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By Ben Kinney, We do real estate:Tech, Training, Sales, Brokerage
(Ben Kinney Team)
431 Elk Prairie Rd., Raymond, WA 98577  Beautiful one owner home on 26 plus acres along the Willapa River where salmon spawn & elk & deer call home. Spacious open floor plan with master & one other bedroom on the main floor. Covered wrap around deck to enjoy the serenity at any time of day. This is a dream opportunity for anyone loving the outdoors, with ample fishing, hunting and wildlife viewing right on the property. Pond, forest, pasture, garden space & huge detached garage/shop make for the perfect spot to enjoy country living. Great investment property with harvest-able timber and all but one acre in the timber classification keeps your property taxes low. Current timber valuation available upon request. Approx. 45 min. to both the ocean & to I-5. To request a private showing text...
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By Gayle Rich-Boxman Fishhawk Lake Real Estate, "Your Local Expert!" 503-739-3843
(John L Scott Market Center)
A Little R&R--Our Trip to Long Beach Washington My hubby, Larry  and I wanted to try something new for our annual tryst to the Pacific Coast to celebrate his birthday and our anniversary.  This time, we decided to embark on a trip to Long Beach Washington, about an hour and a half from our Fishhawk Lake home.  Little did we know that our trip, planned a couple of months ago, would happen to land on the couple of days that 90 mile per hour winds would be hitting the very area where we would be staying on the beach!!! A little drama, OH YEAH! We managed to arrive during the calm-before-the-storm. We headed to a place called the Inn at Discovery Coast. I read about it on Trip Advisor and it had good reports, which is what I do when I head to great places that I want to support. (They don't...
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By Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS, South Puget Sound Washington Agent/Broker!
(Fathom Realty Washington LLC)
Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven. John Lubbock Anybody who has followed my blog for any length of time knows that I enjoy my sunsets and how I find solace in knowing that I am not alone in this love... Thank you for reading my blog post! This post was authored and photo taken by Paul Henderson, © 2014, all rights reserved. All information is deemed reliable however it should be independently verified by the reader. Any reproduction of this blog post is prohibited without the prior written permission of the author.
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By Justin Nickelsen, CMI - (p 360.907.9648), Vancouver/Portland/WA/OR Home Inspector
(NICKELSEN HOME INSPECTIONS - Vancouver WA Home Inspector)
Inspection in Long Beach, WA a few years back revealed something very interesting... upon entry into the crawl space there was a fine dust, but it wasn't dust that appeared to have come from wood.  Looking up, all we could see was aluminum faced foam insulation.  While the inspection process typically doesn't "disturb insulation", as the Standards of Practice say, there was something that didn't seem right and our curiosity got the better of us.  We pulled back the facing to reveal thousands of Carpenter Ants which had decided to take up residence in the foam insulation.    
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By Eric Harlington, VP of Mortgage Lending
(Guaranteed Rate NMLS# 2611)
Make sure that you are re-checking all of the pre-approval letters that were issued before the 18th on this month! Payments will be increasing by $35 to $45 per month and unfortunately some buyers who were previously qualified will no longer be qualified. If you are unsure of the changes please read below. This should help. And if anyone has any questions please feel free to write them in the comments (just in case others are having the same questions).   New FHA Annual (monthly) MIP Increases These changes were effective April 18, 2011 (for case numbers assigned on or after this date) The Upfront Mortgage Insurance remains at 1.00%. The Annual Insurance Premium will increase from .90% to 1.15% for LTV's greater than 95% on 30 yr loans. The Annual Insurance Premium will increase from .8...
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By Eric Harlington, VP of Mortgage Lending
(Guaranteed Rate NMLS# 2611)
More and more I continue to hear my customers ask me if they really need to have an inspection on their new home. ABSOLUTELY! There are several reasons to have an inspection, and it really isn't worth saving the $450 to cause yourself a huge headache in the long run. A home inspection (if performed by a good inspector) can answer many questions for you like: Safety Issues Major Defects Minor Defects Services that need to be performed A thorough inspector will give plenty of helpful information to first time home buyers. Often times the information was never given to first time home buyers so even second and third time home buyers will benefit from a good inspectors suggestions (like home maintenance and useful contractors). Additionally your inspector should inspect all of the following...
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By Venancio Gonzalez, Longview WA Real Estate Broker - 360-751-4001
(Windermere Kelso/Longview)
A day at the beach For the first time this year, here in Cowlitz County, we are experiencing the wonderful weather the kid have been waiting for. Since it was over 70 degrees on Sunday, we decided to take a trip to the Beach, Long Beach Washington to be exact. A lot of people just playing around, flying kites, having fun with kids, dogs and some just relaxing, enjoying the sunshine. It turn out to be a great ride down there, the kid had lots of fun burying themselves in the sand and playing with the dog and  even though the water was cold they still went in for a swim. As you could imagine, they are eager looking forward to do this again in the coming summer and having a lot of fun.  
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Last weekend, I had the privilege of meeting one of my clients face to face that had, until now been just a voice on the phone and an email acquaintance.  She is one of several relatives that had inherited a bay front property, and had never seen the property.  This is undeveloped land consisting of 3 acres that extends from the main road to Willapa Bay.  The first thing we did was try to figure out where to park the car.  All along the roadside is a ditch for water drainage.  We decided to pull off into a nearby gravel driveway where there was plenty of room without blocking any cars.  We made the short hike back from there to the property and found a partial path into the wooded area.  From there, we had to rough it.  We found spots where the ground gradually sloped toward the Bay as ...
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By Holly Beller
(RE/MAX Excellence)
We hear it so often...we see it on our fax cover sheets, on the back of our business cards, are told that we have to build our business by referral, and we should never be too busy for them...I could go on if I thought longer, but I won't. I love them (or heart them, however you prefer) too!  I got a call on Sunday from a Realtor in New York.  her brother-in-law is moving to the coast and needs an agent....I'm on it honey!  Oh, crap!  I just realized I haven't called her back to let her know that we've made contact and he will be WELL taken care of.  THAT, is the point of my post!  Let me take a moment to call her now. You see, this agent found me because she sees that I am doing a lot of activity in my neck of the woods.  That is how I search for an agent to refer to as well, if I don'...
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By Holly Beller
(RE/MAX Excellence)
I am pretty excited and proud of myself after hearing from my broker this morning that I rank among the top 3 agents in the county according to our MLS.  The frustrating part is trying to figure out what statistics the ranks were based on.  The one thing I have figured out is that it is nearly possible to rank yourself any way you want to depending on what information you search by.  If I search ONLY residential sales in the past 6 months in our area, I rank number 1.  If I search residential AND condominium sales, I drop to number 3, BUT ONLY when you search by dollar volume!  If you search by number of listings, I jump back up to number 1!  Very interesting...I'm sure it all has to do with my bank repo's and that I will dual agency a bank repo in a heartbeat...but,hey! I don't mind be...
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By Holly Beller
(RE/MAX Excellence)
Our local high school's soon-to-be-newest alumni came around yesterday looking for yearbook ad sponsors.  I was thinking of buying a small or medium sized ad and encouraging our nations youngest and brighteset stars to begin their financial future by purchasing a home...what better way to begin then going in with 3 or 4 buddies and buying a house rather than renting one for 4 years of college?  I'm in a small community so I probably would be encouraging purchases outside of my coverage area...but referrals are great!  Wonder what I should concentrate the bullet points on?  Getting a referral to your mortgage professional would be a good one probably...it is so easy to be taken advantage of!
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Being a small town Real Estate agent who is from a big city environment, gives me the advantage (or disadvantage) of seeing the differences in client expectations. It started during my first winter here on the Long Beach Peninsula, when clients whose homes I had listed started calling me and asking me to go turn off the water at their house so the pipes would not freeze and burst.  At least 50% of homeowners on the Long Beach Peninsula are part time vacation home residents.  It stands to reason that they do not want to drive 2-3 hours from their home to shut off the water.  Having nothing better to do, I did not mind driving around and checking on the properties.  I enjoy helping people, and unless it becomes too intrusive, do not mind going a little out of my way.  My co-worker, like m...
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By Holly Beller
(RE/MAX Excellence)
I spent the most beautiful weekend showing property and washing my windows...sometimes I wonder, "Can we just skip Monday?".  But thankfully it is a beautiful Monday as well, and allthough it was a succesfull weekend with 2 new buyer prospects (one already a homeowner), I'm feeling a little lost in the office.  Perhaps it was all that sun hitting me in the face through my sparkling windows this morning!  I keep thinking that I want to make my list for tomorrow and head out for the rest of the day.  And as I type, I see a bank of clouds headed our way so that must mean I should stay here and work.  Foiled again!
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