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selling: 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)
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selling: Can a bank tell a home owner they have to hire an agent to sell their home? - 12/17/11 03:49 PM
I got a call a couple days ago from a seller that wants me to list their home, but really they don’t! You see they are in a short sale situation, not by much, but enough. They wanted to limit the damage to their taxes by selling the home themselves, saving the commission and getting a smaller 1099 at the end of the year.
What was the problem? The bank told them that they weren’t going to allow them to do a short sale unless they used a real estate agent. They were very upset by that and they … (24 comments)
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selling: Beaverton Oregon Real Estate: Don’t forget to pack everything - 10/07/11 03:35 PM
Beaverton Oregon Real Estate: Don’t forget to pack everything. The best way to make sure you do pack everything is to have everyone take an individual walkthrough the house. I can’t count the times I’ve gotten calls the days after close from a seller to say they left something behind and were wondering if they could come pick it up.
If you are thinking of selling in Beaverton, Oregon let us the Friendly Home Team take care of the real estate and you take care of the packing. Together we can help you a have a very successful move.
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selling: The key to getting more business is simple… Answer the phone! - 09/27/11 02:33 AM
Sounds crazy doesn’t it? But, how many of you don’t answer the phone when a potential client calls you? Think about it, do you really answer the phone when you aren’t busy? Well, I keep getting more and more clients because of agents who don’t answer the phone.
I would love to be the first agent these people talk to, but even if I’m not first, second or third, as long as I’m the last agent they talk to that is fine by me. When a person calls me and sounding completely frustrated and says “Thank you, you are the … (94 comments)
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selling: Are you thinking about making a move, if your last experience wasn’t great, call us! - 09/15/11 01:59 AM
I get many clients who used another agent in the past and when it comes time to sell and move again they decide to make a switch. They call us because they have heard from our past clients that the experience they had with us wasn’t ordinary it was extraordinary and they would never consider using another agent after using the ones on my team, the Friendly Home Team.
Are you thinking about moving, the give us a call, we are here to serve.
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selling: Please don’t shoot the messenger - 07/27/11 04:03 PM
Please don’t shoot the messenger, that is all I have to say about our local market right now. A couple weeks ago I had some clients put in an offer on a nice home in Beaverton, but we just couldn’t put in a full price offer based on the CMA I pulled. (There was a difference of about $25,000, but my clients wanted this home)
You see this home has already been on the market for about 5 months and is in amazing condition. (That should tell you it is overpriced right there) But, they stuck with their guns and their … (41 comments)
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selling: Sale pending in 4 days! Selling a home in North Portland, what you need to know! - 07/12/11 12:02 PM
Yep, this property went sale pending in 4 days! When selling a home in North Portland, what you need to know is this, not every home is the same, they aren’t cookie cutter homes like a lot of the subdivisions that being built today.
The Friendly Home Team understands that each home is different and each buyer is unique and that is why we market your home to give it the best exposure and the best possibility of finding that unique buyer for your unique home!
On of the other things you need to know when you are selling your … (12 comments)
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selling: Can you push your market in to moving faster? - 04/12/11 01:14 PM
As I watched my kids go faster and faster as my daughter pushed this merry-go-round, I asked myself, can we push our market to move faster than it is? I then looked around and saw there wasn’t an apartment complex in the area that had a vacancy.
So, what if I was to go to these apartment complexes and show them that the $900 they are paying is about $50 more than they would be paying for a house of the same size including taxes and insurance. Would this get our market to move a little faster?
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selling: Paycheck not what it used to be? House weighing heavy on your back? We can help! - 04/07/11 02:30 AM
Many people are being hit hard by this economy. I promise you aren’t the only one and there are people who are here to help. Many people have taken a pay cut just to keep their jobs, but the problem is that many not leave enough at the end of the month to pay the mortgage.
You have now decided to sell rather than being foreclosed on, and not that you are too surprised, but your home isn’t worth what it was when you bought it. Now, what are you supposed to do? You don’t have the money to cover … (3 comments)
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selling: Even with the real estate market spinning out of control, with the right agents, you can still be left with a smile on your face. - 03/24/11 02:30 AM
With all the doom and gloom in the real estate market you would think not a single house is selling anywhere, but that just isn’t the case. The fact is, we are seeing a record number of homes sold by my team, The Friendly Home Team at Knipe Realty in Washington County, Oregon.
Though many people feel the market is spinning out of control, just like this picture, my clients come out of the crowd and can be seen with smiles on their faces as they either sell a home through us or find that perfect home for their … (14 comments)
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selling: One of my accidental creative ad ideas that got me the most calls and leads has been sold! - 03/20/11 08:56 PM
A few months back, I had a listing that I forgot spare batteries for my camera and since I knew this was a great listing in a great neighborhood, I had to get creative to make sure the listing had pictures. This is what I put on Craigslist and the MLS for the first 24 hours. They ended up staying for 5 days because of the response I got.
So, now I’m happy to say this home has been sold!!!
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selling: Finding out what is important to you! - 03/16/11 09:42 AM
One of the things I find interesting about both buyers and sellers in this business is everyone comes in to real estate knowing exactly what they want. However, they quickly discover that they need to ask themselves the serious question, “What is important to you?”
My important wasn’t my wife’s important when buying our first home in Beaverton, Oregon, and though we had talked about houses prior to getting one, we never really talked about what was important to us as individuals. Once we sat down and talked about our “What is important to us” we found a house … (23 comments)
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selling: Please, board your cats and dogs about a week before your move… A cautionary tale - 03/09/11 06:22 PM
It has been a couple weeks now since my buyers moved in to their new home, yet something seems to be missing. The family cat came up missing a day before the move, they did notice the cat was acting a little weird a couple days before close and just really didn’t think anything of it.
What had happened was the cat was getting just as nervous about the move as the family and though they were keeping it in the house, she managed to escape and now hasn’t been seen since. This was an outdoor cat, but even … (22 comments)
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selling: Does that creek behind the house flood? - 03/07/11 11:51 PM
This is a great question to ask and is a big concern for a lot of buyers. The same creek that you see as a beautiful feature can also be a horrible risk. Now, first of all having a creek behind the house doesn’t always mean the house will flood every time there is a big rain. The fact is only about 25 of the homes along a creek such as Johnson Creek and Butternut Creek actually flood. (Those are just the ones you hear about on the news.)
Now, the best way to find out if a property … (18 comments)
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selling: Dry basements and attics yesterday, don’t mean that today! - 03/03/11 01:58 AM
Yesterday we set a new record for the amount of rain on that day in a 24 hour period. The previous record was set in the 1950s and yesterday we shattered that by more than double. One of the things buyers seem to always ask is, “How is the roof?”
Since I’m not an expert at roofs and really don’t like climbing on them, (not because I’m scared of heights, heck I used to bridge jump) I’m just afraid of falling. I know, silly difference, but jumping off a 50 foot high bridge into water below, I knew what to … (17 comments)
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selling: A place to run, jump swing, play basketball, more importantly smile! (Jack Park in Tigard, Oregon) - 03/02/11 01:31 PM
One of the most important things to a child when it comes to a park is that it is fun! To a parent it is, “can it wear my child out” and these two things are very different indeed. But, Jack Park in Tigard managed to do both with my family.
Swings, basketball, and things to hang on that my kids love! What I love is they are smiling and don’t want to leave, but once they do, you can start to see them fall asleep on the way home! This tells me they got some exercise which is … (12 comments)
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selling: Even figures like the Tigard family whom the town is named after didn’t need a large home. - 03/01/11 11:45 PM
In the late 1800s, John Tigard, the son of Wilson Tigard whom Tigard is named after, was a very important person to which to some may be obvious by the naming of the town. But, what amazed me is that his home wasn’t something you would expect from such a figure in the community.
His house was small, perfect for him, his family and their needs. He didn’t need a 3,000 sqft foot home, he should his importance by his actions. How you showing your importance? Is it the car you drive, the house you live in, or will it … (14 comments)
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selling: It is that time of year again… Todd, why did my payments go up on my mortgage? - 02/20/11 10:55 AM
Every year, at about this time, I start to get calls from people that their mortgage payments have increased. They call yelling at me saying “Todd, you remember at the closing table both you and the escrow officer insured us that this was a fixed rate mortgage, how come are payments have risen?”
Well, there are 4 parts to your mortgage, principal, interest, taxes and insurance. The first two principal and interest are fixed and those are what you agreed to when you signed the loan, they will be fixed for the entire 30 years and will never change.
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selling: Where to help save a life this weekend in Beaverton (Help by donating blood) - 02/18/11 09:46 AM
What a month it has been with all the snow storms across the country! But, when storms like this hit blood donations go down because people can't make it to the donation places. This means today is the day you need to donate, because without your help, someone could die. The American Red Cross needs your blood, no matter the type. So, instead of saying "Oh, I'll donate blood next week" and then next week never comes. Donate today while you have time and are thinking about it.
Donating blood is quick, easy and like I … (6 comments)
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selling: We had a little surprise this morning when we woke up - 02/17/11 02:09 AM
It was 8am, we were getting up late as we decided to watch a movie after the kids went to bed, but when we walked out our bedroom door, we knew there was something different. We had our twelve year old daughter standing there all excited saying, “In the sun he melted, melted, in the sun he melted…”
That is from a song they learned when they were in primary at church called, “Once there was a snowman”. So, we knew we clearly had a snow event on our hands during night or early morning and the kids … (17 comments)
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Todd Clark (Broker) (503)524-9494 (Beaverton, Oregon Real Estate Expert)
Beaverton,
OR
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Knipe Realty
Address: Office Address: 7420 SW Bridgeport Road #210 Portland, OR 97224 Serving: Beaverton, Tigard, Aloha, Hillsboro, Tualatin, Portla, Serving: Beaverton, Tigard, Aloha, Hillsboro, Lake Oswego, Sherwood, Tualatin, Wilsonville, West Linn, OR
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