Andy Carter - Realtor

09/02/2026

🏡 JUST LISTED IN KENT! 🔑

Welcome to 14020 SE 282nd St—a spacious home offering approximately 3,200 sq. ft., 4 bedrooms, and 2.5 bathrooms!

✨ Generous living spaces
🎱 Available pool table
🔊 Custom speaker system
🍎 Backyard apple trees
🛍️ Near Trader Joe’s and Reber Ranch
🚗 Convenient access to Highways 18 and 167

This is more than a house—it’s a place to spread out, entertain, and feel right at home. ❤️

📲 Schedule your private tour today!

Andy Carter, Realtor
📞 206-349-7674
📧 [email protected]

09/02/2026

🏡🔨 New Construction in Kent & Covington: Active vs. Pending!

🟢 Active: Homes listed for sale—your opportunity to explore floor plans, finishes, and locations!

📝 Pending: Homes under contract—the buyer has taken the next step toward calling a brand-new house home!

Thinking about buying new construction? Look beyond the model home’s beautiful finishes. Upgrades, completion dates, and the total price all matter! 🔑

📲 Reach out for the latest active and pending listings in Kent & Covington. Let’s find your fit!

Andy Carter | RainTown Realty + JPAR
📞 206-349-7674

09/01/2026

🏡 Kent & Covington: Selling FSBO Isn’t as Easy as It Looks!

📊 Currently, there are no pending For Sale By Owner (FSBO) listings in Kent/Covington. Getting your home listed is one step—getting it under contract takes work!

Selling on your own means handling:
💰 Pricing against the competition
📸 Photography and marketing
📞 Buyer inquiries and showings
🤝 Offers, negotiations, and inspection requests
📑 Paperwork and deadlines through closing

🟢 ACTIVE means your home is on the market.
📝 PENDING means you’ve accepted an offer—but there’s still work ahead!

An agent brings a pricing strategy, marketing, and transaction guidance to help you move toward closing. 🔑

Thinking about selling? Let’s talk about what it takes to get your home sold! 📲

Andy Carter | RainTown Realty + JPAR
📞 206-349-7674

09/01/2026

🏡 Active vs. Pending: Kent & Covington Edition!

🔑 Active listings are homes available for purchase—your opportunities as a buyer and your competition as a seller.

✍️ Pending listings have accepted offers and are working toward closing—a glimpse at which homes are attracting buyers!

📊 The asking price tells you what a seller hopes to get. Going pending shows a buyer and seller reached an agreement—but the final sale price comes after closing.

Thinking about buying or selling in Kent or Covington? Let’s talk about what the competition means for your next move! 📲

Andy Carter | RainTown Realty + JPAR
📞 206-349-7674

09/01/2026

The room you need today might not be the room you need five years from now.

That’s why flexible spaces can be such a smart feature in a home.

A bonus room might start as a playroom, become a home office later, then turn into a guest space, workout room, or hobby area as life changes.

Homes that can adapt with you often feel more useful for longer—and that can matter just as much as having one more highly specialized room.

When you’re touring a home, don’t just ask, “What is this room?”

Ask, “What could this room become?”

And if you’ve got real estate questions, I’m happy to help.

09/01/2026

Applying for a $400k ? Here’s how much the monthly payment will be.

A mortgage payment on a $400,000 loan depends on your term length and interest rate. We do the math to help you determine if you can afford a $400,000 mortgage.

08/29/2026

Exploring other options can help determine if this path fits.

Reverse mortgages are marketed as an easy way to get tax-free cash in retirement. There are often better alternatives, such as downsizing, though. Discover why reverse mortgages may be too good to be true here.

08/27/2026

Meeting with a lender? Here’s what you need to ask.

Key questions help you understand how the mortgage process works.

08/25/2026

What if the best “extra room” in the house wasn’t downstairs?

A game room or flex space tucked between secondary bedrooms can give kids, guests, or family members a place of their own without taking over the main living room.

It can work for homework today, gaming tomorrow, crafts on the weekend, or movie nights when everyone wants a little more space.

That kind of flexibility is easy to overlook during a showing, but it can make a big difference in how a home functions day to day.

Sometimes the smartest floor plans aren’t just about adding square footage—they’re about putting useful space in the right place.

And if you’ve got real estate questions, I’m happy to help.

08/25/2026

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