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Uh, I’m kind of representing myself.
Jim Reppond created a Buyer Without an Agent animation that re-enacts a possible conversation between a buyer and a listing agent.
Broker Boys and Babes
Curbed just announced their Broker Boys and Babes of 2008 for the Los Angeles area. Does Seattle have any cute Broker Boys and Babes? Indeed we do.
Just a random list of agents from my little office on Capitol Hill….
Alanna Ireland
Shawn Filer
Jamee Barber
Pat Ursino
Jennifer Braun
John Rutledge
If you’d […]
Iggy’s House and B.S. Realty closes down in Washington State
Though the websites Iggy’s House and Buyside Realty are back online, they have cancelled their membership in the NWMLS and closed shop here.
Iggy’s House had offered free MLS listing services in 20 states and offered cash rebates to buyers in six states, but now they’re just operating in California, Florida and Illinois.
Before they […]
My house on Photosynth
Laura Foy from www.on10.net and crew came to our house a few months ago to tape a Photosynth How-To video. By clicking on our garden gazing ball in the link, about half-way through the video, you get a quick tour of our living room. You can tell it’s our house because […]
Innovative use for a rental house (aka Renter as Entrepreneur)
Having trouble paying your rent?
How about turning it into a sex club and having members “donate” to use the facilities.
That’s what one enterprising couple did in Des Moines, a suburb South of Seattle.
The house, on the 1200 block of South 232nd Street, rented for $2,200 a month. It seemed perfect: It’s a big […]
Discount real estate firm files Chapter 11
Why Help-U-Sell is going bankrupt
Online Videos by Veoh.com
Live rent-free in high-priced neighborhoods
If you own apartment buildings, you know how disheartening it is when you discover that you got yourself a professional “No Payer” or a “Squatter” for a tenant. Here is how renters work the system to live for free in San Francisco via Grow-a Brain.
Happy Elvis Death Day
In my never-ending quest to write about Elvis and Real Estate, imagine my glee when I spotted this life-size gold lame clad Elvis cut-out at the entrance to this home for sale on Capitol Hill in Seattle. This was a few weeks ago, but I saved the photo for Elvis Death Day (tomorrow will […]
Saving a vintage S&M dungeon house
The Seattle PI had a story about Steven Flynn, a Seattle musician who is trying to save a 1908 Craftsman house scheduled for demolition. A developer wants to clear the space for more townhouses and Flynn is in a last-second bid to make arrangements to buy the house and move it to his Fremont […]



