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I want to buy
First home or fifth, VA or conventional, ready now or a year out. We tell you what the house will really cost to own, what it'll take to get it financed, and how to write an offer that wins without overpaying.
Lakewood · Tacoma · Pierce County
A brokerage that knows what a house costs to fix, what it takes to finance, and what it rents for.
Most real estate firms sell houses and stop there. North Realty Brokers is run by people who also renovate them, manage them, and sign the loan documents on them. That changes the advice you get — before you offer, before you list, and before you write a check to a contractor.
3Companies under one roof: brokerage, construction, property management
100%Of transactions reviewed by the designated broker
5.0★Zillow rating, designated broker
Free download
The 2026 Washington Homebuyer Guide
Loan programs, down payment assistance, closing costs, and the mistakes that cost Washington buyers the most. Written by our brokers, sent to your inbox.
How can we help?
Three ways people come to us
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I want to sell
A net sheet before you list, pricing from real comparables, and — when a house needs work to sell — our own licensed contractor to do it, paid at closing. Manufactured homes, out-of-state owners, and sellers behind on payments welcome.
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I'm buying an investment
Underwriting from a firm that manages rentals in your submarket every day. Real rent comps, real expense lines, Washington and Tacoma landlord rules mapped before you close — and management on the other side if you want it.
What we know that most brokerages don't
The questions we get asked because nobody else can answer them
These come from doing the work, not from a class. Each one has a plain-English guide you can read before you ever call us.
Will this house pass a VA or FHA appraisal?
Peeling paint, missing handrails, a soft spot in the floor, an unpermitted bedroom. We know which conditions stop a loan and what the cheapest fix is, because our contractor has fixed them.
What repairs actually change the sale price?
Our numbers come from our own job costs in Pierce County, not a national remodeling survey. Paint and flooring usually pay. A kitchen three weeks before listing usually doesn't.
How do I sell a manufactured home?
Title elimination, HUD tags, park approval, chattel versus real-property financing. Most agents won't touch these. We list them regularly.
I got a Notice of Trustee's Sale. What now?
Washington's foreclosure timeline gives you more options than you think, but every one of them has a date attached. Here's the sequence and what each option costs you.
How the firm works
Small on purpose, structured like a bigger shop
Every transaction runs the same way regardless of which broker you work with: the designated broker reviews the file at listing, at mutual acceptance, and before closing, and a dedicated transaction coordinator manages deadlines from contract to keys. Your broker stays your point of contact; the firm stands behind the work.
North Realty BrokersResidential sales and buyer representation. WA Firm #21146.
Clawhammer ConstructionLicensed general contractor. Pre-listing repairs and rehab. CLAWHC*750MW.
Modern Property ManagementLeasing and management for the rentals we help clients buy.
Notary & loan signingRemote and in-person signing for out-of-state and time-pressed sellers.
Separate companies, common ownership. You're never required to use any of them, and we disclose it in writing whenever a referral is made.
Recent closings
Real transactions, real numbers
Every one of these is an actual North Realty Brokers client. Past results don't guarantee a similar outcome — markets and situations differ.
First-time buyer
Lakewood, WA
$385KPurchase price
21 daysTo close
Six months of preparation before they ever wrote an offer. When they were ready, they closed $15,000 under asking.
Condo sale
Federal Way, WA
$295KSold price
11 daysOn market
Priced against the competing units in the same complex, not the county average. Multiple offers, sold at full asking inside two weeks.
Single family
Tacoma, WA
$515KPurchase price
4 offersBeaten
Won a competitive multiple-offer situation on terms rather than price — structure the seller cared about more than another few thousand dollars.
Investment property
Spanaway, WA
$425KPurchase price
8.5%Cap rate
Cash flow projections modeled before the offer went in. A duplex that penciled on day one, not on optimistic rent assumptions.
Not ready to buy yet?
That's still a good reason to call
Roughly half the people who contact us can't buy today. The Home Readiness Program is a free, no-obligation roadmap: which Washington loan programs and down payment assistance you may qualify for, what lenders actually look at, and where to get free HUD-approved counseling. Nothing to sign, no pressure to use us later.
Reviews of our designated broker, Marcus Binion, from buyers and sellers across Pierce and South King County.
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Pick whichever is closest — no forms, no sales calls.
I want to buy a home I want to sell a home I'm looking at investment property I'm not sure I'm ready yet I'm a licensed broker looking at firms Just call us — 253-528-6301