From the monthly archives:

April 2008

How to become a First Time Home Buyer

by Jo Soss on April 27, 2008 · 0 comments

CALL ME!! Sounds too easy to be true, but it is! You have to start somewhere and so why not? I could write a blog about what all the steps are in bullet format. I could make sure you know everything there is to know if you read it all, but why not just start [...]

Gentlemen (Buyers) Start Your Engines

by Jo Soss on April 23, 2008 · 0 comments

in 1. Bremerton,3. Silverdale,The Blog

Buyer’s you are in the driver seat With the local real estate market in a slow-down, with high inventory and an increase of days on market for Bremerton and Silverdale homes you can safely say we are in a buyer’s market. I define markets by absorption rates. An absorption rate is the mathematical relationship of [...]

1st Time Home Seller (thought I would say buyer, huh?) Kitsap County

April 15, 2008

Yes, that’s right SELLERS. Usually when the phrase “1st Time….” is used in real estate most assume the phrase would end with “Home Buyers”. Not this time! After you have been a 1st Time Home Buyer you will someday become a 1st Time Home Seller. There are 5 FACTORS to the home selling process that you [...]

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Military Relocation to Naval Base Kitsap

April 14, 2008

Your Military Relocation Guide to Naval Base Kitsap | You Are Gonna Love West Puget Sound on the Kitsap Peninsula! This is the moving van that hauled our Household Goods (HHG’s) on our military PCS to Naval Base Kitsap from the desert of Southern California. Every year it is estimated that one third of Active [...]

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Naval Base Kitsap |Online Relocation Package | Week Four | Vacation on the Navy | Mini Vacations

April 14, 2008

Naval Base Kitsap : Bremreton, Bangor, PSNS and Naval Base Hospital online relocation package with information about the installation, the area and the Greater Puget Sound

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Naval Base Kitsap |Online Relocation Package | Week Four | Vacation on the Navy | Day Trips

April 14, 2008

Whenever you PCS you should take advantage of what the area has to offer and make sure you “Take a Vacation on the Navy”! Seeing different parts of the county is one of the many benefits of a military career. I don’t think I would have ever had the privilege of seeing all of the [...]

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Real Estate Blogs

April 13, 2008

Wow – If I were a consumer – a buyer – a seller, just someone out on the internet wanting to learn about the real estate industry I think I would be scared to death! I was doing a search of real estate blogs from the consumer’s viewpoint this evening and really found some scary [...]

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Earth Day is Every Day

April 9, 2008

Did you know that over a BILLION single use plastic bags are given out for free each and every day? As with most things in life that we say are “free”, these bags have a huge cost to the consumer and to the environment. Today I purchased my first “reusable” shopping bags. I don’t know [...]

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Naval Base Kitsap |Online Relocation Package | Week Three | Out and About | The Arts

April 6, 2008

The Art, Theater and Music scenes are alive and well in West Puget Sound. The area boasts the Bremerton Symphony at the Bremerton Performing Arts Center, the Admiral Theater with its classic and independent film series, Collective Visions an art gallery with a concert series, concerts in the park, concerts on the Boardwalk, The Bremerton [...]

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Bremerton Share Your Skills | Habitat for Humanity

April 5, 2008

Have you always wanted to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity? Do you have building skills? If you have and you do then the Kitsap County Habitat for Humanity is looking for you! Can you frame a wall? Do you know how to install siding? Can you install roofing material? If you are an electrician or [...]

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Bremerton | It’s almost Market Time!!

April 5, 2008

The dates are released! It’s almost Market Time!! Bremerton Farmers Market’s schedule has been released for 2008. Every Thursday, starting on May 15th and continuing through October 9th, at 4pm across from Evergreen Park in the Seaside Church’s parking lot you can find farmers, unique food sellers and high quality arts. Farmer’s Markets can be [...]

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Naval Base Kitsap | Online Relocation Package | Week Three | Out and About |HARBORSIDE

April 4, 2008

Bremerton Harborside District The Bremerton Harborside District opened in August of 2004. I wasn’t here for the Grand-Opening ceremony but I was still so very excited. The Harborside District is a combination of past and present Boardwalk projects. Now being all tied together and called the Haborside District. The Harborside District is one in which [...]

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Bremerton | Silverdale in the Green

April 4, 2008

You know Green is the New… oh no that’s for colors. This Green is for Eco-Friendly. Try and find a definition for “Green” and you will be searching pages and pages on Google. Country Home magazine just released in their April issue 2008 Best Green Cities in America. Bremerton/Silverdale as they are listed together ranked [...]

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Bremerton WA Real Estate Market Report Recap | March 2008

April 3, 2008

Here is the Real Estate Market Activity for January – March 2008. Check back each month to see the monthly 2008 trend for Bremerton WA. If you would like to find out the value of your home please feel free to contact me via phone or email. I would be more than happy to supply [...]