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Count all the money you wasted this year
This is post #2 in the First Hundred Days series designed to answer the question “Should I Buy a House Now?”. We often go to professionals to help us make decisions, but whether or not you should buy a house now, isn’t one of them.
By the time you walk into a real estate office or [...]
Posted: November 7th, 2008 under Buyer Information, First Hundred Days, General Real Estate, President Obama, Purchase Information.
Tags: First 100 Days, First Hundred Days, first-time-home-buyers, home buying process, homebuying process
Comments: 23
“Should I buy a house now?”
Q: Should I buy a house now?
A: NO!
Q: Why?
A: Because you should never buy a house when you are not sure that is what you want to do, and you should never let someone else make that decision for you. Don’t EVER give anyone that much power over your life.
As part of our exuberant expectation [...]
Posted: November 6th, 2008 under Buyer Information, First Hundred Days, General Real Estate, President Obama, Purchase Information.
Tags: First 100 Days, First Hundred Days, home buying process, homebuying process
Comments: 27
Seller financing options
As a bit of a follow up to Ardell’s post below about lease purchase options, another option may be seller financing or a seller carryback. But, if you choose to go this route how will you handle payments? One of the best ways to make this less of a burden for the seller is to bring in [...]
Posted: September 8th, 2008 under Buyer Information, General Real Estate, Mortgage and Lending, Purchase Information, Seller Information, Title and Escrow.
Tags: contract, payment, servicing
Comments: 46
Buying without an Agent — the Epilogue
This is not legal advice. For legal advice, contact an attorney.
Over the last year, I’ve posted several times on using an attorney – rather than a real estate agent — to purchase a home. As discussed in those posts, one of the biggest challenges in doing so is getting access to the properties that [...]
Posted: August 29th, 2008 under Buyer Information, General Real Estate, Purchase Information, Real Estate Law.
Tags: buyers, buyers without agent
Comments: 73
Do you know where to find info on septic systems and your responsibilities?
A client of mine is planning on selling a property soon and he’s trying to get his proverbial “ducks in a row” before going on market. He asked me about what his responsibilities are with regard to his septic system and he also wanted to know if he needed to do an inspection or pumping [...]
Posted: August 7th, 2008 under Agent Advice, Buyer Information, Eastside, General Real Estate, Legal Issues, Local information, Purchase Information, Real Estate Law, Seller Information, Site Info, Title and Escrow, Uncategorized, Washington State Law.
Comments: 7
Should You Buy a Short Sale Property?
The current market is making me feel older than dirt. Mostly because there are fewer and fewer agents around who have sold real estate in a previous bad market. I find myself explaining what is going to happen next, to many who have never been through a short sale from beginning to end. Even if [...]
Posted: December 13th, 2007 under General Real Estate, Purchase Information, Seller Information, short-sales.
Tags: buying a short sale, selling a short sale, short-sale
Comments: 168
