Here are a few considerations to make before cosigning on someone’s loan.Hi, this is Sandy with Sandy and Company, and today we’re talking about whether you should cosign a loan for family or friends. Most of us have gotten a helping hand at some point in our lives. When I was teaching high school, I often had students come in and ask if they could…

Don’t wait to buy a home; it will cost you more in the long run.Today I want to give you one more reason not to wait until prices drop before you buy a house. I totally understand the concern about where prices, home values, and affordability are—it costs a lot of money to buy a house. The question I have: Is it going to cost you more to not?Let me…

Three gardening tips that you should do before it warms up outside.Hey, this is Sandy with Sandy and Company. You may think that because it’s February and the sun is not shining and warm it may be time to still stay inside for a little bit longer, but this is actually the perfect time to get your yard and your garden ready. I’ve got three tips for …

Here’s a message of prediction and peace as we begin a new year.Today we’re talking about what’s coming up in 2022. I have had so many people ask me over the last few years: “Are we gonna have a crash?” “What’s happening with the real estate?” “Are prices going up?” “Are prices gonna drop?”I heard an awesome explanation of what happens before a rea…

Here’s the answer to whether it is a good time to sell in winter.Today we are talking about the wintertime market. The question we often get is: “Is there a bad time to sell? Can I sell in the wintertime? Is it a good time to sell?” And my answer is always, “yes; it’s a great time to sell.” There is actually never a bad time to sell. But for exampl…

I wouldn’t be where I am today without all of your support.Thanksgiving is here! I hope you are as excited as I am.I’d like to take a moment to express my gratitude to all of you this Thanksgiving. We’ve had a wonderful year with wonderful people who have made me laugh and love. I wouldn’t be where I am today without all of your support, and we are…

Here are three podcasts that have improved my life for the better.Hi, this is Sandy with Sandy and Company and today we are talking about your greatest investment: yourself.Did you know that the law of entropy applies to yourself as well? Everything moves from order to chaos. Everything, including your thought life and your motivation to become and…

Here’s a short story that shows why homeownership is so important. This is a friend-of-a-friend story today. One of the big questions we have right now is: With all the uncertainty, are we going to have enough money to make it in the future? A friend called me a few weeks ago, and she was concerned for her friend who was in her 50s and still rentin…

Here’s why a change in our market means more opportunities for you.We watch the trends all the time about what’s going on in today’s market. What’s happening in the last month, six months, a year. What we can project forward moving into the next few months and even to this next week. And as much as those trends have shown us that the market is stro…

Here’s a helpful reminder to keep track of your important documents.I have had two completely separate clients over the last two days searching desperately for their letter that comes out every year and says how much social security they’re collecting. One of them is to qualify for a loan, and the other one is to qualify for tenancy in a mobile hom…

If you are thinking about selling, here are a few things you need to think about.When I’m coming up to a home with a buyer, we use our buyer eyes to look for four main things:1. What is broken?2. What is dated?3. What is dirty?4. What is cluttered?As you’re walking through your home before you put it on the market, look at what buyers are going to …

Here’s my take on what we’re seeing in the real estate market right now.Today, we are talking about the early summer Snohomish County housing market. I get asked so often whether there is a bubble coming up, and people are concerned that maybe our prices are at the very tippy-top and they don’t want to be on the slide on the other side. Well, what …

Here’s an example of how timing can affect your real estate plans.Today we’re talking about the timing of real estate because it’s not always fun. I had a client call me a few months ago. Things were not going so well with her dad down in Texas, so they were gearing up toward making a great big move. They had a number of belongings in different sta…

Here’s a quick recap of RED day and how we were able to help the food bank.Today we are talking about helping out our food bank. Yesterday was RED day, and RED day at Keller Williams means that we are helping out in our community. And so, for me, I actually was just busy with some other things, and at the last minute, I realized I have done nothing…

Here’s my No. 1 question for renters and homeowners alike.Today I’m asking you: Are you home yet? I’m heading on my way to an inspection for one of our buyers. I’m so thrilled for him because he has waited so long to find the place that feels like home. He rents a basement apartment, and the people that he rents from are really good people. They co…

Here’s when it's smart for buyers to opt for a zero-down loan.Today we’re talking about when might it be smart to have a zero-down loan. In this hot market, our strong loan options have become much more limited, taking out essentially anything that’s a zero down payment—or so you would think. One of our buyers had enough money for a 5% down payment…

Here’s why I don’t mind picking up after others in my community.Today we’re talking about how to make our little corner of the world better. Lots of us these days are taking walks out around the neighborhood and down through the parks. We know it’s good for our health. We know it’s good for our dogs if we have them. I’ve got a puppy down here with …

The newest addition to Sandy and Company has been a match made in heaven.Hey there! It’s Sandy with Sandy and Company, and today I’m so excited I get to introduce Sarah Green. I first met with Sarah about becoming an agent about a year ago. I helped Sarah through that—just figuring out what she wanted to do—and yes, she became an agent, and then st…

Here’s how we’re protecting our clients in this wild market of ours.With this market being so hot and houses selling so quickly, for so much money and with so few protections, it brings a lot of fear for both the sellers and the buyers. We’ve done a lot of things over the last few months to cool that down for all of our clients—there’s a lot of wor…

Here’s why the holidays are best served with a side of mindful priorities.Yesterday I had an agent call, as they often do when we put a new house on the market for sale, and ask, “What is most important to your seller?” As they’re crafting an offer, they want to know what they can do to make their offer acceptable to my seller.It’s not an unusual q…

Here’s how we were able to help a buyer lock in her Marysville dream home.I got a call a couple months ago from a lady who was looking at one of my houses I had for sale in north Marysville. It was the absolutely perfect house for what she was looking for. Her big criteria for privacy was that she would have enough privacy that she could drink her …

The path to a brighter future for everyone starts with just a single step.Today we’re talking about how bright is your future. I have the distinct pleasure of helping my son pick out his first home right now. It’s going to be a condo near work and he is so excited talking about how he’s going to be able to have his friends over, have the youth grou…

Here’s the story of two families that we helped at the same time.Hey there! It’s Sandy with Sandy & Company here today, and I’m going to share with you two families that we helped all at once.Doug and Kim had been looking for a new home for about five months. They were renting shop space and needed that as well as a little bit of elbow room to boot…

Here’s why it’s so important to have fun and play games as we head into fall.I’m here to remind you that just because the summer is winding down, it doesn’t mean the fun has to. What have you been doing for fun this summer? Golfing? Hiking? Swimming? Going out on the boat?Just because summer is winding down and school is starting up doesn’t mean th…

Here’s one example of how I’m able to help clients with their goals.This February, one of my clients let me know that she knew of an elderly couple who were headed into assisted living, and that their kids were working on the house over the weekend, and that I should go meet them—they definitely needed my help. When I stopped by, they weren’t home,…

Here’s why an off-market home transaction might make sense for you.Let me tell you about the not-so-new trend of checking out your neighbor’s house. You like it? Make an offer. Let me tell you how we can help you with that.We are currently helping two different sellers who never listed their house in the local multiple listing service. Why did they…

No matter which of the two trends describes your needs, we’re here to help.Whether you’re staying home because of safety reasons or because of work reasons (working from home), or whether you’re looking for a different place to live because your family is changing, or your work is changing and it’s time to follow through, you are in good company. R…

When this client needed help to fix a problem, my team was there.Today I’d like to share how we helped our client. A couple years ago, one of my former neighbors started asking me about the home he used to live in. He was renting it to his daughter and her family at a very subsidized rate. And he was ready to be done with that arrangement, to get t…

Here are my tips on how to safeguard your home’s equity.In these uncertain times, the longer we go, the more uncertain it gets. We have got to be thinking about how we can be conservative and do well by our home and our family.One of the biggest ways that I’ve found is to guard and increase the equity in your home. There are several ways you can do…

Today we are talking about Sandy’s toolshed.This message is just a reminder that I help my clients and our community whether you’re buying a house, selling a house, or staying put. One of the ways I do that is with my toolshed. We have a carpet cleaner, pressure washer, tree trimmer and a fruit-picker, compressor, paint sprayer, and more. All for y…

Today we’re talking about helping our local businesses not only get through this but actually thrive and be stronger on the other side.If you’re a small business owner in need of a few ideas to help your business not just survive the COVID-19 pandemic, but also thrive, here are three ideas:1. Delivery. Get your product to your clients’ homes withou…

If you need anything from me during this difficult time, I’m here to help. Whether it’s a real estate need or not.Today we’re talking about what’s happening in the market right now. With all the uproar about the coronavirus, for good or for bad, there are ways that we are affected that you may not even be thinking about.A lot of people are asking m…

I’m sharing my personal experiences of surviving the economic collapse of the Great Recession and what I learned from it. Here’s how those lessons are applicable now.Today we’re talking about what we’re going to do next… this video very well may be outdated by the time you get it because, as you know, life is changing moment by moment, and certainl…

Hey there, Sandy with Sandy & Company! Today we’re talking about planting seeds.Now they say that Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither was a garden. Here at the office, we made a little garden with two raised beds about three or four years ago. I noticed when I got out of my car today that not only was this raised bed filled with kale that got p…

By Sandy Eagon

By Sandy Eagon

By Sandy Eagon

By Sandy Eagon

Thank you to every single one of you for playing a part in our success.I just wanted to take time today to thank you all so much for the part that you play in our success. We have had a wonderful year helping people buy and sell their homes and their investments, and we couldn’t do it without all of you—every single one of you.We understand that th…

Families change, and that may mean your home needs change too.Our families change. Whether we’re getting pets, saying goodbye to pets, welcoming new children into our lives, sending children off into their own lives, or whatever the change may be, our homes need to change as well. For example, we have a new member of our family. I’m delighted to sa…

The fall is a great time to buy or sell a home in the Puget Sound area. Here’s why.I always get that question: Is it a good time to buy? Autumn is an amazing time because on both the buying and the selling side, buyers and sellers need to make this happen and there is much more motivation and much less competition.The short answer is, “Yes! It’s a …

I’m doing a little Saturday cleaning this morning. It’s raining and one of those Saturdays where you know it’s time to pay attention to the house. When I washed the floor and bumped off the guard on my fridge, I realized I hadn’t vacuumed under there for a very long time. I’ve been told that when you vacuum the coils of your fridge, you extend the …

Today we are talking about what’s most important and how we stay on track. We generally have great ideas—something that we know is going to push us into the next area, whether it’s with family, or investment, or our health. Life comes along and motivations change, and the next thing we know we’re moving onto the next thing. Looking back along the y…

Next week, Howard Bono and I are excited to offer a class that will be a fantastic opportunity for anyone who wants to be smarter with the money they already have. Here are the details.Do you feel like you make a decent wage already, but the money runs out before it should and at the end of every month you should have a little more to show for what…

Hi there, this is Sandy Eagon of Keller Williams Realty, and today we’re talking about the spring market that hasn’t sprung quite as much as we thought it would. We are traditionally a market that gets its values in the springtime. Most of our increase is from February until May, and what we have seen this year is that we did not get the rise in va…

Even though we live in a very technical world with lots of paperwork and privacy regarding our financial documents, not everyone has the tools to make sure that privacy is protected. That is why Keller Williams Realty has designated June 1, 10am - 1pm, as Shred Day for our clients and friends. Be sure to mark your calendars! We’ll have a huge paper…

We are in the spring competition and guess what? We are winning. Whether we are working for our sellers or our buyers, we have actually won for both in the last couple of months and we are loving it. Every time we enter this new competition, we are learning more and more about how to serve our clients and that’s what I love. In the last couple mont…

Today I’m out at a new construction site with one of my buyers who’s doing their inspection, and we had a great time.One of the things I really love about real estate is that I get to help each individual family in whatever story they’re in right then. Two weeks ago, I listed a house. Then I held an open house for it on each of our snowy Saturdays.…

The truth is that the one-liners we see are not really the whole story. I have a tendency, like many others, to feel like my reality is wrapped up in this very moment. But when I slow down and wait for the story to unfold, oftentimes it just keeps getting better. I love that a lot.Last month, I had four buyers: Two offers got accepted, and two offe…

With buying and selling real estate, there is so much going on. So how do we really narrow down what’s most important? That’s what we’re talking about today.Christmastime that we just passed through is an excellent time to give us an example of how to keep it simple. Keep it simple, sweetie, right?What did we do with our family at Christmastime? We…