Perrin's North Central Washington Real Estate Blog

The Wenatchee Valley is a great place to live or visit! Housing in the Wenatchee area is comparatively affordable and the cost of living has a couple pluses from weather, cheap power and local agriculture that help make up for some other higher priced items. We are only 2.5 hours from Seattle, ha...

Yesterday (1/19/2010) I attended Brian Buffini's Success Seminar in Seattle. A free event!!! (Actually kudos to Wells Fargo Mortgage for being the sponsor). Since it was Brian it was, of course, a success! In fact I would say it was the best 2-3 hours I hav4e EVER spent in a work.motivational con...

This weekend I wrote an offer on a house. Two problems (ok challenges) the purchasers (also first time homebuyers) did not speak a word of English but they brought dad along who was fairly proficient but in day to day stuff not re lingo and the house is a short sale (which i have previously vowed...

I enjoy writing an occasional piece for the local paper. It is a change of pace and tests skills I don't always use. This particular one is about growing up in Wenatchee and the role radio played... much better than TV...lol! Anyway for those of you that might be interested or that want to take a...

If you are old enough you may remember the song from the movie MASH. The dentist had some issues so they were going to give him a little pill to solve everything. I think as REALTORS we often look for the magic bullet or pill (as a society we do too) There has to be another solution, a better qui...

Last week was a beautiful fall week weather wise. Great, spectacular weather is something we experience in Central Washington (entirely different from the West side i.e.Seattle). Sky was blue, air was clear and foliage was in full color. Just time for a quick walk along the Banks of the Columbia ...

This morning I read the following post and I agree! (See below). In fact I had to chime in with more thoughts. We have all seen them... overpriced and out of the market but still in MLS. Before going on I have to subscribe to full disclosure and that is I have had a few too... but some of the one...

It has been several months since I last dropped into Active Rain. Partly on purpose, partly just other business. In that length of time it is amazing how things change and yet how they remain the same. But in all I am pretty optimistic about the future. I tend to think most of it has to do with o...

Him...hard to believe that the 4th is just around the corner... 1776 to 2009 long time and a lot has happened. As we creep up on the 4th and all the political Bs I decided to post to a blog an true story about some of the people that helped make the 4th possible. John Weimer...a distant relative....

Well actually i just posted a blog on the local paper about our language and the use thereof. While not directly about real estate we as agents can take a tip in writing addendum's to be clear and concise in our writing. Something, unfortunately, the legal community do not always believe in (IMHO...