Chicken Soup for the HomeBuyers Soul
Important information you'll need to know....
... and fun information you'll want to know. 

Real Estate Investing, Financing Tax & Credit, Government Contacts,
Home Improvement, Home & Garden Decorating & Design

REAL ESTATE INVESTING

Creative Real Estate Investing Online
http://www.creonline.com/
Welcome to the #1 real estate investing site. Visit often to get leading-edge real estate investment information and no money down creative real estate financing techniques. You'll find numerous inspired ways to invest in real estate

Real Estate Association of Puget Sound
http://www.reapsweb.com
Local Real Estate Investment club meets every 3rd Thursday
Tons of opportunity to network with and learn from local like minded people from the beginner to the professional Investor. "I encourage you to attend a meeting to see what its all about"

Daily Journal of Comerce
http://djc.com/no/sp.html
Notices of Trustee Sale and much more

The ABC's of Real Estate
http://www.realestateabc.com/
Everything you ever wanted to know about the current real estate market

HOTvs.NOT Real Estate
http://www.hotvsnot.com/Business/Investing/Real_Estate
Web directory resource

Real Estate Investment Analysis Software
http://www.invest-2win.com/Topics.html
I like the advanced topics page it has a really good Glossary of terms with some great explanations of CAP Rates and much more.

Olympic Rental Association
http://www.olympicrental.com/
Excellent resource for Washington Landlords and Landlord Tenant Law, Prospective tenant screening, rental and lease forms, with a great advisory board

Old Repulic Title
http://www.ortc.com/v2/
Great resorce for Title and Escrow Sevices, including great customer service to get mailing lists and lables to mail to Pre-forclosures.

FINANCING, TAX, AND CREDIT

The ABC's of Mortgage and Home Financing
http://content.realestateabc.com/Default.htm

1031 Exchange
http://www.1031x.com/

Online Credit Report
http://www.creditreport.com/index.asp?src=google&refer=RP5415&sid=1EDR8U71WP7HWW64IMUV50W6DQYSGSXO&offer=&roiid=939342107934219&kwd=Credit%20Report&bhcp=1

Equifax
http://www.equifax.com/

Experian
http://www.experian.com/

TransUnion
http://www.transunion.com/index.jsp

Identity Theft
http://www.fightidentitytheft.com/index.html

My Credit Repair Kit
http://www.mycreditrepairkit.com/doityourselfkit.html?AID=5387731&PID=1492222
If you have less than perfect credit this may be a good site?

Credit Repair: Self Help May Be Best
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/credit/repair.htm

Help fixing my credit report free online by a real person
http://www.oskie.com/equifaxtransunionexperiancredit.htm

CITY, COUNTY, & STATE CONTACTS

Seattle Department of Planning and Development
http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/

King County Assessor
http://www.metrokc.gov/assessor/

Snohomish County Planning and Services
http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/PDS/default.htm

Snohomish County Assessor
http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/Assessor/

Pierce County Planning and Land Services
http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/PDS/default.htm

Pierce County Assessor - Treasurer
http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/pc/abtus/ourorg/at/at.htm

Washington State and Local Government Directory
http://www.statelocalgov.net/state-wa.htm

Seattle Times School Guide
http://schoolguide.seattletimes.nwsource.com/

HOME IMPROVEMENT

Do It Yourself Home Improvement, Repair, Remodeling and Hardware Store
http://doityourself.com/

Lowe's Appliances and Tools: Improving Home Improvement
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=home

Home Improvement Encyclopedia
http://www.bhg.com/bhg/category.jhtml?catref=cat10002

BobVila.com - The Home Improvement, Remodeling and Repair Site
http://www.bobvila.com/

HomeTime
http://www.hometime.com/

Prefab steel building experts at City Steel Buildings
http://www.citysteelbuildings.com/
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HOME & GARDEN DECORATING

HGTV Decorating, Remodeling, Gardening, Entertaining & Crafts ...
http://www.hgtv.com/

Designing Solutions
http://www.designingonline.com/

Better Homes & Gardens
http://www.bhg.com/

Natural Area Rugs
http://www.naturalarearugs.com/sisalarearugs.php

Great Organic products for the garden. Live insects and other hard to find organic gardening items
http://www.gardensalive.com/default.asp

Organic Gardening Shop
http://www.organic-gardening-shop.com
Organic Gardening Shop proudly offers a complete line of all-organic gardening products such as herbicides, fertilizers, insect and pest control, orange oil, and biostimulants. Our Solution Finder helps identify bugs and insects, weeds, diseases, and wildlife problems, with pictures descriptions and remedies.

Gardeners Supply Company
http://www.gardeners.com/default.asp?SC=XNET8019

Organic Farm Produce Deliverd to your door
http://www.organicproduceshoppe.com/

Other Links from our Friends

Outstanding Jewlery Site
http://www.mysolitaire.com

Science of Being Well
http://www.scienceofbeingwell.net/

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