Anthony Avery

Yayyyy closing!! My first client who purchased Insignia, and let me tell you what!
First off, getting into a two bedroom in this building under $800k is really hard to do, but we closed at $762,500 with $12,500 seller credits.
And then the real work began! Nobody would lend on the building!! I reached out to a couple brokers I’ve worked with in the past and Brent Moody got it done. It took a couple extra weeks and the terms aren’t stellar, but once the condo finishes repairs associated with their lawsuit, refinancing will make sense. We hit a last minute snag too when the seller didn’t fix the inspection findings, so we pushed it out a couple extra days and they were able to take care of that.
All in all, a learning experience and I’m so thrilled that my clients are able to own in my personal favorite building in the city. Congratulations!

I love getting my Orca wrapped each year! Last year I had 290 trips on 26 routes. This year I rode my bike a lot more often than I did last year, and used transit more frequently for longer trips. Those ferry trips were all ones where I loaded my bike on and rode to my destination. In addition to Sound Transit and KC Metro, this year I rode Pierce Transit and Kitsap Transit.

I like to share this because I don’t have a regular commute. I get around town at different times to different places depending on where I’m meeting clients, hanging out with my kids, or running errands. The 50 is my most used bus, I live less than a five minute walk from a stop and it takes me to my doctor’s appointments at the VA, Alaska Junction, and my kids school. I also use it to access the 1 line especially when I’m going south.

My favorite bus is the H. I live between the C and the H, but taking the H home I can walk through Longfellow Creek to get to and from my stop so it’s stress free with my kids in tow.

What’s your favorite bus? What’s the bus you ride the most? Let me know in the comments!

Bethany and I decided Saturday would be a Treat Yo Self day! It was the best day of the year!
We hired a babysitter for the first time that wasn’t directly related to us, and had a “night out.” Dinner at Ben Paris, then Lindsey Stirling in concert with the Seattle Symphony at Beneroya Hall!

So we actually fell in love with Lindsey when she was on Dancing With the Stars, and in 2020 we had a virtual meet and greet with her and our then six month olds as part of her Christmas Concert. This is the first time we’ve been able to see her in person and it was an incredible and moving show. She’s so inspirational and I don’t typically look to famous people as role models, but she is an incredible role model for my kids to look up to.

Thank you for an incredible performance, Lindsey, thanks to KC Metro for the ride, and thank you for an unforgettable evening to Bethany. I love you more every day and I’m so excited to be able to do cool stuff like this with my very best friend.

One of the things I’m genuinely most excited about by having my own business is I have a socially acceptable reason to donate to community causes and beautification projects. Each year the West Seattle Junction Association hangs flowers throughout the junction. This year I sponsored a basket, and they gave me the best spot on the whole dang thing by.

Right next to the mid-block crossing and Elliott Bay Brewing, this is actually the spot in the junction I spend the most time at.