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beaverton oregon first time home buyer specialist: Beaverton Oregon First Time Home Buyers: Your time is running out to get your $8,000 tax credit - 07/09/09 04:36 PM

December 1, 2009 is the deadline. That is the date you have to have your home closed by in order to receive the $8,000 tax credit if you are a first time home buyer. This date may seem far away, but with length of time it is taking to close a loan these days, that day is closer than you think! Today in July 9, and if you get pre-approved today, you could start looking as soon as this weekend for your dream home. But, what if your dream home happens to be a short sale? A normal short sale … (5 comments)

beaverton oregon first time home buyer specialist: Beaverton Oregon Real Estate: Short sales and how they can affect your $8,000 tax credit - 05/03/09 02:41 AM

Today I ran in to yet another buyer that didn’t know what a short sale was. It just amazes me with all the media coverage talking about short sales and REO (Bank Owned) properties that someone doesn’t know what they are. But, I love first time home buyers and I have no problem going over what a short sale is and how it can affect you and the home buying process. Basically, what it comes down to, I guess, is another case of me, as an agent, just assuming everyone knows by now what they were and how they worked … (16 comments)

beaverton oregon first time home buyer specialist: Is your target audience and your target market finding each other? - 04/01/09 11:15 PM
Your target audience and your target market can be two very different things, but if they are, then you, my friend, are doing a very big disservice to your marketing time and budget. You see, if you come talk to me I will tell you my target market is first time home buying families in the Beaverton, Oregon, area. Then if you ask me what my target audience is when it comes to my blogs, well guess what, it is the same audience.
It may seem weird, but what if my target market was the Summerfield neighborhood of Tigard, Oregon, and … (40 comments)

beaverton oregon first time home buyer specialist: I love my target market and here is why! (First time home buyers and families) - 04/22/08 11:32 AM
I thought about my target market recently, and I really have two, the first being family and the second is first time home buyers. Both of these groups involve more work, but the work to me is more satisfying.
You see, with kids I get the enjoyment of getting them to smile, as they know they are just as much a part of this as mom and dad. The first time home buyer is someone who I get to educate and teach the ins and outs of the home buying process.
I've targeted these two groups and I really enjoy them. … (19 comments)

beaverton oregon first time home buyer specialist: If you don’t know where your finish line is, how do you expect to get there? (Home ownership and goal setting) - 03/03/08 01:35 AM
One of the biggest obstacles for first time home buyers is getting their credit in order and having a big enough down payment to get their first home. One of the things I tell people is in order to know what you need, you need to have a finish line or you will be running forever! You see, when a runner goes out for a race, he knows where the finish line is. He doesn't just start running or he would get lost a long the way and never finish!
I feel this is the same result most first time home … (6 comments)

beaverton oregon first time home buyer specialist: Oregon foreclosures on the rise, but not at the rate the rest of the country is - 01/24/08 07:14 PM
I get calls everyday from investors wanting to know how to find great pre-foreclosure homes and I am glad to help them. But, they are watching the news and think that a thousand a day are going on the market right here Oregon. Well, that just isn't the case!
There are maybe 50-60 homes a week in all of the tri-county area that make it on to the default list, the foreclosure process has begun for them, and they are starting to get letters from their lender besides the letter saying they are late by a few days.
To get on … (1 comments)

beaverton oregon first time home buyer specialist: Never write an earnest money check to the agent directly or to CASH - 01/20/08 12:55 AM
Over the past couple weeks I've been getting more and more calls from potential clients wondering if I could take over where their broker had stopped in the purchase of their home. You see what has happened is there is another agent / company in the Portland area that advertises that they specialize in lease options and ownerfinancing.
The problems seems to be that the owner may have gotten themselves in financial trouble and has been taking deposits and never putting them in escrow and using the money to pay off his debts. Some times clients would put down between $2500 and … (25 comments)

 
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