Beautiful Reprieve
“The number one thing people are looking for is a place to take a deep breath and enjoy life and try to stay in the moment. Beauty, nature, beaches, forests—all the things that we have here—help people to get back in touch with their own ability to be at peace.”
Great ‘work from home” location + High Speed Internet
“Number two really for a lot of people—Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond, anyone shopping from what we call ‘over town’—now that they can work from home, they’re really excited about the fact that they can work from their home on Whidbey; and if they have to go into their office once or twice a month, it’s no big deal. So having that really awesome place to work from home. So people are looking for those options in their home buying. They want a place that they can call an office. We have high speed internet. Not everybody knows that. Whidbey telecom has done a phenomenal job providing that. So if you find yourself in a situation where you need to be with your office mates—no problem with our internet services here to do that.”
Unique & Diverse Inventory
“Number three, though our inventory is super tight, we have a lot of beautiful places that people can still select from if you’re in the home buying for some property, I would like a neat home, I want privacy, I’d like to be in a neighborhood. All of those options are still there we just have to be much more assertive now in our offering platform. Very ready to go. That’s a whole other topic of how to get ready to win the deal. But they still have options. So it’s like being over town only now they actually know that their 10 minutes away from going on a 6th month hike. Or coming down to the beach and just listening to the sound if they just need to put their toes in the sand.”
Sense of Community
“Number four I think people really love community depending on where you’re living. I just introduced some new buyers to their postal person and they were like ‘What’s that? You actually get to meet your postal person?’ And I was like “Oh heck yea! Why not? She’s excited to meet you. I think it’s need that you get to meet here and now you know who’s delivering your mail.”
Great Schools
“Number five would be for people who have young people in their family. Our schools–I mean we raised our kids here, so we love the school system. It’s not for everybody. If you still want your child in a private school those options are here. If you want to be in the public school system we’ve got some great options. Not a lot of school districts. We have South Whidbey School District and the Coupeville School District and in Oak Harbor there’s a few more options, but people can raise their families here and I think that’s what a lot of us are excited about is welcoming new families to Whidbey Island.”
