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Real Estate Agent - RE/MAX Key Land Company - Lic# 23293
Focused on Real Estate topics and how they relate to the Pacific Northwest, with an occational off topic subject for entertainment. I hope you enjoy it and welcome your input.
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We are in a unique Real Estate market, and how to get a home sold is changing.  Sellers can benefit from having a price plan from the start. Too often we see sellers list above market price and remain there too long, causing their home to linger on the market.  I am recommending a price plan from...
10/14/2010
Did you know?  Lewis County MLS Inventory Overall: 954 Active Listings, 37 Pending Sale Listings and 42 sales over the last 30 days. 60 Active properties are REO  (bank owned /foreclosure properties)           21 pending sales are REO                     9 of the previous 30 day sales were REO pr...
08/27/2010
I have been tracking REO (bank owned) properties in our local Northwest MLS inventories each week.  REO prices are hard to compete with. Great for buyers, not so great for sellers.  My goal is to pass information on to my clients and to assure my sellers these numbers will change over time.  They...
02/26/2010
I asked this awhile back and never did get an answer.  "I have a wordpress blog and an Active Rain blog.  My wordpress blog is linked to other programs, so I would like to be able to import as I post into my Activerain blog."    
02/08/2010
Is your data safe?  If your like most...  not as safe as it should be.  I have used a variety of data storage/backup over the past few years.  CDs, flashdrives, and web-based.  Currently I use a web-based backup service  that I pay a monthly fee for.  I have used the same service for about two ye...
12/30/2009
Having your home on the market is a challenge anytime of the year, but the Holiday Season seems to be the most challenging of all.  I encourage my sellers to keep their homes listed during this busy time, there are many benefits.  For instance.... 1) Homes taken off the market (for the holiday or...
12/10/2009
It can be done!  It's that time of year and I am focused on cleaning up my contact file!  Like so many people, I work from a desktop and a laptop, syncing data is extremely important.  What I have:  Outlook 2007 to manage my contacts and calendar. I have a PC running Win7 I have a laptop running ...
12/08/2009
      2009 YTD (Oct)  $                   172,555.00 -15% 2008  $                   199,105.00 -8% 2007  $                   215,561.00 11% 2006  $                   191,241.00 14% 2005  $                   164,084.00 16% 2004  $                   137,310.00 8% 2003  $                   125,913....
11/10/2009
Just a review of where we are at compared to a year ago.  Sales up slightly, similiar price range activity.  Lewis County sales by price range- last 6 month Sold   Selling Price Range  Quantity % of total $19,999 or under 1 0% $30,000 thru $39,999 6 2% $40,000 thru $49,999 7 2% $50,000 thru $59,9...
11/10/2009
As part of its plan to stimulate the U.S. housing market and address the economic challenges facing our nation, Congress has passed new legislation that: Extends the First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit of up to $8,000 to first-time home buyers until April 30, 2010. Expands the credit to grant a $6,5...
11/06/2009
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Focused on Real Estate topics and how they relate to the Pacific Northwest, with an occational off topic subject for entertainment. I hope you enjoy it and welcome your input.