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TACOMA HOMES SOLAR POWER:Washington State mandates profitable buy back rates.  Solar power cuts your power bill; puts money in your pocket.   Homeowners.  Here is your opportunity not only to have free electrical power at home but pick up significant dollars.  Special legislation passed in 2009 c...

Tacoma Homes:  Why would you want to live here?   Well, not everybody wants to live here.  If you're the kind of homebuyer who just wants space to live, who thinks that Tacoma is just the same as Biloxi, Mississippi or Chilicothe, Ohio, then you'd just as well go to live there. But if you underst...

TACOMA SENIORS: Qualify for  Home Loans With Zero Payments.   (Yes.  You read correctly.  You can finance your home and make Zero  mortgage payments!)   Senior Citizens and retirees sometimes find it hard to buy a home.  Besides the usual credit history, banks require a verifiable income.  This c...

HOMESandWEALTH:  Buying foreclosure properties.   Now that you've decided to enter the foreclosure market, you probably will find, in the end, that your best chance of acquiring the property you ( or your tenants ) love and like to come home to,will come to you as a listed property.  ie.  The own...

TACOMA PIERCE REAL ESTATE:  Foreclosures--Are these bargains for you?   We've all heard of the fantastic price discounts.  And today, it is true, most of the best bargains in the market will be found among foreclosed properties. So, if money matters to you, you will be smart to consider the forec...

TACOMA HOMES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT   Nickerson* gives the classic formula of financial success for the beginning investor: *  Choose  a neighborhood that you like.   *  Select a property that is selling for at least 20% below it's real value.   *  Select a property that is undervalued because of...

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When you feel like going out and dancing, where do you go to find:   NICE PEOPLE?*   A FINE HARDWOOD DANCE FLOOR?**   A REAL BAND WITH A DANCEABLE BEAT?***   (Hint:)  try the MERRY MIXERS DANCE CLUB Meets every Friday 12:30 to 3:30 PM.  Coffee at all times; potluck lunch dished up at 1:30. $7 cov...

Concerned parents sometimes try to improve their children's educational progress by maneuvering him into the school with the highest test scores.  This is understandable but leads to more frenzy than success.  (See "Tacoma Schools Test Scores".  But at least frenzied parents are concerned and tha...

We all love a success story.  If you care about dogs and have an interest in Tacoma, Puyallup, or Pierce County this is a great one.  Success?  How about over 300 dogs place in homes in just 2 years!  That's the achievement record of Sunny Sky Dog Rescue which started on E. Main in 2010.  And alw...