A Portland Real Estate Blog
It’s that time of year, so much to do, so little time it seems. That’s why real estate slows down so much during the holidays. Few people are motivated enough to buy or sell a home once the middle of October hits with Thanksgiving around the corner. Once January rolls around the market gets flooded [...] R
It’s so hard to pick a good Realtor because most people don’t buy homes often enough to get a good gauge on the process and know what to look for or what works for them. Do you pick based on sales? I know a Realtor that had 60 sales in one year and your best [...] Related posts:
Dennis Hope, a Nevada entrepreneur, has been selling lunar real estate, priced at $20/acre, for the last 20 years. By exploiting a loophole created during the 1967 United Nations Outer Space Treaty (the Treaty stated that no country or government could lay claim on extraterrestrial land, but did not mention private individu
The city of Beaverton and the Biggi family have been arguing/negotiating over some land in Beaverton that the city would like to use to build a stadium for the Portland(will they change the name to Beaverton) Beavers. Negotiations broke down and the Mayor started talking about eminent domain. Once he agreed to back off
Last year the Vice President of a major title company was in town to talk about the state of our local housing market. He started off by asking, why is there so much litigation with siding in the Northwest. If you live anywhere in the Portland area you have likely seen whole housing developments with [...] Related posts:
Last year the Vice President of a major title company was in town to talk about the state of our local housing market. He started off by asking, why is there so much litigation with siding in the Northwest. If you live anywhere in the Portland area you have likely seen whole housing developments with [...] Related posts:
90% of the time when I go to list a home the last place they want me to look at is the garage. It is often followed by apologies about how messy it is and then they just trail off. First let me say I have rarely found a buyer who cared what the garage [...] Related posts:
90% of the time when I go to list a home the last place they want me to look at is the garage. It is often followed by apologies about how messy it is and then they just trail off. First let me say I have rarely found a buyer who cared what the garage [...] Related posts:
USDA loans are for what is typically considered rural properties. Those areas are still mapped based on old population numbers. Now you can find new developments and gorgeous homes well within these boundaries. USDA loans require no downpayment and for a few more months there is no mortgage insurance required. The monthly m
USDA loans are for what is typically considered rural properties. Those areas are still mapped based on old population numbers. Now you can find new developments and gorgeous homes well within these boundaries. USDA loans require no downpayment and for a few more months there is no mortgage insurance required. The monthly m
I love (that has changed) the book Freakonomics. I like to look at information counter-intuitively to see what is maybe missing. Such as killing the cats made the plague spread quicker because it was the fleas on the rats that were the real culprit In the video above they don’t look outside the box; they [...] Rel
I love (that has changed) the book Freakonomics. I like to look at information counter-intuitively to see what is maybe missing. Such as killing the cats made the plague spread quicker because it was the fleas on the rats that were the real culprit In the video above they don’t look outside the box; they [...] Rel
I finally found a way to vent my frustration about the lack of response from agents when I was trying to show their listings. It was tough to go back to my client over and over and say, “I’m sorry, they just won’t call back.” I did some minor venting on Twitter and had a [...] Related posts:
I came across an article on WiseBread yesterday titled. “5 Things Our Realtor Told Us That Weren’t True.” I knew it wouldn’t likely be a glowing report for Realtors so I wanted to see what was said. If you read my blog you know that I have issues with what goes on in my industry [...] Related p
I came across an article on WiseBread yesterday titled. “5 Things Our Realtor Told Us That Weren’t True.” I knew it wouldn’t likely be a glowing report for Realtors so I wanted to see what was said. If you read my blog you know that I have issues with what goes on in my industry [...] Related p
(Excuse the distracted talking. I was watching for my clients.) Over the years I have heard agents brag that they never show more than 10 homes to a client. I always sat in disbelief that they would think like this. In my nine years in real estate it has never occurred to me to do [...] Related posts:
(Excuse the distracted talking. I was looking for my clients while talking.) Over the years I have heard agents brag that they never show more than 10 homes to a client. I always sat in disbelief that they would think like this. In my nine years in real estate it has never occurred to me [...] Related posts:
(Excuse the distracted talking. I was looking for my clients while talking.) Over the years I have heard agents brag that they never show more than 10 homes to a client. I always sat in disbelief that they would think like this. In my nine years in real estate it has never occurred to me [...] Related posts:
I will get used to the microphone and not so much heavy breathing. Here is the full PDF to the Portland Metro Area 2011 Market Action Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Email this via Gmail Share this on LinkedIn Clip this to Evernote Digg this! Share this on Reddit Share this on del.icio.us Get Shareaholic [...] Related
I will get used to the microphone and not so much heavy breathing. Here is the full PDF to the Portland Metro Area 2011 Market Action Email this to a friend? Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Digg this! Share this on Technorati Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Reddit Post [...] Related
I have been wanting to do a Good Deal post for quite a while. This one dropped in my lap from Teri Clark the owner of The Sunset Group. I have no idea why I sounded so out of breath so please excuse that. Here are stats on the house. $249,900 2080 sf 4 bedrooms [...] Related posts:
I have been wanting to do a Good Deal post for quite a while. This one dropped in my lap from Teri Clark the owner of The Sunset Group. I have no idea why I sounded so out of breath so please excuse that. Here are stats on the house. $249,900 2080 sf 4 bedrooms [...] Related posts:
“Sexy, to me, is the way you carry what you have. I have a big nose, but I rock it.” - Justin Timberlake. Our Multiple Listing System recently started tracking and reporting view counts on RMLS.com, RMLSweb.com, and when a listing is emailed to a buyer. It’s wonderful because now we can see how many [...
“Sexy, to me, is the way you carry what you have. I have a big nose, but I rock it.” - Justin Timberlake. Our Multiple Listing System recently started tracking and reporting view counts on RMLS.com, RMLSweb.com, and when a listing is emailed to a buyer. It’s wonderful because now we can see how many [...
My last post was about being jealous of a Realtor who did the least possible work to promote his listings but they still sold and he had a massive amount of referral business. He didn’t really give a description, only put the mandatory one photo in the listing, and didn’t add much of anything beyond [...] Rela
My last post was about being jealous of a Realtor who did the least possible work to promote his listings but they still sold and he had a massive amount of referral business. He didn’t really give a description, only put the mandatory one photo in the listing, and didn’t add much of anything beyond [...] Rela
I hate to admit it but I am envious of a successful Realtor. He sold a ton of homes. He had a unique system that I couldn’t duplicate. Some agents work the web like a puppeteer. Some hold Open Houses every Sunday, even the occasional Saturday. I’ve seen CD’s in place of a flyer box, [...] Related posts
I hate to admit it but I am envious of a successful Realtor. He sold a ton of homes. He had a unique system that I couldn’t duplicate. Some agents work the web like a puppeteer. Some hold Open Houses every Sunday, even the occasional Saturday. I’ve seen CD’s in place of a flyer box, [...] Related posts
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Personal Finances from Quicken Email this to a friend? Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Digg this! Share this on Technorati Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Reddit Post this to Posterous Share this on Tumblr No related posts. No related posts.