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Seattle, a city on Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest, is surrounded by water, mountains and evergreen forests, and contains thousands of acres of parkland. Washington State&rsquo;s largest city, it&rsquo;s home to a large tech industry, with Microsoft and Amazon headquartered in its metropolitan area. The futuristic Space Needle, a 1962 World&rsquo;s Fair legacy, is its most iconic landmark.
Seattle has a history of boom-and-bust cycles, like many other cities near areas of extensive natural and mineral resources. Seattle has risen several times economically, then gone into precipitous decline, but it has typically used those periods to rebuild solid infrastructure.
The first such boom, covering the early years of the city, rode on the lumber industry. During this period the road now known as Yesler Way won the nickname "Skid Road," supposedly after the timber skidding down the hill to Henry Yesler's sawmill. The later dereliction of the area may be a possible origin for the term which later entered the wider American lexicon as Skid Row. Like much of the American West, Seattle saw numerous conflicts between labor and management, as well as ethnic tensions that culminated in the anti-Chinese riots of 1885&ndash;1886. This violence originated with unemployed whites who were determined to drive the Chinese from Seattle (anti-Chinese riots also occurred in Tacoma). In 1900, Asians were 4.2% of the population. Authorities declared martial law and federal troops arrived to put down the disorder.
Seattle had achieved sufficient economic success that when the Great Seattle Fire of 1889 destroyed the central business district, a far grander city-center rapidly emerged in its place. Finance company Washington Mutual, for example, was founded in the immediate wake of the fire. However, the Panic of 1893 hit Seattle hard.

Seattle

Shoreline is a city in King County, Washington, United States. It is located between the city limits of Seattle and the Snohomish County border, approximately 9 miles (14 km) north of Downtown Seattle. As of the 2010 census, the population of Shoreline was 53,007, making it the 20th largest city in the state; by 2019, the population had risen to an estimated 57,027. Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Shoreline ranks 91st of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.

Shoreline

Edmonds is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It is located in the southwest corner of the county, facing Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains to the west. The city is part of the Seattle metropolitan area and is located 15 miles (24 km) north of Seattle and 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Everett. With a population of 39,709 residents in the 2010 U.S. census, Edmonds is the third most populous city in the county. The estimated population in 2019 was 42,605. Edmonds was established in 1876 by logger George Brackett, who bought the land claim of an earlier settler. It was incorporated as a city in 1890, shortly before the arrival of the Great Northern Railway. Early residents of the city were employed by the shingle mills and logging companies that operated in the area until the 1950s. The hills surrounding Edmonds were developed into suburban bedroom communities in the mid-to-late 20th century and subsequently annexed into the city. Edmonds is a regional hub for the arts, with museums, specialized facilities, and major annual festivals within the city's downtown area. The city is connected to nearby areas by two state highways and the state ferry system, which operates a ferry route to Kingston on the Kitsap Peninsula. Public transit service in Edmonds is centered around the downtown train station, served by Amtrak and Sounder commuter trains, and includes several Community Transit bus routes that travel through outlying neighborhoods.

Edmonds

Lake Forest Park is a suburban city in King County, Washington, United, located northeast of Seattle. It was developed in the 20th century as a bedroom community with single-family housing on medium to large-sized lots. Less than 4% of the city's land is zoned commercial, largely concentrated in one location, and there are no industrial areas. The city is situated at the northwest end of Lake Washington along State Route 522, which provides connections to Seattle and Bothell. Lake Forest Park includes several parks and nature reserves, access to the Burke&ndash;Gilman Trail, and organized summer events. The population was 12,598 at the 2010 census.

Lake Forest Park

Kirkland is a city in King County, Washington, United States. A suburb east of Seattle, its population was 93,010 in a 2019 census estimate, which made it the sixth largest city in the county and the thirteenth largest in the state. The city's downtown waterfront has restaurants, art galleries, a performing arts center, public parks, beaches, and a collection of public art, primarily bronze sculptures. Kirkland was the original home of the Seattle Seahawks; the NFL team's headquarters and training facility were located at the Lake Washington Shipyard (now Carillon Point) along Lake Washington for their first ten seasons (1976&ndash;85), then at nearby Northwest University through 2007. Warehouse chain Costco previously had its headquarters in Kirkland. While Costco is now headquartered in Issaquah, the city is the namesake of its "Kirkland Signature" store brand.

Kirkland

Lynnwood&nbsp;is a city in&nbsp;Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The city is part of the&nbsp;Seattle metropolitan area&nbsp;and is located 16 miles (26&nbsp;km) north of&nbsp;Seattle&nbsp;and 13 miles (21&nbsp;km) south of&nbsp;Everett, near the junction of&nbsp;Interstate 5&nbsp;and&nbsp;Interstate 405. It is the fourth-largest city in Snohomish County, with a population of 35,836 in the&nbsp;2010 U.S. census.
Lynnwood is a&nbsp;suburban&nbsp;bedroom community&nbsp;for Seattle, Everett and&nbsp;Bellevue. It has one of the largest concentrations of retailers in the region, anchored by the&nbsp;Alderwood Mall&nbsp;and businesses along major streets. The city also has a&nbsp;community college, a&nbsp;convention center, and a major&nbsp;transit center, located in the developing&nbsp;city center.
The Lynnwood area was logged and settled by&nbsp;homesteaders&nbsp;in the late 19th century and early 20th century, including the development of&nbsp;Alderwood Manor&nbsp;as a planned farming community. Lynnwood, named for the wife of a realtor, emerged in the late 1940s around the intersection of&nbsp;Highway 99&nbsp;and 196th Street Southwest. The city was&nbsp;incorporated&nbsp;on April 23, 1959, and grew into a suburban hub in the years following the completion of Interstate 5 and Interstate 405. Alderwood Mall opened in 1979 and spurred the transformation of eastern Lynnwood into a retail and office district.

Lynnwood

Renton is a city in King County, Washington, and a suburb of Seattle. Situated 11 miles (18 km) southeast of downtown Seattle, Renton straddles the southeast shore of Lake Washington, at the mouth of the Cedar River. After a long history as an important salmon fishing area for Native Americans, Renton was first settled by people of European descent in the 1860s. Its early economy was based on coal mining, clay production, and timber export. Today, Renton is best known as the final assembly point for the Boeing 737 family of commercial airplanes, but it is also home to a growing number of well known manufacturing, technology, and healthcare organizations, including Boeing Commercial Airplanes Division, Paccar, Kaiser Permanente, IKEA, Providence Health &amp; Services, UW Medicine, and Wizards of the Coast. As of 2019, the population of Renton is estimated at 101,751,[6] up from 90,927 at the 2010 census. Renton is currently the eighth-largest city in Washington and the fourth-largest in King County. Since 2008, the National Football League's Seattle Seahawks have had a training facility in Renton, the Virginia Mason Athletic Center (VMAC), which is the second-largest facility in the NFL at 200,000 square feet (19,000 m2).

Renton

Bellevue is a city in Washington state, across Lake Washington from Seattle. Downtown Park has a large lawn, gardens and a waterfall. Nearby, the Bellevue Arts Museum features craft and design exhibitions, plus a sculpture garden. The Bellevue Botanical Garden highlights Pacific Northwest plants, and includes woodlands and wetlands. KidsQuest Children&rsquo;s Museum has interactive science, tech and art exhibitions.
Bellevue lies between&nbsp;Lake Washington&nbsp;to the west and the smaller&nbsp;Lake Sammamish&nbsp;to the east. Much of Bellevue is drained by the&nbsp;Kelsey Creek&nbsp;watershed, whose source is located in the Larsen Lake and&nbsp;Phantom Lake&nbsp;green belt&nbsp;and whose outlet is near where&nbsp;Interstate 90&nbsp;meets Lake Washington's eastern shore. The city is bisected by&nbsp;Interstate 405&nbsp;running north&ndash;south, and the southern portion is crossed from west to east by Interstate 90. The&nbsp;State Route 520&nbsp;freeway roughly delineates the upper reaches of Bellevue.
According to the&nbsp;United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 36.47 square miles (94.46&nbsp;km2), of which 31.97 square miles (82.80&nbsp;km2) is land and 4.50 square miles (11.65&nbsp;km2) is water. The city's name is derived from a&nbsp;French&nbsp;term for "beautiful view". Under favorable weather conditions, scenic vistas of the&nbsp;Olympic Mountains&nbsp;and&nbsp;Cascade Mountains can be viewed from hilltops (and strategically positioned high-rise buildings) within the incorporated city. South of I-90, the city continues up&nbsp;Cougar Mountain, at the top of which is an unincorporated King County location called Hilltop. To the west of Cougar Mountain, Bellevue includes the&nbsp;Coal Creek, Somerset, and&nbsp;<a href="\" title="Factoria, Bellevue">Factoria</a>&nbsp;neighborhoods.
Bellevue is bordered by the cities of&nbsp;Kirkland&nbsp;to the north and&nbsp;Redmond&nbsp;to the northeast along the&nbsp;Overlake&nbsp;and&nbsp;Crossroads&nbsp;neighborhoods. Across the short&nbsp;East Channel Bridge, I-90 connects Bellevue to&nbsp;Mercer Island&nbsp;to the southwest.&nbsp;Issaquah&nbsp;is to the east, down I-90 at the south end of Lake Sammamish. The city is bordered to the west by many affluent suburbs such as&nbsp;Medina,&nbsp;Clyde Hill,&nbsp;Hunts Point&nbsp;and&nbsp;Yarrow Point. The south end of Bellevue is bordered by the city of&nbsp;Renton, and to the southeast, the relatively recently incorporated city of&nbsp;Newcastle.

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"Tara was invaluable in the whole process. This was my first home purchase so I came into it all not knowing much of anything and Tara was willing and able to explain all the details of each phase and what to expect. She was patient as I asked lots of questions and stuck with me until I was finally  able to buy a house (the market at the time when I bought was hard for buyers so it took a long time). She definitely played a significant role in ensuring that everything came together in the end. I recommend her to anyone looking to buy/sell a house in her area."

Adam + Sarah Meet Their Match

"Tara is a consummate professional. Her real estate/market expertise has been so appreciated as we navigated the sale of our home. She is the perfect blend of real estate agent & friend and has never steered us wrong, always putting her clients interests first."

Navigating Multiple Offers While Selling

"Tara made this whole crazy process seem incredibly smooth. She was always available for questions and we really appreciated the way she explained things and knew to ask questions that would never have even crossed my mind. She is clearly an expert and also just a super chill lady who was great to  spend time with. I'd never want to do this with anyone else."


Family Home in Des Moines

"Tara is an outstanding Real Estate professional who is responsive, diligent, and her plethora of experience was incredibly helpful when buying our new condo.  We've worked with three agents and Tara is by far the most resourceful, communicative and supportive! She even showed up to our signing appointment to answer questions and take a commemorative photo, I mean, that is ABOVE AND BEYOND!  Tara is the best agent you could ever hope for, and she will exceed your expectations. Really, we just want to buy another property so we can work with her again! She really is THAT amazing."


Home Sweet Home in Issaquah

We've rented in Seattle for a few years and it was time to buy. Erika listened to our needs and made herself available around our schedules. She was always on point, professional, helpful, always optimistic (esp. when I was wearing thin). Plus, being she is a great communicator, she took time to review processes and revise timelines with consistent, friendly reminders. She is very organized and patient. She will get you the answers you need and with her follow-up and follow-through style our partnership was a perfect fit. We were up against a daunting task and timeline with several moving parts and she presented fantastic resources to us to complete our transaction. Our home is the perfect fit for our needs and we are so very grateful that our paths crossed.

We are so very grateful that our paths crossed!

I worked with Erika for finding my first home. She is very courteous, patient and very responsive to all my requests. She gave a very positive vibe throughout the process which made the house finding process less daunting in hot housing market. She was always accommodating to our housing needs and allowed us to work in our timeline. Erika is whom you need if you want to find your dream home.

Erika is whom you need if you want to find your dream home!

My husband and I began the house-hunting process knowing it would be a long, possibly emotionally draining affair. But having Erika on our side made all of that feel really manageable. We happened to pop into an open house she was hosting and after five minutes of conversation, we felt like we knew her—she was going to be our realtor. And we're glad she was. She is welcoming, patient, and carries a deep knowledge of the industry. She took the time to educate us about each stage of what often felt like an overwhelming process. She put us at ease, found multiple ways to explain all the complicated components of home buying, and was honestly a joy to be around. She took us on tour after tour until we found the perfect place. We're elated to have found our home, but we're a little sad we won't be seeing her as often. We highly recommend Erika as your realtor.

We highly recommend Erika as your realtor!

Had an amazing experience working with Erika. She was very knowledgeable about the Greater Seattle area, and she was always up for questions and responsive. She also has great teams backing her for the transaction process for me was very easy and seamless. Highly recommend Erika for anyone who is looking for a solid agent.

Highly recommend Erika for anyone who is looking for a solid agent

My spouse and I bought our first home, all thanks to Erika! We knew nothing about the buying process and Erika helped us every step of the way. She found us great homes to look at, she either knew or would find out the answers to all our questions. Erika is delightful to work with. She is organized, timely and positive. I could not have asked for more!

She is organized, timely and positive!

My husband and I had the BEST experience working with Erika. We were first time home-buyers AND were navigating the process entirely virtually, but Erika made our experience very smooth and comfortable. She was incredibly knowledgeable and shared her expertise with patience/clarity. We also appreciated how warm, friendly, and responsive Erika was. She was available to help with any questions/needs, truly going above and beyond for us even after we closed on our home. We cannot sing her praises enough - Erika is fantastic!

Erika is fantastic!

We are grateful to have had Erika as our Real Estate Agent. She is extremely hard working and goes above and beyond for her clients. She is confident, professional, a great communicator and fun to work with! With her guidance and knowledge of current market trends, we were able to make a winning offer on a beautiful single family home that appraised at value. We wouldn’t want to work with anyone else in this crazy market!

We wouldn’t want to work with anyone else!

Erika supported me with a home valuation, which I needed to discuss splitting assets with a former partner. She is an incredible educator, patient and knowledgeable with all my newbie questions, and just amazingly kind and supportive through what is otherwise a stressful process. She came to my home, did a full walkthrough, and quickly followed up afterwards via email with a full report of the estimated value, comparable homes referenced, and a list of improvements (with rough quotes) that could help make my home more marketable to prospective buyers should we decide to sell. I'm so grateful to Erika, and would absolutely recommend her to anyone who is looking for support on any part of the home buying/selling process!

 I'm so grateful to Erika!

Erika was a dream to work with! She provided invaluable insights, and encouraged me to follow my gut when I fell in love with the first place we toured. She was super responsive throughout the process and went out of her way to set up tours on short notice and answer my questions thoroughly and quickly, no matter how trivial. Even when she was on vacation for a few days! She was able to get me a home for less than listing price in Seattle due to her familiarity with the market. She provided excellent professional recommendations for an inspector and several contractors. I can't recommend working with Erika highly enough!

I can't recommend working with Erika highly enough!

Erika takes her work seriously, and in my case all results were positive. She kept me updated almost daily throughout the process. I can't say enough about how wonderful she is to go through this complicated process. She is the best person for the sale of your property.

I can't say enough about how wonderful she is!

Erika's prior success as a teacher showed in both the care and caring she demonstrated in selling our home. She's incredibly organized, but equally careful to attend to our most important concerns. Candidly we were initially skeptical about her suggested updates and even staging of the house. We simply had not done so much preparation to be successful at selling a home. But it didn't take long to climb aboard her recommended process, which significantly reduced our stress level from start to finish. Rarely have we worked with anyone who lays out the plan with so much detail, and yet flexibility to adjust with circumstances. She's good.

She's good!

Erika did a fantastic job helping me to list and sell my home. She understood what it meant for me to be selling a home that I had a strong emotional attachment to, and took the time to answer my questions and hear my priorities. She paid great attention to detail and went above and beyond to make sure my home was ready to show at its best. And, she was thorough in her research for determining the right price to list the home. I could not be happier with the process and the results!

I could not be happier with the process and the results!

Working with Morgan was a joy and a fantastic experience in every way!  As first-time homebuyers, my wife and I were new to every single stage of this process, and Morgan was always available to walk us through each step and to make sure we got clear and thorough answers to all of our questions.  On top of being very knowledgeable and professional, she understands the emotional component of house hunting and was a very calming and reassuring presence through the whole experience.  We were fortunate enough to end up buying a home that we both absolutely love, and there's no way we would have been able to make that happen without Morgan's help.  We can't recommend her highly enough!

We really enjoyed having Morgan be our real estate agent! She helped us find our home, and in the process went above and beyond. We were looking for a home about an hour away from Seattle and she made multiple trips there to show houses to us. She responded quickly and professionally and was very informative about the process of home buying (we are first time home buyers). I would highly recommend using Morgan as your real estate agent if you are looking for one! She is friendly, communicative and someone we really enjoyed working with!

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