Category Archives: Seller Info

You’re Un-Sellable

July 08, 2010

Let's Meet Today at 414 Bayside Rd.

June 30, 2010
Front HDR

414 Bayside Rd. in Edgemoor is a very special house. It sits in the line of Bellingham’s most exclusive row of homes, in the Edgemoor neighborhood. It’s on 1.1 acres, ON the shore of Bellingham Bay, with views out to and across the San … Continue reading


5 Not-so-Ninja Tips to a Successful Sale

May 14, 2010
Ninja upside down

Yesterday, I published a post on our kayak racing and adventuring blog, www.ChargeLife.com. It’s a list of 5 tips for racers to race faster and stronger. When I first started writing it, I’d titled it something like “5 Ninja Tips … Continue reading


ALL Feedback Really Starts With These 3 Words

April 26, 2010
freeimages.co.uk photos of objects

Profitable websites, profitable brick-and-mortar stores, profitable lemonade stands… they all have the same basic business model in common: 1) Generate traffic — I mean bring people in through the front door. 2) Convert — I mean get some of that … Continue reading


The Final Open House

April 25, 2010
Lead resized

The ticker is ticking away. 4 Days left on the soon-to-be-historic $8000 or $6500 home buyer tax credit. It’s been an interesting case study watching how people feel about it and react to it. The sense of urgency has definitely … Continue reading


Can You Flip a Bellingham Home for Profit?

April 16, 2010
flip this

Remember back to 2005 and 2006 when it seemed like the whole world was flipping real estate and making ridiculous piles of cash? Half the people you bumped into at a dinner party, when asked what they did for work, said, “Oh, … Continue reading


The Dance, Part II

April 12, 2010
hayden high five

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


Hey, Bud!

April 01, 2010
hey Bud

It’d be downright impossible to tour literally hundreds of houses per year, year after year, and not occasionally stumble upon some… elicit… personal property. Finding some papers on a dresser or walking into a particularly aromatic “roommate’s bedroom” is one thing. … Continue reading


The Dance, Part I

March 26, 2010
Hayden & Ashby, on the dance floor!

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


Sorry, but you're not the customer!

March 22, 2010
skull fly

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