RT @Seattle_Condos: Bank Owned Condo Selling for 56% Less Than The 2008 Price http://goo.gl/0Z4Qr # RT @BelltownPeople: The Mosler Lofts Flood: From @KIRO7Seattle http://goo.gl/CFJtY # Seattle suicide signals collapse of real estate empire http://goo.gl/ygncL via @KING5Seattle # This listing video advertisement is pretty funny. http://youtu.be/kK6TeUPfGsA via @urbnlivn # Madison Park Blogger discusses their high end…
Knife-Catcher: The Tim’s Short Sale Buying Experience
A number of people have expressed interest in hearing more about our process in successfully closing on a short sale. So, let’s just dive right in. In general we had been avoiding short sales like the plague, since we wanted to actually buy a home, not sit in a perpetual pending state for months waiting…
New & Improved Affordability Calculator
You may recall the javascript-powered affordability calculator I put up here a few years ago. Well, Ross—an intrepid reader and Tableau wizard (and Tableau employee)—decided to take my simple calculator and crank it up a few notches. Behold the new and improved affordability calculator: Affordability Calculator Can you afford the home that you want? Powered…
Real Actual Listing Photos: Step Away From the Photoshop
Let’s tone things down a bit with 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. The…
The Sex Offender Bogeyman
One of the primary goals of many home shoppers is finding a neighborhood that is safe. That makes sense. No one wants to live in constant fear of having their valuables stolen—or worse, being assaulted. However, there is one specific “safety” criteria that makes little sense to weigh heavily in one’s home search: Registered Sex…