Category Archives: Bellevue

Homes for Sale in Bellevue Washington as of September 2, 2010

Here is a brief update on the local residential real estate market in Bellevue Washington as of 1pm on Thursday September 2, 2010. Single Family Homes:  There are currently 518 single family homes listed for sale in Bellevue on the Northwest Multiple listing service.  They ranged in price from $205k  to $9,750,000, with an ...

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Lease Purchase Option on Home in Lynnwood

As many of you know, I'm constantly looking for another lease with purchase option on a house or condo in Bellevue.  I just got a call from a really nice lady who has a house in Lynnwood she would like to sell or lease with flexible terms and/or seller financing.  This is not a short ...

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One-Day Real Estate Marketing Training Event Comes to Bellevue: Agent Reboot

This was first posted at BellevueBusinessJournal.com and is re-posted here with permission.  If you work in the real estate and/or tech industries and have not been to an Inman event, you are missing out.  I've been to Inman Real Estate Connect conferences in San Francisco and New York and they are always great ...

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Client Looking to Lease Equestrian Property in Woodinville

I received a call this afternoon from a client who is looking for an equestrian friendly property on or close to the Tolt River in Woodinville.  It would need a house of at least 3 bedrooms and enough room and facilities for two ...

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Jackie Kennedy’s First Commercial for AAA Properties

Things have been a little slow in the world of real estate lately, so I'm going to my secret weapon to get more clients.  Jackie Kennedy is very motivated to help me find home buyers and sellers (I told her it's the only way she'll be able to get that electric Escalade she's ...

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AAA Properties Actively Recruiting Agents/Brokers Looking for Low Costs, High Commission Splits

After flying under the radar as a one broker office for a few years and for the past couple of years having just one other agent, my company, AAA Properties is now actively recruiting new real estate agents (now called Brokers ...

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“Building a Better Bellevue” Org Has Good at Heart, Needs to Examine Methods

In today's mail I received an envelope with a preprinted label address - which I normally don't read.  I opened this one, because the return address was from Building a Better Bellevue - and I'm all about helping to make our fine City ...

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Bellevue #4 on List, but in Reality is #1 Best Small City to Live

There's been a lot of excitement about Bellevue being named as CNN Money's 4th Best Place to Live on their list of America's best small cities.  It's always nice to get some national exposure (although it probably doesn't make our real estate any more affordable).  But I have a much different opinion than ...

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Advertising at IamEastside.com Works for Me!

As I'm holding an open house and unfortunately not having any traffic on this beautiful summer day, I just got a call from someone who is moving his family to Bellevue from the Chicago area to go to work for Microsoft.  He's not quite ready to purchase a home here, but did ask for my ...

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Looking for a Retail Location in Downtown Bellevue for Totally New and Unique Business

While I have been focusing on my real estate business lately, I have also been inspired to follow through on what is perhaps the best business idea I've ever had in my life.  It is a fully scalable, and repeatable business that will get the support of many, many local business people (including many of ...

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