Mark Duncan's (markdre) Blog

This amazing discovery proves what we all had suspected.  Now we finally understand how the Washington State Legislature could pass a law as horribly written as the distressed property law that went into affect earlier this year.                                Astounding Discovery Made - All Susp...

We're down to the final week of halloween fun.  As you may have noticed from my blog about our outing last week, the pumpkin patch can be a fun family experience.  Therefore I have decide to provide this list of the Pumkin Patches I know of in Thurston County. In alphabetical order: Hunter's Pump...

Don't miss the Toast For Tails event on Saturday, October 25 at the fairgrounds in Lacey.  This is a great event to help raise money for Concern For Animals. If you love wine and you love animals, this is a can't miss event 2nd Annual Wine Tasting and Silent Auction Benefit for Concern For Animal...

Two of my sisters married into a family of practical jokers.  Their jokes ranged from the mild ones like moving each others cars in a parking lot to some more extreme cases like this one: One evening when George was visiting my sister, he asked me if I wanted to go for a ride.  I was only about 1...

I went to the pumpkin patch this morning with the family.  We went to Schilter's in Nisqually like we do every year.  Of course I was freezing...can't keep warm lately.  They have tons of pumpkins, a corn cannon that you shoot an ear of corn into a field ~ if you get it in the trough, you get a f...

Okay.  I normally try to focus on the positives, but today i need to vent a little. This has been festering for a while now. I recently had a transaction where the listing agent, title, and escrow all had horrible communication.  They didn't return calls or emails in a timely manner...sometimes t...

Have the majority of home purchase (as opposed to refi) foreclosures been for loans that were 0-Down? Yes.  But I would bet that a majority of those should not have been allowed to take a loan of the size they did. Rather than just eliminate Down Payment Assistance Programs(DPA) altogether, polic...

Mark Duncan | John L. Scott Olympia/Lacey | 360-918-1843 11535 Nisqually Pk Lp Se, Olympia, WA Investor's Special 3BR/1.5BA Manufactured offered at $99,900 Year Built 1973 Sq Footage 1,192 Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 1 full, 1 partial Floors 1 Parking 3 Car garage Lot Size .3 acres HOA/Maint $0 per mon...

Mark Duncan | John L. Scott Olympia/Lacey | markdduncan@markdduncan.com | 360-918-1843 4412 Governor Ln Se, Olympia, WA Awesome Townhouse in Gated Community Only a block to Centennial Elementary 2BR/1.5BA Townhouse offered at $185,000 Year Built 1994 Sq Footage 1,178 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms 1 full,...