Rain City Guide

(Full disclosure: I work for Move, which owns Top Producer, so please put on your skepticism hat any time I talk about their products!)
About three months ago, I mentioned a soft-launch of a new product from the Top Producer team called Home Insight. Some of the comments were pretty tough on the product [...]

As with most of my blog articles, I am writing to a specific young woman who is suffering from advice and information overload.  In a lot of ways, deciding where, when and whether or not to buy vs. rent, is as personal a decision as choosing a mate.  Sure, everyone wants to tell you how [...]

Thought I’d throw this out there: Agents do you use any CRM (Customer Relationship Management) tools besides a rolodex or Outlook Contacts? Do you know anyone who does? There are a lot out there, but I’ve really only heard of salesforce.com and only in the context of other industries.
Also, a question for the home [...]

The book shown on the right is my favorite.  Not meant as a “tourist” guide, this Newcomer’s guide has long been my best recommendation for people relocating the the Seattle Area.
So chock full of good info, that even long term residents who take the time to read it, learn a thing or two.
Alki - voted by [...]

In a featured artice by Ashley Bach in yesterday’s Seattle Times:
“The core of downtown Bellevue will be getting free wireless Internet access in the next few weeks.
Workers this week are installing 28 wireless boxes on street lights and utility poles to provide Web access in a 150-acre “hot zone.” The coverage area stretches from Bellevue Square [...]

 
 Waterfront Property for Sale! (See the For Sale sign by the garbage cans?)
Time to re-analyze the best marketing plan for this home! OK, Duvall realtors, let’s have a Sunday Tour of Homes by Boat! Better yet, let’s get this home Off the Market!  
Though this is an extreme case, Northwest sellers are having a Sale! Sellers that really need to sell are [...]

The folks over at the Center for REALTOR Technology have made it a bit too tempting, so I’ve decided I’m going to blog the NARdi Gras!
Please join me over on the new blog platform on Move.com as I take over the site with a Mardi Gras theme for the next week. [...]

I got this email the other day, and with the authors permission, I thought other agents looking to start a blog might find my responses helpful.
I am an agent with Coldwell Banker in Los Angeles and I attended your bloginar in July. I have really been researching (reading The Corporate Blog Book by Debbie [...]

I ran and posted the stats for King County sales in 2005 vs. 2006. I will update date them at the end of each month going forward. If anyone can turn them into a line or bar graph, that would be much appreciated.
Please post any comments regarding the stats, on the blog [...]

Can you totally remodel a 3/4 bath for only $3,500 in 48 hours?  One of my clients recently purchased a house that needed a remodel of the basement level 3/4 bath. I have lots of before and after pictures in my head, of “what is” vs. “what can be”, but it is often difficult to convey that information to my [...]