Falling in Love With Tacoma

The Stadium District might be Tacoma's most iconic neighborhood — the castle-like high school, the 1920s mansions, the walkable hills, the views over Commencement Bay.  In this one, I get personal about the attic apartment in a Stadium Victorian that carried me through a hard season, why the birdsong out that window still matters to me, and what it's actually like to live here. Plus the honest pro...

Historic homes are the ones I keep coming back to — the Craftsmans, the Victorians, the Colonials with original woodwork and a century of stories in the walls. It started for me a long time ago, in an old 1900s house with that unmistakable old-house smell, and it's been the thread through everything I do since. But there's a side to buying and selling these homes that doesn't show up in the pretty...

If you've ever followed an agent on Instagram or TikTok and thought about reaching out — but felt too nervous, or worried you'd look silly for not knowing the lingo — this one's for you. Kierstyn brings me the questions people actually wonder but are too shy to ask: what if I feel dumb, what if it feels like a sales pitch, what if buying or selling just isn't realistic for me right now? I'm answer...

There's a reason people can't stop falling for Proctor. In this episode, I'm walking through what makes this North Tacoma neighborhood feel less like a place you live and more like a place you belong — the sidewalks full of dog walkers and strollers, the Saturday farmers market, the century-old trees one of my clients called "the main character" of the street. We get into who the perfect Proctor b...

Episode 2 — Growing Up in Tacoma: Mellie’s Perspective on the City She Never Left I’ve lived in Tacoma for almost 40 years. I grew up in a manufactured home in Parkland Spanaway, spent my teenage years driving to Ruston Way just to sit by the water, and told myself I would never go into real estate like my parents. Now I’m eleven years into selling homes in the city I almost left — and I have no p...

Episode 1: Why Introverts Don't Like Salespeople But Love a Guide In our very first episode, Kierstyn and I get honest about something a lot of people feel but can't quite name: the discomfort of being sold to , and why a good guide feels completely different. As two introverts, we dig into why pressure, hovering, and "what's your budget?" make you want to walk out the door — and why the rare sale...