Ten Kitchen Design Mistakes
Posted on Jul 31, 2007 by Cari McGee in Buyers, Real Estate Industry, Sellers
according to Consumer Reports. I couldn’t agree more with #8…the concrete counters. Call me unimaginative, but concrete is for walking on, not preparing food on. I was surprised to read that the ‘super ranges’ aren’t much more super than a regular range. Of course, I think it’s because even walking into my kitchen and seeing a [...]
Local Politics and Local Real Estate
Posted on Jul 30, 2007 by Cari McGee in Tri-Cities Market, Washington
I always say we’re in the red part of a blue state. Most Tri-Cities residents vote Republican. In fact, most of the Eastern side of the state votes Republican (larger tracts of land, less people pushing in from every side, more of a don’t-tell-me-what-to-do-when-you’re-all-the-way-across-the-country mentality). From Zillow comes this fascinating piece of research about property values and [...]
Maybe she’s just better looking than I am
Posted on Jul 29, 2007 by Cari McGee in Real Estate Career, Real Estate Industry, Tri-Cities Market
One of the agents from the Kennewick office sought me out the other day to let me know my marketing is working well for her. That’s right…MY MARKETING is bringing her clients! Her client chose her from the agent pics and bios on the main page of our agency’s site, but uses my site to [...]
Honestly, it’s honesty
Posted on Jul 26, 2007 by Cari McGee in Buyers, Real Estate Career, Sellers
When a seller calls me to discuss listing their house, I ask if they have some time and then conduct a pre-listing interview. I ask questions like the reason for the sale, amount left owing on the mortgage, personal opinion of value, etc. I also always ask, “What three things are you looking for in a [...]
Tri-Cities, WA Real Estate Market, First Half of ‘07
Posted on Jul 16, 2007 by Cari McGee in Tri-Cities Market
Yes! The first half of the year’s stats are in. And, of course it’s not this easy, but if you take a look at total sales y-t-d, and double it, you wind up just four sales short of last year’s total for the year. ’06 was our second best year ever. I love what this [...]
Why you need to use a local (which means not someone you found on the Internet) lender
Posted on Jul 11, 2007 by Cari McGee in Buyers, Real Estate Industry
I have tried to write about this many times, but I always get so upset that I don’t report the story accurately. This is a great example (be sure to read part 2) of why Realtors cringe when a client comes to them ‘pre-approved’ through any lender whose business name ends in ‘.com’. The local [...]
Who’s #1?? Kennewick, Kennewick…yay, Kennewick!!!
Posted on Jul 9, 2007 by Cari McGee in Kennewick Real Estate
From the Who-Knew-They-Even-Tracked-This-Stuff Department…the 7-11 store on Clearwater Ave. is #1 in Slurpee sales in the West. Very cool (pun intended).
Life in West Richland, WA
Posted on Jul 6, 2007 by Cari McGee in West Richland Real Estate
I would imagine that if you had a good childhood (as I did), you would want to have your children’s childhoods be as similar to yours as possible. My husband grew up in Levittown, PA, which is about thirty minutes outside of Philadelphia. I grew up in Hacienda Heights, CA which is about thirty minutes outside of Los Angeles. [...]
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