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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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I've purchased several homes with Larissa as my agent and I wouldn't go to any other! She's kind, straightforward, efficient, responsive and goes the extra mile to make sure you have the information you need. she has incredible local knowledge and has referred many contractors for me even after purchases that have worked really well. I will continue to have her as my agent on any future home purchase in the Seattle area and I highly recommend her.

I've purchased several homes with Larissa!

Working with Diane has been a truly wonderful experience for us! This was our first home purchase and Diane spent a lot of extra time helping to educate us on the industry, the current state of the real estate market, and even recommending some excellent home inspectors and lenders that she has had good experiences with in the past. She worked tirelessly to help put us in a strong negotiating position and helped us get into our first home without a hitch. We still remain in contact with Diane, who is happy to provide us with remodeling recommendations and information about market trends whenever asked. Additionally, one year after our purchase, she provided us with a complimentary re-evaluation of our home to help us see how our home is performing as an investment, which is one good example of how she goes above and beyond for her clients. We have recommended Diane to several of our friends now and we would not hesitate to have Diane by our side in any future real estate transaction.

We have recommended Diane to several of our friends!

As first a first time home buyer I was nervous about entering into the Seattle home buying market to say the least. I had heard horror stories from everyone I had talked to for 2 years, thanks to Lara I can happily say I have no such stories. Thanks to her attention and knowledge our first home purchase could not have gone smoother. She was always quick to respond, attended inspections for us, and was spot on with all her advice. In particular her skill in structuring our offer was incredibly accurate, she knew exactly what it would take for us to win against 7 other offers without us overpaying. Not only would I work with Lara again but I will be recommending her to anyone I know looking for an agent in Seattle.

Highly likely to recommend

Very professional listing agent.   She helped us sell our house in Seattle, was great in listening to what we wanted to do and giving us options to complete the sale.

Very Professional!

Sydnie Taylor is a top-shelf broker.  We were in the fortunate position of listing our Laurelhurst home during an active time in the market and Sydnie provided informed and insightful guidance to maximize the value.  From staging the furniture, to timing the listing, to evaluating the 7+ offers we received, she was a valued partner. The result was that our sale price far exceeded the asking price.  Sydnie brings energy and excitement into everything she does. She is a pleasure to work with and we highly recommend her.



She is a pleasure to work with and we highly recommend her!

Sydnie was recommenced to my wife and me from trusted friends who also had a great experience. We went in thinking we knew a ton, but her and her colleague Danny walked us through the whole process and filled in the blanks of information we were missing or helped us understand something  differently if we had it wrong. Honest, open, and non-judgmental about each house we looked at. They would help us weigh the pros and cons and always had some insight that we wouldn’t have thought of.  When we found the house that we wanted, she came out with us during a downpour on a Sunday Evening to check it out and help us move quickly and make an offer. Great experience and we have recommended her to all of our friends and acquaintances who are in the market to buy or sell.



Great experience and we have recommended her to all of our friends!

Maureen was phenomenal! Very professional and thorough, yet friendly and made the entire process fun!

Maureen was phenomenal!

I met Debbie in 2012 when she helped me negotiate a condo purchase in a co-housing community.  I was immediately stuck by her demeanor, professionalism and knowledge.  I appreciated that fact that she was looking out for my best interest, even though it was her co-worker who was the listing agent.  That whole transaction went so smoothly and she even had recommendations on the remodeling I had in mind to expand the unit.  And then here we are, 3 years later, I reached out to Debbie to help me sell the beautifully remodeled unit.  She once again skillfully negotiated the best possible price with the best possible fit.  Everything simply fell back into place, we signed and closed the deal on 9/24/2015.  I cannot express my gratitude towards her, in terms of her ethics, transparency, and generous nature.  On a personal note, she even took my dog in when I couldn't find someone to watch the little escape artist.  I have worked with several real estate agents, but she is the only one I returned to for a 2nd transaction.  =)

I was immediately stuck by her demeanor, professionalism and knowledge!

Missy is a fighter! She will fight for you and guide you through the entire process. She is surrounded by professionals who know their business (loan consultants, inspectors, etc).


Missy is a fighter!

We know a number of real estate agents, and having bought and sold several homes in our lifetime, we have more than a little experience with them.  Never have we known one as professional and excellent in every way as Kristen has been.  We consider ourselves very fortunate to have met her! We have been so impressed and helped throughout the process of selling our home and buying another, by her knowledge, her willingness to take the time to communicate every step of the way, her kindness and sensitivity to our needs, her skills as a negotiator. It’s been wonderful having her represent us, and we are delighted to refer anyone who is looking to buy or sell their real estate to her.


Great realtor with lots of knowledge. Thanks so much!

Great realtor!

Justin Mellon has found his calling. He is a stand-out real estate agent who I would highly recommend, without hesitation. His level of professionalism, compassion, and sincerity sets him apart. Justin has a strong work ethic and worked tirelessly to meet our needs. He communicates clearly, respectfully and honestly. He was always available for us—so much so that I felt as if we were his only clients. Justin puts his heart into his work and works with the highest level of integrity. After the sale, Justin continued to support us by providing boxes for our move, paying for our move as a closing gift, and providing references for contractors and sub-contractors. In addition, he continues to ask about the progress we are making on the house, as it is very important to him that our visions for our new home are realized. I cannot say enough about our experience with Justin. He is an exemplary real estate agent and a downright good person.

He is an exemplary real estate agent!

Besides your services and education about selling, you were wonderfully warm and friendly. It seemed like you were a close friend who was helping me psychologically as well as in a business mode. It was really wonderful. Thank you. 

It seemed like you were a close friend!

Larissa was just terrific. She provided great guidance on what needed to be done to my 20 year old townhouse to get it ready to sell, and kept the ball rolling. I took her advice on pricing and the result was a quick sale $25,000 over the list price. I have already recommended her to others, and will continue to do so.


Larissa was just terrific!

Debbie was great. She really made the home buying process so easy. She's very easy to work with, and made my first purchase not so scary. She and Max were really there for me with any questions I had along the way

Debbie was great!

Eva listed my home and sold it right away.  I believe this is because she priced it well and did an amazing job marketing it. She is extremely professional and knowledgeable at what she does.
She has also taken me to look at a number of properties when I was considering a purchase.  She was patient and paid close attention to what it was that I was looking for in a property.
I can recommend her without hesitation and will definitely look forward to working with her again when I have need of a real estate agent.

I can recommend her without hesitation!

In July of this year, my wife and I decided to purse the next chapter of our journey in the greater Seattle area.  With little more than a general knowledge of Seattle and its surrounding towns that was almost 30 year old, we set off to find a home.  Thank goodness that our first call was to Realtor Heather Blacksmith!  
 
Heather, with her keen understanding of our needs as well as of Seattle and the surrounding area was instrumental in our search.  She not only helped us select a municipality but a house as well that met our unique needs.  Heather listened carefully to what we were looking for and was able, within one short visit, help us nail down an area that would meet our needs (Edmonds).  Once we agreed on the location, Heather then helped us find just the right house that would meet the many criteria that we had for what would make for a great post-retirement house.  She listened carefully to what we both considered important and then found houses that meet those criteria.  She sorted through dozens of listings and presented only those to us that met those requirements that we set.  Once we found the house that met our needs and exceeded our expectations, she was then extremely helpful in helping us to explore financing,  close on the house, and then make a number of key contacts to help us get settled in our new neighborhood.  In fact, Heather and her family were there when the first load of boxes and furniture showed up from Portland to welcome us and to help us unpack!  
 
I have never experienced customer service like this and highly recommend Heather Blacksmith and Lake and Company to any and all that are looking to make a move to the Seattle area.  

I have never experienced customer service like this!

Thank you Missy for being such a wonderful agent! You were always on top of everything and had great suggestions and ideas. Thanks to you we sold our condo in 1 day at top dollar-- way more than asking and well above the comps due to your excellent negotiation skills. We are forever grateful for making this the easiest and most efficient closing and for checking in with us every step of the way.


We are forever grateful!

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