Reba's Blog

Hi all, asking for some help in looking for senior advocacy resources in the South Seattle area. I've been talking to a 81 year old man in the past 1.5 weeks about his situation being in foreclosure and him working on a loan modification. After getting a chance to review a bunch of his documents ...

So, I've been working with buyers lately in a wide swath of price points.  And I mean wide... One of the buyer's price points ($40k) looks like the rounding error on another's (up to $1.4 Million).  Along with this, my team's listing activity is picking up and we're talking to even more people ab...

A lot of people I've been talking to lately in the Seattle/Bellevue metro area of Washington have mixed feelings about the marketplace. We're still seeing price declines in many areas and several lenders we've talked to have stated that we've been placed on the "declining market" list for financi...

One of the many websites that tracks real estate activity across the nation, Trulia, recently released a report comparing the virtues of buying versus renting a home which was picked up by Inman News.  The report states that if a city is ranked 1 to 15, then it is cheaper to buy versus renting.  ...

Our real estate team has always been focused on educating the public about real estate, lending and more.  Even if you aren't personally considering a move in real estate today, maybe someone you know could benefit from the information. If you've been wondering what the state of the real estate m...

A good friend of mine sent me a link to a really interesting event that's being held Wed, May 11, 2011. Crave Green Seattle To know more about CRAVE here is a blurb straight from them:  CRAVE seattle innovatively connects urban gals to the sassiest, gutsiest, most inspiring people they need to kn...

For those of you who thought we were close to being out of the woods when it comes to distressed properties, I have bad news for you.  In today's Advanced CDPE call (a designation I highly recommend) a map of the US was shown that listed out shadow inventory level expectations for each state. Min...

I have a home office, like many brokers do, and for about 7 years my ex-biz partner had set us up on a Microsoft Exchange Server for our email.  That no longer is functioning as I've ported over to my managing broker's MES instead to make sure I'm compliant with State licensing requirements for c...

We got such wonderful reviews for the No Fluff Classes from our past attendies we decided to add more opportunities for people to join us, including now in Tacoma! Our real estate team has always been focused on educating the public about real estate, lending and more.  Even if you aren't persona...

I used to work with a guy who had a finance background and he liked using very complex spreadsheets to run investment analysis for our clients. A few years ago I took the Finance 101 class from CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) and got access to software that did the same thing - but ...