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Is Whidbey Changing – Freeland – Spring 2019
Give a talk three times and every time is different. Why not? Change doesn’t stop. Time and geography change the emphasis and the topics. A few hours ago I finished my third talk about real estate and affordability trends on … Continue reading
Is Whidbey Changing – Spring 2019 – Langley
Well, I did it again. Last night we reprised the presentation made late last year about real estate and affordability trends on Whidbey Island. I say ‘we’ because if there wasn’t a library to host it or an audience that … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable housing, Coupeville, Freeland, housing, Island County, Langley, real estate, real estate broker, Redfin, sustainability, Whidbey Island, Zestimate, zillow
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If Only The Money Was There
I got my hair cut today. I’d show it off, but Google auto-updated my Chromebook in a way that disabled the camera (something we now assume should be part of a normal computer.) Trust me. Diana at Chops did a … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable housing, Charity, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Great Depression, Great Recession, housing, income, Income Inequality, inventions, non-profit, philanthropy, poverty, real estate, Second Great Depression, sustainability, wealth, Wealth Inequality, Whidbey Island
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Is Whidbey Changing
Hint: When a talk has a title that asks a question, be ready for either a one word answer, or a long, ambiguous, rambling response. In this case, Is Whidbey Changing? Yes. Change is a constant. In this specific case, … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable housing, real estate, real estate broker, sustainability, Whidbey, Whidbey Island
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Tom Trimbath Real Estate Broker – Year One
“Has it really been that long?” I heard that from several people today. November 9, 2018, my one year anniversary as a real estate broker on Whidbey Island. Welcome to yet another new view of the world we live in … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable housing, Gig Economy, Lands End, Maxwelton, Microvision, real estate, real estate broker, smartphone, speaking, sustainability, talks, Whidbey, Whidbey Island, writing
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My House Appreciation
Curse you, Sean Keeley! I was going to write about house prices and their appreciation. He beat me to it. That’s okay. He’s writing for a national audience from Neighborhoods.com. I’m writing about my house and more than just appreciating … Continue reading
Gifts And Upgrades
Well, that certainly didn’t go as planned. Thanks to a monetary buffer, it turned out well. My main computer died today, or at least went catatonic. It may yet live again, but its status will be diminished. In the last … Continue reading
