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It was about 7-8 years ago, my wife and I considered purchasing a condo in Long Beach at the Aqua Towers. We would have only enough for the down payment, and we would have been forced to get a toxic mortgage. At the time, they were called pick a payment loans. We [...]

Redfin is one of my favorite sites to visit to get information on real estate. It is well organized and includes pictures and previous sales history. This is good for researching the values of homes. There is also a nice search function that allows you to look at recent closed sales aka [...]

There are some amazing small spaces in Seattle for decent prices.  They are probably overpriced now in today’s market but I am sure 3 years ago, the sellers would have previously sold them in a day and possibly got multiple offers.  That’s why a few months ago I was surprised to see a closed sale [...]

We almost bought a unit at the Pomona lofts about 2 years ago.  There were a couple of bank repos and we offered I think about $140,000, $145,000, and $150,000 directly to the bank (wells fargo).  We planned on putting a 30% down payment and I had a pre-approved mortgage from the bank for the [...]