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Tracking Homebuyer Activity August 24, 2008

Last week an agent said to me, “I have had the same 6 or 7 buyers and sellers for the last 4 months.”  Reminded me of a waitress who couldn’t “turn a table” because the same people stayed all night long.
I decided to track homebuyer activity to see how many buyers who have been looking [...]

Rain City Guide at Inman Connect San Francisco 2008 July 28, 2008

This Photo is floating around from Inman Connect dubbed as “Dustin’s Angels”
That’s Dustin, Rhonda, Jillayne and me at The Trulia Party.

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Who Should Get Out Of The Real Estate Business?

Dustin, Jillayne, Rhonda, Galen and I were all in San Francisco for a few days for The Inman Connect Conference.  One of the most profound and spot on statements I heard at the Conference was “If you do not have a listing, right now, in THIS market (top-heavy with inventory)…turn in your license!”. Sorry I can’t remember [...]

Estately wins most innovative web service… July 26, 2008

… at Real Estate Connect!
A huge congratulation goes out ot long-time rain city guide contributor Galen Ward for continuing to innovate with the real estate search site Estately!

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Mr Monk Buys a House July 16, 2008

Mr. Monk returns to TV with a premiere episode this Friday, July 18th. This one will be near a dear to our hearts. He’s going to buy a house! That’s right. Here is your most OCD client in a life-imitates-art drama.
When his new neighbor plays his music too loud, Monk decides it’s time to move. [...]

Rain City Radio: Join the Conversation with Tim Ellis today at 4pm! July 1, 2008

Please join us as we have a conversation about the Seattle bubble and the Naked Loon starting at 4pm PST!
All it takes to get involved is a telephone OR an internet connection:   You can call in to listen to the show via any phone… You can log into TalkShoe to stream the show to [...]

Next Week on Rain City Radio: Tim Ellis June 25, 2008

Fresh off an great conversation with Tracy Record of the West Seattle Blog, I’m really excited to have Tim on our show next week!   I’m sure we’ll talk about all things Seattle bubble as well as Tim’s great new parody project: Naked Loon.
Please set aside Tuesday, July 1st at 4pm to join us!   And if [...]

A West Seattle Conversation! June 23, 2008

I’m extremely excited about tomorrow’s Rain City conversation!
I invite the entire RCG community to join us at 4pm on Tuesday for a conversation with Tracy Record, the local community expert who runs the West Seattle blog.
My plan is to talk with her about the vibe of West Seattle, what’s she’s learned running the blog and [...]

Our New Responsible Mortgage Lending law June 17, 2008

Just when you thought you had seen the most stupid law from our legislature regarding real estate omitting common sense, here comes another! House Bill 2770 aims to make what was a federal offense a state class-B felony. While it is aimed at mortgage brokers, it has wide sweeping implications to real estate agents, buyers, [...]

Join us for a Rain City conversation on Tuesday afternoon! June 16, 2008

I’ve been having such a blast with the 4realz Roundtable conversations, that I’m going to bring the conversation to Rain City Guide!
The idea: this Tuesday at 4pm, I’m going to host a conversation with the Rain City Guide community. There are many ways to join the conversation and all of them are easy. All [...]

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