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    NFR RIP Mark Lanegan

    This is definitely a sad loss. Lanegan was an underrated singer that didn't quite get the same attention that other Seattle (I'm counting Ellensburg as Seattle-adjacent) front-men had during the early 90's but you could tell he was broadly respected given the number of collaborations he had...
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    NFR How's the housing market where you live?

    Or a wildfire or perhaps a massive earthquake....It's a true "pick your poison" scenario.
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    What are you drinking?

    Georgetown Brewing 9 lb Porter. So glad they finally decided to can it.
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    NFR How's the housing market where you live?

    A listing in Ballard popped up yesterday for $1.499 mil with no offer review date. It was pending by early afternoon and went so fast that the MLS still showed days on the market as zero.
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    NFR How's the housing market where you live?

    Being in the Seattle market with predominately tech buyers, I haven't personally done a VA transaction in years. But from what I've heard from colleagues in the exceptionally hot Tacoma area market, there's still been a lot of success using VA loans but a lot of times it's the appraiser that...
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    NFR How's the housing market where you live?

    Real estate agent here, which according to Jared means I should add the following industry designation on my business cards: GLUPOS (Greedy, Lazy, Unethical Piece of Shit). So given I'm one of the lowest forms of humanity, take whatever I say with that in mind. There are plenty of options in...
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    NFR How's the housing market where you live?

    Swimmy, this is out of left field, but you could look into the requirements in your area to get a real estate license. In Washington it's not too difficult but does require a bit of time investment. If you obtained a real estate license, you could then list/sell your own house. Let's say your...
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    NFR How's the housing market where you live?

    For sure. We are actually started to prep our home in Seattle for sale. My wife was downstairs going through boxes and shouts at me..."can I toss this box of receipts from 2008-2010?" My response to her was..."only if you want to dumpster dive our own trash can to dig every single one of them...
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    NFR How's the housing market where you live?

    This can be risky. The realtor who holds the listing has a fiduciary responsibility to the seller first and foremost. They also hold all the cards since they can see all the offers coming in so how do you know they're not manipulating you to get the sweetest possible deal for the seller while...
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    NFR How's the housing market where you live?

    Loan to value is still based on an appraisal using comparable sales. If a buyer qualifies for a higher loan amount and the house actually appraises for that higher amount, then the bank would likely give them a higher loan that is supported by the appraised value (assuming of course that they...
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    NFR How's the housing market where you live?

    In the city of Seattle, they lifted/removed the parking requirement for DADU/ADU's (The first "D" in the acronym stands for "detached"). The only thing you can't do is remove off street parking for the existing structure if that parking is already in place; in other words if there's a...
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    NFR How's the housing market where you live?

    With regards to the Seattle area housing market, this type of announcement from one of the region's largest employers could also have a halo affect on the housing market. Amazon has typically been on the slightly lower end of the tech worker salary spectrum but have made up for that by offering...
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    NFR How's the housing market where you live?

    While I can certainly understand kicking yourself for not picking up a rental or two back when prices were a bit more rational, I would not want to own a rental anywhere near the Seattle area right now. Yes, you'd make a great profit of appreciation, but the current landlord/tenant laws heavily...
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    NFR How's the housing market where you live?

    Apologies if this has already been suggested or if you know of it already but have you looked into the King County exemption for seniors? And yes, I know I'm opening myself up to get cancelled/blocked/banned/publicly flogged for making an assumption of your potential age, but you mentioned both...
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    stoke - pics that make you wish you were there?

    I typically fish rivers only but had to bring the rod on this hike....I'm glad I did.
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