Posts Tagged ‘buyers’
Why the Lone Ranger DOESN’T Work in Real Estate
It’s impossible to handle Seattle real estate on your own. It’s just too much. Too much growth, too much change. Too many neighborhoods with too many quirks. Too many bidding wars and inspections and offers and stagings and negotiations. It’s a messy real estate world in this city, and solitary agents flounder. That’s why we…
Read MoreJohn and Kelly T, Buyers, 2015
“Johnine was super down to earth,” Kelly said. “We just hit it off right away.” We loved Kelly and John—and their son, Dean, too, who can talk to anyone about anything. The family found us through a referral. They had heard that Johnine was a good negotiator, and they wanted someone honest. Someone who would…
Read MoreSidestepping the Bidding Wars
We just sold a house for $60,000 above asking(!), but in this current Seattle real estate market, that’s far from unusual. Buyers are competing with the fervor of Olympians, and prices are jumping up thousands of dollars—tens of thousands—even hundreds of thousands. The biddings wars rage fierce. But sometimes, it’s not all about the money.…
Read MoreBeat the Seattle Commute
The commute, the dreaded commute! Bumper-to-bumper for miles, moving down I-5 slower than you backed out of your driveway. Wait, wait, wait—move forward ten feet and wait some more. Watch the minutes pile up. You should think about this when you pick a house. Map potential routes and test them. Imagine driving from that potential…
Read MoreThe 5 Most Common Mistakes of First-Time Homebuyers
1. Underestimating the process Buying a home is hard. Buying a home in a seller’s market is even harder. The process of finding a house, getting an inspection, negotiating with the seller, and bidding against other buyers is a long one. Many first-time homebuyers are unprepared for the ordeal and soon find themselves exhausted…
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