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Buying Guidance
What it costs, how the process works, and how to coordinate a purchase with a sale: the articles first-time and move-up buyers ask for most.
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Buying Guidance
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Every post filed under Buying Guidance, written by managing broker Joe Perkins and updated as the market moves.
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Buying Guidance · 2026-08-07 · 5 min read
How to Buy and Sell at the Same Time
Selling one home and buying another at the same time is the move-up buyer's biggest coordination challenge. Here is the playbook Joe Perkins uses in South King County.
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Buying Guidance · 2026-07-24 · 5 min read
Black Diamond and Bonney Lake Buying Costs
Median prices, minimum down payments, and the real costs of buying in Black Diamond and Bonney Lake, Washington in 2026.
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Every article is grounded in real South King County transactions.
Joe Perkins, Managing Broker with John L Scott, has guided buyers and sellers across Maple Valley, Black Diamond, Bonney Lake, and Greater South King County since 2007. The advice on this blog comes from that work, not from headlines.
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