Carla Muss-Jacobs, RETIRED

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2010 

Libel is a false, malicious statement published in mainstream media (i.e. on the internet, in a magazine, etc.). Defamation is also very effective claim in a court of law.  "In most civil law jurisdictions, defamation is dealt with as a crime rather than a tort." (Cited) Libel is DEFAMATION. Char...
04/26/2010
  Supra Lockbox Activity Week Ending 4/18/10 NOTE:  The Supra Lockbox is the magic access key that allows agents to open the doors on listed property.  It also keeps statistics, and as you can see, there has been a slight DECREASE in activity for Oregon, which also includes Portland, OR real esta...
04/26/2010
This post was inspired by Karen Rittenhouse: Protecting Your Property Rights Karen's post got me to think about all the INTRUSIVE actions that are now taking place.  She makes a point about how the bills 'sound' good but questions, are they?.  Yesterday I was out showing property and I saw quite ...
04/24/2010
I just had to re-blog this one.  Need a weekend get away . . . fly from Portland to Sonoma, and enjoy wine country.  Hey, wait a sec . . . we have wine country.  So fly up from Sonoma and check out our local vinters! In any event -- enjoy the local WINE COUNTRIES!!   My favorite Peanuts comic st...
04/22/2010
The Little Old Lady From Lake Oswego* On the local news tonight, there was a news story about a women, Virginia, in her 100th year.  For her special birthday just received an Apple Ipad from her family. Virginia suffers with glaucoma and hasn't read a book in years.  The lighted backscreen, and t...
04/21/2010
Supra Lockbox Activity Week Ending 4/11/10 NOTE:  The Supra Lockbox is the magic access key that allows agents to open the doors on listed property.  It also keeps statistics, and as you can see, there has been a INCREASE in activity for Oregon, which also includes Portland, OR real estate activ...
04/19/2010
There's nothing as empty . . . as a vase without a flower.  Today I plucked a Tulip from the yard, and put it in the red thing that my son brought home yesterday.  A canteen??  Who knows, it was on the kitchen counter waiting to be washed out, and I plunked the Tulip there.  Then it opened, and w...
04/18/2010
As you all know (or, as they say in the South, y'all), I am an Exclusive Buyers Agent.  My humble EBA Portland, LLC does not take listings, and there is no Seller representation at all.  I've been doing this for a while, but I do know a few things. This post was inspired by Christopher & Stephani...
04/18/2010
FINALLY, there's a little pay back to the payola scandal in the mortgage crisis. SEC Accuses Goldman Sachs of Civil Fraud I was starting to think that nothing was going to be done -- AT ALL. In the above column the first sentence reads: WASHINGTON (AP) -- "The government has accused Goldman Sachs...
04/16/2010
Kevin Simpson asks the question:  Senate Takes Steps to Prevent Another Foreclosure Crisis -- But Will it Succeed? HELL NO! But wait . . . define what "IT" is?  Is "It" the measures the Senate wants to put in place? Or is the "IT" the "prevention" of ANOTHER foreclosure crisis. We ain't out of th...
04/15/2010
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