{"id":408,"date":"2005-08-16T10:44:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-16T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=408"},"modified":"2015-12-11T11:58:34","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T19:58:34","slug":"about-the-blogger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2005\/08\/16\/about-the-blogger\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Blogger"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’d like to use some space to tell you a little bit about myself so you can best understand where I’m coming from, what my purpose is in writing this blog, and what I personally believe with respect to a real estate \/ housing bubble.<\/p>\n

[2015 Update]<\/strong><\/p>\n

As of December 2015, I am 35 and now working at Moz<\/a>. I still own and live in the same home we bought in 2011.<\/p>\n

[End of 2015 Update]<\/strong><\/p>\n

[2011 Update]<\/strong><\/p>\n

As of mid-2011, I am 31 and working as a product manager at Redfin<\/a>. For details about my other personal projects, visit Thatch Mound<\/a>. After searching for over six years while I watched the housing market inflate and then crash, I finally bought my first home in May 2011<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[End of 2011 Update]<\/strong><\/p>\n

The following was written when I started this site in 2005:<\/em><\/p>\n

\nI am 25 years old, living in the Seattle area (North King County), and have been working as an electrical engineer<\/a> (no, not an electrician<\/a>) in South Snohomish County since I earned a Bachelor’s degree in EE from Seattle Pacific University in 2002. I do not currently own any property, though I would of course love to. I currently live in a small house (actually a converted garage) with my wife, dog, four ferrets, and an aquarium full of water critters.<\/p>\n

Throughout early 2005, my wife and I spent some time “window shopping” for houses, and became increasingly discouraged as we watched prices become more and more unreasonable. In addition, as we window-shopped I did a lot of reading and research. The more I read about housing and real estate in general, the more stories I noticed speculating that there was a bubble. I decided to start this blog as a way to collect these stories for my own future reference as well as to generate discussion among other interested parties. I figured that in a region with over two million people, a decent number of them might be just as interested as I am in the subject.<\/p>\n

Given all that I have read as well as what I have observed, I do believe there is a speculative bubble<\/a> in real estate right now. I don’t know it for sure and I could be convinced otherwise, but that’s where I stand right now. I believe that the present real estate bubble is due to a combination of factors, among which are:<\/p>\n