Category: Tacoma

Where do I go in Washington State to confirm my contractor is licensed and has L&I coverage?

We have to work with a lot of contractors in our daily job in real estate mostly because an entire economy revolves around the preparation and sale of homes. If a seller isn’t already preparing a house ahead of the sale, it’s very likely that the home buyer will do...

NWMLS latest news story about real estate inventory in Seattle says what we’ve been saying for a year 0

NWMLS latest news story about real estate inventory in Seattle says what we’ve been saying for a year

Posted this week, the latest MLS news for the greater Seattle and Bellevue area covers what we’ve been talking about for about a year. It’s imperative that buyers and sellers get a great team of professionals working with them, and communicating well together, to get through today’s marketplace. The story...

Tips for hiring a home inspector for your real estate purchase in Washington State 0

Tips for hiring a home inspector for your real estate purchase in Washington State

Here are some tips from our very own Reba Haas regarding hiring a home inspector. Not all licensees are created equal! Home inspections are one of the most important elementsĀ of the home buying process. Making sure you have the “gold standard” of home inspectors is critical. Many people are unaware...

Rental Property Basics 101 0

Rental Property Basics 101

On yesterday’s Open House With Team Reba show, we explored the beginning discussion of investment rental property. While we had an outline that we didn’t quite fully get covered (next show will cover the topics we ran out of time for) there was a lot of great information to digest....

What Lenders are looking for when you apply for a home loan 0

What Lenders are looking for when you apply for a home loan

When you apply for a loan, lenders assess your credit risk based on a number of factors, including your credit/payment history, income, and overall financial situation. Here is some additional information to help explain these factors, also known as the ā€œ5 Csā€, to help you better understand what lenders look...

Team Reba gets interviewed on 1300 Business Radio KKOL show, Sound Advice! 0

Team Reba gets interviewed on 1300 Business Radio KKOL show, Sound Advice!

Here at Team Reba we’re always talking about real estate education and recently we were asked to participate on the show Sound Business. Ā Here is the full interview in the 3 segments used for the show. In the interview, we discuss why Reba Haas went into real estate and the...

June 2015 real estate sales in Seattle and surrounding areas are sizzling! 0

June 2015 real estate sales in Seattle and surrounding areas are sizzling!

This is reprint with permission from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service which services real estate broker members within Washington State. Home sales sizzling around Western Washington July 6, 2015 Current Statistics | Market Recaps | Market Update Charts KIRKLAND, Washington (July 6, 2015) – Temperatures around Western Washington were not...

NWMLS proves our point about lack of inventory in Seattle and King County for 2015 0

NWMLS proves our point about lack of inventory in Seattle and King County for 2015

I’ve been saying this for quite a while now, but here is some information to back up my remarks via our Northwest Multiple Listing Service – the database membership that all brokers in our area (residential in specific – many pure commercial brokers are members of CBA instead) use in...

Annual Team Reba home seller class in Seattle Sat, Feb 28th,11am-1pm! 0

Annual Team Reba home seller class in Seattle Sat, Feb 28th,11am-1pm!

No Fluff Savvy Home Seller Seminar -FREE- Feb 28 in Seattle Saturday, February 28, 2015 11:00 am – 1:00 pm RE/MAX Metro Realty Inc. office RSVP to Classes@teamreba.com or call 425.970.3697 Home buyers get a class to learn what to expect in a purchase, but doesn’t a seller need to...

Do you agree with this video that Seattle is the best city in the world? 0

Do you agree with this video that Seattle is the best city in the world?

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