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Dallas Open Houses

I spent the weekend with my aunt and uncle in Dallas.  As a treat they always take me on a tour of high end homes in Dallas.  It's always a lot of fun.  This time I met a very cool Realtor named Carla who was nice enough to talk with me about the market there and...

Tacoma Foreclosure Lists. Don’t Pay For Them.

So here's the deal.  You're searching for houses online and you see banners all over the place advertising for foreclosure lists.  You pay a monthly fee and every few days you get an email with the latest foreclosures is sent to your email inbox.  This may feel like...

Selling Your House? Put Away the Dolls.

Selling Your House? Put Away the Dolls.

I was talking with local Realtor Monica Scott the other day about all the dolls we've seen in listings recently.  Dolls on the couch in the living room. Dolls on the guest bed. Dolls in the bathroom.  Tsk tsk tsk.  I would like to say the Listing Agents are partly to...

After 3 Months in Europe I’m back to work in Tacoma!

Looking at houses on the island of Burano in Venice, ItalyAfter 3 months of walkabout visiting friends and family across Europe, I'm back home in Tacoma, and back to work selling houses. While I was traveling, I asked my hosts in different countries lots of questions...

Q&A on 203K Rehab Loans

I get so many questions about Rehab loans, especially for Foreclosures in Hilltop and around Downtown Tacoma, that I took a few minutes to talk to a lender friend of mine at Wells Fargo about how exactly how FHA 203k Streamline loans work.  If you have any further...

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