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How To House Hack Seattle, WA – Multifamily Properties

July 26, 2020

The House Hack Seattle: A New Investor’s Guide For House Hacking Opportunities in Seattle, WA Love BiggerPockets? Have you been reading about house hacking and wondering if a house hack in Seattle was even possible? It’s a smart strategy and although it might not be as clean and cashflow-positive as we would like here in … Continued

5 Tips For Selling Your Home: Make Your House Stand Out In The Seattle Market

July 21, 2020

By Emily Cressey

If you’re thinking about selling your Seattle area home, it’s a good idea to start researching tips for selling your home in advance. Your house represents a huge investment, and in order for it to sell for the most money possible (we all want to maximize your profits on the home sale) you’ll want to … Continued

What To Know About Selling Your Seattle Home When Living Out Of State

July 16, 2020

By Emily Cressey

Ideally, when you move, you sell your old home and buy the new one at the same time. But, often, the ideal is very different from the real. If you’ve had to move for a job, family reasons, or if you’ve inherited property or retaken possession of a recently vacated rental property – you may … Continued

How to Target the Right Buyers When Selling in Seattle

July 14, 2020

By Emily Cressey

Catching and keeping the right buyers for your home is not easy these days. Long gone are the times when you could sell a house by just sticking a “For Sale” yard sign in the grass and maybe taking out a classified ad in the local paper (old school!). These days, it takes some aggressive … Continued

The “Post-Corona Virus” Real Estate Market: 5 Ways Selling A House Will Be Different In Seattle This Summer

July 9, 2020

By Emily Cressey

If you have been thinking about selling a house this year, you are probably wondering how the corona virus pandemic is affecting the Seattle real estate market. Late 2019 and early 2020 looked very promising for home sellers. But then everything slid sideways when the corona virus came on the scene. Listings have dropped and … Continued

How To Prepare Your Seattle House For Sale Post-Pandemic

July 2, 2020

By Emily Cressey

So we’ve lived through the corona virus pandemic, masks, demonstrations and destruction in downtown Seattle and now they say this is the “new normal” – maybe . . . maybe not. I like to think I’ll be smiling at my neighbors mask-free one day again soon. Now, maybe you are wondering whether its time to … Continued

Keep That Mouth Shut! 4 Things Sellers Should Never Say When Negotiating a Home Sale in Seattle

June 25, 2020

By Emily Cressey

How NOT to negotiate when you’re selling your home in Seattle: When you’re using an agent she SHOULD, heaven help us, prevent you from these embarrassing gaffes… (One sweet trick is to never let the buyer and seller meet each other….) However, if you’re trying to sell your house yourself, bless your heart, these are … Continued

How to Sell Your House in Seattle For The Most Money (And In The Fastest Time)

June 18, 2020

By Emily Cressey

Here’s Exactly What To Do – And 5 Silly Mistakes To Avoid By Emily Cressey When you’re getting ready to sell your house, there’s a very real tug-of-war between greed and fear. On one hand, you want the most money possible for your home—of course you do. On the other, there’s that quiet worry that … Continued

5 Reasons You Need To Hire an Agent When Selling Your House in Seattle

June 11, 2020

By Emily Cressey

Are you considering selling your house? Sometimes this is a fun and exciting decision because you are anticipating moving on to something better, and sometimes a sale is motivated by difficult circumstances and uncertainty. It is often with mixed feelings that people say goodbye to the house they’ve called home for many years and decide … Continued

What To Do If You Are Behind On Payments And Facing Foreclosure

June 9, 2020

By Emily Cressey

There is almost nothing more stressful than getting behind on payments for your home and feeling like there’s nothing you can do to avoid facing foreclosure . I have talked to many people in this situation and the best thing you can do is take action. Even though it’s painful, you can’t be an ostrich … Continued