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Hello Everyone,
Besides being a Spokane Real Estate Expert I also work on keeping an eye on our community. We have seee problems with homelessness all over the country and we are no exception. About 1/3 of the people homeless have mental disorders and another 1/3 some type of drug addiction. Then there are those who have just had some hard times and haven't been able to receive enough help.
A man was found dead recently under the freeway in jeans and a tee shirt. It's freezing outside and while many of us enjoy the warmth of our house and lives, there are those who literally are freezing. I saw a lady by the side of the road the other day with a sign. You know the will work for food sign. People are skeptical and figure, they choose it, or they are going to buy beer or drugs if I give them something, but the fact is that if they have to sit out in the cold and beg for money for a beer they are still worse off than you. Many of them may need help and they suffer because people figure it's a scam. Let's not throw the needy out with the beer scammers.
People's heart needs to enlarge and realize that to give up a few bucks is not going to cause a upset in your life. But as the scrptures say in the last days the love of many grows cold. This can be felt in the winter months as people are struggling and people just ignore them. It would be good for people to stand out on a corner one day and ask for help. Then you would know what it feels like to not be heard.
Visit our website www.TeamQuintana.com and click 'About Spokane' and select Spokane Community page from the menu to learn about people in need in our community and what you can do to help. No one should freeze to death in our city and we can't keep ignoring people in need.
Ross Quintana - Team Quintana Real Estate
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Hello Everyone,
Yes if you haven't heard your will that the Fed lowered rates a substantial .75% this is big. What will it mean to Spokane Home buyers and Home Sellers who were wondering what is coming for the Spokane Real Estate market. Well, The best result for us is going to be business as usual. We probably won't go up like the market of two summers ago. I hope we will just get to the slowing but steady market of last summer.
First time home buyers have to be able to get loans again and the funny result here with the rate change is that some first time homebuyers will enjoy the benefits, but these rates are falling into a mortgage system that has already tightened up on the requirements. If they don't loosen up, they may find that they only partially solved the problem. This means some first time home buyers will again be able to buy Real Estate in Spokane but only those with decent credit. Not like 2 years ago when almost anyone with a pulse could get a great loan.
This leads to foreclosures that are still in the wings in many banking systems. We'll see how it all pans out, but in Spokane we are likely to have a mild summer, which is actually better than a downturn and will allow the market to catch it's breath after the last 4 years.
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Lately there has been a lot of talk and gloom about the economy and I have heard many people talk of recession and depression, but they leave out one key factor. This isn't the 1920 were everyone was self employed and had mom and pops places, Big business is not going to take their hands out of consumers pockets and the government will not allow it either.
It's just a different environment and though it is vunerable to movement, I don't think it's a fragile as some think. But things won't change until rich people start losing money. Then problems will get solved. So what's it going to take. I don't know but something is coming.
Ross Quintana - Team Quintana Real Estate
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Hello Everyone,
Spokane is a great place to live. This is probably wh many people from all over are moving to Spokane Washington. We have something for everyone. Sports, Skiing and Snowboarding with 5 major mountains nearby for those winter months. Golf abounds in this area with courses to suit every skill level and setting.
Raising a family here has always been a draw for people thinking of relocating to Spokane. Great Schools and some fo the best Hospitals in the region. Our community is large but still feels small. Parks and Recreation make living in Spokane a step away from the stress of modern city living. We don't have the traffic problems that some areas do. The people here are friendly and there is a lot to do.
We know because we were raised here and have lived in other big cities and Spokane drew us back in. We help people buy and Sell Spokane Real Estate and also invest here so we are always keeping up and the benefits of living in Spokane. We are area experts when it comes to buying ans Selling Real homes in Spokane. Visit our Website to learn more or to make your first friend in Spokane. We love helping people and it shows!
Ross Quintana - Team Quintana Real Estate
Spokane Real Estate Experts
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Hello Everyone,
Visit www.TeamQuintana.com for more info. There is a lot of discussion about discount brokerages in the news. We will see if they remain in business through the legislation and questions about how they effect the public. I will give my 2 cents. Because the public needs to here more than one side of the story.
What side does the public hear, they hear dollar signs and the discount packages play on the publics miseducation about how to save money on a real estate transaction. The For Sale By Owner companies just like the discount brokers make money by convincing people they should get it cheaper, ot that they can do it with less service, or they can do it themselves. They have screamed it for so long and lined their pockets off it, but don't explain the other side. The side I see because I work with FSBO (For sale by owners) in my area and hear the horror stories and disappointment after they bought one or more of these "discount packages" 
There is an old saying "You get what you pay for" and this holds true with discount brokers. I have yet to find in my market a discount broker who either sells alot of homes, or has a marketing plan that can compete with ours. I consider many of these "no Service Borkers" Some literally don't offer any marketing other than input in the MLS and don't negotiate contracts or do any marketing. One of the problems with this is If I have a buyer and the listing says I have to contact the seller and present offers, then I am open for more liability because Instead of giving the offer to the sellers agent, and they explain it to the seller, I am obligated to explain the offer and have certain duties to the public which open me up for all kind of trouble, plus why should I work twice as hard trying to overcome problems with a seller who doesn't trust me while someone else gets paid for doing nothing in the process.
This is why many agents won't show a home where they have to work directly with the seller on less their client wants to see it. I have even had sellers tell me that the discount broker admitted he felt realtors wouldn't show his properties. They run ads incinuating realtors are soaking them for high commissions. Then try and get the same realtors to show their homes. Not likely. I don't like that they leave the sellers in a vunerable situation with little to no marketing, and no expertise, essentially everything we train to do for the public. So in my opinion they are undoing what we have built over the years in way of service and standards designed to protect the public and offer real expertise.
I'm not talking about people who discount their services, I'm talking about the people who don't offer any service. I always say they know what they are worth. If a kia was worth as much as a mercedes then they would charge as much. But the company knows the max they can get for their product and that's what they charge. If I did what the discount brokers do I would lower my prices too. The fact is real estate is getting more and more competitive with the internet and technology and the best agents can sell homes for more with better marketing and they know what their service is worth. The problem is Owners don't hear the horror stories or see real numbers of how these discount brokers are doing. They may hear of a few testimonials, but I have heard of as many bad testimonials and just look at the number of homes that were FSBO, then discount broker, then full service broker to sold. They don't share those numbers in their brochure, they play off the fear of paying to much, not on the service they provide. If you want to save money buying a car, I can sell you a car for a dollar but it may not be worth even a dollar. Selling Real estate has never been about saving money, competitive sales is about selling for more money. Get the right focus and you'll be much better off.
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Ross Quintana
Team Quintana Real Estate - Spokane Washington
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