Sonny Kwan's (sonnykwan) Blog

Kung Hei Fat Cai or Gung Hay Fat Choy, whichever way you say it all means the same thing and it's not what you think it says as far as wishing someone a Happy New Year. It actually means "Wishing You Prosperity".  Bringing the new year has a far different meaning to the Chinese culture than how w...

Seattle Based Walk Score  Gets 2 Million investment dollars to expand into other regions of the world and plans to target every aspect of real estate. They hope that using a Walk Score in describing a homes attributes will be as common as describing the number of bedrooms and baths.  If your home...

Puget Sound Economy Looks Good for 2012 With the areas biggest employers such as Boeing and Microsoft paving the way for larger profits for their company, comes added job growth for the Puget Sound Economy.  Boeing with 805 new jet orders and delivery of 477 aircraft's in 2011, which orders run i...

Christopher Hansen, head of San Francisco-based WSA Properties LLC recently paid $21.6 million for a warehouse South of Massachusetts a block away from Safeco Field in Seattle. That is approximently $169.00 a square foot of dirt at just over 133,000 sq ft of warehouse space they paid and It is a...

The Quantum Group LLC,  the commercial division  ran by Patrick Ross and Sonny Kwan have procured an exclusive to sell the 10,000 sq ft commercial zoned building site that was once the home of the TUBS franchise that have gone on hard times. The new development site already has a (MUP) Master Use...

Seattle adopts plans to allow small cottages built behind existing homes   Backyard cottages were allowed to be built starting in 2009 in an area south of I-90 and east of I-5,                                                                                                                         ...

Buying a Home Foreclosed or ShortSale are not the Best Deal Often times new homeowners want to get a great deal  buying a Foreclosed or Shortsale home, sometimes and more often than not, this is a bad choice, although the price is very tempting, there are many hidden flaws to making a purchase su...

How to Avoid Foreclosure in 2012 Avoid Foreclosure in 2012 Under the Obama Administration, the U.S. Treasury Department and HUD, are providing a number of programs to assist homeowners who are at risk of foreclosure and struggling with their mortgage payments.  Distressed homeowners Should contac...

The United States has the most stable economy for future growth of investment property acqusitions than any other country, mainly because of the continued building infrastructure of many of the key port cities such as Seattle, Los Angeles and New York.  Seattle, WA has seen a building boom in lar...

Seattle is One of the Safest Places to Live in the U.S. The top eight safest places to live in the United States are all in the Pacific Northwest. Seattle is number eight this year on the list. This list is credited to surveys regarding Transportation, Traffic rate deaths from the National Highwa...