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Curb Appeal Increases Home Value - A Clean Tidy Front Door

How To Update Your Lake Forest Park, WA Home To Increase The Value

July 7, 2020

By Emily Cressey

Before putting a home up for sale in Seattle, many home owners strategize about how to increase the value of their property. In order to sell your home for top dollar, it’s important that it looks lovely – both in photos and in person – when potential buyers come and get a “first impression.”  From … Continued

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Emily Cressey Seattle Real Estate Agent

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Don't you wish you'd gotten a great deal on this 5-bedroom home in Shoreline across the street from the beautiful Boeing Creek Park.
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I saw your youtube videos regarding home buying in Seattle. They were quite nice and gave me really good information regarding the Seattle market. Me and my husband were looking for a home in the North Seattle area but are not comfortable jumping onto big realtors. Also, the current housing market is super intimidating. If you have any good info on where we can start our home buying journey, it would be great! Thanks!

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These First Time Home Buyers Did Not Want To Over-Pay, Even In A Hot Market. We Found A Home That Had Been Languishing On The Market Because It Didn’t Show Well, And Negotiated With The Seller To Get A Deal Locked-In.

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After fixing up their home and getting new jobs, their next step is buying some investment property or land!

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We highly recommend Emily Cressey. My wife and I are first-time buyers, looking for a condominium in the Kent area. Emily worked tirelessly for us, starting by educating us on the process, touring homes with us, and working to construct our offers. She was always available to talk and answer our questions, and left no stone unturned in the inspection of the properties we considered. She did all the heavy lifting in communicating with the HOA, listing agents, and our mortgage broker, and definitely went above and beyond what we had expected a top realtor would do for us. She was a constant source of encouragement and experience in a very emotionally intense process. We had an excellent time working with Emily, and plan to work with her again in the future. We strongly recommend.

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