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It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | where that “puck” is going…

From Steve Jobs to Warren Buffett – many have used and over used this cliched & now famous quote from hockey icon, Wayne Gretzky – “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.” After attending this week’s in-person luxury breakfast and listening in on industry conversations with […]
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It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | “embrace the suck”

Welcome to Friday and more specifically welcome to the Friday of Windermere Cup Weekend! All you need to know for the weekend ahead – starting tonight – right here! I have a ton of new content for you all as I started back up my true podcast this week. That said, my gut this morning […]
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It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | life as a mixtape

Welcome to Friday! Let’s start the “sweep” of this week with a little time capsule and then jump into a headline worth talking about… Time capsule topic first…cleaning out one of our office closets this week, as picture above – a time capsule was found…do you notice however one of those gems is not like […]
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Chasing sunsets & a re-post Friday…

While I’m chasing beaches & sunsets in California the rest of this week with my kiddos (cue: spring break – well, almost forgot – here in CA for a hoop tourney) I’m re-posting last week’s vblog – as those of you that had a chance to tune in found the conversation helpful. Today’s FWL is […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | where that “puck” is going… From Steve Jobs to Warren Buffett – many have used and over used this cliched & now famous quote from hockey icon, Wayne Gretzky – “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.” After attending this week’s in-person luxury breakfast and listening in on industry conversations with […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | “embrace the suck” Welcome to Friday and more specifically welcome to the Friday of Windermere Cup Weekend! All you need to know for the weekend ahead – starting tonight – right here! I have a ton of new content for you all as I started back up my true podcast this week. That said, my gut this morning […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | life as a mixtape Welcome to Friday! Let’s start the “sweep” of this week with a little time capsule and then jump into a headline worth talking about… Time capsule topic first…cleaning out one of our office closets this week, as picture above – a time capsule was found…do you notice however one of those gems is not like […]

Friday Post Chasing sunsets & a re-post Friday… While I’m chasing beaches & sunsets in California the rest of this week with my kiddos (cue: spring break – well, almost forgot – here in CA for a hoop tourney) I’m re-posting last week’s vblog – as those of you that had a chance to tune in found the conversation helpful. Today’s FWL is […]

Friday Post It’s Saturday, let’s sweep! | Vblog style… Six years yesterday I began writing this blog on each Friday. While the pace of this market at times leads me to post on a Saturday or Sunday – Fridays have been my day to “sweep the week” with you for now six years. Thank you for being the audience I choose to write for! […]

Friday Post Saturday morning musings… Good morning, Saturday! Friday was full – this week – FWL musing moves to your first or second cup of coffee…sharing top questions & themes that have come my way as we sweep this week! Up first…is Windermere Cup back in ’22? Why yes, yes it very much is! And, if you missed the line […]

Friday Post FWL is unplugged for a few days… …blog content will be back Friday, April 8th ’22.

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep this week! For you non-hoop fans, not to worry, this post is not all about this week’s bracket busting March Madness. I will say two things about it though as we sweep this week. 1. A reminder to all that anything is possible and 2. yes – basketball has been a healthy distraction in between the wild […]

Friday Post It’s Friday! | a “stats” sweep & continued support… Welcome to Friday all. Ukraine is still on my mind. Below is continued amplification in providing a streamlined way to help the People of Ukraine. As of March 18th, 11:47am we have raised $30,978.18. Bravo Windermere; bravo. This week however I am adding back in an element of what we do – real estate. This […]

Friday Post Supporting the People of Ukraine Via the Windermere Foundation. You know how Facebook asks you – “What’s on your mind?” Well, Ukraine is on my mind. FWL is amplifying this week what has been posted on the HUB for all of us in one way to help. Note: Windermere Services Company is covering all processing fees related to the below giving. Thank you Windermere […]

Friday Post Welcome to Friday, let’s sweep! | “21 run” When you’ve been doing something for a good long while – the numbers (in years) – from day to day, week to week, year to year become an absolute blur. This week however I pulled out my ’22 “word” – curiosity – and thought gracefully about a golden anniversary. Monday, 2.21.22 was my 21st year […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | “Don’t argue, educate” & Top 4 Welcome to it, Friday! I again mic’d up with Windermere broker, Kristin Munger for our 4th “cup of coffee” (aka, our 4th month in a row!) in taking stats & headlines and deconstructing them into buyer & seller conversations. One of Kristin’s mantras is “don’t argue, educate.” Please join us for these 25 minutes. Our […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, preparing us for THIS Monday! Welcome to Friday all! What I care most about today is preparing us all for a good THIS Monday. Yes, it’s Valentines Day & something else is brewing… If you have a Windermere email address – Monday morning you’ll be very pleased to wake that day & know your email password. My best advise is […]

Friday Post Welcome to Friday, let’s sweep! | Dish it out. Dish what out, Laura? Dish out high 5’s from this week. No blog post necessary in speaking to current market conditions – we know them – we know the missing piece – yes, inventory. But wait, did I see a wee bit of a pop in that department yesterday?! What is not always visible to […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep the week! | superpowers + time well spent + high 5’s to kick off ’22! Welcome to Friday, let’s sweep the week! This week we began our year long celebration in Windermere Real Estate’s 50th anniversary with our ’22 kickoff event. What you don’t need from me today is a regurgitation in content being the HUB has it all! What you will find there is 1. a recording of the […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | “When the Oracle of Omaha speaks, people listen… As our industry does it’s best to ramp up to meet demand (I know, hardly – ok – not at all) – I fell in love this week with this short article – Jan 20th Inc.com article, “Warren Buffett Says 3 Life Choices Separate the Doers from the Imposters. When the Oracle of Omaha speaks, […]

Friday Post Welcome to Friday, let’s sweep! | coffee, a party & a first… We’ll start this week’s wrap up with our 3rd “cup of coffee” with broker, Kristin Munger. We share a relentless passion to help brokers & clients make better decisions as a result of understanding the market. Together in ’22 we’ll continue to set out to provide a handful of monthly soundbites. 14 minutes together on […]

Friday Post Welcome to Friday, let’s sweep! | headlines & cafe conversations Welcome to it! Friday, January 7th. It’s a messy moment as we thaw out locally, mountain passes are hit hard and are in and out of closure and oh, omicron has taken on it’s own kind of winter storm (and a moment to up our mask game apparently). The Seattle Times posted a headline (24 […]

Friday Post Good morning! | an unwelcomed guest & a puzzle Good morning! FWL will be back on regular schedule this Friday yet between now and then I simply wanted to say hello, tell a couple of stories and set us out on a new week; our first full week of the new year! This will be short & sweet and moreso a note to simply […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, lets sweep! | SUP Santa! and more… Welcome to Friday! If you happened to be moving across I-90 this morning you may have been witness to floating Santas on paddle boards! What did you see? Windermere broker Mike Ferreri headed out on an annual Santa paddle (8th annual!) along the I-90 bridge. They pushed off at 7:30 am to spread some Holiday […]