Carla Muss-Jacobs, RETIRED

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2011 

Okay, I've got to set this one up. A friend of mine asked for my, err, hmmm, sage advice.  I listened to the story which goes like this: Listing agent has a listing to a home.  Buyers made an offer, it was accepted.  Buyers had the home inspected.  During the inspection, there was a puddle formin...
01/15/2011
If I Buy a Home And There's a Tenant . . . Do They Magically Disappear When I Become the New Owner??? From time-to-time I get asked "What if there's a tenant in the property I want to buy?" Well, unless you want to have rental property and tenants . . . what to do is a great question. Part of wor...
01/15/2011
A few weeks ago I met with potential clients.  The meeting took place with me knowing very little about them as buyers.  Although they wanted to meet to see if I was the "right agent" for them, it's a two-way street.  I was there to see if I could offer my services and represent them.  At the con...
01/12/2011
Bob asked us to think about, and write a post about, our experiences with the referral partners we've come to know and rely on.  ActiveRain Referral Partners -- A Grade Above I've had the pleasure of having a wonderful loan/mortgage "GO TO" :  NEVIN WILLIAMS Back in the 2009 Nevin contacted me.  ...
01/11/2011
I was inspired to write this after reading a "we all know THAT feeling" post by Chris Ann Cleland: So You Thought You Could Take a Saturday and Relax?  Think Again Chris Ann has been around ActiveRain a while.  But, as with many GREAT bloggers, and Newer Members to ActiveRain, sometimes it's hard...
01/11/2011
What do the MLS Numbers Mean? As any agent knows, when they input a listing an MLS # is generated.  In the local Portland Metro area, the numbering system has been changed. Effective January 1, 2011, no longer are the MLS #'s generated chronically.  They're being randomized. In the past, if a lis...
01/10/2011
ALL ABOARD . . . the Portland Party Bus The Portland Party Bus is a wonderful way to see Portland.  Thinking of an event you want to take clients to?  Planning a wedding, and want guests to travel in style? . . . the Portland Party Bus is the way to go. Inspired by the Double-Deckers found in Lon...
01/10/2011
Credit Suisse Monthly Survey of Real Estate Agents for Dec. 2010 Each month I post the results of the previous month's Credit Suisse Monthly Survery of Real Estate Agents. For December, the results of the survey suggest nothing much has changed.  The three trends: Traffic, Home Prices, Incentives...
01/10/2011
When Lions Lay Down with Lambs . . . or something along those lines:   This is my dog, Poppy.  He's 105lbs.  He barks, and people think he's mean because he's a big German Shepard. On top of Poppy is Fred, the rabbit.  On Sunday morning I found Ginger -- his bonded mate -- had died.  I had no ide...
01/05/2011
How an overpriced listing affects buyers! Broker Bryant has written a little diddie that got me thinking: Some Little Diddies To Help You Be A Better Lister. At first, I read it as "better listner" -- which might not be a bad thing for SELLERS!! Realizing BB was talking about listings, and as an ...
01/04/2011
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