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Category Archives: Buyer Info
The Dance, Part II
April 12, 2010
In the recent post, The Dance, Part I, we looked at the laundry list of logistics that go into closing a real estate sale and getting moved in or out of the home. And yes, it does come off more often … Continue reading
The Dance, Part I
March 26, 2010
Closing is a dance. Only it’s not like trying to dance with just one other partner who you’ve danced with before. It’s more like trying to do a salsa, in perfect step, to a song you’ve never heard, with 6 … Continue reading
How to turn your wife — or a seller — against you!
March 23, 2010
Everything that happens in the course of buying, selling, or just owning real estate has a simple analogy to everyday life. For example, the art of the inspection response is similar to having your wife — or husband — fix you … Continue reading
Sorry, but you're not the customer!
March 22, 2010
Yesterday, I sat down for a meeting with one of my buyer clients who has fallen in love with a short sale home. She submitted an offer on it, and as the 1st Time Home Buyer Tax Credit countdown keeps … Continue reading
Duel on Main St.: Short Sales versus the Tax Credit
March 17, 2010
“It’d be nice to get the eight-thousand dollar tax credit, but what we really want is a house!!!” This delightful quote was spoken by some buyer clients of mine as they signed an offer to TRY buying a Bellingham short … Continue reading
You've Only Got 44!!!
March 16, 2010
If you haven’t noticed, on the left column of this website is a count-down timer. It ticks off the second remaining before the expiration of the 1st Time Home Buyer’s $8000.00 Tax Credit… and the “Experienced” Buyer’s $6500 Tax Credit, … Continue reading
Is Your Need to Win Keeping You Homeless?
March 11, 2010
It’s all over the national news: It’s a Buyer’s Market! It’s a great time to buy a home, because there’s so much distressed inventory and sellers — whether banks, investors, owner-occupants, etc. — need to just “get out of it” … Continue reading
Does Your Story Matter?
March 09, 2010
In a perfect world, the forms we use to make an offer on a home would have a section — somewhere between the financing and home inspection pages, where buyers would write a narrative featurette about why they are the … Continue reading
Tools of the Trade
March 01, 2010
Ask any Joe on the street what tools a Realtor carries with him into the “workplace” each day, and the answer will probably sound something like: “Cell phone, bluetooth, and laptop.” Yeah, those are heavy-use items in the sales trade, … Continue reading
NW Words of Life
February 28, 2010
Me, to my Buyer client: “Bad news. The listing agent said his client was quite offended by your offer.” My Buyer client: “Well… tell him I was quite offended by his LIST PRICE!!!” –Dean Taylor, Legend of Stimpson