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It’s today | “When purpose is bigger than pain, purpose wins.”

Originally I shared this blog post on Sunday 4.5.2020. I’m leaving it here as many people have appreciate these 24 minutes as much as I did and I want to make it easy access for others to digest. A good friend of mine share this with me…thank you Mike Ferreri! Mike, looking forward to our […]
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It’s Friday, let’s sweep |the miles ahead

It’s now a marathon not a sprint (I think) as we head into this weekend after navigating another week in a changed real estate environment. The “marathon” wording feels very cliche yet TODAY it feels most appropriate. Two years ago I had a good friend training for his first marathon along with his daughter. During […]
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It’s today. | The Current Real Estate Landscape

You are most likely expecting more changes and adjustments to our current real estate landscape from me TODAY. Nope. Instead, providing a sample client/sphere message if you are finding it hard to find your voice in messaging with your people. Hope this helps! And oh, yes – Gov. Inslee did extent Washington’s Stay Home, Stay […]
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It’s Today. | a late cup of coffee & an FFT

Go Slow + Do No Harm Gov. Inslee’s surprise yesterday morning in approving a handful of real estate activities as essential – permitted under heightened restrictions – did not mean “business as usual.” Many of you would have received a Go Slow + Do No Harm memo from me yesterday in response. If you didn’t and would like […]

Friday Post It’s today | “When purpose is bigger than pain, purpose wins.” Originally I shared this blog post on Sunday 4.5.2020. I’m leaving it here as many people have appreciate these 24 minutes as much as I did and I want to make it easy access for others to digest. A good friend of mine share this with me…thank you Mike Ferreri! Mike, looking forward to our […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep |the miles ahead It’s now a marathon not a sprint (I think) as we head into this weekend after navigating another week in a changed real estate environment. The “marathon” wording feels very cliche yet TODAY it feels most appropriate. Two years ago I had a good friend training for his first marathon along with his daughter. During […]

Friday Post It’s today. | The Current Real Estate Landscape You are most likely expecting more changes and adjustments to our current real estate landscape from me TODAY. Nope. Instead, providing a sample client/sphere message if you are finding it hard to find your voice in messaging with your people. Hope this helps! And oh, yes – Gov. Inslee did extent Washington’s Stay Home, Stay […]

Friday Post It’s Today. | a late cup of coffee & an FFT Go Slow + Do No Harm Gov. Inslee’s surprise yesterday morning in approving a handful of real estate activities as essential – permitted under heightened restrictions – did not mean “business as usual.” Many of you would have received a Go Slow + Do No Harm memo from me yesterday in response. If you didn’t and would like […]

Friday Post It’s Saturday, please read. |From Gov. Inslee The news from the Office of the Governor just released will hit each of you in a different way; I acknowledge that up front. It’s hitting me in all sorts of ways that I haven’t yet processed however I owe it to you to share what I am aware of in a timely manner. As […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep. | an open letter Today’s post will not be more about what our real estate industry is allowed to do or not do during our current Stay Home, Stay Healthy order by Gov. Inslee. There are a handful of clarifications we are awaiting for and should have those by morning. If we do, I’ll update you here. For today, […]

Friday Post It’s today | as midnight approaches As we approach midnight tonight – the timeline to which we will all need to comply with Governor Inslee’s “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” Order – a few items to further digest. I can’t stress enough – the information continues to be fluid and changing however I’m very impressed with Washington REALTORS (WR) direct & consistent communication […]

Friday Post It’s Monday, let’s sweep | Our next 48 hours… Our Next 48 Hours Hard to miss Governor Inslee’s recently concluded a press conference this evening during which he provided a “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” order. Within this order, Gov. Inslee indicated he will close all businesses that are not deemed essential within the next 48 hours for a two week period. What does that […]

Friday Post Today, let’s sweep | I went for a drive… Yes, that is my son 2 feet high jumping on top of his sister; smashing & smothering her with the pillows. Fortunately this only went on for 20 minutes. This week for you and me however this went on all day; everyday. Smooshed, smothered and trying to come up for air in navigating uncertainty, breaking […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! |Flattening the (COVID-19) Curve” + Adjusting to social responsibility + moving the market Welcome to Friday, let’s sweep this week (briefly)…and continue to respond with uncertain times with our superpower: hand washing! The last 48 hours has brought about a sea of change with COVID-19. Our Governor called for a halt on large gatherings. School closures were announced with closures being extended until April 24th 2020. Parents (me […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | Top 10 “from home” Welcome to Friday, let’s sweep! …ok, more like sweep, sanitize and adjust to our new normal around a daily digesting of news headlines around the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and our collective responses to all. On Thursday; OB Jacobi released an email to our Windermere owners, managers and brokers with guidelines for us as we navigate the […]

Friday Post Welcome to (almost) Friday, let’s sweep! | mic’d up x 2 + ADU clock hours Headed out the door to go ski and play in the snow with the Windermere Wedgwood office and their annual winter boondoggle – yet before, I do wanted to release an early edition of Fridays with Laura. Welcome to (almost) Friday, let’s sweep; or better yet – let’s listen in… This week podcast Episodes #18 […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | sun + competition + podcasts (x2) Welcome to Friday, let’s sweep this week! The sun came out; need I say more? Ok, let’s go a little deeper in recap yet holy smokes am I grateful for that big orange ball in the sky! As I traveled the offices this week, the topic was multiple offers. Fortunately, we know how to educate […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | love shack Welcome to Friday, let’s sweep! A handful of digestible bites from this week to prepare us for the fast paced weeks ahead. Once again in our Seattle + Eastside footprint we were able to prove out that Selling Office Commissions do make a difference for a Seller. We’ve dusted off the #’s around this and […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! |timing on our local media and our industry = know it! Welcome to Friday, let’s take a sweep of this week – February has arrived! And as we turn the page to another month we look to make sense of what we can so far within our markets. If I’ve been to your office meeting lately I shared a little secret on timing and data and […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | podcast prep + cash is king + love me some HUB + Custom Xpress gets a facelift + remembering the Viaduct Welcome to the close of this week; let’s take a sweep and digest what I’ve noticed. A little something for everyone is always the goal. Thank you to those that have chimed in thus far in what “legal bites” you’d like t’d up on my next podcast with David Daniel and Demco Law Firm. To date, […]

Friday Post It’s [only] Tuesday; not Friday! | Yet… Special Edition Tuesday blog post: I’m building out content for my next “legal bites” podcast with Demco Law Firm and I want your engagement on this! As Mathew Gardner spoke to at our kickoff event last week; our classic Seattle spring market starting in January. How I read that? Let’s make sure we are clear […]

Friday Post It’s Friday; let’s sweep! | painting fences Welcome to Friday, let’s sweep this week! For me; this week was putting together final touches and executing on our company kickoff event. Thank you for filling the seats! It only matters if people “show up!” Wednesday, Pigott Hall on Seattle University’s campus became an environment of learning; collaboration; excellence. I will wrap this week […]

Friday Post It’s Friday, let’s sweep! | what have you noticed? Why the thought bubble? We are settling into all things 2020. In looking at putting together my “sweep” of these last seven days; it seemed appropriate to answer my own favorite office meeting question…”what have you noticed?“ The last seven days in our offices, this is what I’ve noticed… …the Ballard office crushed it with […]

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 […]