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Real Estate and Social Media

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Real Estate and Social Media
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Real Estate and Social Media

real estate and social mediaReal estate and social media are made for each other. Are you on Facebook at least once a day? According to Brandwatch.com, there were 1.083 billion daily active users a year ago. Do your Facebook friends number in the hundreds? In 2016, each user had an average of 338 friends.

Even if you answered these two questions with no, read on. Don’t stop here, whether you are planning to sell your home soon or a year from now. I will show you how real estate and social media go together. [Read more…]

I’m a Full-Time Real Estate Agent

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Full-Time Real Estate Agent
The Personal Seattle Real Estate News

Working when no customer is looking

full-time real estate agentA full-time real estate agent constantly works to improve client service.

As I mentioned last month, one of my favorite places to work is the Mercurys Coffee shop inside the Haggen store in Woodinville. What I’ve learned is that there is more to being a barista than taking orders and making drinks.

Every moment the baristas are not busy serving customers they clean. They scrub the floor, wipe down all surfaces, clean the equipment, and wash and polish the utensils of their trade.

When they don’t clean, they replenish the supplies, ranging from a variety of beans and teas to over 40 drink flavorings. They stock up on whipped cream, real milk, and soy milk, paper napkins, cups of different sizes – the list goes on. [Read more…]

Washington Seller Disclosure: Buyer Beware

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Washington Seller Disclosure
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washington seller disclosureWashington Seller Disclosure: 47 States require some sort of disclosure by the sellers of residential real estate and Washington is one of them. The disclosure, also known as Form 17, may well be the most complicated and controversial document in a residential real estate transaction.

Washington Seller DisclosureWhat’s still wrong with the Washington Seller Disclosure Statement

  • Too much information crammed into six pages
  • Too many variables of circumstance
  • Agents can’t help but are asked to enforce
  • Court rulings put burden on buyers
  • The missing fourth choice (no longer missing!)

The Washington Seller Disclosure Statement may explain why filling out certain forms has the appeal of a colonoscopy. Tiny type, too much in all caps, numerous asterisks, indentations, a plethora of boxes and a total of 99 questions are downright intimidating. The form is provided as a courtesy of the Northwest Multiple Listing Service that takes its content from the Revised Code of Washington. [Read more…]