Portland Oregon Rose City Blog

This post is a re-post from Greg Nino http://www.GregNino.com  of Houston Texas.

Greg spells is out well. There is nothing to gain by being deceitful and so much to lose. Thanks for the Post Greg!

A buyer who has an agent should use them 100% not 50% or when it's convenient. If your agent isn't willing or able to be available on a frequent basis then maybe you should fire that agent. I would.

All to often buyers will call me directly when they have an agent. Here are some of their mistakes:

1. They think if they call me that I'll give them "inside scoop" about the seller, the price or other information that might help provide them some opinion. None of this will happen, not with me.

2.  They call acting like they don't have an agent, when they do. This is a poor decision. I am MORE than happy to show my listing to ANYONE as my duty is TO SELLL the home, so please don't be dishonest or sneaky about it. I am HAPPY to be clear and honest to potential buyers, and I would love to be treated the same way. :)

3.  Buyer's some time think that "they'll do all the footwork" then let their agent do the paperwork. Another horrible decision. FIRE YOUR AGENT & find a new one. Agents are not meant to be paper pushers or robots.

Recently a "to be tenant" called giving me her ~sob story~ about her financial background with hopes to win me over on a personal level. She said "she didn't have an agent." I began speaking to the seller, negotiating the deal and so forth. I even asked if she had an agent & she said.. "no." When it came time to write up the paperwork she said. "I'll have my agent call you." She LIED. The agent eventually called and said they had been working together the WHOLE time. I explained this to the seller and guess what? She was disqualified for being both deceitful and untrustworthy. My client didn't want to "deal with her." I don't blame him.

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Your Buyer's Agent should be worth their weight in GOLD & not an ounce less. If your agent is substandard then expect to achieve substandard results. If you don't TRUST your agent 100% then you've got the wrong Realtor.

It is in YOUR best interest to NEVER call the listing agent about negotiations. If you want a price, sure. Have a question about property details? Fine. Not a good idea to ask.... "how much will the sellers come down."

Buyer's Agents work for Buyers. Don't "let" them earn their money - MAKE THEM.

Are you in a Pickle. Don't know what to do. Threatening foreclosure letters and constant phone calls from the Lender.

Have you heard about Short Sales? Do you know what they are all about? These can be troulbling times for sure. But it isn't all bad news. In fact there may be many things you can do to help yourself.

Stop by The_Pickle and lets talk about it. A solution may be just waiting for you.

Yes another day of snow. Most years we don't see any snow. Even when we do it is often only a trace amount and is usually gone in an hour or so.

This year however it appears as if we are making up for thowe missed years. After having several days and of great weather we were treated to a surprise snow fall a few days ago. And once again this morning.

Looking out my Back door through the Honeysuckle covered trellis and up the street. Looks like about 2 or 3 inches. They promise that it will warm up and begone by the end of the day.

Just when you thought that Spring might just be around the corner, Mother Nature has decided to give a  little sprinkle of the white stuff.

As evidenced in this early morning Photo taken at Lombard and Fiske in North Portland Just out side the Univerity Park Coffee House.

This morning greeted me with about two inches of accumulated snow on my Volvo. Nothing that the wipers couldn't handle though.

Light snow has accumulated on the branches of the Flowering Plumb as well.

Tomorrows weather is supposed to be in the 40's so most of this should be gone by late today or tomorrow.