Cindy's Blog about Portland Real Estate & Stuff

Today I Was Given The Honor Of Being A Mentor To A Newbie Agent Today a newer agent gave me a wonderful complement by asking if I would be a mentor to her. I sat there thinking to myself could I be a good mentor? Am I experienced enough? I thought about that for a bit and realized that although I...

Speechless Sunday Sorta- Think Snow! I was too young to remember this snow storm, but I do believe there was another when I was perhaps six or so as I do remember the volkswagons my parent's had being covered and the neighbor boys pulling us around on our sleds. Oh the young days of building snow...

I have a friend that was denied any loan modification several years ago and was forclosed on. To this day the home is sitting vacant. Here is someone that has done everything in her power to work with the bank and yet they are declining her modification. If this is allowed to happen, will her hom...

How Can Asking For Personal Property When Buying Your Portland Metro Home Create Problems? You've finally found the Portland Metro home you love and you see that the dining room table looks just perfect in that space and hey, perhaps the seller won't want to move the big screen TV in the den. So ...

Photos Of Mount Hood, Mt. Jefferson And Timberline Lodge In Oregon I've only been to Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood twice. The first time was in 1999 before our move to Oregon when we were up checking out neighborhoods in the Portland Metro area while still living in Austin, TX. A work associate to...

  Why Would A Portland Metro Lead Bother To Sign Up And Type Don't Bother? There are times when I'm left scratching my head in confusion as to the motives of some people. Today I get an e-mail saying a new lead has signed up on my website. Ok..so I go in and check it out since most that sign up a...

Life In West Linn Oregon|My Five Faves From This Weeks Police Blog 1-25-13 Every week I enjoy receiving my copy of the West Linn Tidings local paper where you get to read the police blog and the calls they go out for in West Linn. With about 26,000 people living in West Linn, there is garanteed t...

What Makes A Real Estate Agent Local? I had a phone call yesterday from a buyer sitting outside of what she thought was my listing in Tualatin (thank you Trulia). As we got to talking, It came out that she was already working with an agent..a family member that mostly practices in Gresham, a City...

How Many Unread E-mails Do You Have In Your Inbox? I was out with the other night when I passed my phone over to a friend to read and e-mail and she did this huge gasp and let out a loud OMG!!! I'm thinking this is really a bit of drama to the e-mail she was reading when she looked up at me and s...

Just Sold In Oregon City|1113 John Adams St. This wonderful home in Oregon City's McLouglin Historic District  just sold after going pending in just two days! Fantastic location within minutes to Downtown Oregon City, Transit center, shopping, restaurants and more! With it's oversized three bedro...