Below is a select list of Gerhard’s blog posts he wrote beginning in March 2011. These posts are the web versions of The View from the Street newsletter which Gerhard publishes at the end of every month. He reports on the Seattle housing market, addresses the best way to list and sell homes, muses about the real estate business, and informs on the transactional and legal aspects of real estate. Not all posts are about real estate. Some posts are of a personal nature, such as Gerhard’s lunch with Jeff Bezos and his last visit to Germany. Click here to see Gerhard’s View from the Street, issue 141, his latest blog, where Gerhard introduces his personal assistant who describes his real estate experience way back then.

• What $750,000 will buy (2022)
• Who bought that home? (2022)
• The Housing Shortage is Real (2021)
• Should you buy a larger home or a second one? (2021)
• Real Estate Values (2020)

• How to Sell in a Sellers’ Market (2016)
• Bothell McMenamins Anderson School (2015)
• Totem Lake – Kirkland’s armpit no more! (2020)
• Redmond (2012)
• Kirkland (2012)
• Woodinville Vinterra (2018)

• The Case for Closed Spaces (2022)
• Multigenerational Living (2020)
• Home Inspection: buyer beware! (2020)
• Wait, you can’t sell this home! It may not be yours. (2020)
• Signing Before Closing (2019)
• Your Home on the Web (2016)
• Where is Your Listing? (2015)
• Down Payment Assistance (2019)
• The best of two worlds (2019)
• Move-in-ready (2018)
• Washington State County Websites (2018)

• Your Contingent Offer May Be Welcome (2017)
• Personal Property: yes, you can take it with you (2017)
• Escalation Clauses – boon for sellers, but bane for buyers (2017)
• Time is of the essence. (2015)
• Technology – disruptive or constructive? (2014)
• The Smells of Real Estate (2014)
• Oh Rats, I didn’t know this! (2011)

• Zillow Talk (2017 updated 2021)
• Wanted: Creative Marketing! (2021)
• Willing buyer, willing seller? (2019)
• Average Home, Special Listing (2018)
• Sell your home on Facebook? (2017)

• Pictures of Your Home You Wish You Had (2014)
• The most profitable home improvement is not your kitchen. (2014)
• Home Listing Words Matter (2014)

• Celebrate: 20 years in the Real Estate Business (2022)
• Bellevue homes: from split-level to luxury and beyond (2022)
• Quality Service Has Nothing to do with Home Price (2020)
• A house on fire (2019)
• Commissions (2019)

• I’m a Full-Time Real Estate Agent (2017)
• Real Estate Barista (2017)
• Trust is Everything (2017)
• Washington Seller Disclosure: Buyer Beware (2017)
• Path to Wealth Creation (2016)
• Annie, the Legal Hotline Lawyer (2015)
• Seattle Area Real Estate: Fingerspitzengefühl (2012)

• The Business of Color (2022)
• The Case for Closed Spaces (2022)
• Russia’s Adverse Possessions (2022)
• Chapter and Verse (2021)
• The Men in my Life (2021)
• Good Friday (2021)
• How I came to love Camano Island (2021)
• Creative real estate: the reason I keep going (2020)

• Christmas Traditions (2019)
• The year I bought Jeff Bezos lunch (2019)
• My Germany Journey (2019)
• Just my type (2018)
• Success in Real Estate (2018)
• Homes Away From Home (2018)
• What Home Buyers teach me (2015)