If you print out the Zestimate, you could use it for toilet paper in a pinch, so not entirely useless :) Seriously, though, you can pull your own sold comps from Zillow and come up with your own estimate of value.

One thing to keep in mind is that Seattle metro actually has a fairly small foot print given the size of the city and the surrounding areas offer opportunities.  

I remember when I was on the county website and printed out the one page form to open an LLC.

Ask them for a list of all the properties in your specified zipcodes that the tax bill is mailed to a different address then the property address.In most counties they will want to give you them on labels, but some are advanced and will give you a spreadsheet, or at the least a printed wideline report.They typically have this service avail for public notices, so if you ask the wrong person and they say "We dont have it"... keep asking.

I will print it out , study it, and lookfor a CPA who can understand the process.

I do the weekends print version because the cost of paying for 30 day in print is ridiculous and much more than I'm willing to pay.For the flat fee MLS listing I'll use a realtor that I know that charges $399 for 90 days.

I did pay quartly payments when I had my printing company, but that was different.

As I said, geared to the homeowner.I shop at all three, and a local Ace hardware for specific hardware and local lumber yards for specialty items.You gotta love the little inspirational phrases Menard's prints on the bottom center of each page in their Sunday sale ads in the newspaper!

When you close, get a print out of the buying and closing HUD.

. ________________________________ ____________________________________ Signature of Property Owner /Date Printed Name of Property Owner State of ___________________________ County of __________________________ Sworn to and subscribed before me this ______day of _________________ 20___ by _____________________________ who is personally known to me or has produced ______________________as identification. __________________________________ __________________________________