Washington Real Estate

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Real Estate Agent - Coldwell Banker Bain
Greater Seattle, Washington offers a beautiful diversity of natural and technological wonders. This is a blog about the real estate that connects it all together, and the people who enjoy living, working and playing in the heart of the Pacific Northwest.
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Duvall WA Farmers Market 2010 The Duvall WA Farmers Market Kicks off Thursday, May 6, 2010 and runs through September 30, 2010.  Market hours are 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. each Thursday, rain or shine according to the Duvall Farmers Market web site, where complete details, history, map and vendor app...
05/05/2010
Business growth necessitates change in advance of problems in order to prevent adverse impacts to clients.  In my business, this means it is time to move up a couple of notches in my contact management system and strategy. The specific system I have chosen isn't terribly important, other than to ...
05/05/2010
Part of today was my time to spend tilling some nice rich two year old compost into a 1200 square foot section of my garden.  This is the prime section that gets the most sun, the most sprinkling when it needs it, and the best soil care.  This is where I will be growing tomatoes and sweet corn th...
05/04/2010
I don't know about you, but I love patient, selective, thoughtful buyers.  I'd rather show dozens of homes before a purchase, than just one.  Am I nuts?  Isn't that a lot of work?  No, I'm not nuts, and yes, it is a lot of work.  I'm in business to work, and I'm paid fairly for it. Like any real ...
05/03/2010
It's a good business practice to take a look from time to time at things in our businesses that we've grown attached to but aren't helping us best serve our clients and achieve our business goals.  We need to replace those things with things that nurture and propel our businesses, instead of robb...
05/03/2010
One of my clients called me recently with some questions.  I was expecting the call, because he had mentioned during a previous conversation that he would be calling with a few questions.  But I wasn't expecting the kinds of questions he had, which weren't directly related to the business he has ...
05/01/2010
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Having your ActiveRain blog content show up in Google search results within minutes after you post a blog entry is phenominally satisfying and very valuable.  Have you ever Googled the title of your freshly posted entry just five or ten minutes after posting it?  If so, you know what I mean.  If ...
05/01/2010
There are a few great new real estate agents in my office, learning a lot about building a real estate business, working hard and bringing fresh approaches and practices to the business.  These rookies in my office are worth watching and learning from, and I'll bet if there are some rookies in yo...
05/01/2010
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Buyers often express in different ways that they don't want to waste my time with too many showings.  In fact, many "experts" encourage agents to try to make a sale within X showings and/or move on to another buyer.  That's just not how I do business.  I love showing! Buyers' showing lists someti...
05/01/2010
Over the past month and a half there is a home I have shown numerous times to different buyers.  The first time I talked to the seller to set up a showing appointment, I picked up on something that indicated the seller was going to be inconvenienced being away from home while I showed it, even th...
04/30/2010
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