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2011
There's a small park up the street from me, on the corner of SW 135th and SW Brockman Ave. in Beaverton, OR. Just a stub of a thing, not much for my dogs and I. But, last week we finished up a neighborhood walk at Hiteon Park. Hiteon Park was just recently groomed. Branches on pine trees trim...
01/30/2011
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Exclusive Buyer Agent Carla Muss-Jacobs Assists First Time Home Buyers! (Kodak Video Challenge) This is my very first video blog. Kinda like the first slice of pie, it's a little sloppy -- but edible and palatable, nonetheless. As an Exclusive Buyer Agent I consult and work with first time buye...
01/28/2011
This is a re-blog of ActiveRainer just a little NORTH of me, Jaime Lutz Carroll in the Vancouver, WA area. Vancouver, WA is about 15 minutes north of Downtown Portland . . . depending on traffic. It's CLOSE! With that said, the price ranges Jaime uses ARE QUITE POSSIBLE HERE IN THE METRO PORTLA...
01/28/2011
State of Oregon Suing Countrywide A little bit of local news . . . The State of Oregon, by and through, Attorney General John Kroeger and State Treasuer Ted Wheeler, filed two law suits. I've posted them below for your reading, and edification pleasure. Apparently, there was a class action which...
01/27/2011
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"My husband and I are first time home buyers. We would like to have a home in PDX. Any recommended neighborhoods for the possibility of family growth?" This was a question I read in an email I received several weeks ago. Seems pretty harmless. A woman is making an inquiry about Portland neighbo...
01/23/2011
So I'm searching for properties to send my clients, and I check off the box "Waterfront" . . . I know the West Linn area, and sometimes there's a property that's located on the Williamette River. There were two properties that showed up on the search, and I couldn't help LOL when I saw the photo ...
01/22/2011
This is a great post by Traci Ferguson. Comments are OFF, so please visit Traci with your comments. How ingenius to take a traditional concept . . . the ice cream parlor . . . and reinventing the concept just a "taste" to get the community and consumer involved. Doc Burnstein's sounds like FUN!...
01/20/2011
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Oh MY . . . this is a GREAT READ!! This is SO TIMELY . . . I am planning to become a Foster Parent, and just attended orientation last night!! Please take the time to read it.I admit it...I had dug in my heels. The other agent had too. We were locked in fierce combat for our clients. My buyers we...
01/19/2011
A man can't ride your back unless it's bent. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. A man who won't die for something is not fit to live. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. On December 28, 2010, in the nation of Tunisia, Mohamed Bouazizi (seen below) did something very few would do: self-immolation. When the po...
01/17/2011
Forest Heights is an upscale neighborhood, nestled in the hills west of downtown Portland. For this reason, being only a 10 minute commute downtown, it is desireable. But, the Forest Heights neighborhood itself is more then the age-old adage of; location, location, location. Forest Heights has th...
01/17/2011
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