Here is a quick look at what it going on in the real estate market in our area, zip code 98042... There are currently 138 homes for sale with prices ranging from $65,000 to $1,787,787. 1 and 2-bedrooms homes for sale: 5 3 bedroom homes for sale: 53 4 bedroom homes for sale: 61 5+ bedroom homes for sale: 19   There were 68 homes that sold in August, 2013. 49  were re-sale homes and 19 were new construction. A further breakout shows what type of homes sold... New Construction: 28% Bank Owned: 6% Short Sales: 12% Regular Re-sales: 54%   The average sale price was: $299,901     Average Days on Market was: 47 Low sales price was: $87,001.00 High sales price was: $1,199,000.00   *These are sales listed in the MLS only, it does not reflect any private sales.     09/06/2013

    Happy Friday!  I hope this finds your day starting off just nicely!  It is a bit rainy and stormy in my little corner of the world, but they say once this low pressure moves out we will have sun back and a bit more summer!!  Woo hoo!  I am so glad because I am not ready to put my flip flops away just yet! I hope you have a wonderful day, filled with lots of sun shine and flip flop wearing!  Enjoy the quotes and I will be back with a set of new ones next Friday. ....geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   The measure of success is not how tough a problem you have to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year. ~John Foster Dulles   Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life... 09/06/2013

    Happy Friday!     Are you ready for a 3-day weekend?  Any big plans?  I was thinking I would have a few days off, but now have two buyers out looking - so duty calls for me!!  I hope whatever you do it is grand and way more fun than working!!! Enjoy this weeks selection of quotes and I'll see you next week with some new ones. ....geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ...a man who's willing to make a decision in the first place can always make another one to correct any mistake he's made. ~Harry S. Truman   Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. ~Seneca   Aspire to inspire before you expire. ~Unknown   There are no more hours in a bad day than in a good one! ~Unknown 08/30/2013

    Happy Friday and what a happy Friday it is. I am just loving the weather this summer here in the Pacific Northwest!! Funny how the sun just makes everything so much better!!   Any big weekend plans? Some work and some play for me. So pretty typical :) I hope whatever you do it is just lovely!!     Enjoy this weeks selection of quotes and I'll see you next Friday with some new ones.     ....geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger. ~Lou Holtz     If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade. ~Tom Peters     Out of difficulties grow miracles. ~Jean De La Bruyere     Being defeated is only a tempora... 08/23/2013

  Happy Friday!   I hope this finds your week wrapping up nicely!  And  hope that all that is good in your corner of the world.    As many of you know - I love sports and attend many M's games throughout the summer.  And though I love football too, I rarely attend a hawks game cause it gets so cold - trust me, enough of the M's games feel like football games!  But I am happy to say I am off to a Hawks pre-season game this weekend!  Fun, fun!   I hope whatever you do you have a fabulous weekend too!   Enjoy this weeks selection of quotes and I'll see you next Friday with some new ones!   ....geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you. ~Denis ... 08/16/2013

    Happy Friday!   I hope this finds you having a wonderful day!  And I hope you missed my quotes last Friday.  I missed bringing them to you, but I sure did have a wonderful time in Cincinnati at my nieces wedding!  Here is this weeks selection of quotes.  Enoy!   And I will see you next Friday with some new ones.   ...geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Many of our fears are tissue-paper-thin, and a single courageious step would carry us clear through them.   ~Brendan Francis Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.  ~F. Scott Fitzgerald I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.   ~Abraham Lincoln If you are a leader and nobody is following you, you're just out for a walk.   ~Unknown You don't ... 08/09/2013

  Here is a quick look at what it going on in the real estate market in our area, zip code 98042... There are currently 138 homes for sale with prices ranging from $65,000 to $1,787,787. 1 and 2-bedrooms homes for sale: 5 3 bedroom homes for sale: 55 4 bedroom homes for sale: 59 5+ bedroom homes for sale: 19   There were 73 homes that sold in July, 2013. 60  were re-sale homes and 13 were new construction. A further breakout shows what type of homes sold... New Construction: 18% Bank Owned: 8% Short Sales: 9.5% Regular Re-sales: 64.5%   The average sale price was: $290,008      Average Days on Market was: 40 Low sales price was: $118,900 High sales price was: $560,500   *These are sales listed in the MLS only, it does not reflect any private sales. 08/06/2013

    Happy Friday to al!   I hope that your day is going well so far. And I hope you have had a fabulous week. We sure had some pretty days again this week here in the Pacific Nothwest! I sure am liking all the sun!   So sad it is not like this all year round!    I wanted to let you know that we will be heading to a family wedding next weekend, so I won't be putting out my Weekly Words of Wisdom like normal. Off to hot and humid Cincy! I am starting to sweat just thinking about it! So enjoy this weeks selection of quotes and I'll see you in two weeks :)   ...geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   I must govern the clock, not be governed by it. ~Golda Meir     The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is wit... 07/26/2013

  Happy Friday!   And I am happy to say that I am back on track and coming to you on Friday!!  Wow, still just can't believe how busy it has been in the real estate world this year. So good to see so much activity and houses finally appreciating. :)    And my apologies again for being late last week.  I hope you enjoy this weeks selection of quotes, I hope you have a fantastic weekend, and I will see you next Friday!   ...geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   What you get by reaching your goals is not nearly as important as what you become by reaching them. ~Zig Ziglar     The first step toward change is acceptance. Once you accept yourself, you open the door to change. That's all you have to do. Change is not something y... 07/19/2013

$287,500 , 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 1 half baths, 2,130 square feet     geri wehry | RE/MAX Select R.E. | (206) 819-4234 26115 200th Ave SE, Covington, WA Lovely traditional two-story home! 4BR/2.5 Baths Single Family House   offered at $287,500 Year Built 1994 Sq Footage 2,130 Bedrooms 4 Bathrooms 2 full, 1 partial Floors 2 Parking Unspecified Lot Size 10,308 sqft HOA/Maint $0 per month DESCRIPTION Lovely re-sale with so much to offer. Private yard with no neighbors behind or across the street, deck & patio with interlocking pavers, beautiful landscaping with flower beds & raised beds for vegetables and a green house. Nice upgrades like an electrostatic furnace filter, California Closet system (in walk-in master closet), new roof in 2010, new dishwasher this year & vinyl siding and l... 07/13/2013

    Happy Friday - well almost :)     Seems that yesterday was a little crazy and I just did not get to everything on my to do list.   I hope that your weekend is kicking of nicely. It is chilly out there this morning - says 46 at my house! But the sun is already out and it is looking to be a beautiful day!   Enjoy this weeks selection of quotes and I'll see you next week (hopefully on Friday!) with some more!!   ....geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. ~Norman Vincent Peale     The line between success and failure is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it; so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. ~Unknown   Not ... 07/13/2013

    Happy Friday!   I hope your day is starting off really swell. And I hope that you had a wonderful 4th of July. Did you do anything special? It was a nice and quiet day for me. I met with one seller to sign their listing contract - that is coming on today!! And other than that just a nice day hanging with my husband on the deck.   Although the Marine layer kicked up and it took most of the day for it to burn of and the sun to come back.  But when it did finally appear - oh so pretty!!   Enjoy this weeks selection of quotes and I'll see you next Friday!   ...geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   You better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. ~George Bernard Shaw   Listen with yo... 07/05/2013

  Here is a quick look at what it going on in the real estate market in our area, zip code 98042... There are currently 130 homes for sale with prices ranging from $109,000 to $1,787,787. 1 and 2-bedrooms homes for sale: 5 3 bedroom homes for sale: 51 4 bedroom homes for sale: 59 5+ bedroom homes for sale: 15   There were 58 homes that sold in June, 2013. 50  were re-sale homes and 8 were new construction. A further breakout shows what type of homes sold... New Construction: 13.5% Bank Owned: 13.5% Short Sales: 20.5% Regular Re-sales: 52.5%   The average sale price was: $380,685 Average Day on Market was: 57 Low sales price was: $84,000 High sales price was: $575,000   *These are sales listed in the MLS only, it does not reflect any private sales.   07/04/2013

    Happy Friday and Happy (almost) 4th of July!   Any big plans for this week, or the holiday?  I hope whatever you do you have great weather and a fantastic time!  They are saying the rain is finally moving back out and sunshine is on the way for us.  Heat too!  We might even hit the upper 80's to low 90's.  I think summer is coming to the Pacific Northwest!!  Woo hoo!   I hope you have a fabulous day.  Enjoy the quotes and I will see you next Friday with some new ones.   ...geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. ~Unknown   Challenge is a dragon with a gift in its mouth... Tame the dragon and the gift is yours. ~Noela Evans   The happiness of your life depends on... 06/28/2013

      Happy Friday!  I hope this finds your week ending well.  And to all the Dad's out there - Happy Father's Day!   I wanted to let you know that I won't be sharing quotes with you next week like normal.  I am taking a few days off and heading to Walla Walla to do some wine tasting. (Thus this weeks selection in my picture... The picture is from wine tasting a year or so ago.)  If anyone has been to Walla Walla and has a winery they love that we must check out - please feel free to share. So enjoy this weeks selection of quotes, and I'll see you in two weeks! ...geri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   If everyone is doing something, do something else. ~Warren Buffet   It is a terrible thing to see and not have an... 06/14/2013

        Happy Friday!   I hope that your week is ending nicely.  Mine has been great - but then it has been filled with SUN, so that always makes it better!  And they say more on the way.  Yep, me and my flip flops are doing fine!!  Oh my I do love so many sunny days in a row - so very special. Enjoy this week of quotes and I'll see you next Friday with some new ones.  And hopefully a report of more SUN!  I sure like showing houses in the SUN way better than in the rain!! ....geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Beware the barrenness of a busy life. ~Socrates     If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down. ~Mary Pickford     A su... 06/07/2013

  Here is a quick look at what it going on in the real estate market in our area, zip code 98042... There are currently 124 homes for sale with prices ranging from $124,500 to $1,950,000. 1 and 2-bedrooms homes for sale: 6 3 bedroom homes for sale: 50 4 bedroom homes for sale: 51 5+ bedroom homes for sale: 17   There were 67 homes that sold in May, 2013. 54  were re-sale homes and 13 were new construction. A further breakout shows what type of homes sold... New Construction: 19.5% Bank Owned: 18% Short Sales: 16.5% Regular Re-sales: 46%   The average sale price was: $307,087 Average Day on Market was: 42 Low sales price was: $85,000 High sales price was: $2,450,000   *These are sales listed in the MLS only, it does not reflect any private sales. 06/04/2013

  Happy Friday to all!     I hope this finds your week ending on a positive note.  Mine sure is...  they are saying the rain is finally moving out and the SUN is coming back.  Woo hoo!!  I'm dusting my flip flops back off!  While most of the country is feeling like summer, we are not even hitting 60.   But from what they are saying that changes, starting today :)  :) :) Enjoy this weeks selection of quotes and I will see you next week some new ones.   ....geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   You will make more friends in a week by getting yourself interested in other people than you can in a year by trying to get other people interested in you. ~Arnold Bennett     The events in life are mainly small events - they only ... 05/30/2013

      Happy Friay and Happy 3-day weekend!   Any big plans for the holiday weekend?  Mine will be a mix of family time and work.  I have a few buyers I will have out, but I will have some time with my family too.  We have a play at the Theatre in Issaquah and an M's game - so quite nice!   I hope whatever you do, you enjoy your holiday weekend!!   Enjoy the quotes too, and I'll see you next Friday with some new ones.   ...geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nothing changes more consistently than the past....   the past that influences our lives is not what actually happened but what we believed happened.  ~Gerald W. Johnson Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.  ~Abraham Lincoln If I could wi... 05/24/2013

  Happy Friday to all!  I hope that your week is wrapping up nicely!    We have continued to have amazing weather in the pacific northwest.  They say some rainy cooler, more normal like days are coming - but I had my flip flops out again today!  I am loving it!   Enjoy this weeks selection of quotes, and I'll see ya next week with some more.   .....geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~       We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~Aristotle     You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese Proverb     Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. ~William A. Ward     If you in... 05/17/2013