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Split-Level Home for Sale in Greenacres, WA Near Orchard Park
I keep an eye on what comes up in Greenacres, and this one caught my attention for a reason that has nothing to do with square footage. It's the layout. This split-level home at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, a short walk from Orchard Park, gives you more usable space than the listed bedroom count suggests. The Home Officially, this is a 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom home at 1,696 square feet, built in 1998. Two separate family rooms give you real separation, one of them anchored by
Hailey Austin
18 hours ago2 min read


Spokane WA Horse Property with a 130x90 Arena and Round Pen
Come home after a long day and be on a horse twenty minutes later, no trailer, no drive, just walk out to the barn. That's what this 10-acre property on Sherman Road in Spokane actually offers, and it's the kind of thing that only matters once you've lived without it. The Equestrian Facilities The main barn is 72x30 feet with a metal roof and a fully insulated, finished tack room attached. It has its own 100-amp electrical subpanel and running water, with a 50-amp feed runnin
Hailey Austin
2 days ago3 min read


Spokane Wildfire Relief Fundraiser: Pouring It Forward at Bottles, September 12
A lot of families in our community lost everything this summer. So Trevor and I teamed up with Bottles and Harvest Moon to do something about it. What Pouring It Forward Is On Saturday, September 12th from 2pm to 6pm, we're hosting a fundraiser at Bottles in Spokane Valley, located at 3223 N. Argonne Rd. Every dollar raised and every school supply donated goes toward local students displaced by the Spokane Complex fires. Come hungry, there will be plenty to eat. Three Ways to
Hailey Austin
7 days ago2 min read


Home Staging in Spokane WA: What Staging Does and What Only You Can Add
One of my sellers told me her favorite thing about the house was watching the turkeys walk across the backyard, so I wrote it down and left it by the window. I did not think much of it at the time. It was a small thing, a notecard on a windowsill. But every buyer who came through that house stopped to read it, and more than one asked about it on the way out. What Good Staging Actually Does Before I go any further, I want to say something about staging, because I think it gets
Hailey Austin
Sep 84 min read


5 Things I Don't Do as a Spokane Real Estate Agent
Someone asked me recently what makes me different from the other agents in Spokane, and I gave a very forgettable answer. So I thought about it for a few days and came back with a better one. Not what I do. What I refuse to do. The first one on the list is about a dog. I Don't Miss the Chance to Apologize to the Dog Think about a showing from the dog's point of view for a second. His people keep leaving the house at odd hours. Strangers walk through and open his closets and s
Hailey Austin
Sep 24 min read


Horse Property for Sale in Greenacres WA: 9 Acres and a 4 Stall Barn Near Spokane Valley
The question I hear most from horse buyers in this market is some version of the same thing: how far out do I actually have to go? Because the answer for the last few years has been further and further. So when I saw 4002 S Long Ln come up in Greenacres, nine and a quarter acres with a barn and pasture already in use, sitting close enough to town that you are not rearranging your life around the drive, I paid attention. The Equestrian Facilities The property is 9.23 acres zon
Hailey Austin
Sep 24 min read


Original 1951 Millwood, WA Home for Sale with Vintage Pink Kitchen
I am absolutely keeping this pink kitchen. That was my honest reaction the first time I walked through this Millwood house, and it still is. Built in 1951 and owned by the same family the entire time, this home is one of those rare finds where original does not mean outdated. It means cared for. The Home There is a difference between a house that has been maintained and one that has simply survived, and this one falls firmly into the first category. The kitchen is original, r
Hailey Austin
Aug 282 min read


What a 5 AM Horse Show Morning Taught Me About Being a Better Agent | Spokane WA
At the end of June I was standing on the show grounds in Cle Elum at 5 AM when two of my listings went live back home in Spokane. The horses needed feeding. A mane needed braiding. Coffee needed grabbing for me and my trainer. And I had a bike ride down to the arena ahead of me to write out the jump courses for my classes before the day got loud. I had my phone in one hand and was doing what needed to be done with the other. What Gets Delegated and What Does Not I had an agen
Hailey Austin
Aug 33 min read


10 Acres and a New Home Under $400K in Cheney, WA - What Buyers Should Know
I keep coming back to the numbers on this one because they don't usually add up this well. Ten flat, usable acres. A home built in 2025. Priced under $400,000. In this market, you typically get one of those, maybe two. This listing has all three. The Land This is 10.03 acres of level, open ground on Washington's West Plains, not a hillside parcel where half the acreage is unusable slope. Flat land like this matters more than people realize when you're planning for horses, out
Hailey Austin
Jul 312 min read


The Canyon House: A Private Luxury Estate 30 Minutes From Spokane, WA
The question I get asked most about the Canyon House has nothing to do with square footage or finishes. It is about the location. People want to know how a property can feel this remote and still be this close to everything they actually use in their daily life. The Home The Canyon House sits on 46.86 acres in Colbert, Washington, with 3,504 square feet built around a private wellness compound. There is an infinity pool, a cold plunge, and an infrared sauna, along with a mult
Hailey Austin
Jul 292 min read


First Time Home Buyers in Spokane: When the Right Home Isn’t the Dream Home Yet
They came to me looking for land. Open space, room to grow, the kind of property that gives you something to work with. That was the vision and it was a good one. What we found was a split level on the edge of town with a yard big enough to garden in and space to settle into their first home. And it was exactly right. The Right Home for This Chapter The land dream did not go away when we closed on that split level. It is still in the picture. But what these buyers had – and w
Hailey Austin
Jul 283 min read


A Chattaroy Home's Full Circle Story: From New Build to Full Price Sale
Back in 2023, I helped a couple buy this Chattaroy home brand new. I remember how excited they were walking through it for the first time, picturing what they'd do with it. Over the next couple of years, they did exactly that, adding custom touches and making it unmistakably their own. So when they called me recently to talk about selling, it wasn't a conversation I expected. ## Why They Decided to Sell Nothing was wrong with the house. That's usually the first thing people a
Hailey Austin
Jul 222 min read


What Horses Taught Me About Real Estate | Spokane Equestrian Agent Hailey Austin
Horse people are a specific kind of person. I have been trying to put words to it for years and that is still the most accurate thing I can say. We come from everywhere. Different disciplines, different parts of the country, different horses, wildly different goals. But spend five minutes at any barn or any show and you will find the same thing underneath all of it. The Deal You Make When You Say Yes to This Life Nobody tells you explicitly what you are signing up for when yo
Hailey Austin
Jul 203 min read


When to Start Working With a Real Estate Agent in Spokane | Earlier Than You Think
Some of my favorite client relationships did not start with a signed buyer agreement or a formal consultation. They started with a conversation at a backyard gathering or a passing comment over coffee where someone mentioned they had been thinking about maybe moving someday. That is enough for me. That is actually exactly where I want to start. The Long Game I had clients I had known for years before real estate ever came up between us. When it did it was not a big moment. It
Hailey Austin
Jul 133 min read


Move-In Ready Chattaroy WA Home with Solar, Powerwall & Swim Spa
Most of the time when I talk about a listing, I'm talking about how it looks. This one, I want to talk about how it runs. Inside Media just filmed the full walkthrough of 25517 N Sheridan Rd in Chattaroy, and it's a good example of what a genuinely finished, move-in ready home looks like versus one that's just staged to seem that way. The Infrastructure Most Buyers Add Later This home comes with owned solar, a Tesla Powerwall, and an EV charger already installed. Those are us
Hailey Austin
Jul 122 min read


This Spokane Area Luxury Estate Was Just Featured on Zillow Gone Wild
Zillow Gone Wild featured one of our listings this week, and I won't pretend I didn't screenshot it the second I saw it. The comment section ended up almost as entertaining as the property itself. All publicity is good publicity, and honestly, The Canyon House earned its spot on that page. It's the kind of property that reads like a stretch until you're actually standing on it. Why It Made the List The Canyon House sits on 46.86 acres in Colbert, Washington, about 30 minutes
Hailey Austin
Jul 112 min read


Truly Romantic Chattaroy WA Home with Vaulted Ceilings and Spa Primary Suite
This home is truly romantic, and that’s not a word I use lightly. I say it because of how it comes together: vaulted ceilings that open the great room, a primary suite bathroom that feels like a private spa, and a kitchen island built for the nights everyone ends up gathered around it. The Home This home was built in 2022, but it doesn’t wear that lightly. The sellers considered nearly every detail, and it shows. The great room greets you with vaulted ceilings that make the s
Hailey Austin
Jul 102 min read


When Home Improvements Are Not About Resale Value | Spokane Real Estate
We put a 20 x 30 foot playset in our backyard last summer. Our house is 1,035 square feet. The playset is enormous, it is almost certainly not helping our resale value, and it was one of the best decisions we have made since we bought this place. We Chose to Stay and Then We Chose to Live Here A while back I wrote about how we have one bathroom and chose to stay in our small house anyway because the neighborhood, the backyard, and the life we had built here outweighed the squ
Hailey Austin
Jul 63 min read


Sacheen Lake Home Sells Over List Price in One Week — Newport WA Real Estate
Sometimes a listing just moves the way it should. Three showings, two offers, under contract over list price in one week — the Sacheen Lake home in Newport, Washington found its buyers fast, and I could not be happier for them. Happy 4th of July to everyone out there today, especially those of you already on the water. What Happened 441 Sacheen Terrace Drive hit the market in late June and the response was immediate. The property had everything a serious lake buyer is looking
Hailey Austin
Jul 42 min read


Cheney WA Horse Property Reel – What 10 Flat Acres Actually Looks Like
There is a version of this property that lives in a photo grid and looks perfectly fine. Nice home, open land, good light. And then there is the reel. Flat land has a scale to it that a static image just cannot hold. When the camera is moving across ten open acres with nothing cutting the view – no trees crowding the edge, no hillside dropping away, just level West Plains ground in every direction – it reads completely differently. That is what I wanted to show with this one.
Hailey Austin
Jul 12 min read
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