Realtor/Coach/Trainer
The city of Beaverton and the Biggi family have been arguing/negotiating over some land in Beaverton that the city would like to use to build a stadium for the Portland(will they change the name to Beaverton) Beavers. Negotiations broke down and the Mayor started talking about eminent domain. Once he agreed to back off that […]
I am here to rant, indulge me a bit if you hate stupid drivers. See the friendly little triangle of green at the top? See the arrows showing the flow of traffic? Can you see the two cars facing Bethany just below the yellow line? Also notice that Bethany has two lanes running south. Okay. […]
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 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 […]
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 was playing around with my new map based search engine and it just amazes me how many homes are for sale when seeing them in this light. We hear the numbers but this puts it into perspective. This particular search shows – 200 + homes for sale Average square feet is 1763 Average price […]
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 […]
So you are behind in your payments. Banks are calling; telling you some odd scenarios- basically trying to scare you. Foreclosures and short sales are the number one thing people ask me about. So here are 9 options when facing foreclosure. 1. Do Nothing – If a homeowner does nothing, they will most likely loose […]
On the left are homes Active in a certain area with 2 schools being a common denominator. On the right are Pending, first section, and Sold Listings for the last 6 months, second section, with the same criteria. You see that the Pending homes follow the sold line as far as price range but the […]
