portand oregon real estate: What is a CDPE and how can they help?
- 07/10/11 04:47 PM
Every body knows someone who has either SOLD their home or BOUGHT there home under a Short Sale circumstance. You may know or have heard the stories about people who have saved tens of thousands of dollars or in some cases even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Well I am here to tell you those stories are absolutely TRUE! But how did it happen and just what is this CDPE thing I have been hearing about? If you or someone you know are heading down that path to foreclosure the CDPE is someone you better get to know. They may be … (2 comments)
portand oregon real estate: REO BPO Short Sales Do you know the difference?
- 04/30/11 09:02 AM
While out previewing homes for some of my clients the other day I came across a couple who came straight to the point by asking " Just what are REO's, BPO's and Short Sales? It was a fablous question and one that I think that not many people would truly be able answer. Oh I can imagine that there are quite a few people who could fake the answer but how many truly do know the answer? To that end I wrote this post on my outside Blog. I followed up that post with a very nice assortment of Portland … (0 comments)
portand oregon real estate: View VS Yard
- 01/22/11 03:07 PM
The View Vs Yard question? I have been working with a couple now for a few weeks that wants to by a Portland Oregon home with a View and a Yard in an area of similar priced homes. I try very hard to preview at least from the outside all of the homes that I will be showing. Nothing more frustrating for a Buyer than to realize that the agent they chose to work with did not even do the basics. They simply pulled up a property that looked good and then set the appointment hoping for the best. So when … (5 comments)
portand oregon real estate: Show me the Money
- 01/20/11 02:12 PM
Show me the Money not the Hype! As a busy real estate Broker in Portland Oregon I am constantly amazed at what agents seem to think is important. " I am a Short Sale Specialist, or Foreclosure Specialist " etc. etc. etc. Yes it is important to work with someone who knows what they are doing. But truth be known what the consumer wants right out of the gate is to see that Foreclosure information and or listings. Just show me the Foreclosure information they scream. Yet more often than not what they get is accolades about how good the agent could … (6 comments)
portand oregon real estate: Whats Close By to my Portland Oregon Home
- 01/18/11 03:51 AM
The Most frustrating thing for any out of area potential Home Buyer be it in Portland Oregon or in your home town is to be able to get a sense of then neighborhood they hope to live in. As a busy Broker in Portland Oregon this is a very common question " What's Close By?". That question has been answered. My IDX web Sites with fully mapped neighborhoods updated throughout the day providing the user real time access to listings also employs Walk Score Technology. See it in Action right here for yourself with this list of Condo's in Downtown Portland Oregon for Under … (0 comments)
portand oregon real estate: University Investment Rental Opportunity
- 12/17/10 04:40 PM
It seems that lately I have been bombarded by Investors looking for opportunities in the Portland Oregon real estate market. Many of these investors are looking for Hot Rental Properties in and around the Colleges. So as any good Real Estate Broker would do, I have been previewing as many of these homes as I can. I always like it when I can find a Good Deal!
portand oregon real estate: It Sank like a Rock
- 08/02/10 04:45 PM
There have been a few good buys on the Portland Oregon Real Estate Market over the last year but nothing like what I have been seeing in the last couple of days! August 1st hit and hold on to your hat. In some of the hottest market places in the greater Portland Metro area it looks like a return to the old days. I had been telling people for the last 3 or so years that the $200,000 and under price range in close in Portland had all but disapearred. Today though as I took a quick peek in just a … (5 comments)
portand oregon real estate: Reduce to the Ridiculous
- 04/01/10 02:42 AM
There are many ways to handle objections. First and foremost in business it is imperative that the well armed sales person should have at their ready an arsenal of tried and true counter arguments. One of my favorites is the " Reduce to the Ridiculous " close. In essence it works like this. The Buyer for your lising wants to make a less than full price offer. You know your Seller very well and you know that they will not stand for this. You also know that this is probably the perfect home for that Buyer. They have shown all the … (5 comments)
portand oregon real estate: Oh Crap this is a Normal Market
- 03/26/10 03:30 AM
Is there such a thing as a Buyer's Market of a Seller's Market? Or is it simply that we all let the perception dominate reality thereby allowing the Perception to eventually become the reality. I personally believe that there is no such thing as a Buyer or Seller's Market. Instead I believe that there is just a Market. Here is what I mean. In times of prosperity when most homes are selling above market value and often with multiple offers there are many homes that do not sell. The same rings true in a market such as we are experiencing today. … (6 comments)
portand oregon real estate: Condos in The Pearl - Portland Oregon
- 01/03/10 07:40 AM
Searching for real estate if it's for a Condo, Townhome, Single Family Home or what have you can be a challenge. So like most of us you reach out to Google hoping to find that prize. But like most of us you are presented with web site after web site of nothing more than a glorious Ego Boost for the Owner of that Site. Searches are labor intensive and often filled with the most expensive homes in the area. So what is a Portland Oregon consumer to do? The answer is plain& simple Portland_Real_Property.Com. There are several different ways to search properties for sale and even some ways to Let_Your_Next_Home_Find_You! … (4 comments)
portand oregon real estate: Stay Pumped Your going to Need it!
- 12/31/09 02:24 AM
First and foremost Happy New Year to one and all! Are you pumped and ready to go? Or are you feeling a little down and in the dumps? I am here to tell you right now that regardless of what the market is doing Up or Down, Your year will only be as good as your prepared for. I have been in business since 1988. There have been many times in the past and I am sure there will be many times in the future that my motivation slips. The absolute best way for me is, I attend a Mike Ferry … (14 comments)
Market activity and sales continue to improve over the greater Portland area market, while listing inventory continues to fall creating a faster selling market time. In Northeast Portland Market inventory shows a slight decrease. Pending Sales and Sold Properties both increase while market time increases slightly by one week over last month. Best news is the Huge increase in number of Pending sales for 2009 vs 2008. The average and Median sales prices both remain constant reflecting about a $1,000 difference between now and last month. Northeast Portland remains the fastest market time at 84 … (0 comments)
portand oregon real estate: Back to Basics are YOU In ?
- 09/29/09 07:30 AM
In my last post I suggested you Get in Get Out or Get out of the Way ! So if you are still reading then you either have decided to stay or are hoping that I have changed my mind. I have Not! If you do not want to get out then you will need to make some changes. Stop riding on other peoples coat tails! It is time to Get back to the basics of Real Estate. For some of you this may be an entirely new concept. WORK! Frightening as it may sound the Principals of real estate have not changed. … (3 comments)
portand oregon real estate: Get In Get OUT or Get Out of the Way
- 09/28/09 02:31 AM
Is your market still stagnant? Or is it you who are the stagnant one? Real estate income is all about contracts. In good times and bad people will move. What happens more often than not is that we fall prey to our own expectations. In our own neighborhoods, the very ones we are supposed to be the experts in, we are out of sorts. So perhaps the value that the Seller hoped to get is not as high as he thinks he is entitled to. This should not stop you from working. The best example of this is the new agent … (7 comments)
portand oregon real estate: House Hunt Portland and TJ's New Home
- 04/06/09 03:32 AM
Congratulations is in order for first time homebuyer TJ on the closing of his new home. TJ a subscriber to my House_Hunt_Portland web site has successfully closed on his Brand New Home in Portland Oregon a beautiful 1702 sq ft 3 bedroom 2 and 1/2 bath custom built with vaulted ceilings and loads of light.
What does TJ think about his new home purchase? " Thank you Herb!Thank you for everything! I love my new house! It is everything I wanted!TJ " No better way than to have your Mother and your Sister and family Celebrate the purhcase as well.
Congratulations once … (3 comments)
portand oregon real estate: The Worlds Greatest Site an Internet Marketing Strategy
- 03/11/09 06:52 AM
Some two plus years ago in the late fall of 2006 I was struggling to find success with an Internet marketing strategy. Over the Previous 3 or 4 years I had several web sites that had not worked out. Finally I found what I believed to be a pretty_good_platform at Alamode.com. I chose a domain_name_for_Portland real estate that I thought might work well and set out to create the Worlds Greatest Site! My web site offered me the ability to change the pages and add new pages at will. Which I did on a somewhat regular basis. Yet after almost 2 … (10 comments)
portand oregon real estate: The Pickle
- 03/05/09 02:26 AM
When I was a kid growing up my Grandmother was a guiding force in my life. She would bake, discipline, and dispense wisdom like there was no tomorrow. One of my Grandmothers favorite sayings was " You got yourself in a real Pickle there". Then she would purse her lips together as if she had just taken a big bite out of a Juicy Dill Pickle. We all knew what she meant. Today in our troubling economic times I would suspect that my Grandma would be talking about Pickles all day long. How many of us have been living our lives … (5 comments)
portand oregon real estate: Tj Buys a Home
- 02/28/09 04:17 AM
One of my long term past Clients Isa has not only been a good client over the years purchasing and selling investment real estate, but she has also referred me several Clients like TJ. TJ is quite typical of the home Buyers I meet in Portland Oregon. A young professional who has kept his nose to the grind stone by first establishing himself in his career and secondly by building a sound credit foundation. After watching Isa buy another investment property TJ felt it was time to take the plunge. First step was signing up with Real_Estate_Broker_Herb_Hamilton on Home_Quest a Buyer's … (2 comments)
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Every body knows someone who has either SOLD their home or BOUGHT there home under a Short Sale circumstance. You may know or have heard the stories about people who have saved tens of thousands of dollars or in some cases even hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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