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Marta Stashevska is a Bellevue-based real estate specialist with experience helping buyers and sellers across the Greater Seattle Area. On the Maksymov Brownstone blog, she shares a real estate perspective on remodeling, home value, buyer expectations, and renovation decisions that can improve both everyday comfort and long-term market appeal.
Marta focuses on how thoughtful upgrades can make a property more functional, more attractive to buyers, and better aligned with local housing market trends
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