The Bull Mountain North neighborhood of Tigard, Oregon goes west, starting at Barrows/Gaarde to Bull Mountain Rd, Then from Pacific Hwy to Beef Bend Rd. This part of Tigard, Oregon is in Tigard School district even though Bull Mountain itself hasn’t been incorporated in to Tigard. Even though thi
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05/28/2009
This is one of the questions I get a lot from both buyers and sellers of properties that are in a short sale situation, but one thing I can tell you is it has nothing to do really with the buyer or the seller. What happens when a listing is taken by an agent that is going to be in a short sale si
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05/28/2009
Earlier today I wrote about my first meet up with a fellow Twitterer and I am so glad I did. Not only did Imeet a great guy, who loves to help people, but a guy who really has an interesting background. I can say I’m going to be proud to say I know him and I will be proud to call him friend.Bob S
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05/27/2009
Well, I would love to say yes, but I don’t really think so! I know, I know, the Beaverton, Oregon real estate market is in the crapper, but it hasn’t burst, at least as far as I’m concerned. There are a lot of things to consider in the statement, “the bubble has burst”. When I think of a bubble b
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05/26/2009
How do you sell your home if you owe more than it is worth in Beaverton, Oregon? Well, there are two ways. The first is to hold on to the property until the market rebounds or you can sell it on a short sale. A short sale, in basic terms, means the bank takes it in the shorts! (It certainly has n
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05/26/2009
25% commission on this amazing short sale! WOW, now that is incentive to sell, but we all know the banks won’t pay that. So what is this offer that is being presented to me by my seller?Well, it seems my seller is living out of state and this house is a mess! Its cluttered and there is just stuff
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05/24/2009
I remember from real estate school that if someone signs a contract under duress, the contract is invalid, but what is duress? Duress, to me, is someone holding a gun to your head and saying sign or die. But, there are, of course, lesser meanings to it.So, how does this come into play in real est
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05/24/2009
I have made money in real estate and my posts have been getting me lots of business lately, but I don’t get that money until a property closes. But, it seems there is another way to make money in real estate and that is from blogging directly.The only problem is the people making money from my po
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05/23/2009
Normally today is “I don’t feel like typing Saturdays” but somehow, today, knowing what Monday is, how could I not feellike typing when I would like to thank the service men and woman who gave the ultimate sacrifice for my freedom? To those families who lost service members this memorial day, I
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05/23/2009
I’ve had more and more clients ask me what I plan to do when real estate agents are no longer needed to buy or sell a house. They say they have been seeing on the news and in blogs that the days of the real estate agent are almost over because of banks trying to get into the business and more and
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05/22/2009
