Carla Muss-Jacobs, RETIRED

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2012 

The Offer That Broke the Listing's Back Part of being a good Buyers Agent means representing the buyers in a purchase.  For any real estate agent working with buyers, we all know that sometimes buyers can have unrealistic expectations. This post is about an offer that broke the listing's back. A ...
01/22/2012
Portland Real Estate Absorption Rates First, let's discuss "Absorption Rates." The absorption rate is, bascially, the rate that homes sell in an area. The lower the absorption rate, the faster homes are selling (Seller's market). The higher the rate, Buyer's market. Sellers Market: 1 to 5 months ...
01/20/2012
Featured Beaverton Property of the Week - Great for First Time Buyers As an Exclusive Buyers Agent my brokerage, Buyers Agent Portland, LLC does not take listings.  I don't have any office listings to feature. But, each week I try to post a Featured Property.  What makes this Beaverton property a...
01/19/2012
Portland Real Estate | Market Report Dec 2011 This is a Portland Real Estate Market overview for the month of December 2011. The market seems to be doing fine. But what this graph indicates is the pattern of listings . . . which are down for the month.  Matter of fact, listings have been off abo...
01/17/2012
How Was the Portland Real Estate Market This Year? It used to be that we'd say "I wish I had a dollar every time . . . " Now with inflation I wish I had $10 every time someone asks me "how was the Portland real estate market this year?" The year started out slow, with the first two months showin...
01/16/2012
Today we are observing Martin Luther King Day, a Federal holiday in the United States of America. The impact of his movement was lost on me when I was living through it as a young girl.  I was 9 when he was assassinated and not into current events.  His death clearly impacted my Mother terribly ....
01/16/2012
January is National Blood Donor Month!! January is National Blood Donor Month The American Red Cross needs to collect 22,000 units of blood each weekday and around 15,000 units each weekend to meet patient needs. Every two seconds, someone needs blood. HOST A BLOOD DRIVE -- Have YOUR REAL ESTATE ...
01/14/2012
CAN YOU GUESS WHAT THESE ARE and WHERE THESE CAME FROM? I bet you can't! HINT:  Found in my Molly dog! These are bladder stones that would find in my Molly dog's bladder.  There were SO many, the vet didn't even bother to take x-rays.  He could fell them.They are caused because of the crappy food...
01/14/2012
Colleague Andi Grant does a great job with her article about first time home buyers.  Her real estate practice is in the Long Beach area of So. California, but when she tells first time buyers they will benefit from the "holy trinity" . . . or as I call it the "perfect trefecata" . . . we are in ...
01/13/2012
2012 First Time Home Buyers Special Offer - Home Inspection Congratulations!  You've just made the decision to become a first time buyer! Or, at least explore the potential.  You realize that interest rates are great, you saved up for a down payment and/or closing costs and you wouldn't mind taki...
01/13/2012
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