That IS the lower priced market, for single family home in Kirkland. What did you mean by “lower priced market”? We don’ t have any single family homes in the Seattle Area for $200,000 give or take.

I have used SOLD comps for many years, and it always works. Given we are in April, six months hindsight is sufficient. In a more volatile market, or at the end of season, I have to tighten the timeframe and make some other adjustments.

The above example is geared around the here and now. If I wrote that same post in November, my advices would have run a completely different course.

If what someone wants is totally out in left field, I switch from SOLD property to Tax Records, to show them what they are asking for has never been built. Had to do that one with my own husband once. Once I determined exactly what he wanted and where, and then determined it was never built where he wanted it…we built it there.

Instead of talking him out of what he wanted, I was able via the tax records, to quickly determine that to get it we had to build it. Cost about the same as if it had existed in the first place, and he was very happy. I guess a husband is not the same as a client, but I treated him like my client, and he was quite pleased with the result

I have many different methods. This one works for the scenario noted. Not all “processes” can be as quick as that one. Some take very, very long.

It depends on the client, the area they want to live in, and many other factors.

That one works for Kirkland, Washington. When I do the Seattle example, you will see it is much, much different. Every area and price range offers completely different challenges for the consumer. And each consumer needs a personalized strategy.

Had the above buyer been a young single person, the end result would likely have been much different. I will do the above one with a single guy age 30ish. There would have been a complete left turn, given the same starting point, and a completely different end result.