portland homes: Point 2 Home for Sale - 09/01/08 02:15 PM
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portland homes: Portland View Condo - 02/01/08 11:25 AM
This newly renovated 2 Bedroom Condo has views of Downtown Portland. Just Moments away from Public transportation and Freeway access. For additional photo's please follow this link to my web site where you can Search_for_Portland_Oregon_Real_Estate and find additional Portland Oregon Information as well. Be sure to stop by the Mortgage_Lenders_Page and find out what you qualify for.
1019 NE 68th Presented by Herb Hamilton of RE/MAX Preferred Inc. Realtors Priced at only $185,000. This Beautifull fully renovated condo with Hardwood Floors & Custom features and Upgrades throughout . Beautifull views of Downtown Portland . Very quiet setting with offstreet parking. Next to Rosemont … (2 comments)
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portland homes: Portland Oregons Tall Buildings - 01/11/08 05:25 PM
Often times I hear people exclaim when they have come to Portland for the first time " Wow I didn't know you had Tall Buildings here".
Standing in Downtown Portland in the Center of Pioneer Court House Square.
On South West Broadway in Downtown Portland.
Looking to the North East from Portland Oregon's West Hills.
From the Water Front in Portland Oregon Looking North towards the twin Towers of the Convention Center.
From the East Bank of the Willamette River at Tight Shot West into Downtown Portland.
A Panorama of Downtown Portland from the East Bank esplinade walk … (9 comments)
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portland homes: The Portland Oregon Sky is Falling - 12/27/07 10:34 PM
Its True its True its True. The Sky is falling. The real estate market in Portland is going in reverse. All of the terrible media reports are now confirmed. This is the worst thing ever. What we thought would never happen is now happening. The Market as we knew it is kaput.
What is it you ask? Well it's the stats of course. Thats right the RMLS cumulative Market Stats.
The stats for the November Real Estate Market in Greater Portland Oregon for the Last 12 months show the median price for a Portland Oregon Home only rose by 7%. Compare that to the … (19 comments)
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portland homes: Portland Ore. Home Buyer's Andy and Dawn Hit Gold - 11/20/07 03:53 PM
What a wonderful afternoon it was shaping up to be. The sun was shining and all things appeared well with my then current group of Buyer's transactions. Thinking it could not get much better than this, my phone rang and it did.
The call was from Andy and Dawn who were then living in Rhode Island. They had been contemplating a move to the Pacific Northwest and after doing a little cruising on the 'net they had come across several of my real estate blogs prompting them to give me a call.
By the end of the call I had learned a lot about them and … (1 comments)
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portland homes: Mortgage Morons Vs Flip Buyer's - 11/07/07 09:20 PM
I just don't get it! Someone please tell me what the rationale is behind what appears to be standard fare in the lending industry. What I am talking about is the reluctance of Lender's to approve mortgages for Investors of Flip Properties especially over the last couple of years. I have been confronted with this reoccurring problem of financing Flip's in the Portland Market over and over again and it just does not make sense to me.
Is this my fault. Maybe I have just not reached out to other Lenders enough to insure this will not be a problem in the future. So … (8 comments)
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portland homes: Doom and Gloom or Huge Success - 11/03/07 09:07 PM
..............................................................HELLLLLLLLLLLLLP!...................................................................
If you can't here the screams for help, perhaps it's because of all the complaining you've been doing. The Real Estate Market that we are experiencing is a natural part of Business.
It is NOT NATURAL for Real Estate prices to escalate yearly in double digits. It is also NOT NATURAL for Seller's and Agent's to price properties at $25,000 TO $50,000 above market.If this is the kind of market you have been experiencing or even worse if this is the only kind of market you know, I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU!
For you do not have a clue what the Real … (40 comments)
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portland homes: Never Guide With a Whip - 10/07/07 07:35 PM
It is not often as Real Estate Agents that we are afforded the opportunity to watch our peers work. Strange as it may seem there are as many ways to conduct business as there are practitioners.
Even somewhat stranger, I would hazard to guess that most of us have received similar training in fact many of us have received that training from the same source. Yet we all seem to develop our own styles.
This last week was an extremely busy week for me. I had a couple of closings and have been busy working with Buyer's. The week ended with 4 offers written and … (12 comments)
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portland homes: The Story that Devoured Cleveland - 09/13/07 09:27 AM
It appears as if the mortgage market woes and the effects that they are having just does not seem to want to go away. Even though it truly does effect only a small part of the market and there are many real estate markets that are doing quite well, the story is just too good to die.
It's the Story that Devoured Cleveland!
Recent reports I have read on the blogs and have heard on the various talk shows points to the potential for a strong 4th quarter and or 2008 1st quarter for the housing industry. Several factors point to this. … (2 comments)
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portland homes: Keeping Your Seller Happy ! Are You? - 09/02/07 08:25 PM
Are you keeping your Seller Happy or do you keep your Seller Happy? Are you doing the things that today's Seller's have come to expect? Do you wimp out and provide services to Seller's that you know do not produce results, yet you do them anyhow because your trapped by the old cliche " You have to Keep Your Seller's Happy ! "
Keeping your Seller Happy is of course what we all want to do. Yet too often we substitute sound business practices with expensive activities that do not produce results under the guise that we are keeping our Seller's … (24 comments)
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portland homes: I Want a Deal But You Can't Have One - 08/13/07 08:28 PM
A little over two weeks ago I wrote an offer on a Real Estate Fixer Upper in the Portland Metro area. My Long term Client ( a real estate Investor ) who is always looking for good deals was in the mood to buy again. He consistently buys 1-3 properties a year. He is funny because he always has grandiose plans of rehabbing them but often resorts to flipping them instead.
Sometimes he does a little work on them but often times does nothing. Because he pays cash and does no inspections I am usually able to find him some pretty good candidates. The trick … (33 comments)
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portland homes: The Number 1 Marketing Technique - 08/09/07 10:18 AM
In the approximately 20 years that I have enjoyed pursuing my passion and career in Real Estate, there has been ONLY ONE constant when it comes to advertising a listing.
For all of the marketing schemes and ploys. And all of the fancy Ads, Brochures, Magazines, Video's and TV shows. There is still only one effective method of marketing your listings.
No IT IS NOT a fabulous sign or a successful company and or agent. IT IS NOT a guided tour bus full of hopeful agents coming to eat your catered luncheon. NOR IS IT a special promotion designed to get as many Buyers in your home as … (30 comments)
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portland homes: When is Perception NOT Reality ! - 08/07/07 09:38 AM
After a full weekend of previewing and showing homes to my new clients from out of town I am confident they truly are educated about our Portland Market.
Portland Oregon has enjoyed and for the most part weathered the Real Estate market fairly well over the last 2 years. The Perception factor of course has not helped with all of that negative news being reported in some of the less fortunate market places.
The inventory levels continue to rise and the number of pending and closed sales continue to slide down hill. All while property values continue to increase at a rough … (6 comments)
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portland homes: An Opportunity for National Exposure Awaits! What Would You Do ? - 07/29/07 08:10 PM
The Telephone call was an exciting one. It was Home and Garden Television. The Call came in from a young lady in New York. She works for the hit show Hidden_Potential on HGTV. It was a little hard to hear as I drove through the City with my Radio on and the window down on this perfect afternoon in Portland Oregon.
I pulled to the curb and asked if she could repeat herself. " I am calling in behalf of HGTV's television show Hidden Potential, are you familiar with it? " I had to admit I was not. She went on to say that the … (25 comments)
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portland homes: Buyer's Don't Buy in a Buyer's Market - 06/29/07 10:56 AM
Yesterday while showing one of my Listings_For_Sale_in_Portland_Or the Buyer asked me " Do you think the Seller would be willing to take less "? Now I have answered this question thousands of times over the last 19+ years that I have been in business usually with a simple answer like" I don't make decisions for my Seller's ".
However because of the tone in the Buyer's voice, a tone that gave me the impression that he deserved the reduction in price I asked " What causes you to ask that "? His straight up answer was " Because it's a Buyer's … (14 comments)
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portland homes: The Sunday Coffee Break - 06/24/07 01:22 PM
We all work hard. Sometimes you just need to take a little break.I write 3 real Estate Blogs. On one of my Blogs Rose City Blog I often write about_local_Portland_Neigborhood_topics of interest. This mornings post was just for fun. In the Post I Chronicle the_adventures_of_Benny_My_Cat and our day out for Coffee at the University Park Coffee house on Lombard in Portland Oregon. For_a_bit_of_Fun_Follow_the_Adventure_here , as Benny and I take time out to smell the flowers and Go for Coffee In Portland Oregon's North Side.
Herb's Blogs :
Rose_City_blog a local real estate blog about local neighborhood issues lots of Pics and fun stories.
Portland_Flips_a_Blog_about_Fixers_&_Flips for Investors interested in the mechanics … (1 comments)
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portland homes: Face to Face vs Technology Partner or Adversary - 06/22/07 07:12 PM
It seems that not everyone understands my post about_how_technology_isolates_us_from_our_clients. At least from the comments that I have received.
Believe me, I do like all your comments. I even like the comments that seem to somewhat disagree with me. Although I do not disagree with the comments. So now I have confused everyone. Let me try to explain what I mean.
I truly love technology, as any one would know if you have read any of my articles like Technology_and_the_upward_slippery_slope a story about how I have always been on the side of technology, almost to where I am trapped in it. Or the article that I … (1 comments)
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portland homes: Template Web Sites and Marketing Are We Doing it Wrong - 06/10/07 12:59 PM
Are we truly marketing our selves on the Internet to our best ability? An AR member Judy_Cicalese recently emailed me asking for some advice, well actually not. She had read a comment that I had left somewhere about the fact that My_Portland_Oregon_Real_Estate_Web_Site was an Alamode_Real_Estate_Web_Sites . A template type Web site and she wondered how I liked it and was I getting any leads from it. Judy has an Alamode site as well that she has had for 2 years. The Trumbull_Ct_Real_Estate_Web_Site of Judy's is a straight out of the box Alamode Template style web site.
So I could not answer Judy's original question without looking at her … (23 comments)
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portland homes: Are You Kidding Me the Commenter asked - 06/08/07 10:34 PM
Today I received a Comment from a reader on my Wordpress Blog Portland_Flips. The post that I had written yesterday talked about The_Portland_Oregon_Metro_Real_Estate_Market_Report and how Portland Oregon had pretty much been left unscathed by the poor market conditions plaguing the rest of the country for the last 2 years.
In my article I suggested that this was A_Great_Time_To_Buy_Real_Estate_In_Portland_Oregon. The Commenter was obviously shocked by that statement and retorted with " are you kidding me ? " The answer to that is an emphatic NO, I am not kidding you. Here_is_What_I_Mean !
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portland homes: Art Sculptures on Interstate the Max Lightrail Yellow Line in Portland Oregon - 05/23/07 06:18 PM
The recent LightRail ( Max ) extension in North Portland from the Rose_Quarter home of the Portland_TrailBlazers NBA professional basket ball team. Tri-Met's Max_Lightrail service, the Yellow Line is connected to the main line and runs past the Rose Quarter up Interstate avenue and on out to the Expo_Center in North Portland.
Along the way you will have an opportunity to view some of Portland Oregon's unique Art Work and Sculptures like the Following. :
Freestanding sculpture at Trimet's MAX Lightrail Station, Albina Mississippi in Portland close to the Rose Quarter.
Group of Three Sculptures at Ainsworth and Interstate ave on Max light rail line … (8 comments)
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