By The Tim on October 18, 2011
A friend of mine that happens to be a member of the National Ass. of REALTORS® shared this gem with me. It’s the Seattle / King County REALTORS® 2011 Voting Guide. Clearly designed to look and feel just like the official voter’s guides (same paper stock, same layout styles), this local REALTOR® publication contains a [...]
Posted in Local, News | Tagged government_meddling, politics, WA_Realtors
By The Tim on November 12, 2010
The banner you see above is from a massive late 2007 ad campaign from our very own Washington Realtors that is a veritable gold mine of hilarity just three years later. Of course, the entire thing has long since disappeared from the Washington Realtors’ website, but guess who saved most of the material on his [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged 2007, Friday Flashback, WA_Realtors
By The Tim on April 2, 2010
Posted a few hours ago on the Seattle Times: Realtors hold a special open-house weekend April 10-11 Anybody care to explain: A) Why REALTORS™ still get free advertising like this from local newspapers, even after years of crap like this (pdf “fact sheet” from 2006)? B) What the heck is that photo supposed to have [...]
Posted in Humor, Local, News | Tagged mismatched-photo, open house, Seattle_Times, WA_Realtors
By The Tim on April 17, 2009
According to a post on Aubrey Cohen’s P-I blog Seattle Real Estate News, State may give buyer credit as temporary loan. First-time home buyers would get their $8,000 tax credit as a state loan at closing, under a measure the state Senate Ways and Means Committee approved Wednesday night. The federal government is offering the [...]
Posted in Administrative, News | Tagged government_meddling, JohnLScott, tax credit, WA_Realtors
By The Tim on January 29, 2008
Everybody’s pal Christine Gregoire gave a pep talk to the Washington Realtors last week in which she made some interesting comments. Gov. Chris Gregoire told about 400 Washington Realtors on Thursday that she has been working to meet goals the group has for transportation, affordable housing, education and quality of life. Gregoire, who spoke a [...]
Posted in Economy | Tagged AP, Economy, Gregoire, Olympia, Seattle_PI, tax revenues, WA_Realtors
By The Tim on November 16, 2007
Except of course that some people will actually believe it. Not many, but certainly some. From the Washington Realtors’ “Get The Facts Straight” ad campaign. I’m sure I will post more on these over the weekend, they’re just too hilarious to ignore. Thanks to Doug for pointing out the link to these.
Posted in Features | Tagged advertising, radio, WA_Realtors
