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Kitsap County Real Estate Information Seekers :: My NO SPAM Policy

by Jo Soss on May 3, 2008 · 0 comments

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Bremerton : Silverdale : Kitsap County Real Estate Information Seekers :: My NO SPAM Policy Approximately 84% of home buyers start their search to purchase a home on the Internet. I don’t know what the percentage is for home sellers, I would hope they would be using the real estate professional they used to purchase [...]

Bremerton :: Walk This Way

by Jo Soss on May 1, 2008 · 0 comments

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When was the last time you walked in Downtown Bremerton? Do you know all of the new and exciting attractions located in the Bremerton downtown area? Have you ever been to a Friday Night Art Walk? Have you walked the areas around 4th and Pacific Avenue to discover the museums, art galleries, shops and eateries? [...]

How to become a First Time Home Buyer

April 27, 2008

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 [...]

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Gentlemen (Buyers) Start Your Engines

April 23, 2008

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 [...]

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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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Clean it UP! Do it for Free!

March 31, 2008

The annual Spring Cleanup is BACK! This year the 2008 Cleanup will be from Monday, April 21st through Saturday, April 26th between the hours of 8:00AM and 6:30PM at 100 Oyster Bay Ave N. Spring Cleanup is brought to you by the City of Bremerton’s Public Works & Utilities department.  Early in the spring there is always one [...]

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SubPrime and Housing Bubble – Some Market Humor

March 31, 2008

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Naval Base Kitsap |Online Relocation Package | Week Two | Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

March 31, 2008

I promised this week to write an article about the different neighborhoods located around Naval Base Kitsap. There are so many different places to live it is hard to pick just a few. Here is just a partial list of the neighborhoods: Blueberry Meadows Bremerton Brownsville Camp Union Central Kitsap Central Valley Charleston Chico East [...]

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Naval Base Kitsap |Online Relocation Package | Week Two | Fun, Fitness & Food on DECK!

March 28, 2008

  Welcome to NAVAL BASE KITSAP on the Beautiful Kitsap Peninsula between the Olympic and Cascade Mountain ranges in Washington State. NAVAL BASE KITSAP belongs to Navy Region Northwest and consists of Bremerton, Bangor and Keyport. Naval Hospital Bremerton of Navy Region Northwest is also located in the region as is PSNS (IMF). If this [...]

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But the Federal Funds Rate Dropped | Why no Mortgage Rate Drop?

March 26, 2008

I hear the conversations when the Fed’s drop the rate and everyone believes that mortgage interest rates will come down too. Not the case. I am going to give you a link to a very knowledgeable Realtor who has recently written a blog about this very subject. Bill Gasset sells real estate in Metrowest Massachusetts. [...]

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Old Fashioned Service with the Technology of Today!

March 24, 2008

Are you aware of the advanced marketing trends of the new technology age of Real Estate? As a member of the Baby Boomer Generation (1943-1964) I have lived a life of change. We are after all the generation that started it all! Boomers are associated with expressing individual freedom, the civil rights movement, gay rights, [...]

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Bremerton People Trivia

March 23, 2008

Ever just search around the net for interesting facts about the places you have lived? I always like reading the articles from Forbes or Money magazines of the “Top” whatever lists. I love to find out about the history of a city, from all types of perspectives. I love to talk to those that have [...]

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Naval Base Kitsap | Online Relocation Package | Week Two | Shop Till Ya Drop

March 19, 2008

Having been stationed at a Marine Corps base in the middle of the Mojave Desert in the land of “nothing”, 29 Stumps is what most would call it I have realized what a pleasure it is to have the barest necessities around when it comes to shopping. I am not a shopper; on the contrary, [...]

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Did your home end up in the DUMP? Let’s read this again!

March 16, 2008

This is an article I wrote back in February. I decided to bring it to the forefront because I just spent several hours going over the expired listings in my area again. I send out packages to those sellers in the Bremerton and Silverdale area who have not been able to sell their home.  My [...]

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Naval Base Kitsap | Online Relocation Package | Week Two | ABC…Easy as 123

March 14, 2008

Welcome to Kitsap County on the Beautiful Kitsap Peninsula between the Olympic and Cascade Mountain ranges in Washington State. The Kitsap Peninsula area belongs to Navy Region Northwest with Naval Base Kitsapwhich includes Bremerton, Bangor and Keyport, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS & IMF), and Naval Hospital Bremerton . If this is the first time [...]

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Bremerton | Cover of Washington CEO March Issue | Bremerton Rising

March 14, 2008

More publicity for Bremeton this month of March. The Cover of Washington CEO Magazinefeatures Bremerton with the title “Bremerton Rising”. Click the link and read the article “Welcome to Boomertown”. There will be a couple of nice pictures of Mayor Bozeman and of former Seattle Seahawks kicker Norm Johnson who is now a local Bremerton [...]

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Bremerton | You have 30 Days to Learn how to STOP!

March 14, 2008

There have been 5 cameras installed at 3 intersections in Bremerton to STOP those of you who don’t know how to STOP! Or at least try. The fine for running a RED LIGHT is $124.00. However, this fine will not be enforced during the 30-day “warning period”. The following intersections have received the “eye in [...]

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Extra, Extra read all about it | Bremerton’s Waterfront Condos | “The 400″ to be sold Auction Style.

March 13, 2008

A sign of the times is the “Auction”.  When times are tough the tough find ways to move product. That is what I think is happening here. The high-end condo market is pretty slow right now in Bremerton so the owners of The 400 are employing a new stratagy.  AUCTION ! If you are looking [...]

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Relocation Destination | Bremerton WA | New Construction

March 11, 2008

If you are in the process of or are thinking of relocating to Bremerton Washington on the beautiful Kitsap Peninsula you probably have a lot on your mind. You might have a new job and have started the search for a new place to call home. You might want to make that home new too. [...]

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Naval Base Kitsap| Online Relocation Package | Week One | Kitsap County Homeownership

March 9, 2008

As a military member relocating to Naval Base Kitsap do you purchase a home? It is a very complicated process which needs some investigation and education before making a decision. You should ask yourself some questions like these at the minimum. Do I have upfront money to buy a home? Can I get financing? Is [...]

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Naval Base Kitsap | Online Relocation Package | Week One | Installation Overview

March 5, 2008

LOCATION Naval Base Kitsap is located in Kitsap County of West Puget Sound on the Kitsap Peninsula. Naval Base Kitsap is composed of Naval Base Kitsap – Bangor and Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton. Naval Base Kitsap is part of the Navy Region Northwest. Bangor is the submarine community and Bremerton is the Ship community. Bremerton [...]

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Bremerton | One of the Cool Kids | Seattle Says So

March 2, 2008

That is right!!!Bremerton over the last couple of years has worked very hard on a huge revitalization plan, which is paying off. This month’s issue of Seattle Magazine has tagged Bremerton as the Northwest Getaways Feature. Writer Lynn Cook takes a look at Bremerton as a getaway destination. It is our turn now; after all [...]

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Naval Base Kitsap | Online Relocation Package | Week One – Take Charge | Know Your PCS

March 2, 2008

When I say “Take Charge” I mean it. There are so many military members that have no clue on what the move process is even though they have been threw it. A few months down the road they find out from speaking to someone else that they missed out on some huge entitlements. Remember it [...]

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Naval Base Kitsap | Military Relocation | In Bound or Out Bound | ActiveRain Makes it Easy

February 29, 2008

“HOME IS WHERE THE NAVY SENDS YOU” Military Relocations can be complicated but that doesn’t’ mean they should be scary or filled with uncertainty. A successful PCS move is not a matter of chance. It is the result of planning, hard work and a network of personnel both at your current location and your new [...]

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Naval Base Kitsap | Relocation Package | IT’S YOUR PCS

February 29, 2008

Every year it is estimated that one third of Active Duty Military members have to plan and execute a permanent change of duty station or PCS in military speak. The most important part of a PCS is to take charge, it’s your PCS!! There is a ton of help out there but you are going [...]

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Naval Base Kitsap | BAH Rates E6 | HomeOwnership | Yes you can!

February 28, 2008

Look at your new BAH rate for 2008 with Dependants the rate is $1207.00 per month tax fee! Is that enough to purchase a home in the Naval Base Kitsap area in Kitsap County? I say yes it is. Right now rates are low! If you can use your VA eligibility you can still qualify [...]

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Out & About | Bremerton Reviews | Anthony’s Homeport

February 25, 2008

Woo Hoo!! In less than 10 days my husband will be home on leave!!! I am counting counting, counting!!! I haven’t seen him since Thanksgiving weekend. Oh, yeah right this is a review on a great restaurant chain here in Washington State. Anthony’s Restaurants are a special place for my husband and me. The first [...]

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