Carla Muss-Jacobs, RETIRED

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2013 

When Does School Start in Portland 2013? Be sure to mark your calendars for the big back to school day in Portland.  For most public schools in the Metro Portland area school begins: First Day of School for Portland Students When:  Sept. 4, 2013 - 8:00 a.m. Where: All Portland Public Schools Not...
07/30/2013
Jennifer hits this spot on . . .  When focused on price, the price might be somewhere way, way far away. True Story:  Over a year ago I was representing a buyer and new mother.  She was VERY focused on price.  She went hither and yon and told me about places that "would work" based on price. But ...
07/26/2013
Are You A Serious Buyer . . . Or A Lookie Loo? Pacita Damacali wrote an article - Dear Potential Buyer -- Here's Why We We Don't Jump When You Ask To See A Property, Until and Unless We Know You More -  that I thought was very good.   As an Exclusive Buyers Agent my brokerage gets numerous calls ...
07/24/2013
WOW Barbara Todaro hit the ball clear out of the park on this one. We know whose team she is playing on . . . and I totally respect that!  I represent BUYERS EXCLUSIVELY.  When I come to the table my Fiduciary Duties are to the Buyer clients I represnt. And I OFTEN represent Buyer Clients in thei...
07/24/2013
Mona is spot on with her happy and sad faces! A buyer is NOT protected when they are unrepresented, i.e., working without their own agent. A buyer is NOT represented when they are using the services of the Listing Agent on a propety of interest. Buyers are best served by engaging the services of ...
07/24/2013
The Lenders' Purse Strings - 5 Ways Homes Loans Are Becoming Easier to Obtain This is a snyopsis of an article I just read published by RISMedia. It appears that there will be more loan funds available.  And here we go . . . with my two cents added:   A little more of a down payment, lenders dial...
07/23/2013
The NWMLS is Moving The Listings . . . In the Right Direction I'm going to wager that the NWMLS is smarter than a lot of people, including agents, their own members, and even Esq'es. The NWMLS, as most all Multiple Listing Services, is a Member Organization and apparently they have rules when it ...
07/22/2013
I'm going to wager that the NWMLS is smarter than a lot of people, including agents, their own members, and even Esq'es. The NWMLS, as most all multimple listing services, is a Member Organization and apparently they have rules when it comes to their members.  The whole point about a MLS (multipl...
07/22/2013
This is why I subscribe to Doug Rogers . . . he's a great writer and his analogy cracked me up "I knew how the farmer must have felt the first morning of Woodstock" OH MY GOSH . . . hilarious! The subject matter isn't so funny, unfortunately.   Excited buyers are to be expected . . . but bringing...
07/22/2013
So, you know I adopted a stray cat a couple of weeks ago and named him Charlie.  He's a very agile guy, and the other day he jumped up the 6' fence to see what was on the other side . . .  There's a walking path, a nice little creek and all kinds of fun things:  frogs, ducks, birds.  Everything a...
07/21/2013
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