Coldwell Banker Schneidmiller Realty Blog

2012 Coldwell Banker Commercial Schneidmiller Realty Commercial Market Forum

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:02:16 -0800

Coldwell Banker Commercial Schneidmiller Realty presents its annual review of the commercial real estate market. Five agents - Pat Eberlin, Doug Rall, Rob Kannapien, Glenn Sather & Wayne Burton - address opportunities and challenges in commercial office, retail, industrial, multi-family, and investment categories.

Mr. Jerry Jaeger, President and Co-Owner of Hagadone Hospitality, is the keynote speaker.

2012 Commercial Market Forum Video

Homeownership Benefits

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:58:49 -0800

Here is a great blog post by our CEO on the benefits of home ownership.

Homeownership: It’s YOUR Decision

2011 Market Forum Video and Slides

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:30:38 -0800

Slides:
Market Forum Slides

Video:
2011 Market Forum
Retail - Pat Eberlin
Office - Craig Hunter, CCIM
Multi-Family - Glenn Sather
Industrial - Dani Kramer, CCIM
Investments - Mike King, CCIM
Keynote Speaker - Charlie Nipp

Kootenai County Commercial Real Estate Market Forum

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 02:37:57 -0800

Join us February 10th for our 4th annual Kootenai County Commercial Real Estate Market Forum.

Event Details

Engage in conversation with experts within the commercial real estate industry, as we discuss how regional growth, the state of the economy and world events impact our real estate market. Learn about trends and hear from specialists in office, retail, multi-family, investments and industrial/flex-tech.

Keynote Speaker

Mr. Charlie Nipp
Parkwood Business Properties
Owner & Manager

Agenda

Thursday, February 10, 2011

7:30-8:30am - Registration/Meet & Greet

8:30-9:45am - Introduction/Local Market Presentations

Local Topics
Retail - Pat Eberlin
Office - Craig Hunter, CCIM
Industrial - Dani Kramer, CCIM
Multi-Family - Glenn Sather
Investments - Mike King, CCIM

9:45-10:30am - Keynote Speaker

Location

The Coeur d'Alene Kroc Center
1765 W. Golf Course Road
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815

To register visit http://2011cbcforum.eventbrite.com/

Happy Birthday Coldwell Banker

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:21:24 -0800

Coldwell Banker is celebrating its 104th Birthday Today! Here is a post marking the occasion on our national blog http://blog.coldwellbanker.com/coldwellbanker104years/

Mountain climbing event raises more than $25k for Big Brother Big Sisters

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 07:45:52 -0800

Mountain climbing event raises more than $25k for Big Brother Big Sisters

Sunday, August 8, 2010
By Lynn Parish

As it turns out, one man at Coldwell Banker Commercial Schneidmiller Realty will go to great heights to help kids.

Mike King, an associate broker with the large Coeur d’Alene real estate agency, traveled to western Washington in mid-July to scale Mount Baker and Mount Shuksan for the 2010 Coldwell Banker Climb For Kid’s Sake, a national fundraising event that raises money for the youth-mentoring program Big Brothers Big Sisters.

King and the rest of the five-person climbing team raised more than $25,000 this year for BBBS, an amount that covers the cost of matching about 25 children with mentors. During the past four years, the climbing effort has raised a total of more than $100,000.

From Left to Right:
Steve DuBrueler, CBC Premier Properties; Brad Jubin, CBC Bullard; Mike King, CBC Schneidmiller Realty; Isaac Wells, Clearwire; Rick Davidson, Realogy.

This year, the team began its ascent on July 8 of Mount Shuksan, which is east of Bellingham in North Cascades National Park and just south of U.S.-Canada border. The climb took two days, and the group got within 300 feet of the summit of the peak, which is at an elevation of 9,127 feet above sea level. King said the last 300 feet of climbing involves Class 4 and Class 5 rock climbing, and the group and its two guides decided the weather were too severe to attempt the summit.

“The weather was perfect going up, but you never know what you’re going to get at the summit,” King said. “The mountains have a tendency of making weather systems of their own.”

After a day’s rest, the group tackled Mount Baker, which is just west of Mount Shuksan and about 1,600 feet higher. The climbers reached the summit in two days, but as at the Shuksan, the weather at the mountaintop was harsh, so they descended quickly.

In past years, the group has successfully reached the summit of three other well-known Northwest peaks: Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount Rainier.

King has been involved in each of the Climb For Kids events. He wasn’t a climber before getting involved in the events, but he was a Big Brother through a local chapter of the organization. Now, he’s heavily involved in the both the program and the avocation.

“I thought it would be a fun thing to try, and I got hooked,” King said.

The rest of the climbing teams included volunteers from across the country, ranging from Coldwell Banker associates from Atlanta and Washington, D.C., to a telecommunications professional from Seattle.

Coldwell Banker Schneidmiller Realty, in addition to sending one of its brokers, was one of 24 corporate sponsors for the event.

Along with supporting the Climb For Kids, the company is a community partner of Big Brothers Big Sisters, Habitat For Humanity, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and its agents are involved in nearly 40 charities and civic organizations throughout the Inland Northwest.

Climb for Kids 2010

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:21:09 -0800

Tomorrow the 2010 Coldwell Banker Commercial Climb for Kids team will meet in Seattle to embark on this year's climb of Mt. Baker and Mt. Shuksan.

Over the past three years our team has raised over $70,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters and successfully reached the summit of Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams and Mt. Rainier. Tomorrow, I will meet up with this year's team of Coldwell Banker Commercial associates from across the country and we will climb Mt. Baker and Mt. Shuskan to raise support for Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Our team has a goal of raising $30,000 this year for BBBS. We have over $25,000 committed thus far and need your help to reach our goal. If you would like to help raise money please visit our donation website at https://www.events.org/cbcclimb/

About the Climb
We will begin our ascent of Mount Shuksan on Thursday morning July 8th. The climb will take two days, weather permitting. Following a climb to base camp on Thursday, we will make an alpine start on Friday at 1:00 a.m. and expect to be on the summit by sunrise and all the way off the mountain by Friday evening.

We have a travel day Saturday and then we will begin our ascent of Mount Baker on Sunday morning July 11th . The itinerary calls for a two day climb. Following a climb to base camp on Sunday, we will make another alpine start at 1:00 a.m. Monday morning and an expected summit by mid-morning. Our team will descend the mountain Monday afternoon and be off the mountain by sunset.

We will be carrying a SPOT Navigator and you can track the team’s progress online at http://bit.ly/c4kclimbtracker. We will begin updating our location beginning sometime Wednesday as we make our way towards the base of Mount Shuksan. This link will provide up to the minute progress reports of our ascent and descent of both mountains, and as such you will be able to celebrate the team’s success when we reach each mountain’s summit and safely descend.

I want to thank all of you who have donated funds in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters. Your donations have an incredible impact on kids through this one-on-one mentoring program. We are close to reaching our goal and need your help to finish.

If you would like to donate you can do so at https://www.events.org/cbcclimb/. You can also donate in $5 increments to Big Brothers Big Sisters by texting the word: CLIMB to 40579.

2007 Mt. Hood Summit

2009 Mt. Rainier Summit

Coldwell Banker Recognized with JD Power Award

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:12:52 -0800

Coldwell Banker Real Estate ranked "Highest Overall Satisfaction For Home Sellers Among National Full Service Real Estate Firms" according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Buyer/Seller Study.

So what does this mean to you?
It means that when you side with Coldwell Banker Real Estate, you will be with a brand that has built a legacy on being an industry leader, with a commitment to innovation and a network of experienced and extremely successful Sales Associates ready and willing to help through any step in your real estate process.

About the J.D. Power and Associates Study
The independently administered study measures customer satisfaction of homebuyers and sellers among the largest national real estate firms. it incorporates more than 3,100 evaluations from 2,801 respondents who bought or sold a home between April 2008 and June 2009. The survey was fielded between April and June 2009.

J.D. Power and Associates examines four factors in the home-selling experience including: agent; marketing; office; and packaging of additional services. Among home sellers, Coldwell Banker Real Estate ranks highest with a score of 815 compared to the industry average of 786.

More information about the study can be found here

Coldwell Banker received the highest numerical score among full service real estate firms for home sellers in the proprietary J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Home Buyer/Seller Study^SM. Study based on 3,138 total evaluations measures opinions of individuals who sold a home between March 2008 and April 2009. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of consumers surveyed April-June 2009. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com.

June Open House Extravaganza

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:02:55 -0800

On Saturday, June 26th we will hold open houses for over 70 homes in the Coeur d'Alene area. You can always find a list of North Idaho Open Houses on our website at www.cbidaho.com

We have posted our Saturday Coeur d'Alene Press ad with a list of all the open houses below. If you have any questions or need directions to any of these homes, please call our office at 208-765-2222. We hope to see you Saturday!

Senate Extends Tax Credit to September 30th

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:57:24 -0800

The Senate just approved an extension to the Homebuyer Tax Credit that would give qualifying buyers currently under contract until September 30, 2010 to complete their sale. The previous deadline was June 30. Because of the large number of buyers waiting for lender approval, the Realtors group pushed hard for the extension. It's estimated that this will affect about 180,000 buyers. See the entire story at the link below. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gyeaY6RTkGpP0yC5IUaTXUXLpe6AD9GCIFFO0

$900 Donation to the Boy Scouts of America

Mon, 31 May 2010 11:31:04 -0800

On May 26, Jack Forsight from Wells Fargo presented Fred Sharp and Keith Tomblin with a $900 check made payable to the Boy Scouts of America. Fred and Keith are participating in Wells Fargo's "Share Advantage Program" which allows agents to donate $300 to the charity of their choice for every home loan their clients open with Wells Fargo. Thank you Fred and Keith for your 3 recent closings!

Bowling for Big Brothers Big Sisters

Sun, 16 May 2010 05:53:02 -0800

On Saturday our company participated in Bowl for Kids. This event was a fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kootenai County. I have been a Big Brother in the program for the last four years. It is a great organization and it is a privilege to be involved in the mentoring of local kids.

Leading up to Saturday’s event we created a fundraising competition between our two buildings; 1924 Northwest Blvd. versus 2000 Northwest Blvd. Our associates in each building had a week to make pledges. It was a fun way to raise support and at the end of the week our 1924 building had pledged the most. Overall, we raised over $2,500 and our team was ranked the #1 fundraising team among the 20 other teams.

All the teams met up over the weekend for the Bowl for Kids finish. My “little brother” from BBBS participated, but as you can see from the pictures he is not so “little” any more.

Thank you to everyone that participated and pledged money to Big Brothers Big Sisters. If you did not get a chance to help out this time, up next is our annual Climb for Kids. Over the past three years we have raised over $70,000 and have climbed Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams and Mt. Rainier. In July, I will meet up with a team of Coldwell Banker Commercial associates from across the country and we will climb Mt. Baker and Mt. Shuskan to raise support for BBBS. If you would like to help raise money please visit our donation website at https://www.events.org/cbcclimb/

Me and my "Little Brother"

Mike Gregg bowling like a pro

Join us Sunday for our Open House Extravaganza

Sat, 15 May 2010 07:33:41 -0800

On Sunday May 16th we will hold open houses for over 60 homes in the Coeur d'Alene area. You can always find a list of North Idaho Open Houses on our website at www.cbidaho.com

We have posted our Sunday Coeur d'Alene Press ad with a list of all the open houses below. If you have any questions or need directions to any of these homes, please call our office at 208-765-2222. We hope to see you Sunday!

May 16th Open House Extravaganza (1 of 2)

May 16th Open House Extravaganza (2 of 2)

KVNI Show On The Road With Rick & Teresa Lukens

Thu, 13 May 2010 03:20:37 -0800

Join Rick & Teresa Lukens in CDA Place on Friday May 14th from 11-1 at Victory Homes model home and watch them LIVE as they interview local newsmakers. Enter to win fabulous prizes and concert tickets with no purchase neccessary. Stop in for a free BBQ lunch courtesy of Victory Homes and Coldwell Banker Schneidmiller Realty.

Welcome to our new website

Sun, 09 May 2010 07:53:01 -0800

As you may have noticed, a few things have changed here. Really a lot of things have changed. We have completely revamped our website and built it from the ground up. The new site has been in development for close to 6 months now and we are excited to roll it out. We are transitioning our website address from coldwellbanker-idaho.com to cbidaho.com. Along with an easier domain name we are also beginning to use an easier phone number to remember. You can now reach our office at 208-765-2222. Both our old domain (coldwellbanker-idaho.com) and old phone number (208-664-1461) will continue to work and we have no plans to discontinue them. Here is a list of a few of the major new features of our new website.

Design - The design was inspired by the new coldwellbanker.com which is still in beta and will launch in June. We wanted to keep things simple and fast to make the real estate search process as easy as possible. Not to be too geeky, but we are using the latest web technologies and implemented AJAX to enable you to quickly browse through search results.

Mobile - More and more our customers want to find information on real estate while they are looking at properties. We put a major emphasis in providing tools to allow users to search every property listed in the area, browse open house listings and find contact information for our sales associates. You can view our mobile site by visiting cbidaho.com on any smartphone or mobile browser.

We also included links on our mobile page to the national Coldwell Banker applications built specifically for the iPhone, Blackberry and Android devices. These mobile offerings lead the market with the most accessible and powerful mobile search available today.

Social Networks – While we have been using Twitter, Facebook and YouTube for some time now, we thought it was difficult to find and connect with us. We have changed our username to cbidaho across all the primary social networks and created a social networks page where you can view our latest activity. Our homepage now prominently displays our latest Twitter posts and we encourage you to follow us at twitter.com/cbidaho for the latest updates on real estate in North Idaho. Along with the new names and pages, we are introducing our new company blog. Our blog will feature upcoming Coldwell Banker events, local real estate news, market trends and company updates.

Property Watch - Our new real estate search engine now gives you the ability to track local listings at Property Watch. Here is a quick description of the service.

Property Watch helps you streamline the property search process by allowing you to setup watches with specific criteria and then doing the work for you 24 hours a day. You may also save search criterias and properties for future viewing, making finding that perfect property easier than ever before.

Save Searches
After creating your profile, you can save as many of your search criteria you'd like. This helps you save time and takes you straight to the search results you want to see.

Save Properties
Once you find a propety that you like, you can save that property to Property Watch for future viewing.

Instant Notification
Receive emails showing properties that match your saved search criteria.

These are just a few of the updates we have made. Please browse through our site to see all the new content and features. You can find a link below the navigation bar on each page where we invite you to give us your feedback on the new site, design and features.