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HOMESandWEALTH inTacoma  IRA FOR REAL ESTATE.   How are your stocks and bonds paying off?  If you have calculated your return on your IRAs you probably feel lucky to achieve even 8%.  Real Estate investors, following my recommendations, usually double that.   Would you like a Real Estate investme...

SENIORS:  Forget zero down.  Would you like zero payments?   Move into this modern home in Lakewood's Country Estates and you can forget about lawn mowing, leaf raking, gutter cleaning, (exterior) siding painting.  And forget paying the mortgage too!   Imagine:  You and yours live comfortably in ...

LAKEWOOD HOME FOR SALE AT  7624  51st Ave W.  $185000                               This modern rambler features a super kitchen, a second bath, and gives you access to *  community swimming pool, *  sports court, *  health spa.   All exterior maintenance provided.  (leaving your energy for more ...

HOMESandWEALTHinTacoma   IT PAYS TO KNOW(A check list to add to your prosperity and  contentment.)   PROBLEM(maybe):  YOUR ROOF.  A good roof should last you 30 years.  That's why most of us don't even look at the roof until we are selling the house or the roof leaks.  El Wrongo!  Just as you che...

SUNDAY CONCERTS AT THE ANTIQUE SANDWHICH SHOP!    One of the great advantages of living in Tacoma is that we are a music city.  And one of our best offerings comes to you every Sunday at the Antique Sandwich Shop, a local institution going on 4 decades. CURRENT SCHEDULE:   The Antique is located ...

    HOW TO OWN A HOME OF YOUR OWN AND STOP PAYING RENT.  FOREVER!   Renting your home is no shame;but it doesn't put you financially ahead.   In any  Real Estate  market home ownership has advantages (for those who can pay for them):  * tax savings, * equity build up, * pride of ownership, * ontr...

Tacoma Duplex:  1945  S. M St.,  $135,000.   HOW DOES DUPLEX LIVING PAY OFF?  You may count the ways:   Each unit rented at $700 per month.  (Tacoma Housing Authority says they can be raised to $900 and above.) Expenses can be held to $4536 annually  (=$381 per month). Available financing:  Owne...

  YES!  YOU CAN STILL BUY A HOME IN TACOMA OR PIERCE COUNTY WITH ZERO DOWN.  BUT   there's always a catch.  So before I scetch 5 different programs for zero down,let me put you on notice:    I can also show you a list of creative techniques that can help buy your home with  very low down.  And I ...

HOMEBUYERS ATTENTION! Are you missing $1000 per year* in federal tax credits?  (Good for Tacoma, Pierce County Fort Lewis McChord Parkland Midland Fircrest and University Place.) Homeowners plan to deduct home mortgage interest from their income taxes.  Good for you.  That's a valuable benefit fo...

In Tacoma and Pierce County to know about kindness and fair treatment for animals is to know Mrs. Helena Shelley.  Indeed she has been a force and the scourge of animal abusers throughout the State of Washington.  And if you're expecting ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST with a karl Marx T shirt and and a g...