I received the following question from a reader via email, and thought it would make an interesting discussion topic: I’m a long time Seattle resident who moved to Asia due to work assignment in 2007. Separately from the money we are saving to buy a home to live in when we return, we have a…
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Reader Question: What Happens to Long-Empty Homes?
Photo by Flickr user AnyaLogic On today’s open thread Sweet Pea asks: My parents have been casually looking to buy their retirement home and have encountered houses that have been vacant for a year or more. Just wondering if there has been conversation on here about what happens to that inventory? Maybe it’s not trashed…
Reader Question: Buying Foreclosures at Auction?
I received this email from a reader wondering about foreclosures: I have an idea for a series of articles. I’m interested in non MLS ways of purchasing homes. I’d like to know how to find and properly research homes for sale by the lenders or auction companies directly. My focus is Snohomish County, however I’m…
Reader Question: Break the Lease, or Find a New Renter?
A reader asked a somewhat offbeat question a couple weeks ago that I think merits some futher discussion. My husband and I are leaving the state for work in the midwest. In April we moved into a underpriced rental house and signed a lease until June 2011 thinking that if we leave the owner would…
Reader Question: Today’s Best Rental Strategies
A reader asked this question about strategies for today’s rental market: Alright experts, I was going to buy a house this fall/winter but after following this blog for a few weeks have decided to wait it out. Here’s my question: Given the current situation, what is your prediction for the rental market, specifically houses, in…