The as-is deskOlder houses, from Proctor to South Tacoma
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Questions Tacoma and Pierce County sellers ask me, answered at length and in plain terms: closing costs, foreclosure deadlines, tenants, divorce, the new zoning and the smelter plume.
Washington’s seller disclosure form, Form 17, asks if you know of soil contamination on the property, so if your yard was sampled or cleaned up, or you otherwise know about arsenic or lead in the soil, it belongs on the form. You aren’t required to test. Looking up your address on the Department of Ecology’s Dirt Alert map is a sensible first step, and an attorney can confirm exactly how to word your answers.
A line by line look at a Washington seller’s closing costs: excise tax, title, escrow, prorated taxes, payoff and commission, explained for Tacoma.
Yes, until the trustee’s sale. How Washington’s foreclosure clock runs, why the real deadline to sell comes earlier, and who to call in Pierce County.
Home in Tacoma rezoned single-house lots as UR-1, UR-2 and UR-3. How to check your zone, what builders look for, and how their offers differ.
When tenants can stay, when state law requires 90 days’ notice, what Tacoma’s rental code adds, and how showings work.
Community property, temporary orders, buyouts and holding proceeds in escrow.
Call me at 206.940.0942, or send the address and a line about what’s happening with the house. I’ll give you an answer for your street and your deadline.
