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“GUILT” as a Business Model? on Nov 4, 2009 in Business Models business business to business guilt sales and service I've recently had some business-to-business experiences that make me go "hmmmmmm"???!!!  How does "guilt" work as a busi...

This Ain’t Scary: Tax Credit Extension AND Expansion!!! on Oct 30, 2009 in Finance Taxes buying or selling a home buying or selling a home in Portland Oregon mortgages buying or selling a house in portland oregon first-time home buyer tax credit tax credit vs tax deduction HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!This is definitely NOT scary news!!  This morning, the $8000 tax credit extension was extended and ex...

The Section 8 Dilemma for Landlords! on Oct 17, 2009 in Investment real estate N Mississippi Neighborhood N Williams Corridor Remodeling a home or investment business buying investment property in portland oregon Housing Authority of Portland renting property in portland oregon Section 8 single parenting If you check in on occasion with my web logs and rants, you may have followed the articles written in August of this las...

What’s the Deal About Reverse Mortgages??? on Oct 11, 2009 in buying or selling a home buying or selling a home in Portland Oregon mortgages buying a home in portland oregon mortgage loans mortgage options reverse mortgages What is a reverse mortgage?  Simply a way for those 62 years of age and older, to tap into existing equity in a home to...

And, We Wonder Why We Have a Banking Crisis??? on Oct 6, 2009 in Real Estate Agents buying or selling a home buying or selling a home in Portland Oregon mortgages banks buying a short sale mortgage fraud selling a short-sale After this posting, I might have to rename my site from "Portland Real Estate Update" to "Portland Real Estate Rant"!  B...

Something Needs to Be Done to Facilitate Short-Sales! on Sep 27, 2009 in buying or selling a home buying or selling a home in Portland Oregon mortgages buying a home in portland oregon short sales What is a short-sale?  It is simply an unfortunate situation where a seller simply owes more on the property than it is...

BIG Changes Coming to FHA! What else is new???!!! on Sep 18, 2009 in buying or selling a home buying or selling a home in Portland Oregon mortgages 1st-time homebuyer credit buying a home in portland oregon FHA changes FHA loans getting FHA financing home mortgages As we continue to struggle with our national and local Portland Oregon housing markets, what we don't need is more obsta...