Adam Crocker's (adamcrocker) Blog

Just about any investor on the lookout for a promising Olympia rental property has a number of assumed criteria in mind—often arrived at without bothering to sit down to list them. Remember, this is already a successful individual, usually with ample business experience—and always with the finan...

      The Olympia foreclosure situation is a good deal different from what we were discussing a few years ago when the tidal wave of 7.3 million foreclosures and short sales swept the nation. When The New York Times “Dealbook” recently pronounced that the supply of cheap foreclosed homes in Ameri...

Just as the kitchen is a magnet for family activity, when a Lacey home goes up for sale, it’s the one room guaranteed to get rapt attention at every showing. Older Lacey homes can be at something of a disadvantage here, especially when structural design elements prohibit their being transformed ...

Some folks live for our Olympia winters. For them, the brisk air is a tonic; longer night times are invitations to enjoy the warmth and cheer of fireside camaraderie; the prospect of winter sports is something they look forward to all year long. For everyone else it may be more of a drag—particu...

One of the advantages of reaching retirement age is that your needs can be much clearer to gauge than they were in the past. When it comes to planning for buying a home in Olympia, for instance, you no longer have to worry about many of the contingencies that created vast unknowns earlier on. Wh...

There is a seven-year window for some past Olympia homeowners—and it’s one that’s opening, not closing. The ‘window’ in question is the one that could activate Olympia “Boomerang Buyers”—which would come as good news for the local home sales. Some background about Olympia Boomerang Buyers. It’s ...