Washington's Wet News by Karen

Hi, it's 5 AM Pacific time - that means you "East Coasters" have been up for hours. Well after a very busy day yesterday, attending a Washington Realtor meeting for most of the day, I was on my Blackberry negotiating a counter offer for a transaction I wrote the other day that came from an Active...

There is a new IRS code for establishing vacation or second homes for investors.This revenue procedure, which will be effective for exchanges occurring on or after March 10, 2008, establishes a safe harbor regarding when a vacation home can be considered investment property and traded in a §1031 ...

Hi all, well since I love to cook I am going to be sharing some of my favorite receipes here. I'm from Polish/Italian descent and have many family secrets to share. I hope you visit often. I'll even share some of my heritage with you.Lent is a religious season where we prepare for Easter Sunday. ...

Did you know you can change your address on line if you are moving. Also, the U. S. Post Office gives you the opportunity to change your catalogue's mailing address and allows you to subscribe for magazines at a reduced rate.This beats standing in line at the post office like many of you have don...

Those fighting to bring a University of Washington campus to Everett suffered a great setback yesterday.  The Senate Ways and Means Committee failed to act by a Tuesday deadline on competing bills to bring the University to Lake Stevens, Marysville or Everett, killing them in the Senate this sess...

Well, Everett, WA does have a claim to fame; Boeing, Fluke Mfg., the Everett Naval Base and, ta da, the Kimberly-Clark Pulp Mill.Can you believe they produce over a million rolls of toilet tissue and paper products each day with about 850 employees.The plant sits on the Puget Sound waterfront nei...

Seattle based Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air just announced a partnership with a local soft drink company, Jones Soda.  Visit their web site, they have such a unique product, they solicit their labels from their customers. In 1995 they created WAZU Water (named for a local university), Washingto...

So you think the housing industry has slowed down a bit, Howard Schults, CEO of Starbucks, announced that sales are slipping and he's going to close ALL 7,100 nationwide stores on February 26 for a three hour period to re-train the baristas on making perfect shots!He's eliminating hot sandwiches ...

Prices for homes that sold last month in western Washington edged up slightly from a year ago, according to new figures from Northwest Multiple Listing Service. In its recap of January activity, the MLS reported inventory, while still plentiful, reached its lowest level since April 2007 (with the...