Whether you’re a cat person, a dog person or something in between you may be impacted by the “pet restrictions” that are part of your next home purchase.  When pet policies are part of a home’s or condo’s rules they can affect both your personal uses and investment potential.

For instance, in the Seattle market, I heard an interesting statistic that more home owners have pets than children (more…)

This spring I handed house keys to a first time buyer who’d been dreaming  of owning his own home for over ten years.  In fact he’d been (more…)

Have you, or has someone you know, been thinking about purchasing a home built in 1990 or later?  There is almost always extra expenditure attached to the home.  This charge might even go unnoticed until the invoice comes in the mail after you’ve bought the home.  The surprise charge falls under the category “Sewage Capacity Charge.”  A sewage treatment capacity charge is different (more…)