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THE FLAWED HOMEBUYER

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YOUR PRIVATE ISLAND

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TABLE OF CONTENTS The flawed homebuyer..........P. 4 Lenders warming to less-thanperfect mortgage borrowers.

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An island of your own not so unusual, and sometimes priced right.

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320 S Burlington Blvd Burlington, WA 98233 (360) 755-9494

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Sedro-Woolley $299,500 Prime location with high density of traffic. 3 buildings all heated and insulated. Just more than half an acre. MLS# 1089598

Mount Vernon $379,900 Enjoy this 3 bd/2 ba spacious rambler on .78 acres in Forest Estates near Eaglemont Golf Course. Quiet & Private w/ Cedar trees, large decks, swing set & hot tub in a fenced backyard. Updated vinyl windows, laminate, carpeting & a new roof. Large 340sf Shop w/ power. Attached garage & carport. MLS# 1346461 Call WilMa, 661-1631

Burlington $555,500 One level, newly renovated 2620 sf home + flexible 850 sf unit. Main home has 3 bd, 2.5 ba, fam room & 2 offices + a full 950 sf bsmt. Open floor plan has All new vinyl flooring, quartz countertops, carpeting, LED lighting, wood fireplace & gas furnace. Convenient Location. MLS# 1362822 Call Mike, 540-1341

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Charlie & Jeannie Boon 708-9645

Lisa Boon Meyer 708-1415

Call Wilma, 661-1631 or Jim, 708-1681

Jim Stransky 708-1681

Kirk Campbell 770-7470

Ron Van Pelt 333-1045

Elizabeth Detillion 708-8800

Sedro-Woolley $315,000 Original owner says time to sell! 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath. 1809 SF. open floor plan.

Efficient kitchen opens to dining and living room w/gas fireplace. Upstairs family room, 2 nice size bedrooms + Spacious master suite with 2 walk in closets and a private bath. Nice community with park and play areas. MLS# 1363112 Call ron, 333-1045

Mount Vernon $350,000 One of the last building sites on Big Lake. Rare Southwest location. Huge new dock for access to your home and water toys.

Quiet end of the lake w/lots of wild life. Private. Own your own piece of paradise! MLS# 1365268

Mount Vernon $575,000 Home features 2538 SF, 4 bedrooms, & 2 1/2 bath. Built in 2015, w/ upgrades thru out quartz counters, vaulted ceilings, nat. gas fireplace & hardwood floors. Slider off great room opens to large covered patio and beautiful, open backyard. 3-car att. garage, storage shed, & RV parking. MLS# 1347360 Call Charlie, 708-1415 or Jeannie, 708-9645

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Debbie Benjamin 708-8780

Tony Zimmermann 420-0501

Jessica Treat 840-3446

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Traci Erickson Property Manager 755-5555

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Sedro-Woolley $285,900 3 BD home with a huge 24 x 28 shop. New roof, fresh paint, & a lg updated kitchen. This home has fabulous light, bright rooms & a lg fenced yard. Plenty of parking. Close downtown.

1/2 bath in shop with hot water. MLS# 1336340 Call elizabeth, 708-8800

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Patty Fakkema Island County Manager 360.679.5055

Eldon Brown Skagit County Manager 360.707.2158

Shelley Miner Burlington Escrow Manager/LPO 360.707.2312

Christa Canell Freeland Escrow Manager/LPO 360.331.4838

Kari Pittenridge Oak Harbor Manager/LPO 360.679.5055

Brandi Jensen Stanwood Escrow Manager/LPO 360.629.9737

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COMMERICAL/INDUSTRIAL BUILDING...8,000SF of ground floor space with reception area, office space, & large display room. 4 roll up doors, 2nd floor with 4,500SF of space that includes a 2 BDRM apartment. $7,000 per/mo. #1342601

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Beautifully updated home with great location. Mature landscaping provides privacy for this large lot. Brand new wrap around deck and remodeled kitchen with granite counters and new appliances. Fantastic master bath. New roof & new insulation in 2016. Wet bar downstairs could easily be converted to a full kitchen for a MIL. Second W/D hookup upstairs.

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ACREAGE…2 separate properties across from each other for sale. One parcel with 39 acres, another with 73. Beautiful views of surrounding mtns, build your dream home! Call for more details on these properties!

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The Flawed Homebuyer

be half or more of monthly income, and who have less than a five percent down payment will likely be rejected.

But improve on one or more of those measures, like put ten percent down or have a credit score of 620, and you might be approved.

“Ask to be pre-qualified,” suggests Bai. Typically offered for free, prequalification is not a firm commitment to give you a mortgage, but it’s a good way to size up your chances.

If you’re seeking a small mortgage, less than $70,000, your odds are being rejected are greater. That’s because lending firms don’t want to spend time an extensive study on mortgage mortgages than did in the previous evaluating these loans, which are too application rejections. “normal” period, probably because they small to be profitable. One way to Among the findings indicating that think it’s futile to apply. boost your chances is to apply with a lending standards are settling back into Here, one of the Urban Institute local bank, since regulations require long-term norms: In 2013, 41 percent researchers, Bing Bai shares his a certain amount of lending to fund of applicants with poor credit profiles findings on lending standards now. purchases of low-cost homes. were denied, but in 2017 the rate “Low credit profile” or LCP borrowers Look for VA and FHA mortgages. dropped to 32 percent. with a FICO score below 580, and During normal and “tight” market Still, a lot fewer borrowers with whose regularly occurring monthly debt conditions, these government-backed poor credit profiles are applying for [with the new mortgage payment] would loans are more forgiving.

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utting off home buying because you think you won’t be approved for a mortgage?

Well, the market is getting back to “normal”, meaning that the strict standards lenders adopted in the wake of the foreclosure crisis to reject risky applicants are waning.

Researchers at the non-profit Urban Institute recently completed

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Call Cory Kiehn, 360-441-1760 #1363035

303 Brittany Street, Mount Vernon $348,000 Immaculate home on Mount Vernon Hill area.

Wonderful floor plan with 4 bedrooms, open layout. Master suite with walk-in closet, double vanity and separate tub and shower. Well-kept home has a large, sunny, fenced yard, covered front porch, stone accents. Close to medical district, shopping and I-5.

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800 Finley Lane, La Conner $675,000 Beautiful custom-built home tucked back off the main road & surrounded by Skagit farm land, offering unbelievable views of Mount Baker, flower/herb gardens & specialty trees that are providing a bird sanctuary. Open floor plan, gourmet kitchen w/high end appliances, two Master Suites, huge rec room on the upper level with views from every window. Plenty of RV parking, completely fenced from the front of the home to the back. Wrap around porch in the front and a large deck off the kitchen.

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OPEN HOUSE SAT., SEPT. 29TH, 12-3 3813 W. 11th Street, Anacortes

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Spectacular views of the Guemes & Bellingham Channels & Canadian Mountain Range from this custom Rock Ridge rambler. High end finishes & attention to details throughout w/heated acid etched concrete floors, fir detailing & walls of built-ins. Gorgeous galley kitchen is open to living/dining & boasts custom cabinets w/pull outs & butler’s pantry.

Elegant master suite w/fireplace & granite shower, 2 additional beds/baths. Oversized

729 Bennett Street, Sedro-Woolley $289,000 Beautifully remodeled turn of the century home in the heart of Sedro Woolley. This spacious home has extensive interior updates including bamboo hardwoods on main floor, gorgeous downstairs bathroom with tiled tub/shower and granite vanity, updated plumbing/wiring, and completely remodeled kitchen with stainless appliances and new lighting throughout. Exterior updates include new 30 yr roof, gutters, entry porch, patio and fully rebuilt garage off rear alley. Home is move in ready...a must see!

Call Brett Johnson, 360-661-3825 #1347836

2314 Dover Drive, Anacortes $765,000 The best in Anacortes living! Enjoy breathtaking views of Burrows Bay, Olympic Mountains and sailboats entering and leaving Skyline Marina! Morning walks through your garden gate to Tugboat Park and beach!

Rare Skyline level corner lot makes for great gardening and entertaining. This meticulously updated Cape Cod beach home features two bedrooms, main floor living, stunning contemporary kitchen, Saltillo tile throughout, and 42-foot-long viewing deck with glass wind screen.

Call Bob Hyde, 360-661-0756 #1363703

garage & shop space; stamped concrete patio on a quiet cul-de-sac.

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14259 Beaver Lake Road, Clear Lake $1,250,000 Large home, with view, on 82.5 acres of income producing land with fertile soil. Two large barns plus 24’x36’ shop. New well drilled recently plus

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3810 Sutton Place, Anacortes $410,000 Come sit on the charming covered porch.

This two-story home features the living room, dining room & kitchen on main level.

Huge master with sitting area, two additional bedrooms & a study, plus laundry room on second level. Property is at the end of a cul-de-sac & is just a few short miles from Washington Park or Old Town Anacortes.

Two car garage plus an additional work space for all your gear. Fully fenced yard, deck, covered porch & fire pit provide lots of outdoor enjoyment.

Call Donna Cunningham, 770-335-7513 #1357441

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Wire Smarts Question:

We’re going to settlement next week. The closing agent has asked that we wire funds to them – what does this mean?

Answer:

When you buy real estate the biggest issue that concerns sellers and lenders is that you’re able to complete the transaction. In part, this means you have enough cash to fund a down payment and all closing costs.

Lenders know you have the money because they’ve checked your accounts. Sellers know you have such funds because your loan was approved.

If it’s an all-cash transaction, steps have been taken to assure you have the dollars to close the deal.

Everyone knows the money is there. You next have to move the money from your account to the

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closing agent. There are three generally-accepted ways to do this.

You get a cashier’s check from your bank, which is payable to the closing agent. With a cashier’s check the issuing bank guarantees that the funds are available. The money comes from the bank so the check can’t bounce. The bank in turn takes money from your account to pay for the cashier’s check.

A certified check is a payment from your funds that’s guaranteed by the bank. Naturally, the bank won’t certify a check unless the cash is in place to assure payment.

If you look at cashier’s check and certified checks, you can see they are physical pieces of paper. The must be moved from your bank to the closing agent.

Since we live in the electronic era why use checks at all? Why not pay electronically? Your bank can electronically send—or “wire”—funds to the closing agent’s account.

Bank policies regarding wire transfers vary.

Speak with the bank well before settlement to assure you know how the process works and the requirements involved. Speak with the closing

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agent well in advance to know when the money has to be delivered.

And since we live in the electronic era, guess what? Crooks are trying to steal wire transfer money. The way it works is that you get a seemingly-official letter or email from the closing agent with wiring instructions. Everything looks correct but the account number has been changed so that following the “instructions” will actually send the money to the thief’s account.

If you want to wire funds to your closing agent that’s fine. Before sending the money, call the closing agent and confirm the wiring instructions.

Is the information correct? Go through the particulars of the instructions, such as the recipient account, word for word and number by number to assure they are correct. Better to be safe than poorer.

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Your Private Island

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An island of your own not so unusual, and sometimes priced right

Warehouse, Burlington Business Park, 840 sq. ft. of office, 4,000 sq. ft. warehouse. 12 x 14 drive in door and loading dock, gas heat and air conditioning. Call Allen Brown at 360-770-9877.

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magine owning the only house on a slice of land and all that’s around you is water, except maybe a single elevated roadway or narrow bridge.

Call it a private island, not like Castaway or Gilligan’s Island but a place with 20-100 acres or so that’s accessible by boat and maybe by car, too. Consider scenic views, a dock, boat ramp, woods, wildlife and a beach, too.

The odds of such a place on first thought would be unusual. But islands for sale with a single home are hardly unheard of, and while prices can be in eight figures, they also can be well below $1 million.

Realtor.com in a 2016 article listed eight private islands which were for sale right then.

“With the weather warming up and our thoughts turning to summer, we fantasized about the ultimate escape. A true getaway.

Namely, a private island. Really.

Think of the benefits! No more crowded beaches, sold-out hotels, or blackout dates,” author Claudine Zap wrote.

They ranged from the astronomical, $95 million at Key Largo, Florida, to the bargain rate, $298,000 in Tower, Minnesota.

“OK, OK ... owning an island in Minnesota might not have the same cachet as a Hawaiian oasis, but it has some solid selling points,” she says. “An affordable price, for one, which gets you a main house, guesthouse, dock for fishing and swimming, and lovely views of the state park coastline.”

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Zap also notes that private islands can be pricey following the purchase. “After you score your island home, there can be extra expenses, including a caretaker’s salary, some upkeep, and usually a boat — and that gas isn’t cheap.

But the upside: ‘You can own your own little piece of the world,’ says Private Islands founder and CEO Chris Krolow.”

Vladi Private Islands, a global company with offices in Germany, Canada, New Zealand, China, lists 35 properties for sale in the United States mostly in the Northeast.

They include two Long Islands, in Michigan for $1,395,000 and $19.9 million in South Carolina; Whiskey Island in New York; and Potato Island in Connecticut.

Along with islands, there are two isolated farms in Colorado and a 4,000-acre “oasis” in Arizona. And vacationers can rent 11 properties, including East Brother Island, California for $295 a day.

Meanwhile, Private Islands lists 135 properties in 24 states and Puerto Rico on sites from 1 acre to 4,680 acres. Florida has the most private islands at 33 followed by Maine at 16 South Carolina, 14 and New York, 12.

“From Alaska to Florida, the United States is possibly the most geographically diverse country in the world,” Private Islands says

on its website. “The majority of American private islands properties are located near the eastern seaboard, especially in Maine, New York and Florida.

Islands for sale in the US range from tropical Florida keys to rugged lodges in Alaska,” it says.

“Naturally, the weather varies as widely as the country’s terrain.

Florida’s proximity to the Caribbean means hurricanes are a seasonal issue just as winters in Maine are never conducive to water sports,” according to Private Islands.

Among the deals is 1 acre Pine Island in Maine. Listing the sale price at $550,000, Vladi calls it a “private island on a 4,800 acre lake that abounds with endless recreational activities.

Only 2 hours north of Boston and 30 minutes north of Portland, easily accessible. Savor the early morning sunrises and end the day with spectacular sunsets after a day of fishing for salmon, bass, trout or pickerel.

“Pine Island is about three miles from the public landing or marina. There’s a cozy Hansel and Gretel style cottage with an upstairs sleeping loft, surrounded by cathedral pines that stretch to the sky with meandering paths around the island. Loons nesting on the beach are your only neighbors.”

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3789 e DiviSion ST, MounT vernon Great 10 10+ acres for higher

$835,000

acre development property end homes or Planned Unit Development. Amenities include: Public Utility District water, Cascade Natural Gas, Puget Power (Puget Sound Energy), high speed internet, city garbage pick-up and access to city sewer.

Beautiful wooded property with territorial view and open park-like setting.

Includes vintage home with basement and detached garage, and is currently Danya Wolf 360-708-8294 rented. MLS#1299587

7358 SKaGiT vieW Dr, ConCreTe

John Hunter

360-202-3086 360-202-3854

Looking for a fun, relaxing place to GET AWAY? This lot, within walking distance of lake, pools etc, is ALWAYS ready for YOU. Offers slab/patio, storage, utilities. Arrive when you want, stay as long as you want, and leave when you feel like it. Gated community offers year-round fishing (no permit needed), swimming pools, community beach, boating, hiking, other sports & activities, or just plain relaxing and enjoying nature to its fullest. Create the vacation experience YOU desire EVERY Shirley Bertholf TIME! MLS#1297435 360-840-1863

Lake TYee

$419,500 Beautiful Burlington home, with large shop, outbuilding, greenhouse, fruit trees, large yard to play in. Home is in immaculate shape inside and out.

Excellent location with low traffic, lots of parking on paved driveway. Inside of home boasts dining room, big living room & hardwood floors and carpeting. Shop is spacious 26x34 and Brett Tacker heated! MLS# 1350208 360-840-7931

loT 18 TrilliuM lane, ConCreTe

$29,900

Lovely future building site requisite on using water catchment system to obtain building permit. Power to the property.

Nicely treed level tract of land with open area ready for building in the future.

Paved street. Walking distance to Rasar Danya Wolf 360-708-8294 State Park! MLS# 1254912

23786 KaMlooP CT., MounT vernon

$155,000

Large lot in Nookachamp Hills Community. Beautiful country setting overlooks a private lake for you to enjoy. Less than 10 minute drive to the city of Mount Vernon. All utilities are stubbed to the lot.

MLS# 1059504

Yolanda Sakuma

360-421-0435

$79,900

1618 uniSon PlaCe, MounT vernon $854,000 Classic large home on the 12th Fairway Golf eaGLeMONT Course in beautiful Eaglemont. 3 stories with plenty of room. New carpeting and all new stainless steel appliances and granite counters.

Gracious entertaining with living room, formal dining & kitchen w/great room & atrium.

Curved staircase to Lg. Master & walk-in Closet & 5 piece bath & 4 bedrooms, 2 bath. Downtairs with spacious family room, wet bar, pool table, sauna, 2 bedroom & 2 bath, fireplace, ready for your guest, 3 car garage & tile roof! Elva Hunter MLS# 1234575 360-202-3086

xxx DaiSy lane, laKe SixTeen, MounT vernon

neW PriCe $599,000

Enjoy amazing sunsets from over 1500’ of westerly facing waterfront. You’ll have complete privacy on 25 park like acres with a fully stocked fishing lake.

Best of all, Lake 16 is only 5 minutes to the freeway, 30 minutes to Everett, 30 minutes to Bellingham (time approx). Parcel is serviced by a newly paved road as well as Skagit County PUD water nearby.

Property is sub-dividable or keep as a personal estate. There is nothing else like this currently available, you will be duly impressed!

Danya Wolf

Carla Fischer Yolanda Sakuma

360-708-8294 360-982-0010 360-421-0435

fOR vOTing

Skagit tradition realty BEST REal ESTaTE OfficE!

Ready to build level lot with 3 bedroom septic in place.

Power and water on property. Trees provide privacy. Gated boat launch, community beach access, tennis courts, large gazebo and community park.

Carla Fischer Suzanne Jenkins MLS# 1363180 360-982-0010 360-941-2983

360.424.0300

3780 E. College Way, Mount Vernon

www.skagittraditionrealty.com 1801497

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