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Real Estate Market and Your Tax Assessment
Real Estate MARKET and Your Tax Assessment All of us Island property owners will be receiving our tax assessment notices from the County...
Nov 22, 2024


Remodeling Homes in the San Juan Islands
While showing property I am often asked if the home could be renovated and/or increased in size as the lot is perfect, but the home is...
Jun 17, 2024

IRS SECTION 1031 – TAX DEFERRED EXCHANGE
IRS SECTION 1031 - TAX DEFERRED EXCHANGE Another popular avenue for funding a real estate investment is utilizing a 1031 tax deferred...
Nov 28, 2022


Flood Insurance in the San Juans
Most of the waterfront homeowners in the County went through the process of determining if flood insurance is a necessity for their...
Apr 2, 2022


UNDERSTANDING THE VALUATION PROCESS FOR YOUR REAL ESTATE
The definition of “market value” is rather boring sounding when you take into consideration that you are addressing one of the highest...
Apr 2, 2022


Self Directed Retirement Accounts For Real Estate
Do you realize that you may use all or a portion of your retirement funds to invest in real estate? Retirement accounts are basically...
Feb 11, 2021


Corner Stakes and Purchasing Property
Corner stakes are one of the most important components of purchasing real estate, I have learned this over 25 years of selling real...
Feb 9, 2021


Home Inspections and Their Role in the Real Estate Transaction
If you are a buyer or seller, I bet you thought just getting under contract was stressful for all parties but in reality, the home...
Jan 1, 2021

San Juan County Q3-2020 Real Estate Market Summary
The third quarter results for San Juan Island and San Juan County were consistent with the first quarter results; very robust. The...
Oct 20, 2020


San Juan "No Name" Fishing Derby Video
This video shares how the locals create a derby just to get out of doing chores at the home. It also shows off my fish cleaning skills!!...
Sep 14, 2020

San Juan County Q2-2020 Real Estate Market Report
The second quarter results, which complete the first half of the year, in San Juan County were extremely good when considering the virus...
Jul 6, 2020


Best Homeowners Insurance Companies of 2020
The average American homeowner spends more than $1,200 a year on homeowners insurance. That’s about $100 a month, year after year, for a...
Apr 3, 2020


San Juan Salmon Classic Fishing Derby Video
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Feb 23, 2020


Home Projects that Sell Homes Quickly
If you are considering selling your home, you may be wondering what, if any, repairs you should make to increase the chances of getting a...
Feb 22, 2020


San Juan Local Real Estate Video
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Feb 17, 2020

SAN JUAN ISLAND Q4-2019 REAL ESTATE MARKET SUMMARY
In reviewing the year-end results for 2019, the sales dollar volume for the real estate market in San Juan County per the Northwest...
Jan 14, 2020


GENERAL COSTS TO BUY, SELL OR BUILD
Cost of construction, selling and buying real estate in the islands has continued to increase based the requirements to meet the current...
Apr 9, 2019


San Juan St. Patrick's Day Fishing Derby Video
This video shares with you how we won the big pot of gold fishing in the St Patrick’s Day San Juan Island yacht Club sponsored derby....
Mar 28, 2019


Are You Considering Selling Real Estate on San Juan Island? Past Version
Thinking about selling your property? You may want to consider researching, collecting and completing the items detailed below. This is...
Feb 15, 2019


San Juan Chardonnay Shopping Video
This video shares with you our holiday month. We enjoyed chardonnay shopping, office parties and so many local gatherings that I lost...
Jan 2, 2019
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