Cindy's Blog about Portland Real Estate & Stuff

Can We Look At Homes Now Even Though We Won't Be Ready To Buy Until Next Year? Yesterday I had a message that said "We've been getting a lot of advice from people who have bought homes recently, or have bought a few in their lives; They recommend that we get out there and start looking at houses...

  How Can A Pile Addicted Portland Real Estate Agent Go Paperless? My pile addiction started a long time ago. I think it started with my magazine addiction..but that's another story. Now I know that such an addiction takes many small steps to get rid of all that paper..all those piles...all that ...

Portland Oregon Floating Homes On The Columbia River The other night after showing my floating home listing on the Columbia River, I took the short walk to my own floating home. It was a perfect evening to sit on my deck, sipping a nice cup of fresh brewed coffee, while watching the goings on. It...

Save Your I-Pad Home Button From Wearing Out, Use The Assistive Touch Feature! I was chatting with a friend mine yesterday who just recently took a class to go over some features on her new I-Pad (something I need to do!) I of course asked her if she would give me one tip that she would never hav...

Downtown Portland Photo Op, Making The Best Of Traffic! So here I am just driving along when traffic merging onto I-5 came to a slow crawl. They've been working on the roads around the Portland Metro area...yea for quiet nicely paved roads, but slow traffic comes with this improvement. I'm often ...

Portland Metro Real Estate Market Action Report August 2012   We just got the latest market action report statistics for August 2012 from the RMLS (regional multiple listing service) and they are looking good! With the slight rise in inventory in July to 4.6 months we are back down to 3.9 months....

Riding The Carousel Of Time There are certain sounds, like the sound of a plane flying overhead on a clear sunny day  that brings me right back to certain moments in my life. I can remember being about eight or so and climbing over a chain link fence when I heard that sound and can still picture ...

My Closing Gift I am truly blessed as an agent here in the Portland Metro area. I always try to choose a nice closing gift for my clients..and I can say I often draw a blank. Lately, I've been making baskets up with some similar things for each client..as well as throwing in some local things as...

West Linn Arts Festival September 8th & 9th 2012 at Willamette Park One of the reasons why I love living in West Linn, Oregon is that there is always something going on, especially in the Historic Willamette neighborhood. This weekend is the West Linn Arts Festival in Willamette Park. This jurie...