159 S Narwhal Loop Sw

Ocean Shores, Washington, 98569

Tax DeedpendingSells Sep 13, 2026 · tomorrow

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Opening bid

$180,991

Assessed value

$252,718

Land $48,000Improvement $204,718

Market / AVM

$312,000

Taxes owed

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Parcel number: 090700060400
Case number: —
Land use: Residential
Beds / baths: 2 bd · 0 ba
Building: 858 sqft
Acreage: 0.18
Lot size: 7,700 sqft
Year built: 2004
Owner of record: —
Last sale: $153,000 · 2017-07-24

Property facts enriched via realestateapi · 8/25/2026

Aerial view of 159 S Narwhal Loop Sw — the parcel — Aerial imagery from the USGS National Map. Flown on a multi-year cycle — it shows the site as photographed, which may predate clearing, construction or demolition. Not evidence of current condition.

Aerial view of 159 S Narwhal Loop Sw — what is around it — Aerial imagery from the USGS National Map. Flown on a multi-year cycle — it shows the site as photographed, which may predate clearing, construction or demolition. Not evidence of current condition.

County records

Official appraiser / assessor — free, always available. Copy the parcel number if the link opens a search page.

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Grays Harbor County rules

Sale type: Tax Deed
Redemption: None once the county treasurer's deed issues (3-year delinquency threshold before that)
Return if redeemed: N/A — outright deed transfer
Statute: Revised Code of Washington Ch. 84.64

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Historical comps

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Liens that survive

Tax Judgment Deeds convey only the interest the county may legally transfer and do not warrant clear title. Federal liens and unjoined interests can survive. Full independent title search essential.

Quiet title

Strongly recommended after purchase given county's explicit no-warranty posture and coastal title complexity.

Verify before you bid

This record was compiled from the published sale list. Parcels are pulled, redeemed, and re-priced up to the moment of sale. Confirm the lot is still in the sale, and confirm the opening bid, directly with the county.

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Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$186,982

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $93,600 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $180,991

Room to bid $5,991

Confidence: medium — ARV from a provider market estimate, not comps.

History-guided suggestion

Pass

History + oracle say stay out or wait — do not chase.

History sample

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Median sold

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p(redeem) prior

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No historical bucket for WA|Tax Deed; suggestion uses oracle only.
No positive suggested bid under ceiling — pass.

Your assumptions

After-repair value (ARV)

Override the derived estimate with real comps

Rehab budget

You cannot inspect before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition

Known surviving liens

Municipal code enforcement, special assessments, federal tax liens

Target margin — 30%

Required profit as a share of ARV. 30% is a common floor for tax-sale flips.

How that number is built

Provider market estimate of $312,000. This is an as-is valuation, not an after-repair one — enter your own comparable-sales figure if the property needs work.

After-repair value: $312,000
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$24,960
Rehabassumed No rehab budget entered — assumed $0. Tax-sale parcels are sold unseen and un-inspected; this is rarely correct.: −$0
Quiet title (required)assumed Midpoint of the typical WA range ($1,800–$5,000, ~5 months).: −$3,400
Deed recording and transferassumed Typical WA recording and deed issuance cost.: −$250
Holding costs (6 months)assumed Taxes, insurance, and securing the property at ~$468/month.: −$2,808
Surviving liensassumed Assumed $0 — not verified. Municipal code-enforcement liens, special assessments, and federal tax liens can survive the sale.: −$0
Target profit (30% of ARV): −$93,600
Maximum bid: $186,982

Before you bid

Rehab is assumed to be $0. You cannot inspect these properties before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition.
Surviving liens assumed $0. A WASHINGTON TAX DEED CAN BE UNWOUND FOR THREE YEARS AND THE RECORD WILL NOT WARN YOU. RCW 84.64.070: "If the real property of any minor, or any person adjudicated to be legally incompetent, be sold for nonpayment of taxes, the same may be redeemed at any time within three years after the date of sale." Nothing in a title search reveals that a former owner was a minor or had been adjudicated incompetent, so this is a latent claim on every Washington parcel for three years. It is the reason quietTitle is marked required in a state whose deed is otherwise clean.
This is the most trustworthy derived ARV in the file — full market value, revalued every year — but the parcel is only physically inspected once every six years, so an annual revaluation is a model applied to a property nobody has looked at recently. On a tax-foreclosure parcel, where deterioration is the norm and is exactly what a model of comparable sales will miss, the assessment is likely to describe a building in better condition than the one being sold. Farm, agricultural, timber and open space land also has its own valuation basis outside RCW 84.40.030 and will sit far below market.

AI risk brief

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