Personal News and Life Updates
NAGLREP Pride
We’re proud members of NAGLREP, The National Association of Gay & Lesbian Real Estate Professionals. One of the nation’s largest LGBT+ trade organizations, NAGLREP has grown to 2,800 members—us included—and 44 local chapters around the nation. NAGLREP works with local, state, and federal leadership, along with local and state Realtor associations, and the National Association…
Read More$37,500 for Unhoused Holidays
Thank you! Our “Winter is Coming” fundraiser brought in a total of $37,500 to support Mary’s Place and people experiencing homelessness. Agents of Change committed to a dollar-for-dollar match of all donations up to $15,000. Our fundraiser EXCEEDED that goal by fifty percent. With your contributions, Mary’s Place will make this difficult pandemic winter more…
Read MoreWinter Is Coming Fundraiser
2020 has already been a tremendously challenging time and winter really is coming this year. This coming season is expected to hit our Mary’s Place community even harder than normal. Please join Agents of Change in making a difference! Agents of Change has committed to a dollar-for-dollar match of all donations up to $15,000. Your…
Read MoreThis is what “We Do More” looks like
We do more than most real estate agents. We put in sweat before we put a listing on the market. Whether it’s refinishing hardwood floors, painting, decluttering, or hiring and coordinating contractors for a massive remodel, we help our clients get the full value out of their homes. What does that look like in the…
Read MoreFirst-time Homeowners, Pandemic-style
Their home was under construction, just three weeks shy of completion. And then—shutdown. Construction stopped.
Read MoreEpisode 5: The Perfect Pantry
The perfect pantry really CAN exist—and in your own home.
Read MoreEpisode 4: Lisa Tames Wild Closets
Quarantine Challenge Because I think we could all use something fun—and helpful—to break us out of this coronavirus funk. Today: CLOTHES CHAOS (or is that just my closet??) Next week (4/16): I KNOW WHAT I OWN! AND WHERE IT GOES!!! Follow Lisa’s tips or use your own method. Post your before and after photos as…
Read MoreEpisode 3: The S-P-A-C-E Method
We’re committed to our “we do more” philosophy, even during COVID-19. We’ve partnered with professional home organizer Lisa Holtby to produce a video series to help you make your home a self-isolation sanctuary where you’re most comfortable, relaxed, and fully yourself. In this episode, Lisa walks us through her S-P-A-C-E method for home organizing.…
Read MoreEpisode 2: How to Disinfect Your Home
In this episode, Lisa explains how to keep your home disinfected and COVID-free.
Read MoreHow you and I can slow COVID-19
Each of us CAN play an important role during this outbreak. It might not be glamorous—it’s certainly not the stuff of movie heroes or epic poetry—but it’s important, and it’s up to us.
Read MoreHow to Prepare You and Your Home for COVID-19
Even if you own your dream home, you run a high risk of cabin fever if you need to self-quarantine for two weeks. A good way to think about prepping for that possibility, said former CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden, is “if you had to be quarantined for 14 days at home,” how would you…
Read MoreOur motto means something different today
We want to address a different part of what “community” means: our responsibilities to one another other OUTSIDE of real estate. Our responsibilities as members of the same city-wide, state-wide, and nation-wide community. My actions and your actions affect our neighbors—especially today, when Washington state votes.
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