Seattle Real Estate Chat: Mold, Asbestos and Lead – Oh My! [Video]

This week’s episode of Seattle RE Chat featured a special guest, James Mallory, President of Environix. James shared a lot of important information about mold, asbestos and lead, all of which can be potentially be found in Seattle area homes.

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Seattle Real Estate Chat: FHA’s Back to Work

In this week’s episode of Seattle Real Estate Chat we discuss FHA’s “Back to Work”. Back to Work is a newer extenuating circumstance that allows people who had a short sale or foreclosure to be able to buy again as long as the short sale or foreclosure happened because of a loss of income at no fault of their own (due to actions by their employer). You can read more about FHA’s Back to work program here.

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Seattle Real Estate Chat: Title Insurance

On Episode 6 of Seattle Real Estate Chat, we’re joined by Barbie Van Horn of First American Title and Escrow.  Barbie address what title insurance is and why it’s important for Washington State home buyers. She also addresses sewer capacity charges for King County, Snohomish County and Pierce County.

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Seattle Real Estate Chat: When your Real Estate Agent or Mortgage Originator “wears two hats” [Video] #SeattleREchat

Our most recent episode of Seattle Real Estate Chat focused on real estate agents or lenders who wear two hats. Jim Reppond of Coldwell Banker Danforth and I discuss transactions where a buyers lender is also their real estate agent OR when the buyer works with the listing agent (listing agent is both sellers agent and buyers agent). Sometimes a buyer may believe the listing agent is working for them, when the listing agent may only be working for the seller. It can be a complicated situation.

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How to Leverage your Lender when Making an Offer [Video] #SeattleREchat

In our most recent Seattle Real Estate Chat, Jim Reppond and I discuss how to leverage our lender when making an offer.

Tune in for our next Seattle Real Estate Chat on Tuesday, 10:00 am Seattle time where we talk about lenders or agents who wear two hats – such as agents who represent both the buyer and seller (dual agency) or an agent who’s also the loan originator.

Seattle Real Estate Chat is a weekly show that Jim Reppond and I host on a Google/YouTube – join us!  We are also on Twitter @SeattleREchat or search #SeattleREchat.

 

Do’s and Do Not’s of the Mortgage Process [Video]

In our last Seattle Real Estate Chat, Jim Reppond and I discuss what home buyers need to while in the mortgage process or considering buying a home.

Tune if for our next Seattle Real Estate Chat via our live Google Hangout on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at 10:00 am Seattle time.
You can follow Seattle Real Estate Chat on Twitter at @SeattleREchat or #SeattleREchat

Getting preapproved in today’s market [Video]

This week, Jim Reppond of Coldwell Banker Danforth and I sat down to discuss getting preapproved for a mortgage and why it’s so important for today’s hot Seattle’s real estate market.

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