Maple Valley and the Pacific Northwest

Talking and Texting while driving - Now a primary offense Fellow agents, if you're anything like me, you probably didn't talk on the cell too much while driving...until you started doing real estate. A survey showed that 85% of all cell phone users talk on the phone while driving on a regular bas...

Don't Call Me "Kiddo" So last week I got a rather disturbing phone call from a potential buyer. She was calling about one of my listings. The call started out civil. I noticed she started calling me "Kiddo", which bothered me a bit but being the professional that I am, I just brushed it off. I fi...

I just got word of this yesterday as well and I have quite a few clients looking to purchase in rural areas with USDA loans. I don't normally blanket email to all my buyers at once but this time I did. This is too important. I really hope they put more funds into it. It's very popular in my count...

Excellent article by Todd Clark. While I see what the president was going for by encouraging homeowners to sell rather than do nothing, it's only going to cause more problems and its the wrong way to fix it. What's stopping the banks from going after that $1,500 as deficiency payment anyway. Here...

Internet Savvy Real Estate Agent Was your last agent an internet savvy real estate agent? One of the questions I ask sellers with an expired listing is "What did your last agent do to market your home?" More often than not I find that the sellers either don't have a clue or they start talking abo...

Fast food order mistakes - I've figured out the formula!!! If you are like most Americans, I bet you've gone to a drive thru and had your fair share of fast food order mistakes. I also bet you didn't know their was a formula for this. Yep, I FIGURED IT OUT! Sometimes they give you an extra french...

How much will the sellers take? Patricia answers the all-to common question..."How much will the sellers take?". I've heard this question, sometimes it takes different forms or is worded differently but essentially its asking the same question to get the lowest possible price they want to know "H...

Most dangerous appliances in your house According to a series of new Home Safety Council- funded studies conducted at the University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center, the most up-to-date statistics available, 18,048 people died due to unintentional home injuries each year in th...

Best Real Estate Agent in Everett, WA Jeff Rainwater is the Best Real Estate Agent in Everett, WA! As a real estate agent, is this what you are waking up each morning and telling yourself? Are you looking in the mirror and saying "It's me. I am the Best Real Estate Agent in Everett, WA"? Do you b...

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