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…
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Reader Question: Can I Negotiate a Commission Discount?
Full disclosure: The Tim was employed by Redfin (is just a shareholder as of October 2013) and WaLaw Realty and Quill Realty are Seattle Bubble advertisers. A reader wrote in with the following question about real estate agent commissions: In the near future my wife and I are going to need to sell our respective…
Reader Question: Does my “backup offer” have any hope?
A reader wrote in with this frustrating story: We just found a home we really like, but they accepted another offer literately hours before ours was submitted. We like this place enough that we’ve put in a backup offer. In the meantime, we’re still looking for another place. My question is this, what kind of…
Reader Question: Short Sale Buying Tips?
Yesterday I received the following question from a reader thinking about buying a short sale: My husband and I are interested in buying a home in the Snoqualmie Ridge neighborhood. Many/most of the homes (In our price range) appear to be short sales. Do you have any suggestions or tips when attempting to purchase a…
Reader Question: What’s your listing agent’s job?
Here’s a question for the group from Ray (of 500 Realty), who shares an anecdote of a buyer who had their own agent asking for assistance from a listing agent to see a home when their agent was unavailable: The buyer asked for assistance in seeing his listing because his agent was elsewhere. He reminded…