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It’s Friday, let’s sweep! |#Let’sDoThis

Welcome to Friday, first real “sweep of a week” in the New Year outside of my Top 10 list on January 1st! Did you figure out what you’ll bring with you in 2020? If I’ve been in your office meetings or business planning sessions this week I’ve focused on this question… “The most important thing […]
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It’s 2020, let’s sweep! |the corks have been popped!

The cork has been popped and we’ve turned the page on a New Year. We’ve put the final bow on the year before and for many, we become reflective in our hopes, our intent, our focus in what the thought of a New Year brings. As the globe welcomes 2020 with hopeful open arms, I’ll […]
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Last Friday of 2019, let’s sweep! | a special “home for the holidays” edition

A special edition FWL as I wasn’t planning to blog until the turn of the New Year! I came across this December article on Inman and had to share. It gives new meaning to “home for the holidays.” Windermere donates $100k to Seattle Children’s Hospital The gift will help more than 40 families stay in […]
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It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | …or, redirect water! | merry merry everything

Welcome to Friday everyone! It’s wet, very wet as we approach the first day of winter tomorrow. As I was preparing this blog post I received a text – my blog post basically wrote itself! A great reminder to touch base with clients that have moved into a new home this year and make sure they […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! |#Let’sDoThis Welcome to Friday, first real “sweep of a week” in the New Year outside of my Top 10 list on January 1st! Did you figure out what you’ll bring with you in 2020? If I’ve been in your office meetings or business planning sessions this week I’ve focused on this question… “The most important thing […]

Friday Post It’s 2020, let’s sweep! |the corks have been popped! The cork has been popped and we’ve turned the page on a New Year. We’ve put the final bow on the year before and for many, we become reflective in our hopes, our intent, our focus in what the thought of a New Year brings. As the globe welcomes 2020 with hopeful open arms, I’ll […]

Friday Post Last Friday of 2019, let’s sweep! | a special “home for the holidays” edition A special edition FWL as I wasn’t planning to blog until the turn of the New Year! I came across this December article on Inman and had to share. It gives new meaning to “home for the holidays.” Windermere donates $100k to Seattle Children’s Hospital The gift will help more than 40 families stay in […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | …or, redirect water! | merry merry everything Welcome to Friday everyone! It’s wet, very wet as we approach the first day of winter tomorrow. As I was preparing this blog post I received a text – my blog post basically wrote itself! A great reminder to touch base with clients that have moved into a new home this year and make sure they […]

Friday Post Welcome to Friday, let’s plan! | If you can dream it, we can find it. All in, for you. passion + belief + determination + risk taking + entrepreneurial mindset + courage + vision + discipline + adapt + instinct + inspire + learn These words continue to come to mind when I think of what success looks like in real estate. They are key ingredients. As we wrap up 2019, I’ve assembled a […]

Friday Post Thanksgiving Edition :: common days + ordinary blessings “Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary into blessings.” – William Arthur Ward Headed to the our family’s beach home on Whidbey Island. I’ll be spending these next days and all moments focused on gratitude, family, nature, preparing food, enjoying food, football, family games, laughter and the […]

Friday Post Welcome to Friday, let’s sweep! | by the #’s = gaining trust Welcome to Friday! As we approach year end, it becomes a time to gather. And with gathering, people will naturally ask you about the market. Real estate – different than so many topics – is and has always been a social topic. It effects everyone in some capacity. With that, this is a good time […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! |”…but you will know and I will know” Welcome to Friday! The last couple of week’s I’ve been focused on sharing digestible bites from this year’s Windermere Summit. I’ve shared with you my Top Ten list. #10 is worth expanding on, as promised… #10 “…but you will know and I will know” story – a Steve Jobs story about painting a fence. A […]

Friday Post Welcome to Sunday, let’s sweep! | Top Ten from WRE Summit 2019 Welcome to Sunday evening after returning home from Spokane – home base for Windermere’s first annual Summit! I spent Thursday + Friday with 300 [sell out!] of our brokers across the network inside an environment committed to learning and doing. As we moved thru our TedTalk style event I pieced together a Top Ten. Looking […]

Friday Post *It’s Thursday! I’m on a plane!* It’s Thursday and I’m boarding a plane! Why do I share this? Be on the lookout for my Friday sweep blog post. Preparing a Top 10 from this year’s Windermere Summit. A sneak peek at my next 48 hours. I’m a wee bit concerned my head is going to explode. I’ll do my best to […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! |When will the next recession begin? Answer is… Welcome to Friday, let’s sweep! This week I started out at our Eastlake office and shared the below content for discussion. As real estate professionals, people turn to us as one source for how economics impact the market and yet what they really want to know is how do market conditions impact me. When we […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | plus one (art) + September #’s (science) Welcome to Friday, let’s sweep both the “art +science” this week! We’ll start with the art and wrap with the #’s… My cup in October is very full. Some would say spilling over a wee bit much (aka, my kids have noticed a bit – I’m listening). I spent last week at our annual Windermere […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | autumn leaves & podcasts please x 3 [pumpkins too] Last week, I released a series of podcasts: Episode 15-17 were designed for us to continue conversations as we approach October 1st and the upcoming NWMLS rules changes. These 3 episodes were recorded to work best to listen in succession, yet each episode can be digested as a stand alone podcast. As I roam our […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | Double Down x 3 This week, I’m releasing a series of podcasts: Episode 15-17 are designed for us to continue conversations as we approach October 1st and the upcoming NWMLS rules changes. These 3 episodes were recorded to work best to listen in succession, yet each episode can be digested as a stand alone podcast. As we approach a […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! |”Into the golden hour”… Welcome to Friday, let’s sweep! We’ve been content heavy in recent blogs and certainly at our office meetings. This week’s sweep is a feel good. And for those of you who are looking for #’s – I’ve got those too. A little something for everyone! First up the feel good… “A change is in the […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | Refining your Buyer process After hours and hours [and even more hours] of thinking thru and discussing with many of you the upcoming NWMLS Rule changes around SOCs, what bubbles up to the top for me is to focus our attention back to helping brokers have, develop and refine your process in working with Buyers. Those that have a dialed […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | no alarm on Monday + mic’d up all week! Welcome to Friday! Let’s sweep this week and get ready for September! But first, for those of you involved with transactions before firing up your Labor Day grill & fun…a reminder: Labor Day |Monday |September 2nd Computation of Time | When computing time for the purchase and sale agreements, please regard Monday, September 2nd as […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | Seattle SFH vs Condos – what have you noticed? Welcome to Friday, let’s sweep! Today, we’ll pick apart “the science” around our dueling markets within Seattle = Single Family Homes vs Condominiums. “Dueling” may not be the perfect vernacular, however making a point that they are currently different and should be evaluated independently when people ask you “how is the market?” Hoping these digestible bites […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | small town big city + august #’s + (sample) revised form [photo from Farmer’s Museum, Cooperstown NY – life in the 1800’s] Welcome to Friday! En route home after a traveling the East Coast – chasing those fields and fields of dreams in Cooperstown, NY. It was a “pinch me” kind of trip. What continued to crop up for me this week was observing small town […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! |August is… Welcome to Friday, let’s sweep! A good friend and broker, Diane Terry shared this on FB last week. I stashed it away for today’s FWL. “Sunday” has officially arrived for me. Signing off for a proper vacation… “August is the Sunday of Summer” – Watson Kennedy blog Before hitting the road from current locale of […]