Real Estate Done Right
Bellingham + Whatcom County · 11+ years · 67+ transactions · 5.0 Zillow · Photographer · Videographer
§ 01 · The manifesto
Keep Whatcom wealth local.
Every agent lists in the same MLS. The brokerage you pick doesn’t change a listing’s reach — it changes whose pocket the commission ends up in. Boutique service, locally owned, at the same price. Vote with your dollar.
§ 02 · Four ways I can help you move
Buy in Whatcom
From first-time buyers to seller-financed deals when the bank says no. I work for the buyers other agents send home — especially the self-employed, business owners, and anyone who doesn’t fit the tidy box underwriters like.
Sell your home
Listings that look like listings. Magic-hour exterior photography lit on-site. Drone, video, printed buyer guides inside the home. The full marketing plan I do for every seller — not just the million-dollar ones.
Relocate to Bellingham
Moving from California, Texas, Phoenix, Seattle, or BC? I’ve helped more out-of-state buyers than I can count. Schools, neighborhoods, commute, weather, cost-of-living math — all the questions before you fly in.
Seller financing
Owner financing, lease-option, contract-for-deed. The path most agents don’t talk about. Real, legal, and the right structure for a quarter of my buyer-side deals over eleven years. When the bank says no, I find another way.
§ 03 · Track record
67+
transactions closed
11 yrs
in Whatcom County
5.0★
Zillow rating
1
local office
Let’s grab coffee.
I’m buying.
Thirty minutes, no script, no pitch deck — just the questions you actually have about your next move.
(360) 389-6616 · genaro@bellwetherrealestate.com · Contact form
Don’t go generic. Go with Genaro.
Whatcom House is the personal real estate site of Genaro Shaffer, a Washington-licensed Real Estate Broker (#27119) affiliated with Bellwether Real Estate in Bellingham (Designated Broker: Mike Parry). This site is operated by Genaro Shaffer — it is not the official Bellwether website. Verify the license at the Washington Department of Licensing.