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Become a landlord!Be your own boss!Build equity that someone else pays for!These may sound like the kind of come-ons that you tune out when you hear them on the radio or TV, but, surprisingly, they’re actually more reality-based than not. Whether you're buying a Olympia property for its rental po...

 Whenever you are getting ready to buy or sell a residence, taking the temperature of the local housing market is part of how you prepare to engage. When Olympia real estate prices are on the rise, bargain hunters know they’ll have to scramble. When Olympia real estate prices are flat or on the d...

Last week, The Wall Street Journal ran an article about personal finances that Olympia mortgage payers who are at or near retirement age should find thought-provoking. It centered on the idea that today’s retirees are often making a decision that differs from what past generations have chosen. Th...

  Just as with movie credits, the features you find in Olympia listings have a “billing order.” The “stars” may not be printed in gigantic superstar type—but the order in which they appear do reflect changes in current buyer priorities. For a homeowner soon to add their property to this spring’s ...

 Here is a one-question True or False exam that every future Olympia first-time home buyer should take: True or False:One sure way to build a strong credit report is to pay your bills on time.(Answer: False)Particularly for a first-time Olympia home buyer, being able to present a strong credit re...

Olympia real estate news is fairly predictable—at least compared with some of the stories that filter in from the rest of the world. Here in Olympia, for instance, wherever a new home is being built, you’re likely to see familiar evidence like stacks of lumber and drywall, cartons of nail gun amm...

Olympia multi-family housing is the umbrella term covering all the various kinds of residences that shelter more than one family. Everything from duplexes and homes with guest cottages to apartment complexes fall into the category, which is most often thought of in terms of the solid investment p...

Whenever we think of how our Olympia home staging professionals approach their craft, it’s all the positives that come to mind—how they transform a ho-hum living room into a welcoming showplace; a run-of-the-mill front porch into a curb appeal magnet, etc. That is true, but equally important are ...

They really ought to teach this stuff in school: real-life, day-to-day economics. Olympia youngsters out on their own for the first time are usually left to trial and error when it comes to mastering things like how to lay out a personal budget or use credit advantageously. Or even how to go abou...

It was only a few years ago that the last thing a prospective Olympia home buyer had to worry about was being outbid. Those were the days when the bottom seemed to be falling out of the Olympia real estate market. Anyone brave enough to be looking to buy at a time when the real estate market was ...