There was a time in the 1970s when the Seattle Real Estate market was very low. Prices were cheap because Boeing, Weyerhauser, and fishing were the main industries in Seattle. Boeing was going through a hard period of adjustment between the War effort, and the rise of commercial aviation.
Seattle was called The Jet City, and we had the Seattle Super Sonics basketball team. The city rallied around Boeing, and supported their continued growth.
Jet City Real Estate was a small Brokerage that was abandoned. In 1986 I wanted to open a Brokerage on Phinney Ridge with that same name. In 2003 the domain name was still available so I bought it, and built a web site around the name. It included links to history about Seattle, and the Boeing company. The internet was changing rapidly, and I was losing links faster than I could add them. Images were also bought by Getty, of Boeing planes, and cityscapes of Seattle so they were no longer available for free.
I’ve included some of those links here, and a page about the Jet City. The Jet City name ties in to some of my more recent articles about Internet Brokerages. I would like to promote an old school approach to Real Estate. Back in the day when you hired an agent you could trust to show you properties of high quality that had value.
The focus of this site is to bring back some credibility to the Real Estate profession by promoting those agents, and Brokerages you can trust.
About David Losh
In 1984 I got my Real Estate license and worked in a small company called Advance Properties. The owner was extremely interested in Real Estate, building, and land development. Most of his work was concentrated North of Seattle. Since the 1970s I had worked for Real Estate agents in Seattle as a contractor, mostly preparing properties for rent, and sale.
After a few years my skill level increased considerably concerning land use, building code, and development practices. Escrow, and lending offices were housed at the Advance Properties building so it was easy to get involved in all aspects of Real Estate. It was very much a family owned, and operated business.
Over the years my Real Estate license has been at a variety of Real Estate companies, and offices. Nothing compares to those early years, or that sense of family. Real Estate has gotten to be corporate owned.
My hope with this blog is to share with you some of the things I've learned. If you have Real Estate needs, or want contractor help, I refer freely to what best suits you. If you should choose to work with me you'll find a great resource.
My Real Estate license is at Skyline Properties in Northgate. Skyline is a locally owned company that is a desk fee office. There is a wide variety of diverse agents. It helps me with some of the other projects that I have, and mentoring that I do, to be able to work with people from other cultures.
Here in Seattle we are close to Vancouver BC and are the gateway to China. Boeing has a great trade relationship with China, as does Microsoft have with all of Asia. We are a culturally diverse community, and it helps me to be invlolved.
