Homes by Justini Martini

Homes by Justini Martini I help families in S. Seattle move up as they start a new chapter in life with our Serve it Up method

Dammit! I left my phone in my room again…on the top floor!You climb the three flights of stairs, get your phone. You’re ...
05/08/2024

Dammit! I left my phone in my room again…on the top floor!
You climb the three flights of stairs, get your phone. You’re back downstairs….
“DAMMIT!!! I left my water bottle up there!”
Where do you keep your appliances? You know, the airfryer, keurig machine, SodaStream.
They’re on your counter…taking up precious space and for all of your guests to see when they come over.
Which doesn’t allow for any sort of prep space for cooking, or space to entertain either…
Do you relate to this right now?
Look, townhomes are GREAT. They offer affordability compared to single family homes, or a great alternative to condo living. But, they come with some challenges.
It worked great when you first moved in. No more people living above, below, and on each side of you.
After a few years of living there you start to notice the things you don’t like.
A lot of them are around 1,100 SF, split between 3 floors. That means a lot of stairs! Cozier living spaces, minimal storage, and the primary bedroom is normally all the way at the top.
You’ve tried to tell yourself “at least I’m getting my steps in” but that is starting to get old, REAL FAST.
But, you really don’t have a solution for that extra storage you need.
Simply put, your home just doesn’t work for your new needs in your life.
If you’d like to know how you can move into your next home, click the link in my bio for our Serve it Up method.
We’d love to show you how our Serve it Up method can help you with your next chapter and finding a home that better suits your needs.

I told my clients to change their search criteria or they likely wouldn’t get a home…😫They’d been looking at houses for ...
05/02/2024

I told my clients to change their search criteria or they likely wouldn’t get a home…😫
They’d been looking at houses for a couple months. Discovering different neighborhoods, finding out what worked and what didn’t.
They really wanted walkability to coffee shops, trails, and a sense of a community that was diverse and the neighbors knew one another.
After a few weeks of looking they landed on West Seattle.
It was during the HEIGHT of the market when interest rates were under 4.5% in 2021. We thought that with the West Seattle Bridge being repaired it wouldn’t be as competitive….
Boy, were we wrong! We toured around 15 homes and wrote 4+ offers. These clients were all cash buyers and they still couldn’t get a house that worked for them.
So, I told them about a town just south, Burien. They knew about this area, but never really thought about living there.
We went there for lunch, walked around and they could see why I recommended it. On our walk we found a home that was in a VERY convenient location and had just come on the market.
We went and saw it immediately.
It was a great fit! They’d also be getting an even larger yard than what they were finding in West Seattle.
We wrote up their offer within 2 days, and competed against 10+ offers.
With my knowledge of the market, great conversations with the listing broker, and their competitiveness, they got the home!
If you are trying to buy a home you need to have an agent who understands how it works and can properly guide you.
There isn’t a “one size fits all” solution. There needs to be collaboration and constant communication.
Our Serve it Up method was made to help people, just like you, to make a move.
Comment the word “MOVE” to get a copy of our Serve it up Method!

05/01/2024

If you’ve gotten LASIK in Seattle, where do you recommend and why?
Ready. Set. Go!

04/30/2024

You’ve decided you’re ready to buy a house!🏡 Through your own research online and chatting with friends/family you’ve gotten lots of advice!
But, which part of that advice is true? Which part fits well with your plans? 🤯
When it comes to buying a house it can seem like everyone has a different opinion. Well, it’s true. Everyone has their own thoughts around purchasing a home. 🤔
Here’s my top 5 pieces of advice that I recommend NOT listening to. ❌
Make sure to check to pay attention to tip number 4 in my video! 🙏
Check out our bio to download a copy of our Serve it Up Method and how we work with our clients on buying a home! ⬆

You’ve never bought and sold a home at the same time. How hard can it be, right??So, you do a google search about how it...
04/27/2024

You’ve never bought and sold a home at the same time. How hard can it be, right??
So, you do a google search about how it works.
You reach out to that friend/family member who has sold real estate. Or, you ask some of your friends who they’ve worked with in the past.
I’m sure you’ve heard this, read this or thought this yourself;
“All realtors are the same. They just take photos of a house, put them online and then wait for offers to come in.”
The truth is...there are a lot of Realtors that do a lot of the same things.
They ask you what you want in your next home. How much do you think you should be getting for your current home?
They take some photos. Put the house on the MLS. Host an open house or two. Then, one day, they appear with great news that they have an offer for you!
But, what are they doing in between putting the home up for sale and bringing you that offer?
I get it. We’ve heard this time and time again.
So, why do our clients choose us?
There’s more to a transaction than just getting an offer. Or, getting you the next house.
They see the value in our services, our communication, the partnerships we have and our results.
We take the time to learn your unique situation. We hear your concerns, what your goals are for your next home, and what you expect from us.
We have in depth conversations with you and we treat this as a partnership.
This is not something where we come in and tell you what to do. Or, vice versa.
Our Serve It Up Method was designed around our past clients to make the buying and selling experience simpler and easier for our future clients.
If you’d like to know more about how you can achieve your goals, comment “MOVE” and we’ll get you our Serve It Up Method!

04/24/2024

You heard your friend/neighbor sold their house for “OVER ASKING”....
What the heck does that really mean?
Did they price their home too low?
Did they just “get lucky?”
How did they do that?!
Selling your home doesn’t have to be filled with worry and “how, why, what’s”.
We’ve created the Serve it Up method to help cut out these sorts of questions.
We have worked with a lot of clients over the years, and had countless conversations with all sorts of questions. We listened and we really heard you.
That’s how the Serve it Up method came to be! It’s all been designed because of people just like YOU!

My client went from wanting to pay TOP DOLLAR for a house to not even thinking about it after asking this ONE QUESTION! ...
04/19/2024

My client went from wanting to pay TOP DOLLAR for a house to not even thinking about it after asking this ONE QUESTION! 😮
While touring the home we saw lots of family photos on the walls. Movie room, kids toys, it was going SO WELL! 🤩
School pictures, sports awards, academic awards. She was really starting to imagine her family living there and making the exact same memories, as her kids were around 2 years and 8 months old. 🥇
We were reviewing all of the documents, coming up with questions to ask the seller's agent, and doing all the homework. 😊
I sent in a series of questions, one of them being “Why are the owner’s moving?” 🧐
The response is what made her walk away entirely…. 🏃‍♀️
We found out that the owner’s were downsizing as they were grandparents and not moving because their kids needed more space….
All the photos on the wall were of their grandchildren.
THAT WAS IT!
She immediately didn’t want the house as she had a completely different picture in her mind of what raising a family there would be. This felt like it was the “end” of the family living there to her.
It wasn’t the end of the world, but it just changed her whole view of the home and how it would work for their family. So, we moved on and continued our search.
This really shows why staging and making the space “neutral” is so crucial to selling your home.
With our Serve it Up method we make sure these sorts of things don’t happen! DM me to learn more about how we can help neutralize your home before your sale! 💯

04/18/2024

You know you HAVE to have an inspection….but what are you looking for? 👀
Inspections truly are one of the most crucial parts of buying a home. 💯
What is it that you’re looking for? What should your inspector be looking for? What sort of inspections should you be getting? 🤨
If you’ve never seen an inspection report, it can seem very overwhelming and EXPENSIVE. 💲
How do you sort through the 30+ page inspection report? How do you know what is “normal” and what is a red flag? 🚩
If you have these sorts of questions make sure to watch the video below! 👇🏻

My parents recently moved from the home I grew up in for most of my life. During the move they found a box with “keepsak...
03/18/2024

My parents recently moved from the home I grew up in for most of my life. During the move they found a box with “keepsakes” that my mom had held onto for me.

There was one piece in particular that I found that’s very special. It was a writing exercise from when I was probably in elementary school asking me about “My Hero”.

Well, at that time it was my mom (it still holds true)! I’ve always been a momma’s boy. I’’m sharing the story I wrote over 20 years ago. Now, I get to write it again as an adult.

My mom is still my hero to this day. She’s someone who I know I can call over the silliest inconvenience in my life, or something that I have no idea how to manage on my own.

Even if I’m scared of the potential outcome that I’m facing I know I can count on her to help me through it.

One of the best things she ever did was teach me how to make her Oven Fried Chicken 😂. In case you don’t know, chicken is my favorite!

This is a meal that I love to make and I’ll never stop making. Now, I appreciate that I’ll have that recipe to make for the years to come.

It’s something that I’ll be able to make when I’m missing her after she’s gone. When I want to make a “special” dinner to celebrate something, or on those gloomy Seattle nights when a warm, homemade meal just sounds delicious! 😋 . It’s my comfort food.

I’m thankful for all the things my mom has done for me in my life, but, this is something that I’ll be able to cherish forever. ❤️😍

Every time I make it, I think of her and it makes me smile.

Who’s your hero?!

03/07/2024

What does food mean to you?
Now, I LOVE my food. And all sorts of food. Chicken nuggets (obvi), sushi, a 5-course chef’s tasting, a good cup of my taco soup, I just love it!
But, there is something else I love even more. I love the experience behind food. I love being able to make memories with those I care about, the memories.
Make sure to share your favorite places, I want to make sure those memories live on for you and that you get to make new ones!

Last year I met some clients who had been searching for their dream home for over a year. They were seriously shopping b...
03/07/2024

Last year I met some clients who had been searching for their dream home for over a year. They were seriously shopping but only looking when open houses were available. This was working pretty well for them...they said.
I asked them questions about their current situation, what their ideal new home looked like, and what their plans were.
They had reached out a week or so later to ask about a property that wasn't having an open house...and then we decided it was time to work together!
Within a few months we were under contract!
Now, it was time to sell the home they had been in for 30+ years. We were approaching winter and decided to hold off listing until mid to late January. Well, winter in the PNW can be…interesting…to say the least.
It was time to come up with the listing price.
After reviewing comparable homes a couple weeks out to share the data. I noticed a significant change in the market happening that was giving data all over the board.
It was time to do some deeper investigation to make sure I had all the data to share with them so they could make an informed and educated decision.
At the end of the day we ended up receiving a phenomenal offer, in 6 days, and ended up settling at 1.5% under the asking price as we knew with the data that it could end up a lot less than that!
These clients were truly amazing to work with. They listened to my feedback, what was going on in the current market and we had open discussions. With our team work they ended up having a very successful sale!
If you want to know how they successfully got their dream home, comment the word "DREAM" and I'll send you my Serve it Up Method!

03/06/2024

What should you expect to pay in closing costs for the sale of your home?

There are a number of hard costs to you as a Seller that you just can’t avoid.

I’m here to break down the big ones for you in this video.

If you want to know more about your specific situation DM me to set up a call!

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837 N 34th Street, Suite 100
Seattle, WA
98103

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Monday 8:30am - 7pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 7pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 7pm
Thursday 8:30am - 7pm
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