Google Android Phone
This is a picture from the 3 megapixel phone. I won’t be taking any photos of homes with it. Since this is non-real estate skip past or click here to read more. And this will be a stream of consciousness post.
Should I Prolong A Short Sale To Live For Free In My House?
I have come upon this question a lot from people facing a short sale. Though I have seen it take longer, usually the bank will set a foreclosure date within 90 days after your first missed payment. They usually have the right to do that after 30 days but it is industry standard to wait […]
Roller Coasters And The Real Estate Market
At AgentGenius.com they have a YouTube video showing housing values but instead of a graph they have it represented as a roller coaster. It is pretty cool as it represents home values from 1890 – Present. I actually expected them to show this video below that I saw a long time ago which I […]
Links For The Week
Downtown condo sales slow further. NE Portland Tool Library and North Portland Tool Library. Great way to save money on small projects. 80% of borrowers are not getting help from their lenders to avoid foreclosure. Coldwell Banker puts their listings on sale. I don’t think this does much to help Coldwell Banker or their clients. […]
The New Dollar Bill
This was passed to me in an email so I can’t give proper attribution. I figure if I don’t have any thing nice to say about the economy maybe I should have something funny.
Portland Summer
I have a couple of real estate issues to write about but I will let that wait for Monday. Yesterday Javier dragged me out to the river for about a hour. He threw me in a tube and pulled me behind his boat until I would spectacularly fall out. I had so much fun. I […]
Comic
You can read more of this great comic at http://news.yahoo.com/comics/pearlsbeforeswine
“Million Dollar Producer”
When I was in high school the D.A.R.E. Program, anti-drug program, came to school. They explained that for the people who didn’t take drugs or drink alcohol, there was this club essentially where people got together and played games, had pizza parties and did all kinds of fun stuff. All you had to do was […]
My Trip To Vancouver, BC
I was mesmerized. Though if my friend didn’t break his rental bike, which some question whether it was mine before an earlier stop, I wouldn’t have seen this. I saw 3 stones stacked up that were quite round and thought it was some kind of glue prank. While walking back to where my friend was […]
The Portland Real Estate Network
PortlandRealEstateNetwork.com is collection of REALTOR’s, green consultants, real estate photographers, real estate marketing experts and real estate marketing professionals. And I have been asked to participate. Over the next week or two other members will be introduced. My introduction just popped up there and my post should be up within an hour or so. […]
News Links
Philly Sheriff Stops Enforcing Foreclosure Notices. Fairfax County to buy foreclosed homes. USDA 100% loans for rural properties in Oregon. These include Sherwood, Newberg, Canby, North Plains and others. This program is getting little attention and they are trying to get the word out. When people think of rural areas Sherwood probably doesn’t pop into […]
What is Twitter?
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 […]
Weekend Thought To Ponder
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 […]
Interest Rates
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 […]
Univited Swimmers In Your Pool
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 […]
One-Level Homes The Next Big Thing
With the growing Baby Boomer population I would expect one-level or ranch homes to be big in the next 5-10 years. In recent years, the reasons to choose a one-story home have increased. The baby boomers are aging and our entire population is getting older. More and more, we prefer to live our lives on […]
