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2010
The Senate is taking steps to prevent another foreclosure crisis – but the moot question is that will it succeed? Who brought about the Great Recession? A motley group comprising of naïve borrowers, carnivorous lenders, sleepy regulators, a unchained parallel banking system and managers with my...
04/15/2010
TAX: from the Latin "taxo" . . . "I estimate" All you ever wanted to know about TAXES, but were afraid to ask And after you've read about taxes: excise tax, corporate tax, income tax, captial gains tax, consumption tax, ad valorem i.e., inheritance tax, sales tax, property taxes, expatriation ta...
04/15/2010
Supra Lockbox Activity Week Ending 4/4/10 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 DECREASE in activity for Oregon, which also includes Portland, OR real estate activ...
04/12/2010
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In reading the blogs, I've noticed a very interesting thread . . . ONLY those with short sale experience should be handling short sales?!? Today's feature by Elizabeth Weintraub uses the metaphor of driving. The "passenger" doesn't see what the driver sees. This metaphor can be applied to ANY s...
04/11/2010
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Exclusive Buyers Agent Portland From time to time I notice that there are Realtors® in the Metro Portland area who claim they are Exclusive Buyers Agent Portland. It's misleading to the general public when an agent makes claims of being an Exclusive Buyers Agent in Portland, when in fact, they h...
04/09/2010
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Exclusive Buyer Agent Beaverton As many of you know, I am an Exclusive Buyer Agent in Beaverton. Having obtained my license 12 years ago, I became an Exclusive Buyer Agent for a number of reasons. The first being, that when I bought a home in Beaverton, ORI got HOSED! I found my agent by calli...
04/09/2010
Subprime Lending and Securitization and Government-Sponsored Enterprises This is a historical week on TV. Not the tripe that's being spoon fed on the boob tube to the masses. But the soap-opera I'd like to call "As the World Bleeds," and . . . it's currently being aired on C-SPAN. Are you watc...
04/08/2010
Well, here it is. The report you've been waiting for . . . Or not. But remember, I promised to post this every month. In my local market, page 38, Metro Portland: Traffic remains below expectations Prices fall Length of time needed to sell a home increased And this does NOT surprise me. The m...
04/06/2010
Once upon a time, there was a school of fish. They bounced around the water, as schools of fish do. Suddenly, one of the fish in the school was acting all really weird. The other fish went to the side and looked. They commented; What is wrong with that fish? Look at it flopping . . . look at...
04/06/2010
Supra Lockbox Activity Week Ending 3/28/10 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 act...
04/05/2010
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