Home Selling – That 1 Realtor Guy

Where Buyers are Feeling Competition in Portland

Every year around this time the Portland real estate market wakes up from its rainy seasonal depression, slams a cold brew, and starts acting like it suddenly discovered cocaine and CrossFit. No, it's just the time of year we get consecutive sunny days and that's when home shopping becomes more fun! And yep… we’re officially there. The busiest season in the Portland housing market is kicking...

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Outdoor Spaces Sell Homes in Portland

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from selling homes around Portland, Beaverton, Hillsboro, Lake Oswego, and the rest of the Portland metro area… buyers LOVE outdoor living space. But here’s the part that makes absolutely no sense to me. Why the hell are so many outdoor spaces in the Pacific Northwest NOT covered? We live in a region where it rains for more than half the year, moss grows...

How Buyers and Sellers Can Win in Portland

Spring real estate season is here, which means Portland buyers and sellers are waking up from their winter hibernation, chugging coffee, checking Zillow every 20 minutes, and trying to figure out what the hell is actually happening in the market. And honestly? It depends... I know, super annoying answer. Very Realtor-y. But unlike the agents out there pretending every house is “hot” and every...

Declutter or Get Lowballed: Spring Cleaning for Home Sellers

Spring hits and suddenly everyone decides it’s time to get their life together. Closets get cleaned. Garages get “organized” (or at least attempted). And for about two weeks, we all pretend we’re the type of people who don’t have a junk drawer. But if you’re thinking about selling your home, this isn’t just spring cleaning. This is money on the line. Because here’s the truth…...

Where Buyers & Sellers Have an Advantage in Portland Right Now

The Portland housing market in 2026 isn’t moving in one single direction. Some areas have clearly shifted toward buyers, while a few pockets still have enough demand that sellers can feel pretty good about things. What we’re seeing right now is a market that varies depending on where you are in the metro. Inventory levels, local demand, and price ranges all play a role in how much negotiating power...

5 Portland Spring Market Myths

Every year around this time the same real estate advice starts floating around like pollen in the Willamette Valley. “Wait for spring.”“List your house in April.”“Everything sells with multiple offers.” Some of it has truth to it. A lot of it is outdated market advice that people repeat because their cousin’s friend bought a house in 2017 and thinks they’re now a housing...

Bother Me. Seriously!

🤔 “I didn’t want to bother you…” I can't tell you how many times I've heard that or something along the lines of:“We’re not quite ready yet.”“We’re still deciding what to do.”“We just started looking online.” Look, I appreciate the politeness... but stop it. You’re not bothering me. You’re doing exactly what you should be doing. You’re asking questions before...

Labor Day Special: Why Moving is the Worst Form of Labor

Labor Day, a day to honor the working class by not working; unless, of course, you’re moving. In that case, welcome to the seventh circle of hell. Between lifting boxes you definitely overpacked (because how heavy could books really be?), losing your will to live somewhere between the U-Haul ramp and the IKEA dresser you swore was “easy to move,” and bribing friends with pizza and beer that...

August Sellers: Not Screwed, Just Slightly Behind Schedule

If you’d asked me back in January when the best time to sell your home in Portland would be, I would’ve looked you square in the face (probably mid-coffee sip) and said: “Between May and July, my friend.” And you know what? I would’ve been right. But here you are. It’s August. Maybe you were busy. Maybe you were on vacation. Maybe you just really needed to finish binge-watching your...

3 Lies Sellers Still Believe (That Are Killing Their Home Sale in Portland)

Let’s cut the crap. Selling a home in the Portland metro isn’t the same as it was in 2021 when you could slap a “For Sale” sign in your yard, post blurry iPhone photos, and still get 19 offers in 24 hours. This market? It’s pickier, slower, buyers have more negotiation power. So if your home’s been sitting on Zillow longer than that abandoned shopping cart under the Burnside Bridge, it...