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 March 29, 2013
By request, here’s an update to my table of housing stats for the top 30 largest cities in the country. Actually this time it’s the top 31, since Las Vegas got ousted from #30 by Oklahoma City the last time I did this list (in late 2010). Also of note: Detroit’s ongoing dramatic decline in [...]
Posted in Statistics | Tagged income, price-to-income, price-to-rent, rent, top-25, top-30
By The Tim on March 4, 2013
A reader wrote in with the following question about Seattle-area property management companies for the rental of their home: I’ve been able to save up a sizeable down payment to buy a bigger home, and rather than selling my current home I plan to rent it out. Since I have no interest in being a [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged property management, reader_question, rent, rental_property
By The Tim on December 16, 2012
This poll was active 12.16.2012 through 12.22.2012
Posted in Polls | Tagged Polls, rent, rental_property
By The Tim on November 26, 2012
Are you a Seattle-area renter who feels like rents have been going up too quickly the last couple of years? There’s a great article by Eric Pryne this morning in the Seattle Times that you should read: Ballard’s apartment boom comes with risks Seattle’s apartment boom extends far beyond Ballard. Nearly 8,400 units are under [...]
Posted in Local, News | Tagged Ballard, Pryne, rent, Seattle_Times
By The Tim on April 5, 2012
We spend most of our time on here focused on home buying—prices, economics, neighborhoods, etc.—but I thought it might be nice to have a brief reminder that buying a home isn’t for everyone. For many people, renting is simply the better choice, even if home prices are at a reasonable level supported by the local [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged buy-vs-rent, rent, top-10
