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 they about me. Not only were they interested in purchasing a home, they also had a home to sell. They asked if I could recommend an experienced Realtor ® in there area that could help them with the sale.

I also set them up on my Buyer's web site http://www.househuntportland.com/ where they could keep track of Portland Oregon neighborhoods of their interest by email with ease until their move.

My agent reccomendation hit gold and in no time at all Dawn and Andy had sold there home, and by early August they were Portland bound.

Three days after they arrived they gave me a call and we set a time to get together. We met at the University_Park_Coffee_House  in North Portland where and we set up a plan to get them into a home. Originaly they had planned to rent for up to 6 months while they looked around. But before we even got through our first cup of coffee I could tell that had all changed. " Herb, get us out of that apartment ,Please", they both said almost in unison. Having been home owners for the last several years they had forgotten about all of the little annoying things about apartment life.

Because their earlier Portland neighborhood selections had been so broad I thought it best for me to first preview the homes before we set a time for showing. I told them that I would begin previewing homes that fit their needs the following day. And I did, all 137 of them. It took the better part of 3 days.

On Saturday I was prepared, and they were eager to go. By the end of that first day I had showed them the top 35 homes covering every neighborhood that they wanted to take a look at. Later that evening they called and said that they had weeded out all of the neighborhoods except one, the  Alberta_Arts_District_located in_Close_in_Downtown_Portland .

That evening I changed the search paramaters for House Hunt Portland narrowing their neighborhood of choice to only the Alberta Arts District. The following day a new listing popped up and I quickly went to preview the home. It was perfect and was what I considered to be, significantly under priced. I imediately called Dawn and Andy. They were both at work and unable to see the home until later that evening. In the mean time I busied myself with a Market Analysis of the subject property, confirming what I already knew. The home was under priced by at least $30,000.

Later that evening as we walked through the home Andy asked me what I thought of the price. I told them what I thought and showed them both the market analysis. After talking it over they decided to make a full price offer. Even though there was stong interest by other agents I could not ask them to pay more than full price after being here for such a short period of time. I instead chose to tell them what the probability was of someone offering more than full price and left it at that.

There were three other offers by the time the appointment for presentation was set. They did not get this home. But it did prepare them well for our next offer which was just around the corner.

It was a little after 6:00PM a couple of days later when the cute bungalow in the Alberta Arts District was entered into the MLS for sale by the listing agent. Some short 20 minutes later I got the call from and Andy, he was very excited. This could be the one exclaimed having viewed the photo's online.

As we walked through the home a scant 45 minutes later it was very apparent that they loved this house. Indeed there were many similarities to this home and their previous home in Rhode Island. In fact the Seller owned and had on display many of the same books and pictures that had adorned bookcases and walls of the Rhode Island home.

It was meant to be they concluded. Another quick trip to the Coffee shop was in order. We quickly did an online check and found that this home as well was a little under priced. Not as dramatic as the last one but still a very good deal. The offer was drafted for $5,000 above full price and imediately sent to the Seller's Agent.

By the following morning we had received the signature of the Seller and 30 days later they were moving into their perfect home. Without having the ability to stay on top of things with my_Web_Site_House_Hunt_Portland, we might still be looking for that Perfect Home.

Dawn and Andy I wish you much Happiness in your Alberta Arts District Home in Portland Oregon.

" A Real Estate Transaction with Herb is One YOU will Prosper from!"