Whether you sell your home using a realtor or sell it yourself, getting your home ready to view is a necessity. The process of getting your home ready to market is called ‘Staging Your Home’. It absolutely is a theater …
I’ve lived on Orcas Island for about 18 years. Working as an Island Realtor I get asked a lot of questions from new clients looking to buy their island dream home. One of the most frequently asked questions is “I …
In many markets across the country, the number of buyers searching for their dream homes greatly outnumbers the amount of homes for sale. This has led to a competitive marketplace where buyers often need to stand out. One way to …
Have you been thinking of buying a property in the past few years but discarded the dream because you have taken a hit to your credit score? There are many people in the same boat. But some changes are coming… …
So you’ve been considering buying a home or a second home but aren’t sure it’s quite the right time. Here are some suggestions that might help you to know if now is THE time and that may even make the …
With so many people struggling to pay their mortgages it’s important to know your options. There is a lot of dialogue swirling around the buzz words “foreclosure” and “short sale”, but what do they mean at the most basic level, …
Are you thinking of selling your home in today’s real estate market? It is more important than ever to pick the Realtor that is right for you in this depressed market. Here are some ideas about how to approach finding …
TV shows and movies have given us such funny images of Realtors. I recall the dysfunctional Realtor played by Annette Bening in American Beauty, frantically washing dishes and repeating to herself a positive mantra about how she was going to …
Scaling Down, Downsizing, Cutting Back, Minimizing, Simplifying: there are many words we use for sorting through our things and releasing our control of them to others. Formerly thought of as, well, second-class, currently the handed down item is now a …
I live on San Juan Island, but I have a second home in the wilderness without even a television or cell phone coverage. Lots of people have second homes in the San Juan Islands. What is it that makes a …
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