Banner Bank has hired Andrew Nguyen as a real estate loan officer at their Bellevue branch. In this new position, he will originate purchase and refinance mortgages in Snohomish and King counties. “Andrew is a great addition to our team,” said Banner Bank residential loan production manager Jim Logghe. Nguyen has more than eight years…
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I just followed a link on the Bellevue Downtown Association website to a website for Vertigo, which closed some time ago. I was surprised the link was still up, so I actually called the number on the website and it had been disconnected – I was hoping somehow it had come back to life or…
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I cannot believe it – I just ditched AT&T after 28 months of their crappy cell phone service for the local T-Mobile. I’ve been much happier with the service and now I come to hear (read actually) on Brier Dudley’s blog at SeattleTimes.com that AT&T has purchased Bellevue-based T-Mobile USA in a deal valued at…
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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 here in Washington state). Because I have a small office with very low overhead,…
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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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Are you a real estate agent who is looking to make a change? Perhaps your current commission split is not what it should be – why do you work so hard to make your broker so much money? YOU should be keeping more.
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Lately I’ve been doing a lot of spring cleaning – mostly getting rid of stuff I don’t need. Sometimes I’ve found that it’s hard to let go of things – on occasion because they have a perceived value and other times because there is an emotional anchor.
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Yesterday, through my friends at Fresh Consulting (who are also my co-producers in the upcoming Social Media 201 Conference at Microsoft), I applied for a position as a Community Engagement Manager for Microsoft Hohm, which is currently still in Beta. This would be a great position for me, as I really love building and engaging…
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During my personal social media campaign to find my next social media employment opportunity over the past two months, I have learned quite a bit. A couple of things that I’ve learned recently is that I need more knowledge and experience in two major areas: working with reporting and measuring tools and working with social…
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Here is my first Monday Video Update – I tried to keep it short and sweet. Please let me know your thoughts.
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