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ne·go·ti·a·tion nəˌɡōSHēˈāSH(ə)n/ Discussion aimed at reaching an agreement…………….it’s all but dead here in Portland, Oregon in 2016! Why do I say that? OK, I’ll hop on my high horse and explain. It’s really just my perspective on how us realtors are dealing with each other in transactions. Somewhere along this incredible run up, through arguably […]
The more things change, the more they stay the same. I’m reading my real estate agent/broker magazine today, and the entire issue is devoted to new technologies, cloud stuff, virtual broker stuff, stuff in the cloud stuff. But not a single part in the same article, is the connection we are supposed to have, […]
I’m speechless………..
In fairness of all concerned, and covering his face :), this chappy is one of my favorite of all inspectors here in Portland. Tripod, headphone, talk to typing, reports come out super quick, same day………and he even scales the photos inside the document so the file isn’t 8 million gagillion megbytes so you can actually […]
While in California a couple of weeks back, I strolled around in a senior citizen manufactured home park. Others might call them mobile homes, and I even hear people call em trailer parks. I think they could be a lot of all things, as this particular park I was in had homes from the late […]
I was down south a few weeks back, taking care of some family issues, and also finding some time to visit a few places in California wine country. At one particular vinyard, I met the chappy in this photo. We struck up a chord, found out we both like movies, real estate, and wine. So […]
I sat in my office the other day and watched a property, a Portland area triplex, get bid up via an Internet auction, by more than $100,000 of it’s market value. Folks just kept clicking away, bidding higher and higher……to the point where I know it became a game simply not to lose to the […]
Sometimes in the rush of things, a fella can get moving around town, and just can’t see the forest or the trees. Such was the day a few months back, in a pretty downtown area of Forest Grove. So in my zest to preview properties, this particular day, I park next to the building……pop out, […]
In any given moment, I believe and feel I’m in good order. Of clear mind and spririt. A ton of happy tenants, happy clients, and all things happy. But alas, I’m a realist, this is not truly the case some of the time. In truth, I’ve got at least one or two tenants, at my […]
My wife and I just took a spin thru the Clark County Parade of Homes for the first time ever. Thru the years, we’ve stuck to the Portland side of the river, doing the tour thru the Street of Dreams…..but as time moves on, and as you see more and more, eventually, you really need […]