Gerhard's View from the Street

Ardell DellaLoggia, the new Brio Realty broker, was moving into her new office with, among other things, a Ziploc brand bag full of Zillow.com pens in assorted colors. Generous by nature, she passed some of them out. We started to joke about what was so special about a Zillow pen. This inspired m...

You've heard of the elevator speech? Whatever you can tell somebody you've just met and who asks you "what do you do" in an elevator before, - ding - the door opens and your potential client exits.Here's my elevator speech: "I am a Realtor® who can list your home in whatever WA city you live and ...

Listings are the life blood of real estate. The saying is “who lists, lasts.” Helping buyers find a home is good. Listing a home for sale is better. As a listing agent my name is out there on the sign in the neighborhood and on the flyer right at street level. My broker advertises my listing in H...

What makes a "good" client? The simple answer is one who appreciates what I do. But there's more to it. I'm currently working with a seller who has done a superb job in preparing the home for sale. This good client made my job so much easier. I'm closing on a listing with a client who reduced the...

2,692 sq ft, almost 1/2 acre, three bedrooms upstairs, complete mother-in-law suite downstairs. Tour this Woodinville home on line This 30-year young, 2,692 square foot Woodinville home on nearly one-half acre is nothing like your average split level. Offered at $549,000 The address is 15650 185t...

As a listing agent it is your responsibility to do everything legal, logical, and laudable to find a buyer. That can include letting other agents advertise your listing. About a year ago I began advertising other agents' listings on my website. I selected properties that I found attractive for on...

I've been in Brazil and now I've been to Bremerton. This doesn't make me an expert on either place, but what a Brazilian business man told me about Brazil on the plane to Sao Paolo also appears to apply to Bremerton: "Brazil always had a future and always will."While I visited Brazil as the "corp...

Offered at $985,000 ($222/sqft),this Redmond Home in the Novelty Hill neigborhoodexceeds today's building standards. It is solid construction to the core and has sensible room arrangements. 10518 206th Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98053, MLS 27045765If you have family or friends they will have personal sp...

In case you haven't noticed, I am preoccupied with blogging. Not just with blogging itself but the nature of blogging. Is it the greatest breakthrough since Gutenberg's invention of movable type? Speaking of movable type I actually learned to set type by hand, letter by letter, lead piece by lead...

The best thing about my start in real estate was the retail location of Hallmark Realty - in the heart of Kirkland a mere stone's throw from Lake Washington. Over the past five years Kirkland has been at the center of my business. As the map shows, there is a concentration of orange dots (buyers)...