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Maple Valley Short Sale on Acreage $200,000

Maple Valley Short Sale on Acreage $200,000

Here’s your opportunity for affordable, private acreage within the Tahoma School District . This 3 bedroom Silvercrest model manufactured home sits at the back of a very long private drive, surrounded by greenery. The floorplan is a split-bedroom design, with 2 bedrooms and full bath on one end and the spacious master suite on the other. There is a Family room with wood-stove and french doors to side deck, Island Kitchen with Stainless appliances PLUS formal living and dining rooms. The property offers many possibilities including horses or other recreational pursuits. There is a large detached shop with doors, power and water (once used for storing heavy equipment) and lots of room for parking RV’s or boats. The previous owner of this property was in excavation and dug a large pond on the property. It is served by it’s own well (pump repair needed) which can keep the water level up and refreshed. There is a dock to the water’s edge….stock it and fish to your heart’s content! This property is a short sale and will need to be approved the the current lender. More photos and information coming soon, so plesae check back!

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Sunshine and Summertime

Be Safe and have fun!

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Rural Maple Valley Life-I Can’t Complain!

Rural Maple Valley Life-I Can’t Complain!

For years prior to our moving to here, one of my favorite escapes was to drive through rural Maple Valley on a sunny afternoon. I’d go past the Olson Mansion, with the Cascade foothills as a backdrop…through Hobart and the flat horse properties with new and turn of the century homes, cruise through Landsburg, past the Cedar River. I LOVED it! I’m fortunate to have been able to move to rural Maple Valley back in 1994 when my husband and I purchased a home on a few acres. It was a fixer, but we liked the neighborhood and felt as if we had the best of both worlds; room to spread out but a neighborhood setting. I personally believe acreage is a great investment. They aren’t making any more land, and as I say to my husband, “you can change a house, but you can’t add more property to it-usually!” If you’re thinking about buying a home on acreage there are a few things to consider: Are you interested in buying a “non-tract” property? (Meaning, no protective Covenants, no Home Owners Associations?) or would you prefer to have more of a neighborhood feel? There are several acreage neighborhoods in Maple

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Hobart’s Johnny Lazor Field…Home of the Unassisted Triple Play!

Hobart’s Johnny Lazor Field…Home of the Unassisted Triple Play!

There’s a very small baseball field in Hobart, WA where the little guys who like to think they are big guys play T-ball. It’s close to the Hobart Store, where sun flower seeds and gatorades are kept well stocked for the serious players and fans. Several years ago the field was renamed in honor of Hometown boy, Johnny Lazor who was born in Taylor WA (now known as Hobart WA) in 1912. Johnny was a relative late-comer to “The Show” breaking into the big leagues in 1943 at the ripe old age of 30 with the Boston Red Sox. He played 4 years and ended his career with a .263 average. In 1995, almost fifty years after Johnny’s career ended, and well before the field was renamed in his honor, my little guy (who’s not so little anymore) pulled off an unassisted Triple Play as a second baseman. Here’s how it went down: With a runner at first and second, Connor caught a fly ball (out #1), stepped on the second base bag (out #2) and managed to catch the first base runner, who was frozen in the base path like a deer in the headlights.(out #3) Of course at

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