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When I decided to open up an Independent Real Estate Firm my goal was to get away from the concept of working within a level playing feild. I did not like how Realogy owned Century 21, Coldwell Banker, ERA and a few other Large Real Estate companies. To me it seemed like there was a cooperate structure that required agents to list homes for sale with the standard 3%/3% split with a 6% contract. I wanted to be able to walk away from the split idea go for volume. The first idea that I want to p... Read Full Post

I have noticed a lot of small little "mom and pop" Real Estate offices showing up all over Tri Cities. It seems like more and more Real Estate Agents are starting to ask themselves, "why do I work for a cooperate office?" It seems like most large Real Estate Brokerage Firms make it harder to do business as an agent rather than make it easier. Most large cooperate offices make you follow their policies that they have created when you work for them and most of the policies that they create are ... Read Full Post

Flat Fee Real Estate v.s Full Service It seems like Fee Real Estate is taking off more and more with new flat fee Real Estate companies popping up all the time. I live in a small area called Tri Cities Washington., We have around 250,000 people within out MLS coverage area and a Realtor board that has around 1,000 agents. Out of the 1,000 agents that we have we have never had any agents in our area that will offer a flat fee for listing homes! We have had a few agents from other areas such as... Read Full Post

Tri Cities Events Tri Cities has a lot going on this Summer. To check out the events scheduled at the Toyota Center in Kennewick Washington click here. To check out events that are scheduled for the TRAC in Pasco Washington click here. To view evets in Richland Washington click here. Tri Cities has a bunch of family events and things to do this summer we have great parks and plenty of outdoor activities. Read Full Post

Posted by Brandon Patton on Thursday, May 12th, 2011 at 7:39am. Richland Washington is adding a new water and play area on May-19-2011. The water park will be opening at 1:30 and there will be entertainment for kids. The park is going to be located off Keene RD in the Badger Moutain Park.For more information on the City of Richlands Parks and REC Click here. For more information on the City of Richland Click here. Read Full Post

2011 Saturday, May 14th The Richland Parks and REC web page announced the following message, "Bring your family for an amazing bike challenge through Richland's beautiful parks along the Columbia River. Even the tortoise family can win this challenge. Family teams ride together and complete family fun challenges, riddles, puzzles and more. The challenge will begin at Columbia Point Marina Park and end at Leslie Groves Park. Don't forget your helmets!" For more info on Richland Parks and REC C... Read Full Post