Seattle Real Estate News

Trust me
Yes, I do only get paid if you buy a home, and I think you should offer 112% of list price, waive inspection, offer to pay the difference between contract price and appraised value out of pocket, and allow the sellers to name your first-born child. Funny click-bait...

What not to do when a deal starts to get ugly
This has been the month of deals that do not go as expected. We’ve had buyers walk, neighbors crash open houses trying to torpedo our efforts, a short-sale/bankruptcy sale stretch waaaay out, and oh my God, does every single appraisal suddenly have to take a month? ...

Don’t Be an Idiot, Be an Advocate
So who, in this scenario is the idiot? Well, honestly, many, if not most agents when they’re showing homes, and every agent showing homes in TV and movies. I’ll expand. 30 years ago, all agents represented the sellers. So when “your” agent showed you a house, they...

So we’ve decided we are bloggers now.
So we’ve decided we are bloggers now. I’ve been resisting for years, unwilling to take on a commitment to write on a regular basis, worried that our day-to-day tasks would prevent us from following through. And I don’t like to start something unless I’m confident I’ll...