Don’t Buy a Lemon: Why Property Inspections Matter

Welcome back to the Let’s Go Seattle Show! My name is Emily Cressey, and I serve the amazing people of the Greater Seattle area. Today, we’re talking all about property lemons and how to spot them. I once knew an investor who did NOT have a proper property inspection and the house that he thought was completely rehabbed, turned out to be a money pit that almost drove him into foreclosure. Here’s what you’re probably thinking when you run into the home of your dreams: “It’s cute. It’s charming. It is at a great price. ” You’re just about ready to commit. But something just doesn’t feel quite right. Today we are going to talk about listening to your gut, and the logical ways you can examine a home to determine if that feeling you’re getting is actually legit.

Best Neighborhoods For Families In Seattle, Bellevue, and Everett, Washington

Looking for the best neighborhoods for families in the Greater Seattle Area? Whether you’re looking strictly within the Seattle city limits, or expanding your search to include surrounding neighborhoods an cities, like Bellevue, WA or Everett, WA, there is much that the Puget Sound region has to offer for families who choose to call this area home.

The Benefits Of Selling A Probate Property With A Seattle Agent

Whenever anyone dies there is a process in place to ensure that the assets are distributed according to law. Someone can die without a will, Intestate, or with a Will. In either case, Probate is required. When the fiduciary/beneficiary duties of handling a deceased loved one’s estate fall to a family member, the experience can be … Continued

Sell This Winter or Wait ‘Til Spring?

If you have been thinking about selling your Shoreline, WA home this year, your plans might have gone slightly awry due to Coronavirus. Now we are lock-down again and people are wondering what is going to happen.

Right now we are seeing a lot of pent-up demand from the Spring uncertainty continuing to play out in our very competitive housing market. In a “balanced” market, we might see 6-months of inventory on the market, but now we have less than one month’s worth. In fact, homes are continuing to be snapped up by buyers at full price (many at above-market rates due to competitive bidding situations in entry-level price point homes) and the average days on market in both King and Snohomish Counties are under 3 weeks.

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10 Tips To Sell Your House This Winter in Seattle

As winter approaches, many people wonder if they have missed the best time of year to sell their house. Traditionally, spring and early summer have been considered the best seasons to try to sell a house. They are not, however, the only seasons when you can sell a house and in some areas (for instance, … Continued

Will Seattle Tech Workers Return To The City?

An article appeared in the Wall Street Journal this week noting tech workers leading Silicon Valley, California in droves. This begs the question of whether Seattle’s tech industry will be vacated next. Seattle Tech & Software Engineers Shift To At-Home Work Seattle, WA has long-enjoyed a strong employment base: first with Microsoft In Redmond, WA … Continued

Selling A House in Seattle-Everett-Bellevue: A Step By Step Process

It’s natural to face nerves and you should take your time with such a major decision. Selling a house probably isn’t as simple as we’d like it to be, but it’s not as complicated as it may seem at first glance. As with anything, if you break it down into the constituent steps of the process, it will be much easier to understand and accomplish – despite the legal and financial complexities and the mountain of paperwork. To that end, we offer this step by step guide for selling a house in…