By The Tim on May 16, 2012
I received the following response via email to yesterday’s question about purchasing rental properties. The sender gave me permission to publish it in full, and since it’s so full of great insights, I decided to do just that (with minor edits for readability). I bought a mid-50s vintage 5-plex in North Everett with water views [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged follow-up, landlord, reader_question, rental_property
By The Tim on May 16, 2012
NOTE: If you are subscribed to Seattle Bubble’s RSS feed and are seeing these open threads in the feed, please switch to our official feed at http://feeds.feedburner.com/SeattleBubble Thanks! Here is your open thread for the mid-week on May 16th, 2012. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea [...]
Posted in Open Thread | Tagged open_thread
By The Tim on May 15, 2012
I received the following question via email from a reader who wants to learn the ins and outs of rental properties. I am considering purchasing a few rental properties to generate income. I’m trying to weed through all of the books about buying and managing successful rental properties. Can you recommend one (or more?) for [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged landlord, reader_question, rental_property
By The Tim on May 14, 2012
It’s been a few months since we visited the subject of consumer confidence, so let’s update our interactive chart again. You can drag the time sliders below the chart to view data going all the way back to 1998. Powered by Tableau At 51.4, the Present Situation Index has gained 154% from its December 2009 [...]
Posted in National, News | Tagged consumer-confidence, Economy, Tableau
By The Tim on May 14, 2012
NOTE: If you are subscribed to Seattle Bubble’s RSS feed and are seeing these open threads in the feed, please switch to our official feed at http://feeds.feedburner.com/SeattleBubble Thanks! Here is your open thread for Monday May 14th, 2012. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea or a [...]
Posted in Open Thread | Tagged open_thread
By The Tim on May 13, 2012
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Posted in Polls | Tagged Polls, predictions