Russ view and conduct himself first as an educator, to help inform his clients so they are empowered to make sound decisions, and second, as a trusted guide and consultant who is always looking out for his client’s best interests. By listening to his client’s needs and goals, and then sharing his experience and expertise, Russ works with integrity to assist his clients in making the best-informed decisions to meet their real estate needs and goals.
Russ is a second-generation Real Estate Broker. My father, Harlin D. Peterson, was a very well-respected Real Estate Broker and owner of an independent real estate brokerage in Bothell until he retired in 1981. Russ licensed in 1985 and, with over 25 years of real estate experience, he has educated and successfully helped many buyers and sellers reach their real estate goals.
In addition to 25 years of helping others, Russ has a great deal of firsthand real estate experience. At age 27, he purchased 2.5 acres, short platted the property into 2 lots, sold one lot and then had a home built on the other lot. Since this first real estate purchase, his wife Jessica and he has purchased, sold and/or still own a variety of properties, including a Lake Sammamish townhouse, Skykomish ski cabin, a 6-unit apartment building, 2 homes on 58 acres, a rental home, and eleven 20 acres lots. They are living in their “dream home” which they built in 2007 on one of those 20 acre lots. In addition, after Jessica and him purchased the 2 homes on 58 acres in 2002, he succeeded in obtaining preliminary plat approval in 2005 for a rural cluster development that included dedicated open space and 25 one+ acre lots. Russ then marketed and sold the plat to a regional developer who completed the final plat into a highly desirable neighborhood of fine homes in the Monroe area.
