about a year now.
My broker has legitimate concerns as to whether I can do all the jobs well, much less realty. So far, I have been a producer for the company and in the top 20% of my MLS last year, and #12 in our company. Certainly Dish is doing okay. I wrote the book … (0 comments)

sandpoint realty: Sandpoint agent featured on the cover of Dupont Registry: Sandpoint Real Estate Agent - 05/19/10 05:16 AM

In the June issue of Dupont Registry, a home listed by Cheri Hiatt of Tomlinson Sandpoint Sotheby's International Realty was featured not only in an article but graced the front page.
Pretty cool.
Gary Lirette, featured in Where To Retire magazine and host of the Tuesday noon local radio shows: North Idaho Business as well as North Idaho Arts.

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Tomlinson Sandpoint Sotheby's International Realty
200 Main StreetSandpoint, Idaho
208-255-3474
www.SandpointID.net - To learn all about Sandpoint and North Idaho
www.RealtySandpoint.com - For Sandpoint Realty
www.SkiSchweitzer.net … (0 comments)

sandpoint realty: Good Sandpoint Real Estate Agents are constantly learning and training: Sandpoint Real Estate Blog - 03/25/10 04:38 AM

Today in a training class put on by Sotheby's, we reinforced several tools that Sotheby's has that other agencies just can't compare to. Among those are Presentation Studio, our print materials, our web presence, and information that does something other companies are finding difficult in this down market. That something is the art of bringing buyers. With only 19% of the REALTORS® in our market, we make up almost 30% of the sales.
We talked about many things over our Wednesday meeting and our Thursday morning training, including a video by the guru of real estate, David Knox.
Today's topic by … (0 comments)

sandpoint realty: Sandpoint & National Housing Data - March 24, 2010: Sandpoint Real Estate Blog - 03/24/10 05:47 AM

As recently as last summer, fall, and winter the news pundits touted the apparent recovery of our national housing market. With the various government programs feeding the market, such as first time home buyer credits and loan amelioration programs, mainstream media found no end to positive spins of news stories. While these special tax credits and various programs have been extended and helped the lower end of the market, the improved numbers were not so improved at at, and these programs are losing their effect. Now, we are seeing the numbers in the housing market turn down once again.
For the … (0 comments)

sandpoint realty: USDA Out of Money - Not true: A Commentary by Chris Basset - 03/21/10 12:47 PM

Word on the street is that USDA is out of money... This is not true... yet. USDA had a memo put out last week that states that around April 30, 2010 there will be no more funds available for the Guarantee or Direct Programs. Though it is common for USDA to be out of funds every quarter with a delay in guarantees being issued, the memo created a few concerns. What has happened in the past is that if USDA ran out of money for their funding period, they would issue a "Reserve Guarantee" for Guaranteed RD loans. This would reserve … (4 comments)

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