I was super lucky when I bought my first house because one of my dearest friends from high school was a Realtor. He gave me the inside scoop on so many things and kept me from making a lot of the mistakes people make when they buy their first home....
When you’re buying a house (especially if it is your FIRST house) it’s hard not to be a little freaked out. Everyone is telling you what to do and what not to do. It seems there’s an entirely different language associated with the process (escrow!? MLS!?) One of the things...
Oh, bank owned homes… they are EVERYWHERE. Still. Most experts say that the housing crisis (with its falling prices and general suckage) will not end until the large surplus inventory of bank owned homes is removed from the market. The last two homes I sold were bank owned condos, one...
Sewer inspections are SUPER SUPER SUPER important, people. Early in my career I didn’t know this (I grew up in the boonies with septic systems), and when my clients bought houses they would have a home inspection, but didn’t have a professional come out and inspect their sewers. This is...
Did you know that I can’t tell you which neighborhoods in Tacoma are “Good Neighborhoods?” It’s true. It’s illegal. And not just a little illegal like busting a U-turn on South Yakima or crossing Pacific Avenue against the light on a Sunday morning. There are huge fines for Real Estate...
My Realtor friend Sharon’s blog has a post today about the kurfuffle in the North Slope Historic District over a homeowner on North K Street who had her 121 year old Queen Anne Style home’s wood windows replaced with vinyl, which is clearly against the guidelines set out by the...
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