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It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | Property flyers + Custom Xpress || Episode #9, Double Down [on repeat]

Welcome to Friday everyone. I started today celebrating the life of Christopher Grimm of our Ballard office. What I took from this special gathering was a reminder of the impact we have in people’s lives. From those 30 second interactions we have with others, to saying hello to someone walking by, to having a drink […]
Friday Post

It’s Friday, let’s sweep! || WRE Cup weekend + Episode #9, Double Down

Windermere Real Estate Co. Welcome to Friday and the eve of all things Windermere Cup! Looking for all the “know before you go” details – click here. The currency with our new branding marks plastered all of the University of Washington has been fun to see! This weekend is the epitome of community + sport. […]
Friday Post

It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | #100 + / rǝ-‘freSH / + Q1 is done + throw down success!

Windermere Real Estate Co. Welcome to the wrap of another Friday, together! I’m pumped about this one, it’s my #100 blog post. Thanks for following – you inspire me to write. Ok, back to it – Trivia throw down a complete success last night! We packed The Market Arms in Ballard, fun was had, culture […]
Friday Post

It’s Friday, let’s sweep! || a throw down + a proposed LID + guest blogger, topic: “Amazon move”

Windermere Real Estate Co. Welcome to Friday! The sun is out, I see blue sky. Should I stop right there?! Ok, I will proceed – let’s sweep this week and prepare for the next…our weekly habit and digestible bites, together. First things first, a throw down… Windermere Ballard is issuing a trivia night throw down […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | Property flyers + Custom Xpress || Episode #9, Double Down [on repeat] Welcome to Friday everyone. I started today celebrating the life of Christopher Grimm of our Ballard office. What I took from this special gathering was a reminder of the impact we have in people’s lives. From those 30 second interactions we have with others, to saying hello to someone walking by, to having a drink […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! || WRE Cup weekend + Episode #9, Double Down Windermere Real Estate Co. Welcome to Friday and the eve of all things Windermere Cup! Looking for all the “know before you go” details – click here. The currency with our new branding marks plastered all of the University of Washington has been fun to see! This weekend is the epitome of community + sport. […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | #100 + / rǝ-‘freSH / + Q1 is done + throw down success! Windermere Real Estate Co. Welcome to the wrap of another Friday, together! I’m pumped about this one, it’s my #100 blog post. Thanks for following – you inspire me to write. Ok, back to it – Trivia throw down a complete success last night! We packed The Market Arms in Ballard, fun was had, culture […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! || a throw down + a proposed LID + guest blogger, topic: “Amazon move” Windermere Real Estate Co. Welcome to Friday! The sun is out, I see blue sky. Should I stop right there?! Ok, I will proceed – let’s sweep this week and prepare for the next…our weekly habit and digestible bites, together. First things first, a throw down… Windermere Ballard is issuing a trivia night throw down […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | March digestible “science” > know your #’s Windermere Real Estate Co. Welcome to Friday! I’m dipping my toe back into our local market as I prepare to re-enter post vacation next week. In taking a look at our March Seattle Reports, these are the digestible bites I have noticed… Ps, Feel free to leave a “comment” in the comment box (upper left […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | Episode #8 Double Down:: marketing Windermere Real Estate Co. This week, Episode #8 in our Double Down podcast is ready to deliver to you! Our episode runs just under 34 minutes with Ballard manager Darlene Sozihno, broker Kayse Gundram and Windermere’s new Regional Marketing Director, Christopher King. The topic:: marketing. Enjoy the conversation! Episode #8 now hosted on my homepage […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | A St Patrick’s day event planned for you! Ballard + Eastlake + Madison Park + Northgate + Sand Point + Wedgwood Six, This week lets digest an opportunity in fun + community. Next week we’ll get back to our local market from a statistical optic as we navigate our fiercely competitive spring market. Do you have plans for St Patrick’s Day? Let me […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | the armchair series featuring… Ballard + Eastlake + Madison Park + Northgate + Sand Point + Wedgwood Six, If you haven’t noticed just yet our 2018 Luxury Breakfasts are featuring “The Armchair Series” – a series of guest speakers outside of us – a way to bring perspective outside of our everyday.This week we hosted Skylar Olsen (Senior Economist […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | soc #’s crunched + best brawl of the year – legal that is! Ballard + Eastlake + Madison Park + Northgate + Sand Point + Wedgwood Six, Does offering a 3% SOC matter to your Seller? The numbers have been crunched. The data is in (thank you manager, Rob Graham!) and yes, it is showing us that it is a financial benefit to your Seller to offer a […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | strategy + best of the best + panel of experts + computation of time + soc’s Ballard + Eastlake + Madison Park + Northgate + Sand Point + Wedgwood Six, Welcome to another Friday, together. I wrapped up teaching Buyer Savvy Strategies at Professional Development this morning. As an instructor, these classes are a constant reminder that our brokers are constantly working to be at the highest level of professionalism. #bestofthebest. […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | “It’s up to you to sell joy and thrive”… Ballard + Eastlake + Madison Park + Northgate + Sand Point + Wedgwood Six, I came across this excerpt from Matthew Ferrara this week – a good reminder as we roll up our sleeves and navigate out 2018 market. “It’s up to you to counteract media headlines of worry and hesitation. When someone asks “How’s […]

Friday Post It’s Tuesday! | Editor’s note! Ballard + Eastlake + Madison Park + Northgate + Sand Point + Wedgwood Six, It’s Tuesday – oops! Editor’s note (yes, me!). Regarding Zillow listing support, I provided an incorrect email address Friday. See below – this should do the trick! Reminder: check your listings! Attention Listing Brokers! Zillow support Next up in a digestible […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | would you marry yourself? + zillow support + episode #7 Ballard + Eastlake + Madison Park + Northgate + Sand Point + Wedgwood Six, Funny question, I know – “would you marry yourself?” Jill & OB were at the Luxury Portfolio conference in Vegas this week and I asked for a digestible bite. Jill shared with me a bite on what an effective bio looks […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | Episode #7 Double Down podcast Ballard + Eastlake + Madison Park + Northgate + Sand Point + Wedgwood Episode #7, Double Down podcast is ready to roll! In 34 minutes, David Daniel (Demco), Chip Painter (VP, Windermere Services) Mark Hobbs (Eastlake assistant manager, the King of Standards of Practice!) and I digest our first legal bites of the year and […]

Friday Post It’s Friday (ok, Saturday), let’s sweep! | staying curious Ballard + Eastlake + Madison Park + Northgate + Sand Point + Wedgwood Six, Yes, it’s Saturday – not Friday – the result of a long week spilling into Saturday morning. That happens! It was a good week – hope yours was too. This week I’d like to share a conversation I had with a […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | 13,249,843 sq ft + the “science” + money in your pocket + computation of time (mlk) Ballard + Eastlake + Madison Park + Northgate + Sand Point + Wedgwood Six, Let’s jump right in and take a sweep of this week! WRE Builder’s Breakfasts started back up again with keynote Matthew Gardner “speeching” (as he likes to say!) and yes, typically doing so in really cool socks. My favorite visual from […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | a bird’s eye view of Seattle’s growth + new email security measures + kcm resources: new tax code Ballard + Eastlake + Madison Park + Northgate + Sand Point + Wedgwood Six, Welcome to 2018 everyone! I’m going to jump right in…before we get back to business, a fun bird’s eye view of Seattle’s growth. In January 2015, a 360 webcam was installed on top of the Space Needle. Since then, it has […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | “double down” on our favorite things! Ballard + Eastlake + Madison Park + Northgate + Sand Point + Wedgwood Six, As we prepare to wrap up 2017 and unzip a New Year I want to have a little fun with this FWL post – and you can help (I really do hope you will!). I’d like to start a conversation – […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | tax reform + $100M in funding + a crystal ball + computation of time + offices hours + kindness Ballard + Eastlake + Madison Park + Northgate + Sand Point + Wedgwood Six, 2017 is just about a wrap! Before we put a bow on it and ring in the New Year, let’s sweep this week and prepare for the last of 2017, together. FWL at a glance for this week > tax reform […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep | A new benefit! It’s Here. Ballard + Eastlake + Madison Park + Northgate + Sand Point + Wedgwood Six, It’s been nine months and we are about to give birth to a baby! Ok ok ok, not really. Where is Laura going with this? Let’s start with this – we are really excited to share this with you! Nine months […]