Rain City Guide

The anecdotal evidence is out there when we have relocating singles, couples and families contacting us for help in finding a short term rental to stay in as they come to the Emerald City for a new job, school, or otherwise. Some of these folks are also looking for a 1-year lease because they believe [...]

It’s official: I have lived in Seattle for more than a month, and wow, what an ineffable month it has been — one of discovery, excitement, elation, apprehension, awe and excess dosages of espresso-enhanced java! My life has never been less insipid. And as I become more taken with Seattle and grapple with learning the [...]

The rain has returned to Rain City and Seattle survived its’ heat wave last week…a couple of neighborhood bloggers share how they did it in this weeks’ Neighborhood Round-up….
Hot…hot…very hot last week so a few tips for beating the heat durring the next wave from Issaquah’s Red Brick Blog and in West Seattle’s Alki [...]

Last week I took a young couple out to look at houses in a 3-city area. We were working on determining what areas north of Seattle might be places they’d like to consider moving to.  To begin our research my clients had picked 6 houses they thought would be interesting to see and in different [...]

I know from the comments and emails that a lot of people enjoy the occasional SEO tweak and update. My latest change (as of 10 minutes ago) was to replace the words “Home” in the main tab with “Seattle Real Estate” (Thank you Tim for the inspiration!).
As usual, [...]

Hello everyone! Sorry I have missed doing the neighborhood round-up these past 2 weeks…I was unavoidably pre-occupied with other matters…so here we go to catch up. There’s been a whole lot happening in the hot and sunny Seattle neighborhoods recently!
Summers’ heat has begun to show its’ effects recently; there have been consequences and in Alki Stephanie [...]

Several years ago, I attended a summer retreat in blissful Colorado Springs. And while I didn’t retain an abundance of what I experienced on that 10-day retreat, a line one of our leaders reiterated clung to me – and has subsequently helped me to propel myself out of my comfort zone and into more tenuous [...]

http://savingwater.org/ is the website you can go to if you are a Seattle resident to sign up for a free shower head and faucet aerator. The offer expires Sept 15, 2007 and require up to 4 weeks for delivery. This “deal” is brought to you by several local utility companies including: Seattle City Light, Puget [...]

Something we’ve always done with our client’s contracts is to make sure that a NWMLS Form 22K is used to help facilitate closing out utilities at the closing of the transaction. Why, you may ask? Doesn’t the seller have to change it over and the buyer has to put the utility in their name? [...]

[Editor's note: When I noticed that Deborah Burns was writing a most wonderful blog about Seattle's Urban Villages, I could help but hope that she make take a part in helping to write about Seattle neighborhoods on RCG! And to my great pleasure, she agreed! Deborah has been with RCG for a long [...]