Carla Muss-Jacobs, RETIRED

Do You Know a Good Real Estate Agent?  [Alternate Title]:  The Shoe's on the Other Foot Now that I am retired, I have come to the point where most folks in my peerage section tend to arrive:  Do I List the Place and Sell . . . or Stay? Do you know a good real estate agent in the Portland Metro ar...

  Hi Everybody!Odd, but I just looked in my "draft" (NO! -- NOT draft beer, even though I am retired) folder, and the first draft in the cue:"Is Real Estate Blogging Like Riding a Bike?"Well, let's see,   I'd screen cap  to show you I ain't lyin' . . . but I'm pulling the "retired' card!  YIKES. ...

This will be my last "professional" post as a licensed real estate agent in the State of Oregon.  My license expires today, and I will not renew.  For all intents and purposes, I have to RETIRE, from a profession I love, due to health issues.Almost 10 Years Ago . . .To recap to kneecap:  May 28, ...

 To those who have known me for awhile, you know I've not published anything in months.  Well, today I was inspired.I read the following article this morning:  First in Time Lawsuit:  Yin et al vs. City of Seattle.The article is well written and easily digested  Please read it, but if you don't h...

 The other day I had a lead but, unfortunately, I could not accommodate that particular buyer.  They wanted to look in Washington state.  Although a hop, skip and a jump from my Portland Metro real estate market base, I'm not licensed in Washington.There's an agent that I've referred to before an...

The land on the Sioux Nation at Standing Rock has been targeted.  Hunkpapa Lakota and Yanktonai Dakota Native American reservations in North Dakota and South Dakota.Keep in mind kids, Thanksgiving is about when the First Nation of Wampanoag, and Chief Massasoit who helped the folks who were known...

In May this year I wrote a post entiteld:  Have a Nice Trip . . . See You Next FallToday, I read a very nice bookend to this tale.  In The National Association of Realtors Legal Summaries the case in Colorado has No Liability on Buyer's Fall -- the actual appellate ruling is found here.Risk manag...

From time-to-time I'll read a post and it will make me think a little deeper.  I read this post today "What's with the house next door?" and it got me re-thinking the precept.First, when a prospective buyer views a home on paper, it does not, can not and will not -- ever -- be a tactile review of...

This is a vent post about an occurrence only 30 minutes fresh.  It's a "localism" and a sign of the times, unfortunately.I'm 58-years old.  I wasn't around when the phrase "The Bee's Knees" was uttered.  We had different words to describe AWESOME!  We had "rad."  We had "groovy."  We even went so...

 Once upon a time there was a Rosie-haired real estate agent.  She meet with three lenders over a period of time.  Lender One called RosieLocks directly.  He had found RosieLocks doing some searches trying to find some new lead sources.  RosieLocks has a really nice website, and he was attracted ...