[photopress:hoffman__s.jpg,full,alignright] What a lovely unexpected surprise! When Kevin Boer of Three Oceans called to ask if we could have coffee during his whirlwind tour of Seattle, we “group dated” with Redfin’s Marie Hagman. Redfin’s new “Maven of the Mavens” I’ve already signed up to get an auto email with every new “Sweet Digs” entry. It automatically comes up as San Francisco, so be sure to hit the drop down menu and put in Seattle.
Marie assures us that the seven bloggers selected from the 300 or so that replied to Redfin’s Craig’s List Ad, just turned out to be ALL WOMEN destined to be in the running for next year’s Top Ten! Hey, that only leaves three spots for all of the rest of us.
Redfin’s Rule stated that none of the bloggers could be real estate licensees. Sweet Digs is very cool, and very much the answer to Galen’s prayers. As non-licensees they are free from all of the weight and chains of rules, rules and more rules, and they are just blogging away to their heart’s content. And I DO mean their “heart’s content” as all were chosen, Marie included, based on their passion for anything real estate and their ability to write with that same passion.
And OH MY GOD!…the Eastside Sweet Digger is Jessi Princiotto…cool enough to have her photo taken by cell phone while in the car…I can’t wait to meet her…I can’t wait to read her…and my side of town to boot!! How lucky can I get! My East Coast fix and local real estate reading all wrapped into one!
Congratulations ladies. Marie and Jessi, we’re calling ahead to Hoffman’s for that torte…just name the day and time.
Oh, and Kevin and Kim were there too LOL. My partner Kim Harris (far right in the photo) and Kevin Boer (left of Kim). Kevin is definitely going home with some stories, and hopefully some insight, into how very different the Seattle Market is from his neck of the woods.
Kevin asked, “What do you say when a ‘Redfin Buyer’ calls and says, “I want to see your listing RIGHT NOW!!”, LOL. I answered “Same thing I say to ANY buyer who says I want to see your listing RIGHT NOW!!” Redfin Buyers don’t exactly grow horns, by definition. We had a fun chat. This is Seattle, very few times do we meet people that are ornery, nasty or unreasonable. It’s a great town with a lot of great people…even “Redfin Buyers”.
Have a safe trip back to CA, Kevin! Great meeting you and thanks for the intro to Marie.
Ardell, it was a blast meeting the person behind the blogger. Let me know if you’re ever down in the Bay Area; let’s get together again!
Ardell, it was wonderful meeting you! I’d love to get together again. Thanks Kevin for the introductions.
Did they like the cake?
Hi, Ardell! I’m really looking forward to meeting you—we can talk east and west coasts. As for that cake….ohhh, it was good. Too, too good.
I am just so very excited about your covering Eastside. I LOVE Finn Hill…best kept secret in Seattle, isn’t it? Great write up. Makes ME want to go see it…and I only have Seattle buyers at present.
You and Marie name the date and time. I’m East of Market, so I only need short notice unless I’m out on an appointment. Just call my cell when you two are free.
I’m going to link to your write-ups from my blogs (not RCG, my Kirkland Blog and my SearcingSeattleBlog). Good Luck! and…as the cake said…”Blog ON!”
Let’s meet at Hoffman’s and this time have the Princess Torte, that’s the cake I was after Friday and they were sadly out, though what we ended up with was also delish.
One torte that all three of us can share sounds good to me. But let’s do it before January 10th when we all go on that after the holiday’s diet, OK?