Susan Stecher, a longtime Whatcom County real estate agent, has joined the Bellingham office of John L. Scott Real Estate.

“Today’s marketplace requires innovative marketing techniques to help both buyers and sellers be successful,” Stecher said in a press release. “John L. Scott Real Estate provides me the best platform to help my clients.”

Stecher has more than 25 years of experience in real estate, marketing, investing and financial planning. She also has earned designations in numerous areas of real estate, including distressed properties, short sales, foreclosures, finance options for buyers and sellers, investment properties, luxury homes, negotiations and home staging.

John L. Scott Real Estate has 130 offices in Washington, Oregon and Idaho, including a Bellingham office in Barkley Village at 2930 Newmarket St., Suite 111. For more information, call Stecher at (360) 319-4939 or visit www.realestatepacificnorthwest.com.