By The Tim on May 21, 2013
It’s time for another installment of Real Actual Listing Photos. Once a month (or so) I round up some of the most bizarre listing photos from around the Seattle area and post them here, with brief excerpts from the real actual listing description, and probably a bit of snarky commentary. As usual, you should check [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged bad-photos, detrimental-listing-photos, MS Paint, photos, real-actual-listing-photos
By The Tim on May 20, 2013
With two full years of home ownership/debtorship now behind me as of today, it’s time to share some more highlights, stats, and thoughts from year two. First up, the financial highlights from the first two years: Initial Loan Amount: $179,950 Current Loan Amount: $160,700 Total Spent in Year One: $24,294 Principal Paid: $8,907 Interest Paid: [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged falling-knife, first-hand-homebuying
By The Tim on May 8, 2013
The reader who wrote in a couple months ago with the question about finding the best property management firm in the Seattle area wrote back with detailed notes from their selection process and who they ended up going with in the end. The following is taken directly from their follow-up email. Here are my notes [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged follow-up, property management, reader_question, rent, rental_property
By The Tim on May 6, 2013
Let’s check in again on the cheapest homes around Seattle proper. Here’s our methodology: I search the listings for the cheapest homes currently on the market, excluding short sales, in the city of Seattle proper. Any properties that are in obvious states of extreme disrepair based on listing photos and descriptions will be excluded. This [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged cheapest-homes
By The Tim on April 29, 2013
It’s time for another installment of Real Actual Listing Photos. Once a month (or so) I round up some of the most bizarre listing photos from around the Seattle area and post them here, with brief excerpts from the real actual listing description, and probably a bit of snarky commentary. Don’t forget to check out [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged bad-photos, detrimental-listing-photos, MS Paint, photos, real-actual-listing-photos
By The Tim on April 23, 2013
I was going through my public “To-Do List” when I came across this user submission: Talk about the upside of the bubble in terms of neighbor quality I really enjoyed one aspect of Seattle’s bubble. I loved the “rising tide” effect that seemed to be transforming my neighborhood. Hard to quantify. More of a qualitative [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged reader_question
