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A Great Liquidation Event: Predicting the Future of Real Estate as Baby Boomers Retire
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A Great Liquidation Event: Predicting the Future of Real Estate as Baby Boomers Retire

FutureCast Forum member and wealth manager, Brian Evans, road-maps the opportunity for Delaware Statutory Trusts allowing landlords to divest, diversify and downsize in retirement.

Sponsored by Realogics, Inc. About 76 million American children were born between 1946 and 1964 and some 10,000 of these folks are now retiring every day, well sort of. Many have acquired significant portfolios of investment properties like rental houses, small apartment buildings and retail shopping centers that require active management. So, while they may be…

OK Seattle, If You Must Use an Umbrella Let's Set a Few Ground Rules

OK Seattle, If You Must Use an Umbrella Let’s Set a Few Ground Rules

What’s the proper way to use an umbrella in a city whose number one claim to fame is rain?

Last year’s rainy “season” was one of the city’s wettest on record. With this year’s wet months about to begin, we gear up for the annual awkward follies of windblown, inside-out umbrellas, sidewalk turf wars and ’brella-spreading on public transportation. Seattle magazine staff—despite the ongoing debate as to whether “real” Seattleites use umbrellas—offer these essential…

Families Dealing With Opioid Addiction Split Over Safe-Consumption Sites

Families Dealing With Opioid Addiction Split Over Safe-Consumption Sites

In King County, and across the country, the opioid epidemic is only growing larger. But agreeing on a solution remains elusive.

King County Heroin and Opioid Trends

Parking on Capitol Hill Might Cost More During Your Next Night Out

Parking on Capitol Hill Might Cost More During Your Next Night Out

Say goodbye to free parking after 8 p.m.

Once the parking meter changes kick in, you might just want to skateboard to Capitol Hill.

We Have Never Needed an Epic Northwest Road Trip More Than Now

We Have Never Needed an Epic Northwest Road Trip More Than Now

Fortunately, we have some incredible options.

Despite the ever-thickening traffic in this city, there has never been a better time—nor have we had more of a need—to take time out for an escape. And how lucky we are that we can just hop into a car, drive in any direction from Seattle and find ourselves in a multitude of landscapes. Fall…

Wait, This Ohio City Has a Hotter ‘Hipster’ Housing Market Than Seattle?

Wait, This Ohio City Has a Hotter ‘Hipster’ Housing Market Than Seattle?

A Midwest city tops Seattle in an unconventional real estate ranking.

Can being a millennial in Ohio be more fun than this “hipster Seattle” stock photo?

Seattle's Scorching Housing Market Joining the Ranks of Global Cities
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Seattle’s Scorching Housing Market Joining the Ranks of Global Cities

Market experts share their opinions on Seattle's meteoric future as a global city on the rise.

The burgeoning East Village of downtown Seattle where dozens of high-rise projects are in planning and development including NEXUS (front and center) – currently the only new condominium amidst a sea of apartments.

Whole Foods’ Low, Low Prices Under Amazon Were Too Good To Be True

Whole Foods’ Low, Low Prices Under Amazon Were Too Good To Be True

New study shows Whole Foods isn't getting as cheap as we thought.

You almost had us, Bezos.

Once One of Seattle's Highest Crime Areas, High Point Has Transformed Into a Thriving, Diverse Community

Once One of Seattle’s Highest Crime Areas, High Point Has Transformed Into a Thriving, Diverse Community

When West Seattle’s low-income High Point neighborhood was redeveloped more than a decade ago, it was a bold experiment to create a thriving neighborhood of residents from different income and demographic backgrounds.

High Point, on the southeast edge of West Seattle, offers residents plenty of room to roam outdoors with pathways and parks located throughout the planned community.

Seattle Artist's 3-D Tattoos Are a Huge Hit With an Unlikely Group

Seattle Artist’s 3-D Tattoos Are a Huge Hit With an Unlikely Group

Breast cancer survivors increasingly seek out Eric Eye's restorative tattoos.

Trick of the Eye Breast cancer survivors are grateful for Eric Eye’s 3-D tattoo artistry

Cupcake Royale Van Engulfed in Flames, Snarls Morning Traffic

Cupcake Royale Van Engulfed in Flames, Snarls Morning Traffic

The van caught fire on the Alaskan Way Viaduct this morning.

RIP Pinkie the van.

National Home-Building Giants Flock to Moneyed New Seattle

National Home-Building Giants Flock to Moneyed New Seattle

An invasion of national firms has changed the home-building market here.

Quadrant Homes; The company has three townhome sites, including Breva in Bellevue near the planned light-rail line.

As King County Grapples With Heroin Addiction, Another Lethal Drug is on the Rise

As King County Grapples With Heroin Addiction, Another Lethal Drug is on the Rise

One local expert calls an increase in methamphetamine overdoses “the most significant trend in drug-related mortality.”

Since 2010, meth overdoses have risen rapidly in King County.

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