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Here’s the last post in the “Top 10 of 2012” series: Tim’s Ten Favorite Posts of 2012 (in no particular order).<\/p>\n

\"City<\/a>The Future of Seattle… According to 1962<\/a> – The Seattle Times graciously released their entire 1962 World’s Fair souvenir edition paper<\/a> as a pdf for anyone to download, and in addition to the general entertainment value, there were a few enjoyable real estate tidbits contained therein.<\/p>\n

Avondale Albatross Finally Unloaded at 52% of ’07 Price<\/a> – I started following this spec home near Redmond way back in June 2006—less than a year after I started this blog. It’s had a long, winding path, but hopefully the current owner will fare better than the 2007 buyer.<\/p>\n

Seattle Population, Kids, & Ownership vs. Top 100 Cities<\/a> – This one took a while to put together all of the data, and the results were an interesting way to look at the size of Seattle in a variety of different contexts.<\/p>\n

Knife-Catcher: Year One Recap of Tim\u2019s Home Purchase<\/a> – It was nice to look back over the first year and share what I have learned. The discussion on this post actually spurred me to look into refinancing barely a year after we bought our home, which actually ended up saving us quite a bit of money. Interest rates are insane right now.<\/p>\n

Advice From an 11-Year Veteran Landlord<\/a> – In response to an earlier reader question<\/a> asking for recommended reading for landlords, a landlord wrote in with a wealth of advice based on over a decade of his own experience. This is a great example of the reason that I still keep Seattle Bubble going after all these years.<\/p>\n

Friday Flashback: "You will never see a major housing price crash here."<\/a> – The whole Friday Flashback series<\/a> is enjoyable, but Steve Tytler’s classic was especially fun thanks to his May 2007 invitation: “You can save this email and throw it back in my face 5 years from now if I am wrong, but I’ll bet you a beer that I’m right.” Heh.<\/p>\n

\"LeakFrog\"<\/a>Pro Tip: LeakFrog to the Rescue<\/a> – Speaking of first-hand experience, this little green gadget<\/a> caught a few minor water issues in our house before they had a chance to become major issues. Highly recommended.<\/p>\n

Real Actual Listing Photos: What. The. Heck.<\/a> – I love the entire series of Real Actual Listing Photos posts<\/a>, but this one is my favorite of 2012, hands down. Ghost jogger, creepy dolls… This home has it all. On a related note, after being on the market off and on since July 2007, this home finally<\/em> sold on December 17<\/a>. Honorable mention in Real Actual Listing Photos goes to The Lonely Pianos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

False Advertising: Home Builder Renderings vs. Reality<\/a> – Speaking of photos, it was amusing to see just how different the new homes in home builder advertisements are from what they actually build. There’s nothing quite like a good old fashioned bait and switch.<\/p>\n

Buy vs. Rent: A Real Life Pre-Peak Example<\/a> – Theories and assumptions can only get you so far. Once in a while it’s instructive to look at a real life scenario to put some hard numbers to the kinds of scenarios we regularly talk about on these pages.<\/p>\n

Well, that wraps things up for my 2012 Top 10 lists. What were your favorite posts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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