Dori O’Neal, Herald staff writer
West Richland, Washington - the annual Harvest Festival kicks off at 11 am September 20th, at Flat Top Park.
The event features a farmers market, kids games, musical entertainment, a hot dog and hamburger BBQ, arts and craft, face painting and a plethora of other fun stuff! There is no admission charge.
Washington Operation Thank You, a local troop support group, is comprised of individuals throughout the communities of Kennewick, Richland, Pasco, West Richland, Prosser and the Lower Yakima Valley of Washington State. Many of our members are Veterans themselves, others are military parents, spouses, siblings, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins and still others are folks without direct ties to the military, and are just great patriots! We love them all and invite you to become a part of this wonderful organization and help our men and women in uniform, past and present.
Our mission is to ensure that all military personnel and their families, past and present, are treated with the utmost respect, and to enlighten the community as to the needs of our military and their dependents.
Please visit our website for more information: www.waoperationthankyou.com
Keep in mind when making an offer to purchase a home…..you and the seller both want the best deal you/they can get. So, as a buyer, don’t be afraid to offer lower than the asking price. Just keep in mind that if the offer you make is too low the seller may reject it outright, or worse yet, become offended which can greatly affect any future negotiations. But……where is the ‘too low’ line. This is the time to have your agent earn their commission. Have them run comps for you (make sure they include asking price and final selling price). Time-on-the-market can be an indicator of a sellers’ motivation. If the property has been a rental there might be abit of emotional separation from the home and a too low offer won’t seem like a hostile attempt to steal the sellers’ home. It can be a very serious game…..but a fun one!! Good Luck
The Home Builders Association of the Tri-Cities proudly started the Parade of Homes today, with 23 Homes on Tour.
Three are in Pasco, Franklin County. New Tradition Homes presents their home in Broadmoor Estates, Hayden Homes in Three Rivers Crossing, and AHO Contruction in Linda Louisa subdivisions.
One is in West Richland, Benton County, which is a Hayden Home in Harvest Meadows.
Richland has 9 Homes in the Parade. Vintage LifeStyles LLC in Horn Rapids, Don Pratt, in The Plateau in S. Richland, Universal Home Builders in Applewood Estates in South Richland. Total Quality Construction in Sequoia Springs in South Richland, GH Construction in Crested Hills, S. Richland, Mercer Construction, Inc., in View Pointe, S. Richland, TR Masterson Construction in Bellerive Springs, S. Richland, StoneCrest Builders Inc., has one in The Heights at Meadow Springs and Etter Construction Inc., also in The Heights of Meadow Springs.
Ten Homes are in Kennewick, Benton County. JSI Construction Inc., in Grandridge Meadows, Browning Construction has one in Cottonwood Creek and Sandhollow Homes also has one in Cottonwood Creek. There are six homes in Creekstone, by Ron Asmus Homes, Pischel Quality Homes, Tanninen Homes, Varsity Development LLC, A&R Feser Inc., R&L Homes. One by Ron Asmus Homes in the Heights at Canyon Lakes.
With 23 Homes you can visit them all over the two weeks’ timeframe. They are all beautifully decorated and you may take pictures for decorating ideas. Invite some friends and go have fun. This is a great way to see all the new features available in the world of homebuilding!
If you have questions about any of these homes or any other home currently listed for sale, call us at Distinctive Properties 783-1431, and we will be glad to help you find your “dream home”.
Christa Sasser, Broker
The real estate market seems to be constantly in one state of transition or another. With rules and rates and regulations changing many Buyers feel this time of uncertainty is a good time to test a Sellers’ mettle and make an offer to purchase that is much lower than they might typically make. In other words…..a ‘Low Ball’ offer. The Buyers may be right, they may have caught the Sellers at an extremely vulnerable time and succeed in the purchase. But, all too often, a ‘Low Ball’ offer can come in so low that it gives the Sellers a feeling of being taken advantage of and an adversarial attitude can be created. At that point the chances of putting the transaction together is getting less and less likely. Most Sellers and Buyers want the best deal they can get and rightly so.
Your local realtor/actor (Steve Montgomery) has some exciting news!!!!! Dinner theatre is finally coming back to the Tri-Cities!!! It’s been over twenty years since a professional dinner theatre troupe performed in this area. October 3rd will be opening night for “Murder at Howard Johnsons”. Hilarious comedy at it’s best! Tickets can be purchased at the Bookworm outlets and the show will be performed at the Red Lion-Cavanaughs (Columbia Center Blvd). For those who don’t want to go out at night…..there will be an opening week-end matinee on Sunday around 2:00pm. It’s going to be a great show!! Hope you can make it.