http://loft42seattle.com Seattle Real Estate Information Sun, 20 May 2012 06:00:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://loft42seattle.com/will-short-selling-be-the-new-flipping-2/ http://loft42seattle.com/will-short-selling-be-the-new-flipping-2/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 06:00:30 +0000 short sales http://loft42seattle.com/?p=907 Ah, it seems like it was just yesterday when A&E TV was premiering Flip This House and the TLC Channel was launching Flip That House. Notice these were two different shows – I guess targeting two separate target audiences who were interested in either this house or that house. Free markets bring choice to the [...]


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]]> http://loft42seattle.com/why-im-annoyed-with-usaa-3/feed/ 0 http://loft42seattle.com/los-angeles-411-when-your-beloved-pet-needs-care-make-a-visit-to-the-seco-canyon-animal-clinic-in-santa-clarita-california-2/ http://loft42seattle.com/los-angeles-411-when-your-beloved-pet-needs-care-make-a-visit-to-the-seco-canyon-animal-clinic-in-santa-clarita-california-2/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 06:00:27 +0000 short sales http://loft42seattle.com/?p=901   If you are an animal lover like I am, you definitely do not want to see your beloved pets or any animal for that matter, suffer when they are hurt or sick. When your pets become ill or hurt make sure to visit the Seco Canyon Animal Clinic located in the heart of the [...]


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]]> http://loft42seattle.com/los-angeles-411-join-us-for-the-walk-for-hope-5k-and-dog-walk-in-santa-clarita-california-2/feed/ 0 http://loft42seattle.com/ethics-and-flipping-houses-3/ http://loft42seattle.com/ethics-and-flipping-houses-3/#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 06:00:30 +0000 short sales http://loft42seattle.com/?p=897 BankRate.com’s real estate advisor Steve McLinden does an excellent job covering ethical considerations of flipping houses for a profit.  Property flipping has gotten a black eye as of late from shady practices that have victimized first-time buyers, at-risk communities, and the reputation of the real estate industry as a whole.  The matter hasn’t been improved [...]


]]> http://loft42seattle.com/ethics-and-flipping-houses-3/feed/ 0 http://loft42seattle.com/working-with-about-com-4/ http://loft42seattle.com/working-with-about-com-4/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 06:01:17 +0000 short sales http://loft42seattle.com/?p=895 In the near future I’ll be working with Jim Kimmons , the real estate business guide for About.com to provide some content on investing in real estate – from the perspective of both the investor and the real estate professional.  Jim is a real estate broker in Taos, New Mexico and an expert on technology [...]


]]> http://loft42seattle.com/working-with-about-com-4/feed/ 0 http://loft42seattle.com/screening-tenants-in-tough-times-6/ http://loft42seattle.com/screening-tenants-in-tough-times-6/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 06:00:35 +0000 short sales http://loft42seattle.com/?p=893 Times are tough out there and a lot of Americans are getting caught in the squeeze. As real estate investors we feel this in a number of ways: bargain foreclosures to buy (good!), a glut of rental properties depressing rental rates (bad!), fewer competing bids for quality properties (good!), longer waits to sell properties (bad!)…and [...]


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