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		<title>Screaming Deals Only!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the spirit of Halloween, today&#8217;s post celebrates that niche in Bellingham real estate known as the &#8220;Screaming Deal!!!&#8221; These house, priced up to $150K, are for those of you whose boss has SLASHED your income&#8230; but you&#8217;re just DYING to buy &#8230; <a href="http://nwwayoflife.com/screaming-deals-only">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What&#039;s a &quot;Comparative Market Analysis?&quot;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Comparative Market Analysis – or CMA – is a report Realtors put together that objectively and subjectively compares your home to other “like homes” that have sold in the “relevant past” and then uses that information to best determine your home&#8217;s probable &#8230; <a href="http://nwwayoflife.com/whats-a-comparative-market-analysis">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;Safe Return&quot; Fisherman&#039;s Memorial</title>
		<link>http://nwwayoflife.com/bellingham-statue-safe-return-fishermans-memorial</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Structures I Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bellingham real estate blog]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been to Zuanich Point Park , nestled in the greater Squalicum Harbor in Bellingham, you&#8217;ve undoubtedly noticed the statue standing tall on the south edge of the grassy area. This is the Fisherman&#8217;s Memorial statue known as &#8220;Safe Return.&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://nwwayoflife.com/bellingham-statue-safe-return-fishermans-memorial">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Calibration</title>
		<link>http://nwwayoflife.com/the-art-of-calibration</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever traveled to a foreign country in a different time zone, with a different climate, culture, currency, and language? I don&#8217;t mean &#8220;touristing&#8221; to an Americanized resort meant to mimic all the comforts of home you left behind. I mean &#8230; <a href="http://nwwayoflife.com/the-art-of-calibration">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Earnest Money: What&#039;s the Score?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the first page of an offer, one of the terms you&#8217;ll decide on as a buyer is the amount of earnest money you&#8217;ll deposit. Every first-time buyer I work with asks all about earnest money &#8211; what it&#8217;s for, where &#8230; <a href="http://nwwayoflife.com/earnest-money-whats-the-score">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Whatcom Real Estate Absorption Rates</title>
		<link>http://nwwayoflife.com/whatcom-real-estate-absorption-rates</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatcom County can be broken into different areas, all of which are listed in the lefthand column of the chart below. Each area has its own market characteristic based on amount of inventory, how many of those homes are selling, at what &#8230; <a href="http://nwwayoflife.com/whatcom-real-estate-absorption-rates">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NW &#039;Words&#039; of Life</title>
		<link>http://nwwayoflife.com/nw-words-of-life-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outside or in, rain or shine, labor or love&#8230; Sundays are for wisdom. And who better to quote at the start of a new week than Mahatma Ghandi himself? My friend Liz sent this quote, and I loved it from the &#8230; <a href="http://nwwayoflife.com/nw-words-of-life-2">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rio Got the &#039;Games&#039;&#8230; My Clients Got the House!!!</title>
		<link>http://nwwayoflife.com/rio-got-the-games-my-clients-got-the-house</link>
		<comments>http://nwwayoflife.com/rio-got-the-games-my-clients-got-the-house#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s experience is why I&#8217;m a Realtor. I got to deliver the earth-shakingly good news to a newly married couple about to leave on their honeymoon that, after a summer spent looking at dozens of houses, having been beat out by other &#8230; <a href="http://nwwayoflife.com/rio-got-the-games-my-clients-got-the-house">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>B&#039;ham Structures I Love: The Roeder Home</title>
		<link>http://nwwayoflife.com/bellingham-structures-i-love-the-roeder-home</link>
		<comments>http://nwwayoflife.com/bellingham-structures-i-love-the-roeder-home#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a HUGE, HUGE fan of the Craftsman style of design and building. If I had a dollar for every hour I&#8217;ve spent lost in the pages of a Greene and Greene coffee table book, or every time my jaw dropped &#8230; <a href="http://nwwayoflife.com/bellingham-structures-i-love-the-roeder-home">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bellingham Market Update: Sunnyland Neighborhood</title>
		<link>http://nwwayoflife.com/bellingham-market-watch-sunnyland</link>
		<comments>http://nwwayoflife.com/bellingham-market-watch-sunnyland#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buyer Info]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Sunnyland neighborhood, the number of Active listings is currently at 13 homes. List prices range from $197,000 to $650,000 with the average coming in at $354,123. Together these listings have an average time on market of 140 days. There &#8230; <a href="http://nwwayoflife.com/bellingham-market-watch-sunnyland">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What You Should Know About the 3rd Fastest-Growing Company in America</title>
		<link>http://nwwayoflife.com/609</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all have habits. One that I cherish is that I read Inc. Magazine every month, cover to cover. I love it, the &#8220;Handbook of the American Entrepreneur.&#8221; No other magazine, book, class, or even my five stints at different colleges have transformed my &#8230; <a href="http://nwwayoflife.com/609">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bellingham Rainfall: What&#039;s our Wet-Rank?</title>
		<link>http://nwwayoflife.com/bellingham-rainfall-whats-our-wet-rank</link>
		<comments>http://nwwayoflife.com/bellingham-rainfall-whats-our-wet-rank#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the Pacific NW, where&#8230; yeah&#8230; it rains. You can choose to love it, hate it, or (like most) fall somewhere in between. But is it really THAT rainy in Bellingham? It&#8217;s all relative. For example, we don&#8217;t rank anywhere &#8230; <a href="http://nwwayoflife.com/bellingham-rainfall-whats-our-wet-rank">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is Bellingham the SUP Capital of the NW?</title>
		<link>http://nwwayoflife.com/round-the-rock-sup</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s SUP? It stands for &#8220;Stand Up Paddling&#8221; and if you don&#8217;t  know what I&#8217;m talking about&#8230; don&#8217;t worry&#8230; You will soon enough! SUP is undoubtedly the fastest growing paddle sport in the U.S. right now, and Bellingham is proving &#8230; <a href="http://nwwayoflife.com/round-the-rock-sup">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NW &#039;Words&#039; of Life</title>
		<link>http://nwwayoflife.com/nw-words-of-life</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our one-and-a-half-year-old Hayden Storm has fallen in LOVE with books. He loves balls, dinosaurs, and his kayak, too. But above everything else he loves books. On average, I bet we read to him 20 or 30 books a day. Usually, &#8230; <a href="http://nwwayoflife.com/nw-words-of-life">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How Credit is like a Skil Saw</title>
		<link>http://nwwayoflife.com/how-credit-is-like-a-skil-saw</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Credit: An arrangement for deferred payment on a loan or purchase.&#8221; Ever built anything of significant size out of lumber? Doesn&#8217;t have to be a house, or even a shed. A picnic table would do as an example. Did you &#8230; <a href="http://nwwayoflife.com/how-credit-is-like-a-skil-saw">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What You NEVER Want a Buyer to See</title>
		<link>http://nwwayoflife.com/what-you-never-want-a-buyer-to-see</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;No house is perfect.&#8221; When I was a home inspector, I used to start all my reports with that saying. It was meant to TRY to put the buyer at ease before he or she settled in for 15 to 20 pages &#8230; <a href="http://nwwayoflife.com/what-you-never-want-a-buyer-to-see">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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