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Reader Stories: Patience and Market Analysis Pay Off

Posted on August 19, 2010August 19, 2010 by The Tim

A few months ago I had the privilege of sitting down at a local coffee shop with a long-time Seattle Bubble reader as he shared his home buying story with me, and now I’d like to share his story with you. “Bruce” got married in 2005, and like many young couples, he and his wife…

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Reader Stories: I Avoided the Debt Trap & Saved 55%

Posted on July 20, 2010July 20, 2010 by The Tim

A reader posting under the name Sara shared her home buying story last week in the comments, and it was just too good not to re-post here on the front page. In 2007 I was 28 and decided It was about time to buy my first home. My partner was game and everyone was buzzing…

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Reader Story: Buying a Bank-Owned Home

Posted on June 10, 2009June 10, 2009 by The Tim

Tomorrow we’ll have the monthly foreclosure report for May, but today here’s a comment left by “Ross” in the reporting roundup last week that deserves to be highlighted. Ross recounts his experience attempting to buy a bank-owned (i.e. – foreclosed) home: On a foreclose property I was watching, here’s my experience: Last purchase price (2006)…

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Reader Negotiates 25% Rent Discount from Equity Residential

Posted on April 24, 2009 by The Tim

I received this rental negotiation success story from a reader via email, and thought it was worth sharing: As a long time reader of your Seattle Bubble Blog, I knew that rents on their way down in King county. My Equity Residential owned apartment building in Redmond has experienced some huge increases in recent years,…

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Reader Stories: Skeptic Buys House

Posted on May 12, 2008 by The Tim

The following is adapted from a recent forum post by user Hyperbola. After a year of occasionally posting comments on this blog, it’s only fair to disclose that my wife and I just bought a house in Woodinville! My rationale about the overall market hasn’t changed — I still think we would have gotten a…

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