NFL

Seahawks WR Tyler Lockett has a second career in real estate

[ad_1]

KIRKLAND, Wash. — It’s an off day from Seattle Seahawks training camp in early August, but Tyler Lockett is at work.

His office on this Wednesday afternoon isn’t the team’s practice facility but a four-bedroom, 3½-bath home located 20 minutes up the road. It’s new construction, freshly staged and almost ready to hit the market.

Lockett is there because his job is to sell it.

Yes, the wide receiver with 60 career touchdowns and more than $70 million in on-field earnings is now a real estate agent in his spare time, with a license in two states and several multimillion dollar transactions under his belt.

Lockett arrives at the Kirkland home right after stagers finish setting up the furnishings and gives a tour. He starts in the kitchen, where he notes the stylish white cabinets and imagines aloud how many bar stools the counter could seat. Next is the finished basement, complete with a wine fridge and a kitchenette in the living area.

“This can be whatever it is that you want it to be,” Lockett says. “It could be your man cave. It could be your woman cave.”

On the top floor, he touts all the natural light shining through a large hallway window outside of the primary bedroom. Up on the roof, he shows off the deck with the west-facing view, which he thinks will be one of the house’s biggest selling points. It’ll eventually be listed for a little under $3.3 million.

“We’re still kind of talking about what that’s going to look like as we continue to do the CMA [comparative market analysis] to be able to see what some of these other homes have gone for,” Lockett says. “… The one thing about real estate that I tell people is that the buyers are going to determine how much the house is [worth]. The buyers are going to…

[ad_2]

Related Articles

Back to top button