Dan O'Donnell's Bellingham Area Real Estate Blog

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Real Estate Agent - RE/MAX Whatcom County, Inc.
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Here's my two cents on selecting a mortgage source for a real estate purchase.  Use someone you find through strong referrals from people you trust.  Many mortgage brokers and loan officers will promise you the world, only to have things unravel shortly before closing.  This can not only delay yo...
08/13/2008
Louisiana Pacific or "LP" siding is very common on homes from the 1990's and the product from around that time has had many problems.  In Washington State, where I live, our wet environment saturates this product and is begins swell and warp.  This can cause the siding to fail and need replacemen...
08/13/2008
      Al Schweitzer The Bellingham Real Estate Investor Network (BREIN) will host Al Schweitzer, a nationally recognized investigator, on August 27th at 6pm.  Schweitzer will teach techniques to better screen tenants and partners, and collect on judgements.  He has appeared on various national te...
08/13/2008
  If you're wanting to earn some sweat equity in a home, now is a great time to be looking.  I have seen more and more of these opportunities coming up lately, new homes that need the finishing touches and the builder is out of money.  The banks don't want to own these properties because they can...
08/13/2008
A great site giving an overview of the county is www.Kulshan.com , with reviews of parks, directions to hiking trips.  Another excellent site is www.Bellingham.org , with tons of information and links to every aspect of life in Whatcom County.  You could spend a week on these two sites learning a...
08/12/2008
If you are a local Bellingham/Whatcom County real estate investor or plan to be, you need to get down to the next BREIN meeting.  I'm a founding member and it's helped me make many profitable connections.  It's a local, independant non-profit group whose mission is to "Educate and inspire investo...
08/12/2008
  I would like to give you my opinion of our current market and what it means to you.  First of all, the doom and gloom you're hearing on the news is largely referring to areas such as Las Vegas, parts of California and much of Florida.  These markets are seeing corrections of prices that skyrock...
08/12/2008
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My insights and experiences in my local real estate market, as well as my thoughts on real estate trends in general. Tips and tricks for the real estate consumer and professional.