Yes, yes, and Yes, again! What's a better feeling than knowing you've cut energy costs and made your nest more energy-efficient?You can do It Yourself!The City of Seattle's downloadable brochure, Do It Yourself Home Energy Audit - A Step-by-Step Guide for Identifying and Improving Your Home's Energy Efficiency, delivers what it promises....
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Summer, when a person's fancy turns to - Energy Savings?
By John "Mack" McCoy | | Posts
July 25, 2011 11:53 AM
A Casual Shrub Border
By John "Mack" McCoy | | Posts
May 22, 2011 1:25 PM
(Written by Cynthia Creasey)Nothing beats the casual shrub border when it comes to easy of maintenance and creating a beautiful, year round, dynamic garden element that creates a powerful impact via a variety of scale, form, color, scent and flowers!A shrub border provides visual separation and a physical barrier that...
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By Glenn Roberts
What is the maximum Seller Concession for a Buyer's Loan? Well, that depends, and it's always best to consult with the Buyer's lender before your offer includes promises your lender can't keep. When you are negotiating for a buyer, keep the following in mind. Type of Loan LTC/CLTV Maximum...
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By Jason Wall
At some point in the process of buying a home you are going to be asked how you want to "hold title". Here are four common ways to hold title to real property in Washington State: 1) Single Individual - A person who is not married or a registered domestic...
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Clutch, a book by Paul Sullivan is all about the ability to do under pressure what you can do under normal circumstances. The concept applies constantly in sports events as athletes who have practiced for years suddenly need to excel in real time under "other" circumstances. Those in the military...
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Not one real estate agent in the country has ever admitted publicly to being a poor negotiator. We all claim to be experts. And most of those claims are based on agent experience developed between 2002 and 2007. Everything sold, no matter what. Boasts like, "I averaged 12% over...
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With the release of the statistics form the 2010 census you can now explore how your neighborhood has changed. The U.S. Census Bureau has just released population, race and age data for Washington. The Seattle Times has several tools for seeing how the region and neighborhoods have changed over...
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Read a bit more 2010 Census - How Has Your Neighborhood Changed?
Newspapers and television keep talking about the housing recovery. Hello? The housing industry has recovered. If you've ever had a serious disease, major surgery, or been significantly injured in an accident, you long for recovery. You endure physical therapy, medication, and rehabilitation processes to, one day, get back to...
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Okay, Admitted. A little more Times bashing for today. The Wednesday Seattle Times has two articles in the business section. The feature is headlined "U.s. Home Prices fall, more declines seen." This article is datelined Washington (and they mean D.C.). It's from information released a week or so ago...
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Realtor Magazine just published a story on cost vs. value in a sale for 5 different home improvement projects. Interesting in some ways but hard to apply. These are averages from input by realtors from 80 cities across the USA. Markets are different in each area. What the basic...
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