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About Juneau County
Are you working with another REALTOR? - Sep 27 04:10 AM
I've had someone asking me questions, by email only, about land in my area. Building lots can be hard to come by and of course there are so many questions... covenants, where are the lot lines, etc.
This person has only dealt with me by email. We've probably had six to ten emails back and forth over the last few days. The latest one took a little longer to answer:
Debbie,
Thanks again for being so fast to reply! ...
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Another AR Success Story – They read my blog! - Feb 20 10:13 AM
Today I had the pleasure of meeting a really nice couple. They had looked at a house with the listing agent, and when they learned about representation, they decided it was time to get a buyer's agent.
From what they told me, they spent a lot of time reading websites, trying to get a feel for what the different licensees in our area were like.
Then they read my blog, and started to see me as a ...
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Everything I ever need to know about customer service, I learned from my dentist! (Part Two) - Nov 30 08:29 PM
In Part One, I explained how I ended up learning more about dentists and their relationship with their employees. It was surprising to see how certain dentists had no trouble attracting and retaining the best hygienists and dental assistants. I'd never thought about shopping for a dentist this way.
At first I wasn't going to bore everyone with my scary dentist stories, but since decided that in order to give us all a place to vent, perhaps ...
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My birthday, beautiful day, part one - May 20 01:32 AM
My husband kept asking me what I wanted for my birthday. All I really wanted was to go fishing.
We went in the "little boat", an 18 foot Almar that was just equipped with 4-cycle motors. For those of you that don't know much about small engines, the old 2-cycle motors rattle, make a lot of smoke, and roar like a chain saw. A 4-cycle motor purrs quietly like a kitten with very little exhaust, more ...
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Romeo, Romeo, Where Art Thou? - Feb 14 08:16 AM
Juneau is a small town (30,000) built at the edge of the wilderness. The only way to get here is by boat or plane and bad weather can and will change your plans. We are completely surrounded by huge mountains and the ocean. There are more miles of forest trails than roads. Tourist ships bring tens of thousands of people to Juneau every day during the summer. One of our main attractions is the Mendenhall Glacier.
In ...
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My birthday, beautiful day, part two - May 20 10:18 PM
Yesterday I told you about part one of my birthday adventures. I'd lost a nice fish, learned a bit about running the boat, and then we were approached by the United States Coast Guard Patrol boat.
My husband is accustomed to this procedure, but I'll admit I was a little intimidated. They asked a lot of questions about the boat, checked the registration, and asked for my husband's identification. They didn't actually come on board, since ...
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The Nothing Box - Men vs Women - Feb 15 10:56 PM
Those of you who don't want jokes or funnies, just click the back button. I rarely, if ever post something like this but I've got to admit it was the most hilarious thing anybody has sent me in ages. Thank you to my sweet husband, Christopher, for giving me the best belly laugh I've had in ages!
http://www.marriageresourcecenter.org/videogallery/4/med/VideoWidget8.htm
Debbie White is an Associate Broker with RE/MAX in Juneau, Alaska. When not laughing hysterically at the funny jokes her ...
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Gardening tasks for December in Southeast Alaska - Dec 01 10:59 AM
I know you all think I'm obsessed with gardening. Of course I truly am. As the President of Southeast Alaska Master Gardeners, it is my right. I'm just usually out selling real estate so I don't have the time I'd like to have in the garden. That's why I'd like to start periodically giving a "to do" list for the garden. None of us have the time we'd like to, but we all have 24 hours ...
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I'm Baaccckk... I'm Back! - Feb 11 03:24 AM
So, it turns out a few locals actually read this dribble that I write!
At least three times this weekend, my bog was mentioned or even discussed in public!At first I was embarrassed. Did people I know actually stumble across my words, my search engine rankings? My stuff - I am humbled!What even made them look? I hope to find the answers in the replies below!Debbie
You can find most of what you need to know about Southeast ...
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Come to Alaska, but don't BS! - Dec 10 12:12 PM
Recently I read another blog on Active Rain that inspired this post. Scott Daniels in Florida wrote http://activerain.com/blogsview/301871/Sorry-we-re-Realtors . In his blog, he wrote about the "clients" who call REALTORS° thinking it's an easy way to get a free tour of a place they visit.
Being in Juneau, Alaska, I've got an idea of what he's talking about. Juneau is only about 30,000 people, yet we get over one million visitors over the summer. The majority of ...
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Please take your home off the market! - Oct 13 04:46 PM
Our inventory of homes in Juneau is higher than it's been for decades. Competition for buyers is fierce. We are seeing many sellers drop their prices to below what they owe on the homes. In some cases, the property owner used their home like an ATM machine and refinanced one too many times but there are a few exceptions.
It's a great time to buy! Interest rates are still really good if you look at the average ...
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"But that’s less than what they paid for it!" Is it really a LOWBALL? - Apr 02 11:34 AM
Yesterday I submitted an offer on a house for my buyers. The listing agent thought perhaps it was an April Fools' joke.
It wasn't.
The house has been on the market for almost 10 months. The current owners have only had the house for just about two years. So, for almost half the time they've owned the house they've been trying to sell it!
The offer was approximately 10% below the current asking price and 5% below the sold ...
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The Juneau economy is growing! - Oct 14 09:05 PM
We enjoy a healthy economy in our little city. Just a little background...
Juneau's population is approximately 30,000 - give or take several hundred. Juneau is right on the ocean. We are surrounded by 3,000 foot mountains so the community is built in little fringes along the coast and into several small and two medium sized valleys. This area was completely covered by ice several hundred years ago. We are now surrounded by Sitka Spruce, Hemlock and ...
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You just might be a renter if… - Feb 21 03:19 AM
You have no down payment. If what you have to put into the transaction is less than first, last and deposit on a typical apartment... you just might be a renter. With no down payment, you will usually pay a higher interest rate and more in loan fees.
You have bad, or no credit. Lenders aren't going to give you a low rate because you are young and cute.
You need the sellers to sell $20,000 or ...
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I spent two hours today cleaning house, but it wasn’t mine - Dec 31 03:06 AM
The house wasn't filthy, but several months on the market hadn't been kind. The contractors performing the minor repairs didn't exactly leave the place spotless. The disappointed look during the final walk-through said it all. They have a long day ahead of them, trying to completely move in all in one day. My buyers have exactly one day to move in as their apartment will be available for rent Tuesday.
He's a Firefighter/Paramedic with Capital City ...
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Juneau, Alaska Market Outlook – SUNNY! - Jan 20 10:41 PM
The Juneau real estate market is starting to get exciting! The last few weeks have seen a huge increase in buyer activity. Even listings that have languished on the market are starting to see significant activity.
Even the Anchorage Daily News is getting the hint. Real estate is local. This morning's paper had an excellent article explaining why Alaska escaped the serious sub-prime problems that plague selected areas "outside".
Interest rates are outstanding! One of my favorite ...
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Market Conditions Report January 2, 2008 Juneau Alaska - Jan 03 01:28 AM
I've been dreading writing a market condition report for Juneau for several weeks. I've enjoyed working fewer hours over the holidays, and I've worked harder at qualifying buyers to save time and fuel, but honestly I was getting a little concerned. People talk about the market being slow, prices coming down and of course I spend a lot of energy talking about how it isn't so bad, real estate is always a good investment, and I've ...
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Late October 2007 Update - not quite as scary as Halloween! - Oct 20 04:02 AM
Our market has changed and some newer agents are having a tough time adjusting. Less than two years ago, we were all scratching for listings and now it seems they are coming in faster than we can build ads and web pages. The number of buyer calls has decreased dramatically over the last few months. All the bad press hasn't helped!
My personal opinion is that things aren't as bad as the media would lead us ...
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Mid-May Real Estate Update - May 11 12:35 AM
May 10, 2007
Right now there are 91 single-family homes on the MLS in Juneau, ranging in price from $185,000 - $1,400,000.
The average asking price is $383,382. The median is $345,000
<250,000 - 11 listings
<300,000 - 13 listings
<350,000 - 26 listings
<400,000 - 13 listings
<450,000 - 12 listings
<500,000 - 4 listings
<600,000 - 6 listings
>600,000 - 6 listings
There are currently 33 listings under contract, meaning they have an accepted offer and are heading to closing. They range in price ...
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RELAX, Chicken Little! - Mar 08 12:13 AM
The sky is not falling! The Juneau real estate market is NOT crashing.
Right now there are 76 single family homes on the MLS in Juneau. That is a LOT for this market. Most of 2006 there were only about 35 single family homes available at any given time. Everywhere you look there are "For Sale" signs. It makes a person wonder.
What I've noticed is a noticeable lack of "FSBO" signs. There are a few, but not ...
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Professional Pooper-Pumpers! - Dec 19 03:11 PM
Yeah, I know that title is lame. But I got your attention, I hope!
Trying to get a septic system serviced in Juneau has been a frustrating experience for many of us for many years. I could probably rant for a while about it, but let's just say the only company providing the service over a vast geographical area just didn't have enough time, equipment, or manpower to keep up with the demand.
A few months ago, I ...
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The life you save may be yours. Check those batteries! - Jan 01 04:26 PM
Did you forget to check your batteries? The National Fire Protection Agency advises that we check smoke detectors every time we change our clocks for daylight savings time. I don't know about you, but I didn't do it last time. A few recent articles I read have prompted me to take care of this NOW.
You'd think I would know better. We had a home fire on January 13, 1992.
At the time, I was a volunteer ...
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793 Kilowatts – down from 1851 Kilowatts! It wasn’t as hard as I thought. - May 17 10:31 AM
If you live in Juneau, you know about our energy crisis unless you live under a rock. On April 16, at about 4:00 AM there was a series of avalanches that took out over 1.5 miles of power line and several towers, cutting Juneau off from the hydroelectric plant that powers the community.
As a result, the entire capital city of Alaska and our 30,000 residents have been running on diesel fuel. It was estimated that ...
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It's official - well almost. State of Emergency in Juneau - Apr 17 04:58 PM
If you didn't already know, Juneau Alaska is having a huge problem. Our electricity is generated 40 miles south of town at a hydro-electric plant. Yesterday, at about 4:00 AM there was a huge avalanche, over a mile and a half wide. This took down our power and the city is currently running on diesel generators. We don't even have enough fuel in town to keep this up for long, and we are thousands of miles away from a ...
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Time to ratchet things down... more on the energy crisis in Juneau. - Apr 17 12:27 AM
This is basically a continuation of my earlier post, which you can find here: http://activerain.com/blogsview/471789/Honey-Turn-something-OFF .
For those of you who don't know yet, Juneau is serviced by a hydro-electric plant south of Juneau. This morning around 4AM there was a catastrophic avalanche that took out over a mile of power line and several substations.
Juneau is now operating on diesel generators. We are also a few thousand miles from the closest refinery. It takes weeks to get ...
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Steven Dyer, Congratulations! - Dec 16 07:47 PM
Over the last few years, I've hired a remarkable young man, Steven Dyer, to help around my yard and home on several occasions. He had my son became friends through the sport of wrestling and I've followed Steven's career for years.
He's pretty busy with school, sports and church activities, but he also needed to make money to help subsidize the high cost of participating in sports. Athletes in Southeast Alaska have to do a great ...
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Energy savings – some easy targets - Apr 19 11:49 PM
Everyone in Juneau is trying to find ways to reduce their energy costs. A catastrophic avalanche took out over a mile and a half of power line from our hydroelectric plant and cut off Alaska's capital city. Everything is operating on huge generators. It's estimated to take 100,000 gallons of diesel every day to keep things running. In turn, our rates are soaring to an estimated 50 cents per kilowatt hour.
Needless to say, every little bit ...
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Electrical Conservation Tips - Apr 20 11:18 PM
Am I sure by now everyone in Juneau knows about the devastating news of the electric crisis. With electric bills 5 times what we are used to seeing I have found a few useful tips on the web that could be helpful to save a few dollars here and there. I hope this helps! -- Suzan
ELECTRICAL CONSERVATION TIPS
HEATING
1. Insulate your home to adequate standards. It's the most important single step toward saving energy in the home. ...
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Honey, Turn something OFF! - Apr 16 06:07 PM
50 cents per kilowatt hour.
I'm reminded of a comedy skit where a father is described, standing by the electric meter, watching it twirl around and around. I think when I get home, I'm going to make sure to use my hot tub because certainly we will be draining everything and shutting it down in the next few days. Here's what is in the local news:
UPDATE : Juneau loses Snettisham power for extended period, avalanche to blameJuneau has ...
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Juneau is under attack. Again. - Mar 11 12:34 AM
For as long as I can remember there's been a push to move the seat of government from Juneau to somewhere near Anchorage. You can almost set your calendar by it. Every time it happens, people plan for the worst and hope for the best. Property prices predictably start to fall but bounce right back after the battle is over.
One of the things you need to understand is FRANK. Not the governor we chased off - but Fiscally Responsible ...
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