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Category Archives: Common Real Estate Questions

15 Ways to Improve Curb Appeal

Jul 16, 2019
The four strategies for good curb appeal: hide, clean/repair, improve, or add.
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Live-Work Spaces

May 21, 2019
Bringing your work home is a good idea, if the live-work space craze has anything to say about it. The only trouble [more]
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Is a Condo Right For You?

Mar 19, 2019
Maybe you’re sick of renting, but you can’t afford the down payment for a $700,000 house in Seattle. Maybe you want [more]
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“Buy or Rent?” is NOT this easy

Nov 29, 2018
Every so often, I’ll find some handy little map or infographic like this. It paints each state as “bett [more]
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The Hidden Costs of Home Ownership

Sep 24, 2018
Owning a home costs more than the listing price. It even costs more than the listing price + inspection, insurance, [more]
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How to Remove Cigarette Smoke From a House

Jul 16, 2018
Cigarette smoke ruins homes, or so most people think. Nicotine settles deep intoeverything, and no amount of scrubb [more]
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How Much Does It Cost to Maintain Your Home?

Sep 18, 2017
Home maintenance isn’t optional. Things break, no matter how good they seem now—and homebuyers and homeowners [more]
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The Final Walkthrough Isn’t Your Victo...

May 15, 2017
You just signed the paperwork! At long last, yes! After all the open houses, late-night searches through listings, [more]
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Homeowner’s Insurance: The Basics

May 08, 2017
Homeowner’s insurance covers four things: 1. Your Home If your home is damaged by fire, hail, lightning, hurr [more]
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Property Taxes Pay For… What Exactly?

Feb 16, 2017
King County’s median annual property tax payment is $3,824. What, exactly, does all that money pay for? Short answe [more]
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5 Tax Deductions of Home-Ownership

Feb 14, 2017
We’ve entered tax season. I, for one, would rather have Round Two of the Holidays. But around this time each year, [more]
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How can you afford a down payment?

Aug 01, 2016
Down payments can look impossible. Tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars—your stockpiled savings look downright [more]
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