Carla Muss-Jacobs, RETIRED

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2013 

He Quit His Day Job . . . To Become A Real Estate Agent One of the worst events I've ever attended, happened this evening and I won't openly bash this gathering, but what a waste 'o time.  It was a real estate related event and the 45 mins. I was there I will NEVER get back.  EVER!  I couldn't wa...
11/13/2013
In Real Estate . . . No Negotiation IS a Negotiation I was inspired by a post I read awhile ago about the Seller making repairs on "your home" [Do You Really Want the Seller Making Repairs to Your Home] I came to the DUH moment that brings me to write this article. But first, a "Preface."  There ...
11/12/2013
Buyers Asking Questions . . .  Gail Robertson wrote a post the other day: 5 Things Your Realtor Won't Tell You Good list of topics and I've heard each and every one of them, expect for the hazard/environmental concerns.  For the property however, if there is a question, buyers can order a radon t...
11/11/2013
Hey . . . New Construction Listing Agent . . . I'm On To You! When you have property listed for sale in the Portland Metro region, and you're a Realtor®, and you're a member of PMAR (Portland Metropolitian Association of Realtors®) and a member of the RMLS, you're supposed to act as if you have a...
11/10/2013
The Market Waits for No One Once you've been in real estate for any length of time, you start to familiarize yourself with concepts. One HUGE concept in real estate is: Time is of the Essence When there are offers to present, deadlines to meet, there is no dilly-dallying about it. Tempus expectat...
11/08/2013
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  For those of you who actually read the HUD-1's on behalf of you client . . . here's some interesting information that will go into affect next year.  If it's not one thing, it's the other.   Dawn's post reminds us of the ever changing world of real estate and she also suggests that we inquire w...
11/07/2013
Buying Luxury Home in Portland . . . Cheaply The title of this post could easily have been Buying a Portland Luxury Home Inexpensively, or Buying a Portland Luxury Home Cheaply . . . the point is, if you are considering the purchase of a Luxury homes for sale in the Portland Metro real estate ma...
11/07/2013
The Open Mic . . . Is This Thing On?  Top 5 Speakerphone Gaffes This is a post that reminds me of the gaffes that are made when people, high profile folks . . . presidents, celebrities . . . say something they ought not.  Of course, they say it when the microphone is on and the gaffe is heard 'ro...
11/05/2013
What Are Some of the Important Issues Realtors® Face Today? Not sure if you've got the recent "Scan" from the NAR, or not.  If not, here it is.   It's an interesting read, and I don't remember ever having seen it before.  Apparently, this comes out ever two years.  I've never seen it before. I re...
11/04/2013
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Storage Unit So I'm out showing property today and we were viewing a very nice condo unit in a trendy part of NE Portland.  There was a set of keys on the kitchen counter labeled: trash, laundry room, storage unit, garage  . . .  and I picked them up and r...
11/03/2013
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