Rain City Guide

It was a warm & lovely summer evening… Our hapless hero goes through his nightly ritual of sorting the junk mail from the bills when stumbles upon his annual “Official property value notice” post card from the King County Assessor.
Before I actually looked at the card, I thought, this shouldn’t be too bad. The local [...]

This is a good example of what a homeowner can do by themselves to get their property ready for market. There are really only three things that will help a property sell. Location, Condition and Price. The only thing you can do anything about are condition and price. So make sure you do your best [...]

Who will suffer most from all of this? Will the people who honored their commitments, and who valued and appreciated the chance the lender took on them, get hurt by all of the “reform”?
No one was more surprised than I, when I got the mortgage and closed on my home. In the end, [...]

I had dinner the other night with someone who is in a pretty tough situation (can you say “rock and a hard place”?). I walked away from the conversation with no good advice for him, so I’m hoping someone at RCG can help guide some next steps he might take…
About three years [...]

The before picture below is the actual picture of the dining room that was in the mls when I purchased the house.

Below is the dining room now, with different furniture and paint. The stained glass piece in the landing window was made by my sister as a house warming gift.

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The only things purchased, and installed [...]

Galen of Shackprices (and a frequent RCG contributor!) just announced some new features on Shackprices, including feeds for your saved homes and/or saved searches…

My Money Blog is letting you peak into a money-nerd’s head before he buys a home with his wife. Seems like a great specialty for an agent - Money Nerd Adviser.
See him worry about losing money, consider the merits of renting versus owning, and debate how much house he can afford. The last one is [...]

I grew up at 4950 Lancaster Avenue My parents purchased it for $7,000 in 1957 or so. They made nothing on it and it is now the hole that you see between the buildings. But they raised seven children there. I lived there from age 3 to age 20 or so when [...]

The photo is of the Bank I worked in for twenty years. Lots of memories in there and lots of pranks pulled up on that balcony
I was perusing The Tim’s blog while writing something on my blog earlier today, and ran into the comments regarding King County median income and median home [...]

The next step in the Home Buying Process is determining how much home you can afford and how much you actually want to spend. When buying your very first property, it is important to note that while a lender may tell you that you can afford a property priced at $350,000, lenders [...]