My clients have also been really happy with Pacific Specialty and Foremost as well.

For the Everett area and more, I recommend the local REAPS or the Pacific NW Real Estate Meetup group lead by Troy Fisher http://www.meetup.com/PacificNWRealEstate/Both group are well attended and offer great info.

I know the market in my area has picked up slightly but it's not necessarily the boom and bust type of market like many of the Atlantic and Pacific coastal cities.  

Japan real estate is performing well in the Asia-Pacific region.

If it is not in writing the Lease is automatically a Month to Month Rental Agreement.When we evict someone we are actually evicting not just a tenant but anyone who is in POSSESSION of the house.I’m sure most of you have seen the movie Pacific Heights.

Another point -- if you end up spending long periods of time cruising the Pacific for Uncle Sam then base housing is really nice.

Electrical Panels -  The inspection uncovered that the electric panels were made by Federal Pacific Electric and have a design defect where the breaker does not timely trip and the thus increase the risk of electrical fire.

This will require a credit pull (good credit), required inspections (termite, perhaps wood destroying organism, perhaps wind mitigation), and most importantly a good insurance policy (those inspections must pass, and all safety issues corrected...no holes in walls or floors, siding on, good roof, passable electric system...no Federal Pacific panels).  

Hello beautiful minded people of Bigger Pockets!,I'm super new to REI and I've been bit hard by the RE Bug. My wife (Nicole) and I have found that we're not spending the time that we want with our kids (Wylla, 21month...

Yes I would offer 2% to buyer agent, in this market (Pacific NW) agents don't have to do to much work and then we have Blue Match, Homie and Faira competeing, oh yes and now Zillow ibuyer.