Author Archives: David Losh

About David Losh

My first job in 1969 was painting some car ports on Magnolia. $225 was a lot of money for a kid in those days and I never looked back. Since then I have taken apart and put back together hundreds of places and worked on thousands.

FixerFixer

I’ve put up yet another www.FixerFixer.com site. This site has almost two hundred articles, and has been reinvented about six times. FixerFixer was my first blog. I love working on properties. I have a ton of absolutely useless knowledge from working … Continue reading

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The Business of Real Estate Development

A developer puts deals together with financing. When I first started in business one of my clients was my age, and a Real Estate developer. He put together a half dozen projects around Seattle. The guy bankrupted more than a few contractors by finishing projects … Continue reading

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Does a Fixer Pencil?

A property above I-90, but on the Rainier Avenue side of the hill closed for $400K. It’s an Estate Sale. It’s big. For the past two months people have been painting out side, and inside. I went in this week to see that … Continue reading

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Maintaining rather than Remodel For Sale

Just as an example a house sold, and closed for $1.7 million dollars this week. They were asking $2.2 million due to the extensive remodel. It’s in the same neighborhood of another house that was taken down to the studs, … Continue reading

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Building for Rental Income

This site has had a long hiatus. There hasn’t been much to say about fixing properties. I see projects, spot lot development, and remodels all over town. There is a lot of activity that seems pointless. The market place has … Continue reading

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New direction for Fixer Fixer

We have prepared thousands of properties for sale. Thousands, more than a couple, and more than your Real Estate agent can imagine doing in a career that tops out at about 50 transactions per year. Actually 24 transactions a year … Continue reading

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Great Values in Property

Last night I stopped at another fantastic property value across from Green Lake. I can’t discuss the specific property because it has an offer working on it. That reminds me of another great property sitting above Green Lake that also … Continue reading

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Now is the Time

If you listened to Bernanke today it sounded to me like he was stumped. Stumped is a good thing. Stumped is what we’ve got. Let’s back up to the Bush Presidency, and 9/11. A friend made a comment to me … Continue reading

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Staging a Property for Sale

David Rush at Windermere phrased it best, that what we do is create desire, and calm fears. We talk a lot about preparing properties for sale. Our company, A Spring Cleaning is the result of thirty years of experience working on … Continue reading

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Stone Stacking

These are pictures of Machu Picchu in Peru. It was constructed in 700 AD and these two pictures don’t show the entire planned community. The first time I saw stone stacking was in 1994 in Greece, at a site along … Continue reading

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