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An article in Vancouver's Columbian Newspaper recapped Clark County's Jobless Rate for April. These numbers were provided by Scott Bailey, Regional Labor Economist for the Washington State Security Division. Clark County added 500 new jobs which reflected an improvement in our over all jobless ...
05/19/2010
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Wishing you a very special Mother's Day to all you moms out there. Hopefully it will be a memorable day of fun and rest with your family. Did you know that Anna Jarvis, of Grafton, West Virginia, is credited with conceiving and launching the idea that resulted in the creation of a national day ...
05/08/2010
Hewlett Packard employees have donated funds and teamed with Sodexo to procure, prepare, and deliver breakfasts during the two weeks of Advanced Placement testing for 400 students at Heritage High School in the Evergreen School District. A special thank you to Ron Gompertz of HP and Sodexo Manage...
05/08/2010
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Fantastic Opportunity! Drive thru restaurant and location, location, location. Just listed, a prime drive thru building on Mill Plain between I-205 and 164th. This attractive building has great interior and exterio features in addition to its prime location and drive thru window. For more inform...
05/06/2010
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Rose Ranch Retirement Inn is an adult licensed boarding home community for 16 beds with private apartments, and as available, the choice of either shared or private baths. The sale price has just been reduced to $725,000, down from an original price of $999,000. The boarding home facility has t...
05/06/2010
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This is a very special week where we get to honor the people who work with our kids and grandkids. Take a moment and think back on your favorite teacher who encouraged you to seek opportunities and to expect your dreams to come true because you really can have a life by design. I did just that...
05/03/2010
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This church facility is an ideal building for a new and growing congregation looking for their first permanent home or a second location for outreach. Built in 1977, the first floor has the main sanctuary, 3 private offices, a kitchen/workroom, a meeting room, a room currently used for childcar...
05/02/2010
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Last night I got to attend the Prom for Heritage High School. Why you ask would a commercial real estate broker attend a high school prom? Well, that's easy to answer, my wife Anne is the principal of Heritage, a high school of 2,000 students in the Evergreen School District. The prom was held in...
04/25/2010
So, you have a great relationship with a local bank, credit union or trustee and have been writing BPO's for residential properties. And now, because of that business relationship, you have the opportunity to do a commercial BPO. You've done a great job of cranking out the residential values and...
04/11/2010
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The Columbia newspaper just reported that SBA loans are up 32% over the past 6 months for the Portland and Southwest Washington area. This does not surprise me. I wrote in my blog on March 8, 2010, that the SBA 504 loan was a great way for the owner/user of commercial real estate to get financin...
04/11/2010