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http://www.emilycressey.com/blog Creating Financial Freedom Using Real Estate For Wealth, and Business For Cash Flow Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:59:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/seattle-real-estate-update-from-redfin http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/seattle-real-estate-update-from-redfin#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:55:05 +0000 Emily http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/?p=242 I just got a monthly update on the state of the Seattle real estate market from my real estate brokerage, Redfin. Showings are up... More buyers are looking but not buying yet. Redfin's traffic is through the roof: up 43% in January, and probably another 30% in February. Other websites have reported
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]]> http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/seattle-real-estate-update-from-redfin/feed 0 http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/status-report-short-sales-abound-even-in-seattle http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/status-report-short-sales-abound-even-in-seattle#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:06:07 +0000 Emily http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/2009/02/23/status-report-short-sales-abound-even-in-seattle/ Wow, in the last month, I have been surprised by the number of short sale homes in the Seattle area.  I have recently started showing homes for Redfin, a low-cost, full-service real estate brokerage started by some local entrepreneurs here in Seattle. (The super-cool connection is that it was started by two guys in my [...]
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]]> http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/status-report-short-sales-abound-even-in-seattle/feed 0 http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/is-now-the-time-for-getting-started-in-real-estate-investing http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/is-now-the-time-for-getting-started-in-real-estate-investing#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:09:26 +0000 Emily http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/2009/01/27/is-now-the-time-for-getting-started-in-real-estate-investing/ The bloom is off the rose.  The real estate market is in the tank.  Foreclosures are popping up all over, real estate values are down, and you can’t find a house that will cash flow. So Real Estate Investing Sucks!   Or does it? If you bought property in the last few years (say 2005 – 2008), you might [...]
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]]> http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/is-now-the-time-for-getting-started-in-real-estate-investing/feed 0 http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/real-estate-networking-20 http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/real-estate-networking-20#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:56:53 +0000 Emily http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/2008/08/12/real-estate-networking-20/ Lately I have been exploring new ways to network with people… first there was MySpace.com which my college roommate had joined.  Then there was Linked-In.com where all the professionals seem to meet.  After my high school reunion, I joined Facebook.com to see what all my old classmates were up to. But now I have found the [...]
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]]> http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/real-estate-networking-20/feed 0 http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/balancing-a-portfolio-with-real-estate-in-it http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/balancing-a-portfolio-with-real-estate-in-it#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:54:20 +0000 Emily http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/2008/08/11/balancing-a-portfolio-with-real-estate-in-it/ A recent caller I heard on The Dave Ramsey radio show had an interesting question about balancing her portfolio when she was investing in both stocks and mutual funds.  Her husband loved investing in real estate and liked to be very hands-on with their properties.  She was more comfortable with owning stocks and mutual funds [...]
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]]> http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/balancing-a-portfolio-with-real-estate-in-it/feed 0 http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/getting-out-while-the-gettings-good http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/getting-out-while-the-gettings-good#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:32:24 +0000 Emily http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/2008/07/31/getting-out-while-the-gettings-good/ Today my realtor is sending me an offer on a home I have for sale in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  This is a property that I bought subject to the existing financing and have owned for several years and run several tenants through. It just came vacant in May, after a friendly eviction, and fortunately for me, [...]
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]]> http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/getting-out-while-the-gettings-good/feed 2 http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/advice-to-a-29-year-old-wealth-builder http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/advice-to-a-29-year-old-wealth-builder#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:34:41 +0000 Emily http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/2008/07/09/advice-to-a-29-year-old-wealth-builder/ One great way to get free advice is to ask for it! Last month, we got an email from one of our newsletter subscribers who had been in touch off-and-on and following our work for a while.  Both my partner Rob Powell and I took the time to respond to his very polite questions.  (Of [...]
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]]> http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/advice-to-a-29-year-old-wealth-builder/feed 2 http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/first-they-came-for-my-neighbors-then-they-came-for-the-millionaires-when-will-they-come-for-us http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/first-they-came-for-my-neighbors-then-they-came-for-the-millionaires-when-will-they-come-for-us#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:05:48 +0000 Emily http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/2008/04/16/first-they-came-for-my-neighbors-then-they-came-for-the-millionaires-when-will-they-come-for-us/ I just got this article sent to me by a friend of mine named Tom who has been in the short sale industry for the last five years and has completed a TON of short sale transactions. Even though he’s been in the business for years, he commented, "Short sales are where it is at [...]
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]]> http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/first-they-came-for-my-neighbors-then-they-came-for-the-millionaires-when-will-they-come-for-us/feed 0 http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/am-i-too-soft-on-collections http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/am-i-too-soft-on-collections#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:45:09 +0000 Emily http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/2008/04/14/am-i-too-soft-on-collections/ If you have had tenants or worked with people who are in perilous financial straights, you might have heard some real fish stories in your day about why people can’t pay their bills. Recently, I have been working with a family who bought a home from me (exercising their lease option) and I had the pleasure [...]
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]]> http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/am-i-too-soft-on-collections/feed 3 http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/the-short-sales-man http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/the-short-sales-man#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:48:25 +0000 Emily http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/2008/04/04/the-short-sales-man/ Have you ever met someone who seems just like an ordinary nice guy at first and then you discover later that THIS DUDE HAS GOT IT GOIN’ ON!? That was my experience recently when I had the privilege of sharing the stage at a Mentor Financial Group, LLC event here in Seattle recently.  I was speaking [...]
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