Assignment #5

Searching the Internet

Name: ______

Note: Links to all of websites referenced in this assignment can be found on our websites webpage at

Task I:

1. The King County Assessor’s Web Site:

a. Go to the King County Assessor’s website at Click on the “Look Up Property Info” link in the left menu. Then click the EReal Property link.

b. Look up this parcel number and tell me who owns this house: 051870-0080

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c. What is the total appraised value for the 2017tax year? ______

d. Now look up the house at 1716 36TH AVE Seattle, 98122

d1. Who owns this house? ______

d2. What is the total appraised value for the 2017tax year? ______

e. Look up: 1711 Lake Washington Blvd S Seattle, Wa 98144

e1. What is the Parcel Number for this property: ______

e2. Who owns this property: ______

2. The Seattle Department of Planning and Development website.

  1. 1. Go to the Department of Planning and Development site: Check the “Permit and Complaint History” to see if there was a complaint in 2015 for the property at: 5246 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA. Hint: Be sure to check the “Property and Building Complaints” checkbox to see the complaints.

What is the description of the complaint? ______

2. Use Google Maps ( Enter the address and see if you still the evidence of nature of complaint described.

  1. The owner of the property at 505 NE 88th St, Seattle, Wa applied for a permit to do what? ______

3. Using this parcel number you found in 1e1 above for the property at 1711 Lake Washington Blvd S, go to the King County Taxes website at . Click on the “Pay Property Taxes” link in the left menu and then the “Pay Now” link. Use the parcel number you found for this property and tell me what the owners’ property taxes are for 2016: (Not what they currently owe but rather the “Total Billed” for 2016) ______

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4. Google Map ( then click on maps)

a. Use google maps to search for your house/condo/apt. When you find it, click on the map, and satellite buttons to view your house in those different ways. Use the zoom view to zoom in on your house and zoom out. Click and drag the yellow person icon and place him in front of your house. Now view your house and try to “drive” down your street. Practice with the zoom in and zoom out features. Fun, hunh?

b. Now your client needs to meet you at the Mortgage office downtown tomorrow afternoon but he doesn’t know how to get there.

Your client is coming from Northwest Hospital on North 115th .

Do a google search to find the address of NorthwestHospital:

Its address is: ______

c. Use google maps to find the directions from Northwest Hospital to the Key Bank Mortgage Loan Office at: 1329 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101.

How many miles is it by car between Northwest Hospital and the bank? ( Assume you take the I-5 South route. ) ______What’s the approx. travel time by car without traffic? ______

5. Google or Bing Images.

Use google or bing and perform an image search on house keys. Find a house key photo that looks good to you. Right-click on it and then select “save picture as” from the menu. Give your picture a meaningful name and save it to your personal storage device. Now insert it here in the box provided below. (In Word, Insert/Picture)

6. Use Google to fine definitions of words:

Use google to determine the definition of: eminent domain. (i.e. type: define eminent domain)

Write the definition here: ______

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7. Northwest Multiple listing service website ( Suppose your client is interested in a house that has a minimum of 3-bedrooms and 2-bathrooms in Shoreline and is looking for a home within the $500,000 to $550,000 price range. Search the Northwest Multiple list service website and find provide the following.

What’s the least expensive house that’s currently on the market in Shoreline that meets your client’s requirements?

a. Price: ______b. Address: ______

Task II:

A. Go to and determine the estimated value of: 9715 Linden Ave N, Seattle, Wa 98103.

What is the “zestimate” for this home? ______

B. Scroll down to view more info. about the house.

How many bedrooms does it have? _____ How many bathrooms? ______

What type of heating does it have? ______

C. Experiment and play around in zillow so that you feel comfortable with what this site has to offer and how it works. Look up your house or a house of someone you know!

Task III:

Now let’s look at It’s another website designed to provide data.

Search Redfin for the same house as in item A above (97115 Linden Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103).

A. What is the Redfin estimate for this home? ______

B.What type of heating does it say this home has? ______

Moral of the story: The information on these sites are not always accurate.

C.Now let’s use redfin.com to search Burien for condos (not house, townhouses, or multi-family houses, etc.) in the $200,000-$250,000 price range that have a minimum of 2 bedrooms that are currently on the market. To start, search in Redfinfor Burien, Wa. Thenuse the filters to specify “condos”, the price range, number of bedrooms, etc.

State the address and the asking price of the property shown for sale that is the least expensive that met these requirements.

Address: ______Asking Price:______

D. Look up your house and a house of a friend of yours. Experiment with the redfin and zillowsites until you feel comfortable with them and are familiar with the information they can provide.

Task IV:

Explore the realtor.com () site. Assume your client would is looking for house in Mountlake Terrace. Price range: $400,000 to $450,000. Perform a search using realtor.com. What is the address (and price) of the most expensive house on the market that meets this criteria?

Address: ______Price: ______

What to submit:

1. This assignment with the blanks filled in (and the House Keys picture inserted). Please submit in the assignment 5 dropbox in canvas.

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