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Inheritance Disputes with Siblings Tacoma

Inheritance Problems with Siblings

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Three adult children and one paid-off house with no mortgage left on it. Not one of them could agree on what to do with it. Inheritance problems with siblings sound like that on most of the calls I get about an inherited house. One sibling wants it sold by spring. Another grew up in that … Continued
How to Sell a Storm-Damaged House Tacoma

Sell Your Storm-Damaged House Fast for Cash

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The tarp is the tell. Drive the older side streets around Tacoma a few months after a bad storm, and you’ll spot them. Blue plastic stapled across a ridgeline, weighted with scrap lumber and cinder blocks. Some went up the week the wind came through and never came down. A tarp is supposed to be … Continued
How to Sell Your Apartment in Washington

How to Sell an Apartment in Washington State Fast

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A two-bedroom apartment in Ballard can sit for eleven weeks while a nearly identical unit six blocks north goes pending over a weekend. Same era, same peek at the ship canal. Luck has little to do with it. I’ve bought houses, condo units, and small rental buildings across Washington for years, from Seattle and Bellevue … Continued
Forced sale of property timeline in Tacoma Washington

How Long a Forced Sale of Property Takes in Washington

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Three siblings inherit a house near Broadway in Everett. Two want the money. The third sleeps in the back bedroom and quits answering his phone. Washington has a legal fix for that standoff, and the honest timing on a forced sale runs six months to two years from filing to closing. A few cases settle … Continued
Cost to List on MLS Washington

Cost To List Your Washington Home On The MLS

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Sellers in Washington almost always overestimate what listing on the MLS has to cost. The common assumption: you need a full-service real estate agent, a listing agreement, and 5 to 6 percent of your sale price handed back in commission before you see a dime. That has cost sellers tens of thousands of dollars. Nobody’s … Continued
How Long Does a Real Estate Contract Last Washington

How Long A Real Estate Contract Lasts In Washington State

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An offer can land on a Tuesday and bind you by Wednesday. Mutual acceptance can happen within 24 hours when both sides move fast, and a real estate contract ties up your property from that moment forward. How long a real estate contract lasts in Washington State is the question most sellers never ask until … Continued
Selling a Fire-Affected House in Washington

Selling A Fire-Damaged House In Washington Fast And Profitably

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A kitchen fire that starts on a Tuesday afternoon can change everything by Tuesday night. Your house, the one you spent years building equity in, is suddenly a liability, and the questions come fast: Can I even sell this? What will the insurance company pay? Do I have to fix it first? Homeowners in Washington … Continued
Can You Sell a House Without an Inspection in Washington

Selling A House As-Is Without An Inspection In Washington State

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A seller called me on a Wednesday afternoon, exhausted. Her mother had just moved into memory care in Bellevue, the family home in Renton had a roof that hadn’t been touched in twenty years, and she had zero appetite for a three-month listing saga. She wanted out fast, which I completely understood. What she was … Continued
We Buy House When Relocating Tacoma

How to Sell a House When Relocating

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Your employer calls on a Tuesday afternoon to say the new position starts in 6 weeks. Congratulations, and now you need to work out how to sell a house when relocating on somebody else’s timeline. The space between “yes, I’ll take the job” and “sold” is where most people make their biggest financial mistakes. Selling … Continued
Reverse Mortgage Home Sale in Tacoma

How To Sell Your Home With A Reverse Mortgage

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Most people assume a reverse mortgage locks them in forever. It doesn’t. A phone call I get fairly often goes something like this: a homeowner or their adult child is sitting on a property with a reverse mortgage balance growing every month, and they’re convinced they can’t sell without losing everything or going through a … Continued
Selling a House With Mold Washington

Can You Sell A House With Mold In Washington

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Dampness or mold shows up in roughly 47% of residential homes across the country. Washington’s wet winters make that number feel conservative. If you have a house with mold and you’re wondering whether you can still sell it, the short answer is yes. The longer answer is that how you sell it and what you … Continued