Vancouver Lynn

Our streets were soaked in beer??? For reasons that belong in their own post, I enjoy attending the First Tuesdays meetings of the city Planning Commission. Tonight was the celebration (with some darned good chocolate cake) of 75 Years of the Planning Commission. Pat Jollota, who is always a deli...

Monday Market Snapshot 2010/05/31 I've been wondering if the market would reflect the removal of the tax-credit supports. I think it may be showing in this week's numbers. Both the raw numbers and the ratios reflect the maket status as it was in early April. I guess we could say it reversed itsel...

House As A System Not real estate related, but systems related: I am participating in an extraordinary leadership program here in Clark County Washington, and the topic of 'systems' has been a recurrent theme.  That is probably why I noticed this article at the Eco-Broker website.  A recent home ...

I need to get...plus your fees When I'm talking to someone who is ready to sell their property and they utter that phrase, I know I'm going to need to do a lot of probing for their motivation to sell and a lot of educating about "this is how the market works". There was a time, not so long ago an...

Bonneville Revisited My son gets what he asks for. So the reason for that is worth a post on it's own and I've talked about him before.  I'll probably talk about him again and why, when he asks, I try so hard to provide. But on with the story. He enjoyed our previous outing to Bonneville Dam. He ...

First Friday Artwalk Vancouver Washington Come to Vancouver Washington on June 4 and stop by Art on The Boulevard and see more great art! Plus, Kevin always has some M&Ms!   Whether you're looking for your first home, or possibly your last, or selling either of them, I have the patience and exper...

Vancouver Arts Seems like I can't turn around in this town without bumping into some new and cool activity or event. Just today I discovered that we have a most interesting art experience scheduled for most of the month of June - Windows Into Art. Read this and see for yourself if it isn't a coo...

When sellers are buyers, how do you manage logistics of moving? In an earlier time, some of the home-sellers I worked with didn't want to be "homeless" or move twice, so they put their house on the market AFTER buying their next home. Not everyone has the financial ability to do this, and probab...

Did I find Holland in America? Close, but not quite. What I did find is Holland America Bulb Farm, Woodland Washington. And, as these pictures show, it did look like maybe I'd teleported to Holland and the famous Keukenhof gardens. Okay, so maybe that's a small exaggeration. But the rows and rows...

The Hulda Klager Gardens, Woodland, WA Pioneer Hulda Klager was an early resident of the Woodland area and a pioneer in lilac horticulture. My son and I had caught a lovely spring day to visit the Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens. It was beautiful to walk around the grounds and smell the many varieties...