Comments on: Number Of Realtors Surges http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2005/11/27/number-of-realtors-surges/ local real estate news, statistics, and commentary without the sales spin. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:10:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dukeshttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2005/11/27/number-of-realtors-surges/#comment-191 Dukes Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:11:09 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=95#comment-191 Well, my bro-in-law just got his real estate license, he it totally stoked so I felt bad trying to tell him the true #'s. Someone else I know is also connected to the real estate market through selling mortgages, which is funny because his "day job" is managing a car parts store (real experts here).<br/><br/>Both are giddy and won't listen to reason, so I say...good...they will find out soon enough that following the herd is NEVER a good strategy.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('191','Dukes',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('191','Dukes','Well, my bro-in-law just got his real estate license, he it totally stoked so I felt bad trying to tell him the true #\'s. Someone else I know is also connected to the real estate market through selling mortgages, which is funny because his \"day job\" is managing a car parts store (real experts here).<br\/><br\/>Both are giddy and won\'t listen to reason, so I say...good...they will find out soon enough that following the herd is NEVER a good strategy.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Well, my bro-in-law just got his real estate license, he it totally stoked so I felt bad trying to tell him the true #’s. Someone else I know is also connected to the real estate market through selling mortgages, which is funny because his “day job” is managing a car parts store (real experts here).

Both are giddy and won’t listen to reason, so I say…good…they will find out soon enough that following the herd is NEVER a good strategy.

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]]> By: Anonymoushttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2005/11/27/number-of-realtors-surges/#comment-190 Anonymous Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:42:06 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=95#comment-190 What will happen to the unemployment rate when the bubble blows?<br/><br/>From my experience in dealing with Bainbridge Island realtors, it would seem that 90% of them are California ex-pats. Given the number of agents on BI, it would also seem that half of the houses are either owned by RE agents, builders, or mortgage brokers.<br/><br/>Move from the OC to BI and sell RE. When this bubble blows, the amount of people forced to sell on BI will just crush the prices. When I get my blogger account all sorted out, I hope to start the "Clearcut Bainbridge" blog. It will feature the housing bubble as it is localized to BI.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('190','Anonymous',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('190','Anonymous','What will happen to the unemployment rate when the bubble blows?<br\/><br\/>From my experience in dealing with Bainbridge Island realtors, it would seem that 90% of them are California ex-pats. Given the number of agents on BI, it would also seem that half of the houses are either owned by RE agents, builders, or mortgage brokers.<br\/><br\/>Move from the OC to BI and sell RE. When this bubble blows, the amount of people forced to sell on BI will just crush the prices. When I get my blogger account all sorted out, I hope to start the \"Clearcut Bainbridge\" blog. It will feature the housing bubble as it is localized to BI.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> What will happen to the unemployment rate when the bubble blows?

From my experience in dealing with Bainbridge Island realtors, it would seem that 90% of them are California ex-pats. Given the number of agents on BI, it would also seem that half of the houses are either owned by RE agents, builders, or mortgage brokers.

Move from the OC to BI and sell RE. When this bubble blows, the amount of people forced to sell on BI will just crush the prices. When I get my blogger account all sorted out, I hope to start the “Clearcut Bainbridge” blog. It will feature the housing bubble as it is localized to BI.

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]]> By: Dustinhttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2005/11/27/number-of-realtors-surges/#comment-189 Dustin Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:57:11 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=95#comment-189 Well with our housing market churning along, staying very strong in comparison to the rest of the country's maybe they are all moving here. To the "promised land" of still high housing prices. :p<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('189','Dustin',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('189','Dustin','Well with our housing market churning along, staying very strong in comparison to the rest of the country\'s maybe they are all moving here. To the \"promised land\" of still high housing prices. :p',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Well with our housing market churning along, staying very strong in comparison to the rest of the country’s maybe they are all moving here. To the “promised land” of still high housing prices. :p
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