Moses Lake, WA

This Weekend in Moses Lake, Wa

Friday August 27th Movie in the park McCosh Park Tonight's movie: Planet 51 at dusk www.mlrec.com

Saturday August 28th Lake Poker Run & Beach Party Mardon Resort A CWFAC Event www.mardonresort.com

Saturday August 28th Moses Lake Farmer's Market McCosh Park 7:30 - 1pm www.moseslakefarmersmarket.com

Saturday August 28th Concert in the Park McCosh Park 8pm Pure Prairie League www.mlrec.com A country rock band

McCosh Park

McCosh park is a great gathering place for community events. Located next to the water park, the Farmer's Market is held there Saturdays in the summer and free movies and concerts are featured in the amphitheater. Last year we went to the "beatles" concert and it was great fun. Not only did the band do an excellent job of replicating the original, the weather was wonderful and sitting on the grass with the lake in the background was relaxing and beautiful.

Be sure and make visiting McCosh Park part of your weekend in Moses Lake, Wa.

Eastern WA Home Inspections, LLC has a new web site in development. As a business owner we have to make decisions daily and it can be hard to know if it is the correct one. I have a site with Pro-Sight Property Inspections that is probably good, but I wanted to be able to do more with my site than I could with it.

There are so many different ways to get a web site on the net, free web sites like the one I put together to "play" with, Eastern WA Home Inspections/Spokane to the option some of my friends have taken like Don Hester at North Central Washington Home Inspections, LLC . Don has a great site but I know he has spent a lot of time and effort getting his site to where it is, not to mention the constant additions made to it.

This would have been a good choice for me a few months ago but today the time spent at the computer to build my own is not an option I want. I have chosen to have a site built for me. It costs but so far it looks pretty good, although it is a little similar to my old sites. I guess that is understandable, it is from my old sites the gurus get the information that I have put out for the public. They are working with me as far as my input, but a very creative mind reader would be better!

I do not know if this is the "right" way to go, that only time will tell that. For some this may seem a waste of money, for others I am doing it on the cheap. What matters is that the site has the capabilities I want/need and that it is appealing to my Moses Lake and Spokane clientele. Again only time will tell, but I am anxiously awaiting:)

Moses Lake, Wa 1st Time Home Buyer Information, part 3

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Excellent! You are almost ready to be a Moses Lake, Wa 1st Time Home buyer.

If you already have good credit and you feel confident with what you can afford, you have two options you would be wise to choose from (and your Realtor should suggest). Either call someone like Carolyn Grant at the Prosperity Center, which is part of our local Work Source program; or find a mortgage broker or lender. Either party can look at your credit and officially let you know you are pre-approved for a certain amount. If you do not know someone, ask your Realtor for some referrals.

For those of you who have been working on your credit and are now in a position to buy: Congratulations!!! You are to be commended for your hard work! Is is not an easy thing and you should be proud of your accomplishment!

When you are ready to make an offer on a property, many listing agents (they represent the seller) require you provide a letter from the lender stating you have been pre-approved for enough to purchase the property. Even if they don't ask, it is wise to provide one so the seller feels confident you are able to buy.

During escrow (the time from when the seller accepts your offer to when you are handed the keys) the lender will ask for verification of your qualifications to purchase.

Watch for more Mose Lake, Wa 1st Time Home Buyer information. To find out more now, call or e-mail:

Turn Your Bathroom Doors Around

Life is Precious.

My husband's brother and wife stopped by the other day and stayed for about 45 minutes as they were passing through on their travels. I had not seen them for a year and a half. Since their son's funeral. Their son's funeral. My Nephew. Who was two weeks old when I married into the family. The first three years of his life I saw him almost every day.

He was 28 yrs young. He was married to the love of his life and they hated to be apart from one another, even after seven years of marriage, even for a minute. They were ready to start a family. He was one semester short of becoming a surveyor. He was a farmer. Besides his wife, parents, and many other relatives, he left behind an older sister and a younger brother leaving a large hole.

It was the day after Christmas and he and his wife had a bug that was going around. He rushed to the bathroom. The tiny bathroom with a tiny window with just a toilet and a sink. With a door that swung in. He was sick to his stomach, aspirated and fell, blocking the door. He was not a small man and she could not move the door. By the time the ambulance got there he was gone.

After three days of not wanting to give up hope, his wife agreed to donate his organs. We all went and said goodbye as the respirator kept his body viable for transplants. We all went home and turned our bathroom doors around.

When My brother-in-law and his wife left, I cried and they cried and we were all reminded again of how precious is life.

I sat here for a long time trying to write with nothing coming. This is what finally came out. Please go home and turn your bathroom doors around.

Eastern WA Home Inspections is active in BNI (Business Network International), with meetings every week. Each Tuesday morning at 7:00 AM one of our inspectors, myself or Cody are at a meeting with other small business owners and professionals in Spokane.

Our group called the Northside Networkers has breakfast together while we discuss our businesses and find ways to help each other through referrals. Yesterday Eastern WA Home Inspections gave a ten minute presentation on Home Inspection and what we can do for our clients.

The presentation introduced the group to our family then proceeded to the business end and what we offer and why it is important to have an inspection.

Many good points were made in the ten minute time frame but one really stuck out and I wish to share with a larger community.

We all wish to have work that is meaningful and important. Doctors, firemen ETC are very important but Home Inspectors are also. If a home buyer gets into a home and then finds problems or surprises, it can be a devastating experience.

The house could become a money pit and an on going drain on the owners financially or mentally. This can last for years and could have a dramatic effect on finances, marriages and family life. Dreams are supposed to be realized not shattered.

As Home Inspectors we are there to let the buyers know of these issue's prior to the closing, giving them the facts to make a knowledgeable decision. This sounds like a very important contribution to society to me. We all should look at our work as vital to our society we are all needed and important.

The presentation was well received by my fellow net-workers, and I look forward to speaking engagements in Moses Lake in the near future. Thank You for your time and remember to have your home inspected:)