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Washington DC

Treasury Secretary Paulson announces that banks will be on their own in disposing of REO's and short sales. The Government will not use TARP money to buy bad mortgage loans made by banks. It is estimated at over 1.6 million foreclosures will occur this year and 1.9 million is projected for 2009. This is great news for small private investors wanting to take advantage of flipping short sale and REO's

The Real Estate Downfall

This is a hilarious movie that someone made on youtube:

Seattle Named The Real Estate Market Most Likely to Rebound First

Forbes Magazine just said that Seattle was the real estate market, in the United States, that was most likely to rebound first. It ranked #1 just ahead of San Fransico. Forbes said this is due to our strong commercial real estate market and strong local economy with major employers such as Microsoft and Boeing. Full Article Here.

This is an awesom vid

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Everett Voted One of the Best Neighborhoods for Business

Two areas of Everett, Everett-Central and Everett-South, made a recent survey of the Best Neighborhoods for Business in the November 2008 issue of Seattle Business. Here are some of their stats:

Everett-Central
Snohomish (County)
27,388 (Est. 2007 Population)
92 (Crimes per 1,000)
$279,950 (Median Home Price)
7% (%Age of Pop. with B.A.'s)
20% (Estimated Job Growth)
Second highest projected job growth (What Seattle Business Liked)

Everett-South
Snohomish (County)
22,519 (Est. 2007 Population)
92 (Crimes per 1,000)
$300,000 (Median Home Price)
12% (%Age of Pop. with B.A.'s)
11% (Estimated Job Growth)
The Boeing plant and area development (What Seattle Business Liked)

120ft of Waterfront, 2 Lots, New Construction for $240,000

This is an Incredible deal! This Brand New Arlington Home includes TWO TAX PARCELS 00557300101700 & 00557300101800 Lots 17 and 18 in the Plat of Riverscene. Relax on your own Sandy Beach or enjoy serene Waterfront from your covered front Porch which invites you in to a spacious open Living Room with 9ft high Ceilings and Views of your 120+ feet of Water front on Canyon Creek just before it turns into the Stillagumish River. The home has 3 Bedroom/2.5 Bath plus Bonus Room on upper level. The Master Bedroom has Cathedral Ceiling, full Bath, Walk-in Closet & Waterfront Views. Large Walk-in Storage area below the House. All for only $240,000.00

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Watch out for the Fridge

Ok. So today was a usual Monday with lots of meetings, phone calls, follow up etc., but here was the funny part. I was showing a short sale home in Stanwood to a first time buyer, with their parents. It was a pretty typical short sale except for the fact the this one had more stuff laying around than usual. No cleaning and half of everything still in the house, this includes the fridge. The fridge was a beautiful stainless steel double door with something that looked like green alien slime that had puddled around the front of the base. Then the buyer reached for it! My eyes bugged out of my head and time went too slow-mo. Noooo Nooooot the Fridge!! I say .... it was to late. He opened the fridge and immediately slammed it shut as he saw the contents. However, it was too late for our escape, the toxic oder was everywhere and I thought we were going to die. It was nasty!

Moral of the story. When no one has been living in the house for a long time, avoid the fridge. Especially if it looks like an alien died in front of it. Ha! Ha!

If we go back, I will get a pic, because it will make the story even better.

Another great friday

The 2 best things of the day:


We are currently working on a short sale for a home in the Seattle Hill/Silver Lake area of Everett and today we made a major victory with Indie Mac Bank. They have been super slow and unresponsive during this whole process and today we were told file accepted, negotiator assigned and we will hear back their response after the BPO. ...oh happy dance and I made this photoshop of some book I never heard of.






I also, had the opportunity to teach a class today to other real estate agents about pricing strategies, techniques, leading the market, statistics and how to best serve our clients. I love teaching these classes because I feel I learn as much as the students and they keep me fresh. In this current market you have to become your local economist or the market will leave you behind.

$160000 Beat the Bank - Starting at $160,000 (More Available) - Lists

Our Current Listing Inventory of Short Sales, PreForeclosures, Investment Properties and Deals:

$160,000 – 3 bedroom 2 story home in Granite Falls

$214,950 – 3 Bedroom Rambler in Everett

$220,000 – 3 Bedroom Rambler in Marysville $231,950 – 3 Bedroom Rambler in Marysville

$244,000 – 3 Bedroom 2 Bath 1900sqft in East Everett (Feels like Lake Stevens to Me)

$254,960 – 4 Bedroom 2 Bath 3 Car Garage 1880sqft Arlington

$280,000 – 3 Bedroom almost 1700sqft in the Silver Lake / Seattle Hill area of Everett

$270,00 – 3 Bedroom Condo in Mukilteo

$271,950 – Almost 2000sqft Rambler in Marysville

$265,000 – 3 Bedroom Rambler in the Easmont Silver lake area of Everett

$324,000 – OWNER FINANCING - 4 Bedroom daylight rambler that is 2728sqft with Mother in Law (duplex possibly?)

$370,000 - Everett on Grand Ave and Zoned Multifamily

$448,950 – Triplex with $3180/month in income


We specialize in investment properties, short sales, preforeclosures, foreclosures, bank owned properties (REOs), must sells, distressed propeperties, investments and just plain deals. The list above is just our inventory and we have access to lists of other properties. Give us a call we are here to help and get you a fabulous deal on your next property.

Sellers – if you are facing foreclosure or behind on you payments give us a call to discuss the 9 options that you have available to you in this current market. We are here to help.

Anton Stetner
Listing and Marketing Specialist
Real Estate Solutions Group
Keller Williams Realty
1027 State Ave, Suite 102
Marysville, WA 98270
http://www.antonstetner.com/
anton@kw.com
Direct: 425.923.7010
Fax: 360.653.8610

Luxury Home in Snohomish priced like a bank owned property

This is an unbelievable home for the price and it is truly priced like a bank owned property in Snohomish. Located in the Cathcart community on Broadway Ave in Snohomish, WA. A luxury remodel of ~3000sqft on ~2ac with 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, 2 car garage & a 4 car shop. A covered front porch invites you into a slate entry. A gourmet kitchen with hardwoods, slab granite, custom cabinets with tons of storage, and double ovens. Spacious formal dinning and formal living room. A huge bonus area complete with wet bar & wood burning stove. Retreat to the huge master suite. The master bath is a 5 piece with granite counter tops, full tile shower and a jetted soaking tub

Priced at only: $629,000.00
Address: 15406 Broadway Ave Snohomish, WA 98296
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MLS: 28094034
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Work today

Just a few things about my day:

I know all the appraisers working in our local real estate market are definitely working hard at their job. Things are in such a transition right now that they are having a difficult time with the finding of comparable properties. Even when they can find comparable properties they may still need to make many adjustments to them to reflect the current market conditions today. I received a call today from an appraiser to ask some questions about a parcel of vacant land on Thumper Lane that we had sold earlier this year on Camano Island. She was having a difficult time due to the lack of vacant land sales and the fact that Island County had not updated some of their records. I answered all her questions to help her out. It is crazy to think that only 8 parcels of vacant land acreage (everything 1 acre or more) have sold since the beginning of 2008 and we were one of those parcels.

Had to fight the huge down pour of rain.

Had an awesome lunch with a client and talk about their possible home purchase of an REO in Arlington.

Heidi our Buyers Agent and I talked with a buyer about our awesome deal for a parcel of vacant land on Ash Way in Lynnwood.

I showed a Buyer a REO home in Lynnwood.

And tonight I read some more of my “SHIFT” book before getting on the internet.

The First Post

This is the beginning post numero uno.

So at first I did not like or want to do anything that relates to the social networking (Linked In, Facebook, My Space, etc.) or blogging. I had said that stuff is no fun and who wants to hear any of my crazy ideas. Well, I am sitting here this evening at my home in Marysville, WA and I am now a convert. Holy cow this stuff is fun, you get addicted, get back in touch with tons of people and meet new ones. Ok. I am hooked. My goals here are basically to share my thoughts and ideas about Snohomish County Real Estate or anything else that pops into my mind. I work for Keller Williams Realty in Marysville, WA and think KW is the best real estate company ever. We serve all of Snohomish County so if you have questions ask, comments make them, topics those work too. Hope to hear from you soon.

Laters,

Anton