Buy low, sell high. It’s the #1 rule of investing. While buying a home is more than just an investment, it is the largest purchase most people will make in their lives, and even if you aren’t hoping to make a pile of easy money buying real estate, it’s still good to follow basic investment…
Author: The Tim
Tim Ellis is the founder of Seattle Bubble. His background in engineering and computer / internet technology, a fondness of data-based analysis of problems, and an addiction to spreadsheets all influence his perspective on the Seattle-area real estate market. Tim also hosts the weekly improv comedy sci-fi podcast Dispatches from the Multiverse.
Monday Open Thread (2011-03-28)
Here is your open thread for Monday March 28th, 2011. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea or a topic you’d like to see covered in an article, please make it known. Be sure to also check out the forums, and get your word in the user-driven…
Poll: What’s your second-favorite source for local real estate news?
This poll was active 03.27.2011 through 04.02.2011.
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2011-03-26
Wow. That's ONE way to market real estate… "Misogyny and Real Estate, Two Great Tastes…" http://is.gd/40mHwd via @lovelylisting # via @SeattleTimes – Australian builder plans 500 houses in Seattle market http://is.gd/A6fMNj # RT @urbnlivn: New Urbnlivn post: Rental Projects On The Horizon: …good news for renters… http://bit.ly/fLfSxg # Wow, the promo video on this page…
Friday Flashback: “The impossible happened.”
I received the following email totally unsolicited this week from a local agent that I sparred with a couple of times on these pages back in 2007: You were right. I was wrong. A few years ago you predicted how terrible the market would be. I doubted you. Why? Having gone through the tech led…