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Billionaire accused of blasting ‘Gilligan’s Island’ theme song to torment neighbor.  A billionaire former bond trader is being accused of tormenting his next-door neighbor — by blaring the “Gilligan’s Island” theme song on a loop, according to a report on Monday. “Bond King” Bill Gross allegedly launched the musical attack in an effort to get his Laguna Beach, Calif., neighbor, tech entrepreneur M...

Seattle-based real estate tech company Redfin is facing allegations of discriminatory pricing practices and “redlining” in a lawsuit filed by the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) and other fair housing organizations. It is alleged Redfin’s minimum home price policy discriminates against sellers and buyers of homes in communities of color in many metropolitan areas. Join your host Sean Reynold...

Detroit Michigan is making a comeback after years of decline but large swaths of the city are left behind, starved of the housing credit needed to revive them. No purchase mortgages were made last year in almost a third of Detroit’s census tracts, and fewer than five each in another third, according to data from LendingPatterns.com, a mortgage-data analysis tool. Join your host Sean Reynolds, owne...

Seattle City Councilwoman Lisa Herbold proposed legislation that would allow for the dismissal of misdemeanor crimes for offenders who could argue .in court that a person’s addiction, mental health disorder or poverty level could have influenced their decision to commit a crime. Join your host Sean Reynolds, owner of Summit Properties NW and Reynolds & Kline Appraisal as he takes a look at thi...

Boeing announces more job cuts - adding to Seattle's woes. Join your host Sean Reynolds, owner of Summit Properties NW and Reynolds & Kline Appraisal as he takes a look at this developing topic. Support the show 🛍️ Merch - https://Store. ReasonableTV.com/ 🌟 Go PREMIUM with Reasonable+ for uncensored access to our entire content library: https://ReasonableTV.com/ 💬 JOIN our FREE Discord...

Is it safe to move to Seattle?  Great question!!!  Considering all of the chaos, protesting, rioting, and political leader upheaval happening in Seattle is it really a safe environment to make a move to?  A Seattle Real Estate Podcast sent in an e-mail asking Sean if Seattle is safe.  Sean spends this podcast episode talking about it.      Join your host Sean Reynolds, owner of Summit Properties N...

Amazon has announced that their work from home policy to those eligible employees will be extended until June 2021.  This will further impact downtown Seattle which is already suffering from the pandemic, crime, homelessness, and recent looting from riots.   Join your host Sean Reynolds, owner of Summit Properties NW and Reynolds & Kline Appraisal as he takes a look at this developing topic. S...

Homeless encampments in Seattle Parks have exploded in recent months as city officials have discontinued sweeping the camps as part of Covid-19 precautions.  The original Navigation Team has also been defunded as part of defunding Seattle Police and as a result, there is no enforcement of homeless camp expansion.         Join your host Sean Reynolds, owner of Summit Properties NW and Reynolds &amp...

People fearing post-election violence are buying guns in record numbers.  Area gun shop owners say that since they've been allowed to reopen, many have seen a spike in sales, while at the same time they can't keep up their stock. It's fueled by fears of socioeconomic uncertainty and the idea that civil unrest seen elsewhere in the state and the nation will soon come to their towns....

At the recent Bellevue Protests, I was stopped by Bellevue Police as a weapons ban had been enacted. Find out why I was stopped and what happened.   Join your host Sean Reynolds, owner of Summit Properties NW and Reynolds & Kline Appraisal as he takes a look at this developing topic. Support the show 🛍️ Merch - https://Store. ReasonableTV.com/ 🌟 Go PREMIUM with Reasonable+ for uncensored acce...

Portland Landlords may now have to pay tenants moving costs who can't afford rent increases. This is very concerning to landlords nationwide.  In Portland, Oregon, a new ruling states landlords must now pay their tenants' relocation costs if those tenants can't afford the rent increases they're imposing. This rule will apply to rent increases issued through Mar. 31, 2021, and p...

As the Seattle City Council decides to defund its police force, the current interim police chief indicates there is already a lack of officers to serve the city.  Over 118 officers have quit the Seattle Police Force in 2020 and a record number 39 left in September 2020.  The city of Seattle does not have enough police officers at any given time to keep the city safe.  Should we still defund the po...

New York, Seattle & Portland — three cities recently labeled “anarchist jurisdictions” by the U.S. Justice Department — filed a lawsuit Thursday to invalidate the designation and fight off the Trump administration's efforts to withhold federal dollars. “The Trump administration’s political threats against Seattle and other Democratic cities are unlawful and an abuse of federal power,&quot...

Seattle Police Department reports record-setting shootings in 2020.   King County data found that more people were shot in the county in the first six months of the year than during that same time frame in the past four years. In August, data released from the King County District Attorney’s office showed more people were shot in the county in the first six months of the year than during that same...

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan told Seattle Police Officers "I value you."  after a record number left Seattle Police Department last month. “I say to the ones that are there, please stay. Seattle values you. I value you,” Durkan said. One former officer wrote, “I refuse to work for this socialist city council and their political agenda.” This comes as the city council begins considering add...

Seattle-ization describes progressive leadership turning a city into a quagmire.  Seattle has seen an autonomous zone/occupy protest, defunding of the police, rampant homelessness, an opioid crisis addiction, a decimated police force, multiple recalls of political leaders, and a rise in shootings and homicide.  Seattleization, could this happen in a town near you?? Join your host Sean Reynolds, ow...

Despite all the work from home, telecommuting hype, CEO's are ready to get their employees back to the office.  Zoom calls are less productive than in-person meetings.    Join your host Sean Reynolds, owner of Summit Properties NW and Reynolds & Kline Appraisal as he takes a look at this developing topic. Support the show 🛍️ Merch - https://Store. ReasonableTV.com/ 🌟 Go PREMIUM with Reas...

Starbucks recently announced it would tie its executive pay structure to the reaching of its diversity goals. Join your host Sean Reynolds, owner of Summit Properties NW and Reynolds & Kline Appraisal as he takes a look at this developing topic. Support the show 🛍️ Merch - https://Store. ReasonableTV.com/ 🌟 Go PREMIUM with Reasonable+ for uncensored access to our entire content library: https...

The feds leveled charges against Houston billionaire Robert Brockman, who is accused of taking $2 billion through an elaborate tax evasion scheme. Prosecutors call it the biggest case of tax evasion of its kind in American history against a single individual, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Join your host Sean Reynolds, owner of Summit Properties NW and Reynolds & Kline Appraisal as...

Due to the economic chaos caused by the pandemic, mortgage delinquencies rise to record-setting levels. Homeowners behind on their mortgages are at levels not seen since 1999.    Join your host Sean Reynolds, owner of Summit Properties NW and Reynolds & Kline Appraisal as he takes a look at this developing topic. Support the show 🛍️ Merch - https://Store. ReasonableTV.com/ 🌟 Go PREMIUM with R...

The Seattle Police Department has had over 118 officers leave their force in 2020.  Unsupportive Progressive Seattle leadership is causing the police officers to leave in droves. Nobody wants to be a police officer in the city of Seattle.   Join your host Sean Reynolds, owner of Summit Properties NW and Reynolds & Kline Appraisal as he takes a look at this developing topic. Support the show 🛍️...

Gene Simmons of KISS fame is joining the California Exodus due to the high taxes.  He and his wife are putting their Los Angeles home, where he’s lived for nearly 40 years, up for sale. “California and Beverly Hills have been treating folks that create jobs badly and the tax rates are unacceptable,” said Simmons “I work hard and pay my taxes and I don’t want to cry the Beverly Hills blues, but eno...

Seattle leaders may have deal reached to fill the gap left by the defunding of Seattle Police and the elimination of the Navigation Team.  A crew of civilians will replace any member of the Seattle Police Department. “It goes without saying that this team will be exclusively civilian. The city practice of using armed and uniformed police as agents of homelessness outreach and coordination is resol...

A recently fired Seattle area Realtor is facing felony charges stemming from September riots following a decision in the Breonna Taylor case. The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office filed charges against Jacob Bennett Greenburg and Danielle Elizabeth McMillan.  Danielle is accused of lighting the fuse on a Molotov cocktail tossed at a police precinct while staff remained inside. The incident...

A federal district court judge allowed a lawsuit against the city of Seattle by 21 businesses to move forward, despite the city's attempt to have it discontinued. The lawsuit accuses the city of harming local business owners by allowing the existence of Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP), a self-declared autonomous zone that was established and occupied by racial justice protestors from Ju...