From his Puyallup Undressed blog: Click here for Dennis.

My wife and I, after dinner at Tidal Raves Restaurant

Home Sellers with properties priced at or above $700,000 may need to come to terms with the fact it may many many months (even a year or more) to sell their high-end property. I’m basing this on current NWMLS statistics for Single Family homes in the Maple Valley/Covington area.
Currently there are 74 active listings on the market which have an offered price of $700k or more.

Time to Start Gardening!

Posted by Carol Miller

I got the chance to visit my friend’s nursery in Elma. What a gorgeous array of hanging baskets and potted flowers. Oh what fun I had…..picking out all of the different flowers to add some color to my garden. If you feel like going for a drive and getting your garden started, I suggest visiting the “Green Thum Nursery”, it is a little over an hour away south of Tacoma off of exit 101. The prices are great and you won’t be dissappointed. I have always related May 1st to flowers because as a child we would place fresh picked flowers in a basket, go to the neighbor’s front door, ring the bell and run. They would open the door to a bit of cheer! Too bad this tradition has never stuck over the years. It is those simple things in life that create memories!

Early in my mortgage career I was lucky enough to work in the Kent office of John L Scott Real Estate. The office is still there on Kent Kangley Road. It took a while for the office agents to trust me. The first was Beth Johnson who tried me out on a loan for a home on Elk Run Golf Course.

I  recently came across a P I Article about Elk Run on the P I Sports Den blog: Take a peek at this clip:

A Hacker’s Review: Elk Run Golf Course

This is the first in a series of course reviews for the blog.

A little background information: I am a terrible golfer; I have been playing for over fifteen years and according to the Yahoo’s handicap-tracker, I am a 32.5. That means on a Par 71 course, my average score is a 103.5. Yikes.

As terrible as I am, it’s my favorite thing to do - - besides hanging out with my wife, of course.

On Saturday, I made the trek out to Maple Valley for a round at Elk Run golf course.

As I arrived, I was half-expecting to see the club house at Bandon Dunes (the famous PGA course located in Bandon, OR). If you don’t live in the south sound, it’s not exactly a close drive

I have decided on the following categories to review:……………….

and click on through to the full article. Lar