Coach/Trainer/Realtor
Of course now blue Mazda 3 Hatchbacks will pop up everywhere but for two months there were none around Portland for a reasonable price. She gave a local dealer a chance but he was $4000 higher and seemed to barely hold in a laugh when she said what she would pay. Allison wanted this color […]
For awhile I was reporting on the numbers, statistics and prognostications that I found quite often. It is seductive to report the good news about our market. Makes us feel good. But the numbers are interpreted by whoever compiles them and compared to other numbers that someone else put together and there is at least […]
Aroundthesunblog.com is aptly titled for the weekend weather we are going to have. Here are two events today out of many for the weekend that sound interesting, Portland Actors Ensemble will perform Julius Caesar in Washington Park at 7:30 pm. Visit the PAE website for details. Environmental Film Event: The film Kilowatt Ours will be […]
On the left side you will see the heading, “What I am doing now (more or less)”. Twitter is a tool where I can send a text message and it will pop up a on my Twitter page and on the side of my website in an instant. I have been looking at Twitter for […]
This has nothing to do with real estate but I find this quote from Tiger Woods to be a fascinating. It is so easy to get stuck in a rut and dwell on our mistakes or problems. This quote succinctly puts it all into perspective. “I view my life in a way … I’ll explain […]
This chart surprised me. It shows that housing starts per million people fell starting in 2005. This information is from US Census Data. Our slowdown came later than others places and luckily we haven’t fallen as hard. Las Vegas started having troubles in 2006 if I recall correctly. One buyer sued the builder because just […]
For me and some of my colleagues showings have slowed down on our listings. This started in the middle of May. Look at the chart and there is part of the explanation. It doesn’t help that the price of a barrel of oil has done a similar spike. This reminds me of the Time article […]
According to this report, some homeowners are finding interlopers in their pool. So far this is a phenomenon in England. As a real estate agent I like the information that I can find online for homes and Google Earth is one of tools I use. As a homeowner I can imagine that it can be […]
I have complained about appraisers a lot and even a time or two here. Today I listened to a appraiser whom I gained a lot of respect for today. He dispelled some things that I have heard from other appraisers. Just last week an appraiser told a colleague that he wouldn’t appraise any house above […]
This is a pretty cool program. Allison just had a tree put in her yard and was giddy to help out. “During the 2007-08 planting season, more than 2,000 volunteers planted 1,852 street and yard trees in 62 Portland and Vancouver neighborhoods. Please visit our planting schedule to see if we’re planting in your neighborhood […]
Sure why not. “Michael Crews Development is offering new, 2000-square foot cityscape row-homes worth $400,000 in Escondido for free — if you buy one Royal View Estate home in San Pasqual Valley starting at $1.6 million.” Creativity is at an all time high. Auctions Free cars Vacations and now buy one get on free. This […]
