Time To Share What I Have Learned

With 3 decades of real estate experience, I am hanging up my hat and retiring. While I will be spending a lot of time with my wife and family as well as vacationing, I am going to miss the real estate business. It was a big part of my life for so many years and I really am not entirely ready to let it go. Every morning I check for any new real estate marketing info, mortgage info, and market trends. Keep in mind, I do have several real estate investments that I need to follow. But for the most part, it is just old habits.

I still have this website that I used for marketing homes and my business. I thought that it would be a great hobby to repurpose this website as a blog for what my views on the real estate market are and share information that I would have used to market, invest or sell homes when I was an agent. It will kind of give me the chance to share what I have learned and give back a little.

Hope you find the information I share enjoyable and useful.

Tom

Short Sale Information

September 16, 2019

Bellevue Short Sales Bellevue short sale is banks allow homeowners to sell their properties for less than what is owed. For example, if you owe $460,000 and are two months behind on your mortgage payments and your home is worth only $300,000 today. You get an offer from a buyer and negotiate with your bank, ...

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Conforming Loans Increase for the 3rd Year in a Row

December 8, 2018

For the third year in a row, the conforming loan limits have increased. This is in direct response to the continuing rise in home values. the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has increased the limits for mortgages backed by agencies that cover the vast majority of the home loans issued in the U.S. The 2019 ...

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Tracy Villa

After 6 months of working with another agent, I was referred to Tom. I was on a tight budget and and asking for a lot for what I could afford. Tom was able to find me the perfect condominium that was in my budget within a few weeks. The right agent makes the experience so much more enjoyable. Thanks Tom.

Tracy Villa

Bob Hoover

Great experience buying a home with Tom. When I accepted a new job as a new job for a local tech firm. My relocation from the mid-west to Seattle did not leave me a lot of time to see homes before the move. Tom made it so easy by getting to know exactly what I was looking for when I arrived.

Thanks for making my relocation so much easier.

Bob Hoover