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Get Ready: The Best Time To List Your House Is Almost Here!
If you’re thinking about selling this spring, it’s time to get moving – the best week to list your house is fast approaching. Experts at realtor.com looked at seasonal trends from recent years (excluding 2020 as an uncharacteristic year due to the onset of the pandemic) and determined the ideal week to list a house this year: “Home sellers on the fence waiting for that perfect moment to sell should start preparations, because the best time to list a home in 2023 is approaching quickly. The week of April 16-22 is expected to have the ideal balance of housing market conditions that favor home sellers, more so than any other week…
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Should you become a Real Estate Agent? 5 Steps.
Thinking about becoming a real estate agent? It's a great career for many reasons: the ability to work from home and make a schedule that works for you, working with people to help reach their housing goals, relatively low start-up costs, and the ability to make a good living. Some people come to a real estate career fresh out of school, but the majority of people make real estate their second career and have come from different professional backgrounds and in different stages of life. One of the cool things about a career in real estate is the ability to harness your natural strengths and put them to use in…
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Homeownership Wins Over Time [INFOGRAPHIC]
Some Highlights If you’re questioning whether or not to buy a home this year due to today’s cooling market, consider the long-term financial benefits of homeownership. As a homeowner, equity increases your wealth. On average, nationwide, home prices appreciated by 290.2% since 1991. Homeownership wins in the long run. If you’re ready to buy a home, let’s connect today.
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What a GOOD agent really does and what it’s worth.
What do you think of when you think of a Realtor? A lot of people think of the slick salesman, with tacky clothes and pasted on smile trying to sell you any house they can stuff you into. Or the ones you see on the reality house hunter shows who are ditzy and lazy. And sure. Some of them are like that. Stereotypes exist because theres always a small nugget of truth there. But in reality, the vast majority of Realtors I know, are just folks who have come to this job because they really deeply believe that owning your own home can change the course of your life. For…
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Vancouver Neighborhoods
A Growing and Vibrant Collection of Neighborhoods Vancouver Washington is in the Southwest Portion of the State of Washington. It is just north of the Columbia River that separates it from the State of Oregon and the city of Portland. Vancouver and its metro areas encompass Downtown, Uptown Village, Waterfront, Northwest, Northeast, Southeast areas. Downtown (to the SOUTH of Northwest and WEST of Northeast) Downtown Waterfront (SOUTH of Downtown at the Columbia River) Uptown Village (to the NORTH of Downtown) Northwest (to the NORTH of Downtown and EAST of Northeast) Northeast (to the EAST Downtown and WEST of Southeast) Southeast (to the SOUTH of Northeast and EAST of Downtown) And…