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real estate: HUD homes for sale in Portland, Oregon - 02/11/12 04:47 PM

This cute ranch with three bedrooms, hardwood floors, vinyl windows is an amazing deal. Thanks to it having been foreclosed on by HUD. It has a two car garage and a work shop with cement floors. Fenced backyard and picket fence in the front. HUD owned home Case #431-437175
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real estate: Why is now the time to buy in the Portland, Oregon area? - 01/25/12 08:33 PM
Todd, why should I buy now versus waiting a year? Because NOW is the time to buy for may many reason and here are just a few of those reasons! I want to walk you through the reasons why is now the time to buy and hopefully you will see the same thing my team is seeing as well as investors are seeing right now.
Prices in the Portland area seemed have leveled out and actually took an upswing in December. Now it wasn’t much of an upswing, but January is seeing the same minor upswing as December did and that … (12 comments)

real estate: My friend told me… - 01/16/12 11:49 AM
Oh, the words I really don’t like to hear from a buyer or a seller. You know the phrase “My friend told me…” Now, I was talking to a buyer on the phone the other day about a home they were looking at and about what was the best way to finance it in their situation.
I gave them the advice I had for them since they didn’t qualify for a traditional loan, that they really only had a few other choices. Those other choices were lease option, owner financing or just wait. There was one more and that was … (13 comments)

real estate: You may have had the highest and best offer on a Beaverton home, but Google could cost you the home - 01/09/12 09:36 PM
You may have had the highest and best offer on a Beaverton home, but Google could cost you the home. Well, it happened this last week to another buyer that called me today. They put an offer in on a home and they said their offer was the highest and best. You know the story, above asking price, conventional loan with 30% down. But, that wasn’t enough thanks to the power of Google.
You see when this buyer was assured by his agent he had the highest and best and then 2 days later he got a rejection, he had to … (14 comments)

real estate: Washington County HUD owned condo near PCC for sale (Portland, Oregon 97229) - 01/08/12 01:46 AM
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real estate: Come ride the wave of great deals in the Beaverton, Oregon real estate market - 01/02/12 12:52 AM

We have investors that have seen the deals and are now riding the waves in Beaverton, Oregon. They know buying these homes today at greatly discounted prices are netting them a profit each month in rental income and they are hoping in 10 years to be able to sell them a huge profits. 
But, you know what? They don’t care if they don’t increase in value because they are making $300, $400 and in a couple cases $500 a month in rental income above and beyond their PITI payments. How would you like to get on board and ride this … (6 comments)

real estate: Are you changing with the times or are you doing the same ole things that aren't working? - 12/17/11 09:41 PM

A lot of agents look at their business once a year and re-evaluate what they need to do in their business to make it successful. Now to me this is a huge mistake! I look at my business every month and if something isn’t working, I will eliminate it. If you don’t evaluate your business and continue what is working and eliminate what isn’t, you to like this general store will become obsolete.  How often do you look at your business?
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real estate: If you want business, you can’t hide from the public - 12/12/11 12:25 PM
I hear it from agents and mortgage brokers everyday “I want more business, do you have any ideas?” Well, I have some ideas, the same ideas I’ve been giving you for the past 4 years and you wouldn’t listen then and I’m hoping you will listen now.
Referrals can be a huge part of your business, but if that isn’t getting you enough business right now, then you need to generate new leads. But, sitting in the office waiting for the phone to ring isn’t going to get you those leads unless you are doing something to make that phone ring.
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real estate: Portland Oregon Real Estate: Hancock Park in North East Portland - 11/20/11 01:36 AM
One of the things I like to do when I visit a neighborhood when I’m looking at Portland, Oregon real estate is to visit the local parks like Hancock Park in North East Portland. By doing this I can usually get a really good feel for the neighborhood.
I can usually tell if it is a good neighborhood by how many families are in the park in the afternoons or if during the day, I can tell a lot about the neighborhood by looking for graffiti. If I don’t see a lot of graffiti, then I know that chances are the … (6 comments)

real estate: I'm ready to start cracking some nuts! - 11/04/11 09:33 PM
 
I'm starting to think there are officially more nuts in real estate than not and I guess if I’m going to be eating I’m going to be having to crack some of those nuts, just to survive. So, if you are one of the nuts in real estate, then watch out, I might be by soon.
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real estate: Don't catch a smile today, hit one out of the park instead - 11/02/11 11:50 AM

Every morning I wake up with a smile, why not, I know I have some great friends and family in my corner. Now, I love this quote mainly because it reminds me to keep smiling, you never know how my smile might bring a smile to someone else’s face.
Here is your smile, catch it and then pass it on!
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real estate: Life on the farm - 10/28/11 02:29 PM

As agents are we a lot like a farmer? Life is simple, we plant our seed, we watch it grow, but isn’t that the easy part of farming? Reaping what we sow is really the hard part. So go plant your seeds, but don’t forget to reap what you have sowed this spring and now that your hard work will pay off at the closing table.  
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real estate: Gladstone Real Estate: Parks make a community! - 10/25/11 05:43 PM
Gladstone Real Estate: Parks make a community! What makes me say that? One thing I love about Oregon and Gladstone is no exception is that we have lots of parks though out the community. When you go to these parks with your family it truly is a bonding experience.
You see when you walk, play or even have a picnic in these parks with your family you are together, you get a chance to talk and get to know what is going on in each other’s lives without the distraction of TV, games or computers.
Chief Charles Ames Memorial Park in … (7 comments)

real estate: The 2011 World Series: A chance to bond with my little Cardinal - 10/23/11 09:25 PM

As I write this between innings of the 4th game of the World Series 2011, I realize how nice it is to have something to bond over with my son. If you haven’t figured it out already, I’m a big baseball fan. It is a team sport that unlike any other sport if you aren’t playing together as a team, you just can’t win.
So, here I am cheering on the Cardinals with my son, though they are losing at this point, together we know they can come back and win. They do have the hitting in them as they … (6 comments)

real estate: Lake Oswego Real Estate: Hide and Seek is easy when you have trees this old - 10/23/11 04:07 PM
Lake Oswego Real Estate: Hide and Seek is easy when you have trees this old. While out and about this weekend my kids managed to find a place where they thought they should bring their friends for a great game of hide and seek.
They figured when you have a tree that is big enough that you can actually hide under its roots, that this is the place for them! I do have to admit, I could see them until they popped their head out from under the tree.
If you are interested in buying a home in Lake Oswego, give … (5 comments)

real estate: Clackamas County Real Estate History: What was once first is now lost to time - 10/22/11 01:51 AM
Clackamas County Real Estate History: What was once first is now lost to time. The picture below is a picture of a long abandoned railroad bridge, but what is significant about the bridge is that it was a race to finish it.
Back in the early days of the railroad there were two competing railroads and unlike today’s government where they pay people to create things like this, our government did something that was genius! They took the two railroads and pitted them against each other. One wanted to build a track on the Eastside of the Willamette River and the … (6 comments)

real estate: Clackamas County Real Estate: There is a new sheriff in town or so we thought! - 10/20/11 01:01 PM
Clackamas County Real Estate: There is a new sheriff in town or so we thought! While out Geocaching with the family near local cemeteries we came across what we thought was an old west sheriff. This person had this badge above their tombstone, but upon further investigation we found out that our resident who was born in 1842 wasn’t a sheriff at all.
You see we wanted to investigate this badge since this was the first time I had ever seen this badge placed like this. We were hoping upon investigating our mysterious resident that we were going to find some … (9 comments)

real estate: Clackamas County Real Estate: Exploring Clackamas history - 10/19/11 04:59 PM
One thing I love about being in Real Estate and exploring Clackamas County is with every new location, you find out a little piece of history about that community. With it being Halloween time, my family decided to go to some Clackamas County cemeteries.

The main reason we decided to go to the Clackamas County cemeteries is because of the history of Clackamas County. You see Oregon City is what many consider to be the end of the Oregon Trail and with that we set off on our adventure.
Today we came to the Clackamas Cemetery where came across some … (7 comments)

real estate: Beaverton Oregon Real Estate: Opening doors to home ownership - 10/13/11 04:01 PM
Beaverton Oregon Real Estate: Opening doors to home ownership. Many families are looking to get out of renting, but just need someone to open the door for them. That is where the Friendly Home Team can help.
There are many opportunities for families looking to own a home in Beaverton, Oregon. There are short sales, foreclosures, lease options, owner financing and even traditional sales, but, without some help to look at and understand these different options, those doors may remain closed for some forever.
As the team leader for the Friendly Home Team, we want to help you and your … (5 comments)

real estate: Beaverton Oregon Real Estate: What’s in a name? - 10/13/11 12:00 PM
Beaverton Oregon Real Estate: What’s in a name? Oregon has many names both remembered day in and day out and others that have been lost to time for whatever reason. One of the ways I like to get back in touch with Beaverton history is to visit local cemeteries and check out the names. Often you can tell who the prominent families are by either large family plots or the large grave markers. If a person had a big marker, it usually meant their family had money.


But, what happened to some of these names, what happened to the … (14 comments)

 
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