portland oregon real estate: Price VS Square Foot - 12/29/10 04:38 PM
The Price per Square foot argument. It is not all that often but on occasion I do get a Buyer or two who are over enamored with the Price per Square Foot question.
Here is the Story.
After showing Bob and Sue this perfect little Condo in downtown Portland the other day they wanted me to send them some comps. I am always more than happy to do that as a well informed Buyer is a Happy Buyer. After viewing the comps Bob emails back and wants to make an offer based on his calculations using Square Feet.
So a little … (3 comments)
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portland oregon real estate: Need Domain Name Help - 04/04/10 06:42 PM
Just getting ready to fire up another IDX web site for Portland Oregon Home Searches.
The Site will be something similar to my www.portlandflips.com site.
It will also include some pages from my static site www.portlandrealproperty.com
Real Estate oriented with a Blog and as many pages as I want to add.
MY problem like most agent's problems are two-fold.
1) I am an agent and often try to over analyize rather than making a decision that will help with organinc SEO.
2) The best suggestions are already purchased.
Got your thinking caps on? Let me have it!
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portland oregon real estate: It can't be Done - No Bull ! - 02/23/10 09:41 AM
Are you new to real estate? Perhaps you have been in it for a while but just can't seem to break into the big leagues. No matter how hard you seem to try your just not getting the results you hoped for.
Why is that ? What is causing you to fall short? This is the same question that ( lets call him Bob to protect the innocent ) asked himself.
Bob was a new agent and began working in an office dominated by three very high profile agents who seemed to suck out the life of the best neighborhoods. Bob … (39 comments)
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portland oregon real estate: Southeast Portland Market Action Report for Sept. 2009 - 10/21/09 09:47 AM
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 Southeast Portland comparing August 2009 with September 2009 the Number of active listings has dropped while the number of Pending Sales has increased. Solds are down for the month and Days on the market have increased slightly by 4 days.
Average Sales Price for the month have increased by $8,900 over last month and Median price has increased as well by $1,000.
Disclaimer : Information contained in this report … (2 comments)
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portland oregon real estate: Portland Oregon Buyers Now is YOUR Moment - 03/19/09 10:53 PM
Recent action by the Federal government has caused Mortgage Rates to Plummet. For those who have been standing on the dock, Now is Your Moment . Don't miss the Boat !
This mornings news is great for home buyers. While the news stations all are a tither over AIG and the bonuses mortgage rates have been falling with little attention given.
The Rates have fallen below 4 3/4 %. Check it out here http://budurl.com/wg74 for the latest rates offered at Wells Fargo.
Why buy now? The market has begun shifting with improvements in many eastern markets. The west normally follows the east.
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portland oregon real estate: That's Cool No Problem ! - 03/14/09 10:06 AM
Do you get trapped into language shifts? It is funny how the evolution of the English language eventually catches up to us all.
I have always enjoyed the role that slang plays in our daily communication. Yet there have been times that I have resisted, nay, dare I say rallied against a particular word or phrase.
Take for instance the now very common phrase " No Problem ". I hated this one from the start and truth be known I still don't care for it. To state " No Problem " presumes that I have given the impression that there was … (8 comments)
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portland oregon real estate: 5 Steps to get out of the Funk - 08/22/08 09:43 AM
Down in the dumps? This whole real estate market thing got you rethinking your life and career?
Well now you can GET out of the Funk with these 5 Steps.
Step 1:
Quit. By far the quickest solution to end this turmoil for you may be to just quit the business and move on to other things. I remember sitting in a Mike Ferry Seminar in 1990 or 1991 in Palm Desert California. The previous year had been a trying one for many agents. When asked about the failure rate being so high ( touted at about 80%) Mikes quick answer … (8 comments)
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portland oregon real estate: Sommalees and the Entrepreneur - 08/05/08 09:39 AM
Yesterday while working at home on my fishing boat ( that's another story ), a woman out for a walk with a stroller stopped at my driveway.
Looking across my yard at me it was obvious she wanted to say something. I am used to people stopping and commenting on my yard etc. so I approached her as she stepped briefly into the driveway at arms length from the stroller and said " Sommalees".
" Excuse me ? ", is all I could come up with. She repeated " Sommalees ". " There is no Sommalees here " I said to this … (4 comments)
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portland oregon real estate: The Red Letter Day - 04/10/08 06:27 PM
The Red Letter Day
Have you received THE LETTER?
Perhaps you have or you are anticipating its arrival any day now. What letter am I talking about?
It is the letter that you receive from your home mortgage lender. There notice to you that they have not received payment as normal. It is also notification of potential additional fees and consequences for not paying. Also known as the pre-foreclosure letter it can send a chill up and down your spine.
If you have or soon expect to receive the pre-foreclosure letter it most likely comes as no surprise to you. What actions could or should you take? The last … (12 comments)
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portland oregon real estate: Christmas Las Vegas Style - 12/20/07 09:21 AM
Christmas in Las Vegas. Who better to put on the glitz and glorry than Las Vegas. Last week I had an opportunity to vist this fabulous city as I attended my daughters wedding. Now I have been to Las Vegas many times before but this is the first time that I had ever been during December. It can get right down and breezy in this Desert community I tell you. Rain is also something that I saw quite a bit of.
Anyway I was not at my best and was suffering from a head cold but did manage to get these … (8 comments)
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portland oregon real estate: Living Large on a Volcano - 09/30/07 04:28 PM
Welcome to Fabulous Downtown Portland Oregon. Where Real Estate is Thriving in a LARGE WAY! This past summer my Rehab Client has been patiently renovating this wonderful Classic Post Modern Home located in Mt.Tabor Neighborhood. Mt. Tabor is also a Park and an Extinct Volcano.
The Home although quite spacious with its almost 3000 SQ Ft was Quite Dwarfed between the New Construcion on either side.
The solution was simple. Cut off the Roof and go up another level. Presenting the new and improved :
Built in 1956 Day-lite Basement Ranch was a State of the art Space Saver Home Now has 4401 total … (5 comments)
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portland oregon real estate: 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 oregon real estate: 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 oregon real estate: 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 oregon real estate: Activerain Referrals My Clients Needs are Met - 07/28/07 10:31 AM
I just love a success story. And this one is a Great one. As a Real Estate Broker working in the greater Portland Oregon Metro area it is always a joy to see peoples needs fulfilled. So often in this Real Estate market we here of the Tragic Story instead of the Success Story.
A couple of months back I received an email generated from my Buyer's_Web_Site_&_MLS_Connection. The Buyer, Dawn thanked me for having such a great web site, allowing her to set her search parameters the way she liked it and the speed an accuracy by which the matches were sent to her. ( My Shameless Plug )
Dawn … (7 comments)
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portland oregon real estate: Surprise Surprise Surprise in Alberta Arts - 07/22/07 10:02 PM
So this Sunday morningstarts out like almost any other Sunday. I go through my normal wake up routine and after checking the News, Email and Blog comments, I head out to the Coffee shop.
After conversing with half a dozen patrons and downing 2-3 cups of coffee and I write 6 or so AR comments, I am out the door. First stop this morning is going to be a cursory checkup on my Vacant Fixer listing at 437 NE Webster in Portland Oregon's Alberta Arts District. I then will drive past 8 Expireds that I have pulled and make a decision … (2 comments)
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portland oregon real estate: Portland Real Estate Market Action Update " North Portland " - 07/16/07 09:39 AM
Continuing its upward appreciation rate now at 11.5% for the year, North Portland's average Residential Sales Price for the Month of May 2007 is at $269,300 and year to date at $264,000 with a median Sales price of $248,500 for the year to date statistic. A far cry from the early 90's when the vast majority of homes were priced in the $50,000's.
The outlook shows a slowing trend in sales with a decrease of 19.9% (137 Pending Sales) when comparing May of '06 to May of '07. Overall there has been only a slight decrease in Pending sales of 3.8% (a total … (3 comments)
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portland oregon real estate: 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 oregon real estate: 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 oregon real estate: 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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