by Marguerite | Jan 24, 2013 | Buying A House, First Time Homebuyers
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!?...
by Marguerite | Dec 1, 2011 | Buying A House, Downtown Tacoma Condos, FeedTacoma, Rants, Tacoma Foreclosures
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...
by Marguerite | Sep 13, 2011 | Buying A House, FeedTacoma, Marguerite's World, Rants
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...
by Marguerite | Sep 6, 2011 | Buying A House, Tacoma Real Estate
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...
by Marguerite | Aug 12, 2011 | Buying A House, Tacoma Real Estate News
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...
by Marguerite | Oct 11, 2009 | Buying A House
Scott Cowan, a Realtor with Keller Williams and a blogger at ClassicHomesNorthwest.com wrote a great post about taking advantage of the $8,000 tax credit. If you’re not ready, or you just can’t find the house you want, disregard the urgency of this...
