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As an active Real Estate Broker licensed in Portland Oregon I get all kinds of questions about Real Estate in Portland and in general. One question that I have been getting quite a bit lately is ” How’s the Portland Market doing now?, I hear it’s kind of slow! “.  I just love this one. I am always kind when I answer matter of factly that ” you know of course all Real Estate is Local”. I then go on to ask the key question. Are you currently trying to sell your home? If not, are you... Read Full Story

I am a little bit of an “Old School” Agent. I still believe in the personal touch. I rarely show a home for sale that I have not personally viewed first. To do this means that I am out daily viewing homes.  I not only preview homes that meet my clients needs I also am looking for homes that are ” Hot Buys ” and ” Fixer Uppers “. While previewing a series of listings in North Portland for a few of my clients who are constantly looking for that next great College Rental property I came... Read Full Story

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Lately I have seen something you never seen before. That’s right a Seller who accepts not one not even two but several offers on the same piece of property. This just does not seem possible. After all they only have one home to sell yet Seller’s are accepting offer after offer . Not only that but their Real Estate agents and Brokers in Portland Oregon are encouraging them to do so. How can this be? Someone is bound to be upset . Yet the Buyer’s do not seem to mind. They go about there way... Read Full Story

Been looking for that perfect home in Portland Oregon but don’t quite have enough money to swing it? Perhaps you do have a bit of money for the down but there are just too many repairs to make it work? Well this could be your day! Thanks to the Portland Development Commission and Uncle Sam under the Neighborhood Stabilzation Program $50,000 secondary loans will soon be availlable. For more information about What it is and How can you get your Share stop by my web site at www... Read Full Story

Market Action Report , Source : RMLS Oregon for Residential Listings The Portland Metro market activity continues to grow in 2009 although it is still slightly behind 2008 levels for the same reporting period last year. March 2009 closed sales grew by 382% pending sales were up 28.3% over February 2009. Inventory levels also dropped to 12 months, it’s lowest since October 2008. Average and Median sales price however continued to drop by 11.8% and 14% respectively for the month of March... Read Full Story

Some of us seen it coming. Some of us even predicted that it would come. Yet many of us did not even notice while even more didn’t seem to care. Yet from that very first step the handwriting was on the wall. That first step towards cheaper goods. That first sale that caused your jaw to drop. Wow what fantastic bargains those seemed to be. Fast forward to today. I stepped into a local retailer known for there periodic sales on clothing goods. Thinking to myself that it might be a good time... Read Full Story

The one thing that most Attorneys , Medical Dr.’s and Real Estate Brokers have in common is expertise in their fields with very little Star Power.  I am talking about the type of Star Power that gives you instant recognition and authority. Certainly yourTitle presumes you have the knowledge and ability to carry out the work. How many of us though have been terribly disappointed in the performance of someone we had hired and presumed that they would perform the way we anticipated? Of the... Read Full Story

Pardon ME if I give you the confused Dog look . But I ran into something a while ago that definitely was perplexing. Do you have your ears perked up! I was doing a little Surfing on the Net. I was looking for Real Estate agents web sites hoping to find some that would be interested in exchanging links. A great way to get additional Exposure for your Listings by the way. I came across what appeared to be someone advertising a couple of properties for sale in an area that I really like. The... Read Full Story

I guess we all know how difficult a busy  RE/MAX_Office   can be and ours is certainly no exception. It has to be a tedious job coming into a Real Estate  office daily just to handle the phones. As Agent’s I guess we all get so busy it is easy to overlook all the wonderful things these hard working people do for us to keep the machine running. That’s why it was such a shock to us all that morning when we came into the office and found that Sandy ( dear dear Sandy ) had quit to pursue other... Read Full Story