Thank You for Helping Us Support Eastside Baby Corner!
UPDATE—Our Drive Made a Difference for EBC!
We want to thank all of our clients, friends and family who pitched in to raise items and funds for the Eastside Baby Corner. In addition to your generous donations, our agents and owners personally donated a total of $7,772 along with hundreds of childcare items as part of our annual Community Service Day effort. Together, we made a difference for local kids in need. Thank you!
For the past 30 years, Eastside Baby Corner has been there to help kids access the essentials they need to grow, play, learn and thrive. As part of our annual Community Service Day, my office is pitching in to support EBC with funds and the items they need most right now. You can help too! Support local children from birth through 12 years old (and expectant mothers) with a donation of diapers, diaper wipes, shampoo, conditioner, detangler, body wash, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, or funds to purchase those items.
IN PERSON DROP-OFF
Drop off new items at my office: 2737 77th Ave SE, Mercer Island 98040 Monday-Friday 8 am-5 pm
Plus, Saturday, May 22nd from 9 am-2pm during our annual paper shredding event (because why not get your old docs shredded for free while you’re doing something great for the community?!)
DONATE ONLINE
Contribute funds to allow Eastside Baby Corner staff to purchase the items most needed: Donate funds directly to Eastside Baby Corner
SHOP ONLINE
Choose items from EBC’s Wish List of needed items (ships directly to EBC)
PRINTABLE FLYER
View the PDF flyer with all the details
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Down Payment Assistance and Closing Costs Program Available Through WSHFC
A great chance for home buyers to take advantage of a State program that provides an opportunity to get down payment assistance and closing costs at a great interest rate of 0% sand deferred up to 30 years. Don’t miss this opportunity, contact Tom to see how to take advantage today and enjoy what the state is dishing out.
Properties For Sale, what I look for, are you looking at them the same way?
Every day I am looking at properties, for my clients (Buyers & Investors) all over town from Capitol Hill heading South thru Mt. Baker, Seward Park and then West to West Seattle and then NW, to Magnolia and Ballard. Don't get me wrong; I hit a lot more neighborhoods besides these.
What I saw and continue to see from some other Brokers is disappointing; these are listings that come on to the market and they are not prepared for the buyers. The sellers have one opportunity to make a first impression and when I walk up the house and grab onto a post to open a gate and the post is wobbly, I loose trust, then I say, well let’s see maybe that was overlooked. Then I see other items that make me nervous and concerned. These are minor items such as cover plates missing off electrical devices and poorly executed finishes. These are items that should have been addressed prior to putting this home on the market. Why? If these are not an issue then these items don’t turn off people.
As a professional I am coaching my clients on getting the best return for their investment and this means installing cover-plates on switches and receptacles, fixing a wiggly post for a fence and dealing with a heap fix to meet a code issue. Oh I forgot to mention, the house smelled! I work hard for my clients and my clients know that when I ask them to do something, they know it is in their best interest, not mine and for them to maximize their return, they do what makes sense.
I can see that several items feel thru the cracks for this listing, and I don't know where it was but I am glad to say I am thoroughly disappointed in what I saw. I saw another property that was on the market for a while and I can say the pictures online look great! The in person comments are, peeling paint and cracks in the walls. For a fixer upper, not a problem, but overpriced is what we see and this will attract the low ballers.
Look at the listing as what the buyer will see, the “Buyers Eyes”. Remember if a buyer sees items that don't look good, they start thinking what else is wrong with the house?
Don’t let the buyer drive the price down, get the price up.
Let me know if I can help you.
Tom Fine
Windermere RE, Capitol Hill, Inc.