Category: Real Estate Investing
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The Real Facts & Figures Behind Owning vs. Renting
We’re sure you’ve heard the argument for owning vs. renting before. The simplest way of looking at it is: When you pay rent, poof—that money is gone, never to be seen again. When you pay a mortgage, that money goes toward building equity in an investment. But we wanted to break it down by the…
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Will Seattle’s Real Estate Market Pick Back Up?
Based on our observations, we are already beginning to see inventory diminishing. In the last quarter of 2018, we pushed to almost two months inventory level which over the last several years we had been sitting at just under one month’s supply. Because of this increase and combined with political uncertainty, prices stabilized last year…
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How Will Amazon HQ2 Play Out in Seattle’s Real Estate Market? Here’s What We Think
Back in September 2017, Amazon announced they would be selecting a new city for their HQ2. Since then, cities have submitted their proposals to Amazon, and in January 2018, Amazon narrowed it down to 20 cities. Now they’ve made their decision and the result is that the world as we know it is not going to…
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Seattle’s Next Job Rush Might Be Just Around The Corner In NE Seattle.
The University of Washington has become a world class college for a world class city. I’ve been in Seattle long enough to remember UW as (almost) a party school. A good school with about a million bars lining the college urban villages main drag. Today that is not true. UW has taken a much more…
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The Only Concrete and Steel Condo Building in Ballard
Out of all Ballard condo buildings Hjarta! is your choice for superior construction!!
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Is Seattle’s Real Estate Market Returning to Normal? It Sure Seems Like It.
In reality, it seems to be happening a year earlier than we thought (Matt predicted it would happen in 2019). While things are still early and we’re still closely watching the market, the leveling out appears to be happening now. We’re convinced that a lot of this is being driven by geopolitical issues. Property taxes…
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Which Types of Properties Make the Best Investments? See How Condos, Townhomes, & Single-Family Homes Compare
If you’re considering real estate as an investment, you should definitely take some time to think about which types of real estate offers the best returns with the least amount of risk. In this blog post, I’ve linked to accompanying posts that cover condos, townhomes, and single-family homes and how they compare in terms of…
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Want to Invest in a Single-Family Home? Read About This Real Life Seattle Rental Story
If you’re considering real estate as an investment, you should definitely take some time to think about which types of real estate offers the best returns with the least amount of risk. In this blog post, I go over some things you should consider if you’re planning on investing in a single-family home in Seattle.…
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Want to Invest in a Condo? Read About This Real-Life Seattle Condo Investment
If you’re considering real estate as an investment, you should definitely take some time to think about which types of real estate offers the best returns with the least amount of risk. In this blog post, I focus on what it means to invest in a condo in Seattle. For the under $500k buyer, a…