It started with a hike… On a sunny February day, my hiking partner Arturo and I ventured out for our annual snowshoe up Boy Scout Ridge. As we trudged along the White River towards the base of our climb marveling at Mt. Hood, I kept thinking, “I...
WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING IN THE PORTLAND REAL ESTATE MARKET IN MARCH? 🏡 We had a GORGEOUS hike on Wednesday up Hamilton Mtn. to bring you the Portland Real Estate Update. I highly recommend getting out and taking in the fresh air as an antidote to the cold,...
What is a Rehab Loan? A rehab loan or FHA 203(k) loan is a form of financing that allows homebuyers who are considering purchasing a fixer-upper that requires multiple repairs and significant rehabilitation efforts to roll the cost of both the property and these...
Last week, I had the honor of attending and presenting at the Inman Connect Conference in NYC. Inman is a gathering of the crème de la crème in real estate. It is where the CEOs of Zillow & Redfin, pioneering tech entrepreneurs, social media gurus and the most...
There are several important distinctions between the real estate market of 2008 vs. today’s real estate market. We saw just as dramatic of a shift but the current market is absent of a few components that led to a very long recovery road in 2008. We are already...
I love to snow shoe Boy Scout Ridge by White River Sno Park at Mt. Hood. The climb to the Ridge is always VERY steep (especially in snow shoes) but this time the powder was so deep and unspoiled that literally every angled step I took resulted in at least half a step...
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