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 In recent months I've had many younger clients that are actually designing their life around mass transit. They want homes that are within walking distance of some of Washington's newest mass transit hubs. One such hub is the beautiful new Kent Station; the station offers restaurants, theaters, ...

I've used H&R Block for about 15 years to file my taxes. Each year I paid the extra money for the assurance they offered that if ever I had an issue with the IRS, they would come to my defense. About a year ago here came the IRS, claiming I had over-reported the amount of interest we paid on one ...

 As the foreclosure rates increase across the nation thousands are finding themselves homeless for the first times in their lives. Nationally, 233,001 homeowners received notice from lenders last month due to overdue payments; that's a 57% increase from a year prior. We hear phrases used such as ...

 I have a client in need of an office building in the downtown area of either Seattle, Bellevue, or Kirkland Washington. Nothing currently on the market with the MLS or CBA is sufficient for his needs, though he is pretty open minded. I'm looking for a property thats not on the market, but possib...

  Popcorn is great at the movies, but it's no longer cool on your ceiling. Sadly, a majority of the homes I visit still have it. You wouldn't expect someone to buy your old orange polyester suit with the white zip-up boots, so why would they want your popcorn ceiling and burgundy carpet? One thin...

After reading the paper today I was a bit surprised at the high number of foreclosures coming out of some areas around the country. Detroit appears to be in a real crises. Roughly 4.9 percent of the households in the Detroit metro area were in some stage of foreclosure in 2007, which is 4.8 times...

In an increasingly Fine oriented society, those that work in the real estate industry  are getting more and more attention. Personally, I'm all for it, I think it keeps the industry honest. Out of curiousity, I did a little research to see what types of people were getting hit hardest. Here are q...

When many homeowners decide that the time has come to sell their home, they may ask themselves: "Why do we need a real estate agent? An agent will charge us thousands of dollars and that commission comes right off the top!"Any real estate agent can give you an impressive list of reasons why it ma...

Recently my Broker boldly stated to me that I was the Stephen King of bloggers! It's true, I've written a few post regarding scam artist that are preying on innocent people via Craigslist, and through mortgage fraud. Scams and rip-offs are a peeve of mine, and I enjoy putting them out there on Fr...