Realtor/Coach/Trainer
Here were are finally. After a year and half since we knew we had him, Greg Oden gets to show us what he can do. I honestly think we, and maybe even Greg Oden, got “lucky” to be out last season. Remember when Dennis Dixon went down for the Ducks last year. Even their […]
I love this Portland Trailblazer Team and you are, fortunately or unfortunately, going to hear about it all season. Greg Oden was the ignition switch to start Blazermania up all over again. And he didn’t even play last season. Instead we got a season of Brandon Roy blowing us away with his maturity, patience, and […]
I was talking to a friend of mine who I knew had been house hunting for a while. He was excited that he was gong to close in about 2 weeks on his new home. He said, “I know some people say you should wait and see if prices drop more but I think interest […]
Why the first Bailout/Rescue Bill failed. Which comes down their failure to explain our situation and politicians looking at polls and their re-election plans. Senate approves Rescue/Bailout Bill. How the Rescue/Bailout compares to other spending and bailouts. Bailout/Rescue Bill goes from 3 pages to 451 pages in 10 days flat. Of course there are stupid […]
Cartoon from http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2948
I thought this was done at a Washington Mutual conference which would have made it funnier, or sadder but it was done after B of A merged with another bank. Still interesting to watch, sort of. Oldie but a goodie. I am at the #wordcampdx conference. Love that I have my laptop with me. Worked […]
Washington Mutual has been seized by regulators and the deposits sold to JP Morgan Chase according to Bloomberg.com. WaMu also reported that customer withdrawals equaled $16.7 billion in the last 10 days. JP Morgan tried to acquire WaMu in a takeover valued at $4 a share. This is a much better deal for JP Morgan. […]
They still make Jiffy Pop?
I came across a raffle* (essay contest) for a home in Maui. I am not endorsing it since I know nothing about the home or area but it does have a fanciful quality to it. $100 to give you a chance to own a home in Maui and put your feet in the sand, mmmm. […]
Finally we have a true number for days on the market. As long as a house is relisted within 31 days of it’s previous listing it will resume accumulating days but will not count the days that it was expired. So that is all to explain why August 2007 had 56 days on the market […]
There are many people trying to get congress to give the Downpayment Assistance Programs a reprieve. Greg Swann from Bloodhound Blog believes that about 40% of Phoenix buyers will be affected October 1st when DPA’s are discontinued due to the new law. That is a scary number. We need buyers but do we need […]
I am not trying to promote Zillow Mortgage but I like their tool. To the left you will see the widget that shows the national interest rates and you can click between a 3 month, 1 week or 1 day view of three different loans programs. So I clicked on the one day view and […]
I came across an article last Friday before I went under the weather this cold weekend and am still feeling the effects. Have you settled with a creditor? Have you had your identity stolen and charges rung up in your name? You thought everything was taken care of? But the zombies came back. On the credit […]
I finally closed one of my listings that was a short sale. It took 2 and half months to get approval. There were two banks involved. One, the first position, had 80% of the loan and the other, second position, had 20%. The second ended up receiving only $1000. They made it difficult to get […]
I love map based searching. I like to see exactly what is in an area and sometimes it is mind boggling how many homes are for sale in one place. After trying a few demos and getting helpful feedback from past and current clients I have chosen what I think is a great service, hopefully […]
I have a post about the Beaverton numbers from the June 2008 Market Action. Click here to read the post.
