Perrin's North Central Washington Real Estate Blog

1970 I was just out of the Army as a Captain and had returned home. I had a job (not related to real estate) and as I went to work the first day, I got off of the elevator and there was a little man, big booming voice, great smile, bald head and standing at attention, snapping a salute "I just wa...

Who knows and frankly who cares?My point is we seem to all get caught up about will it be a good year or if a bad year what to do? I guess there is some benefit in that. But, frankly, just relax and go with the flow. No matter if the market is good, bad or indifferent there will ALWAYS be people ...

lately, my business has seen a large resurgence of buyers using VA loans. As a veteran who has used a VA loan it is one of the best programs out there! Now it looks to get even more appealing. From an article in Military Times ... http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/benefits/2016/02/12/va...

Well, it is the first real working day of the new year. Lots of resolutions to keep or break. But while all that is true I also have an offer to get accepted; an offer on  HUD property to put to bed, a showing and a new listing to post. In early November I watched a video by Tom Ferry about how t...

Yeow! The year is almost gone! What happens now? 1. BUDGET: finish it and sit down with my broker and review. Set goals and benchmarks. Review this years activity... how can I improve. What happens if I can increase my average sales price $15,000. How do I do it? What is the mix of sales to listi...

Not if they are bad or few or not a good representation. It is so easy. Get a decent camera and learn to use it. Take some time to take some photos of your listing. Then take an extra couple minutes to set the picture up (I actually saw one, on line, if you looked close you could see a rat) Some ...

Reading AR this morning, there seem to be a lot of posts and questions about how to get clients. So I thought I would add my two cents, since it has been a long time since I last posted. First of all the question should reall be "how do I get and keep clients" If you are only worried about the ge...

The market for May continued strong with average time on the market declining, the absorption rate declining and prices moving up! A couple numbers are not much changed but that is more of an inventory thing than a change in overall market. How sustainable?? Only time will tell but a valid concer...

My sister-in-law likes to take a lot of time decorating for Christmas (as does me wife and they are both very good at it). This year, she (sister-in-law) did a different twist on the tree decorating their home in East Wenatchee. She started with the usually green faux tree. There were the normal ...

About a year ago I posted a blog titled Making the Business Flow. It was pretty well received and quite true (in my humble opinion). Today Id like to add to that a little (you can click on the link above for my original post) The last few years were tough on all of us. I am firmly convinced that ...