A big howdy to any new readers via my ad in this week’s North Coast Citizen!Seven years ago William and I made our first visit to Manzanita, an idyllic hamlet on the north Oregon coast. For the past four years we’ve owned a home there, first “in town” on Fourth Street and since 2006 over on First Street in Neahkahnie. Many people there know us as the guys with Hank, the most enthusiastic tennis ball retriever the beach has ever seen, and my face is familiar to some who’ve spent an evening at the Vino wine bar where I moonlighted the last two summers, ostensibly to make a little walking-around money (though in the process I made some lifelong friends.)
Manzanita is a place of shared sensibilities… commitment to community regardless of national politics, love for nature, and especially an appreciation for the off-beat... like Norman Rockwell put through a Ken Kesey lens (I swore I wouldn’t make any Northern Exposure analogies, but if you haven’t been to Manzanita, it may be the most accurate shorthand description.) I challenge you to find a more well-traveled, thoughtful and educated community of 500 people anywhere, let alone anywhere so beautiful.
It’s the kind of place you either “get” or you don’t. (For tie-breakers I sometimes refer people to Cart'M, the community-run dump and recycling center... if you don't think Cart'M is cool, you probably wouldn't like spending time long-term in Manzanita.)
There are also an increasing number of Seattlelites like us making the four-hour drive. So while I’m licensed as a Realtor® in Washington, not Oregon, I thought it would be good to get the word out about my new venture… after all, why not work with a Seattle real estate agent who shares your sensibilities, and your dreams of the day when you plan your trips to the city, and not the other way around?
As a full-time Realtor® with Coldwell Banker Bain's Lake Union office in Seattle, I continue my life's work of connecting people with what matters. And what could matter more than finding your new home, or helping you realize your current home's maximum worth? I have a deep understanding of our neighborhoods, from the established to the emerging. And I know just how daunting, and exciting, it can be to buy or sell a home. I've been through it myself SIX times in the past five years. But more important than empathy and patience, I offer you:
- a passion for realty combined with fifteen years of marketing experience, from web and print advertising to event and space planning, including successful home staging;
- a commitment to the best market research, attention to detail and tenacious advocacy for my clients' best interests;
- technical skills gleaned from industry-leading, ongoing Coldwell Banker training;
- the resources and wisdom of a veteran CB Bain brokerage that has flourished through times thick and thin, along with a unmatched national network
