Carla Muss-Jacobs, RETIRED

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2015 

Another post where I'm the background singer.  Debbie Gartner is THE Flooring Girl, and I'm so glad she reached out to me. So, in Debbie's post, she writes about her calling me in the midst of a minor hiccup.  We had a home inspection set up, and I emailed this well in advance to the listing agen...
01/31/2015
As the back-ground singer to Maria Gilda Racelis' post . . . I have to re-blog it in hopes that . . . well, consumers read it and call me for buyer representation here in the Portland Metro area. Geez, with a write up like this . . . what's NOT to re-blog?!? Maria is an excellent writer.  I have ...
01/27/2015
Low-Ball Offers / Over-Market Lists . . . The Joys of Being a Realtor® Being inspired today after reading this post by relative new(er) member to Active Rain, Cindy Davis "Your Relationship With Your Realtor" I thought about what she wrote about. Cindy writes about the relationships we have with ...
01/24/2015
Buyer Changed the Amounts on His Pre-Qualification!  What Would You Do? This tale is, indeed, a good one for the old Active Rain Water Cooler.  So gather 'round . . .  First of this year I entered into a buyer rep agreement with a buyer who, as time unfolded, seemed very unstable -- in more ways ...
01/19/2015
Being Consistent In a Changing Market . . . How NOT To Swim Upstream This article is written on two inspirations:   1) My own post from yesterday "A Dose of Reality in the Portland Metro Real Estate Market" and 2) Lou Ludwig's post, "Continue to Change to Meet the Market Demands" My article descr...
01/17/2015
A Dose Of Reality in the Portland Metro Real Estate Market It's time for buyers in the Portland Metro real estate market to realize that "the deal" may be . . . getting their offer accepted on a property they want to call home! It is not a stable market. It is not a buyers' market. We are in a SE...
01/16/2015
Does Sold Price Reflect Market Values? This morning I read a very well-written post by Susan Haughton "The Agent Priced it Too Low" When I read it, I had to confess, I had the SAME THOUGHTS a short time ago when I saw a property on my street priced "too low." Oh, GEEZ . . . was my inner groan . ....
01/12/2015
Home Stager's Stuff . . . Get it Out Prior to ClosingThree days prior to the close of escrow, the listing agent called me and asked"When is your client moving in?"HUH?!?Apparently, the listing agent didn't coordinate the removal of the staging furniture and knick-knacks.  "The stager doesn't have...
01/07/2015
An Honest Business In the Portland Metro Area -- Les Schwab Les Schwab is a Portland Metro staple.  Starting out in 1952, Les Schwab sold tires.  That's all he did.   In 1952 Les Schwab bought OK Rubber Welders in Prineville, OR and the rest is history.   Today, there are close to 500 Les Schwab ...
01/05/2015
Speechless Sunday -- What's This? I'm not sure exactly what this is all about.   I see a lot of new things on the sidebar of the Active Rain site, and this sure is misleading.   On my "points" page I saw this envelope and the wording "View New Messages" Do I download it . . . ? Do I not . . . ? W...
01/04/2015
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