Cindy's Blog about Portland Real Estate & Stuff

Just Made The REALTOR® Dues Deadline, So Good To Go For Another Year Why I wait until the very last minute to pay my REALTOR® dues is beyond me, but at least I didn't get charged an extra $75 dollars for a late fee which happened last year. However you pay your dues, at least I can now enter into...

The Seller And The Original 1957 Green Toilet There is was in all it's green shiny glory...a throne fit for the king and queen of the household......the ORIGINAL 1957 GREEN TOILET! Yes, and one could snap this baby up for just a mere $300 buckaroos! The seller is so proud of this specimen, that t...

Mushing Through The Snow~On A Eight Dog Open Sled...Ruff, Ruff, Ruff! O'er the snow we go, laughing all the way, Ho Ho Ho! So last week, I got to cross something off of my bucket list...a dog sled ride in Telluride! So, my best friend from the Long Island that I've known since we were sixteen and...

Does Making An Offer Without Any Earnest Money Put A Buyer At A Disadvantage?   I can remember the first buyer I worked with many years ago. They were a challenge to work with in many ways, but when we did find a home that they wanted to offer on, they didn't want to offer any form of earnest mon...

What REALLY Constitutes A Safe Area?? As I sit here typing this, watching the news on the Clackamas Town Center shooting, my heart is heavy for those two known persons that have lost their lives, others that were injured or those there that have had their world of safety shattered. I've shopped h...

West Linn's Holiday Parade Down Historic Willamette Main Street 2012 (Video) One of the many reasons I love living in West Linn is being in close proximity to the Historic Willamette Main Street District. This past Saturday, it was a full day of festivities starting with the Ugly Sweater Dash & W...

Christmas Ship Parade On The Columbia River, Portland OR 2012(Video) I'm fortunate to own a floating home on the Columbia River in Portland, Oregon where the Christmas Ship Parade goes by a couple of times during the season. It was a perfect Portland evening to watch these gorgeous ships, listen ...

Pink Skies On The Columbia River, Portland Oregon After battling the typical Friday afternoon traffic on I-205 from West Linn to our Floating home on the Columbia River, I was able to finally sit down and relax with a nice warm cup of coffee and enjoy the view of the Columbia River.Tonight the Ch...

Historic Willamette's Second Annual Progressive Holiday Crawl Saturday December 8th 2012! One of the reasons why I love living in West Linn is that it's just minutes from Historic Willamette's Main Street where I enjoy having some great local shops and well as restaurants and businesses. Througho...

Oregon Zoo's New Baby Elephant Makes National News After two years of gestation, Rose-Tu and eighteen year old asian elephant at the Oregon Zoo gave birth to a healthy 300 pound cutie! Two years..wow, I thought nine months was long! The birth even made the Today show. I didn't know this, but The ...