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How to Buy and Manage a Vacation Rental House on the Washington Coast

by on October 20, 2012 in Beach Houses, Beach Properties, eXp Realty, Featured, Grays Harbor county, Homes for Sale, Ocean View, Retirement Location, Second Homes, Tourism, Vacation Homes, Vacation Rentals, View Houses, View Properties Comments Off

Owning a Washington Coast Vacation Rental In 2007 we purchased a newly constructed house in Pacific Beach with the idea of running it as a vacation rental to cover our expenses, while...

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Washington State Ferry System is a Tremendous Asset to the Seattle Region

by on September 10, 2012 in Beach Houses, Beach Properties, eXp Realty, Featured, Home Buyers, Homes for Sale, Kitsap County, Olympic Mountain View, Puget Sound, Retirement Location, Second Homes, Vacation Homes, Vacation Rentals, View Houses, View Properties, Waterfront Comments Off

Washington State Ferries The Washington State Ferry System connects Seattle and the nearby mainland to the many islands and peninsulas around Puget Sound.  Residents rely on the...

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Puget Sound Geoduck Farming

by on August 20, 2012 in Beach Houses, Beach Properties, Harstine Island, Home Buyers, Homes for Sale, Investment, Investors, Mason County, Olympic Mountain View, Pierce County, Puget Sound, Retirement Location, Second Homes, South Puget Sound, Thurston County, Vacation Homes, Vacation Rentals, View Houses, View Properties, Waterfront Comments Off

Geoduck Farming on Puget Sound In looking around Puget Sound for waterfront vacation properties with a client (we ultimately found a good deal on a fixer, estate sale in Port Orchard),...

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Skagit Valley Real Estate: Terrific Skagit River House Sits on the Skagit River South Bank

by on September 15, 2011 in eXp Realty, Second Homes, Skagit County, Vacation Homes, Vacation Rentals, View Properties Comments Off

Skagit River House This beautiful Skagit River House sits on the south bank of the Skagit River in the Cape Horn community near the town of Concrete.  Concrete serves as the gateway...

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Lake Cushman Real Estate: We Find a Wonderful View Home

by on August 31, 2011 in Home Buyers, Lake Cushman, Mason County, Second Homes, Vacation Homes, Vacation Rentals, View Properties Comments Off

Continuing our tour of Mason county vacation properties, our next favorite home after the beach house on Harstine Island was this wonderful woodsy cottage at Lake Cushman.  One...

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Turn this Bank Owned Home into your Westport Vacation Rental House

by on June 28, 2011 in Bank REO, Grays Harbor county, Second Homes, Vacation Homes, Vacation Rentals, View Properties, Westport Comments Off

Here’s a house in Westport, Washington that has great potential as a vacation rental house.  It has a pretty good view out to the ocean and the sunsets, being elevated up a...

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Beautiful Vacation Home on Harstine Island

by on June 27, 2011 in Harstine Island, Home Buyers, Mason County, South Puget Sound, Vacation Homes, Vacation Rentals, View Properties Comments Off

I recently helped a client purchase this vacation home on Harstine Island with drop-dead, gorgeous Mount Rainier and Puget Sound view.  The house is very distinctive with custom...

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Buying a Vacation Home in Washington State

by on June 17, 2011 in Featured, Grays Harbor county, Home Buyers, Second Homes, Vacation Homes, Vacation Rentals, View Properties Comments Off

Vacation homes are a special passion of mine.  In 2007 I bought a beautiful vacation home in Pacific Beach – 15 miles north of Ocean Shores.  I’ve been operating the home...

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12 Coastal Homes with Ocean Views under 3 Hour Drive from Seattle

by on December 31, 2010 in Grays Harbor county, Investment, Vacation Rentals, View Properties Comments Off

The closest ocean beaches to Seattle are found in Grays Harbor county. 50 miles of wide sandy beaches....

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