Home Selling – That 1 Realtor Guy

What $500 Actually Fixes Before Listing… and What It Doesn’t

There’s this weird thing that happens when people decide to sell their house. Suddenly, every little thing they’ve ignored for the last seven years becomes an emergency. That chipped baseboard? WE HAVE TO FIX IT. The slightly dated bathroom light? NO BUYER WILL EVER LOVE US. That one cabinet door that has been crooked since Obama was president? CALL A CONTRACTOR. WE’RE...

Price Reductions: What They Actually Signal to Buyers

If you're selling a home in the Portland area right now, there's a decent chance you're going to have a conversation with your Realtor about reducing the price at some point. That's not me being negative. That's just the reality of selling in a market where buyers have choices, homes aren't flying off the shelves in 48 hours, and slapping a ridiculous number on the listing because your neighbor's house...

Portland Summers: Why Everyone Wants A/C Now

Every summer, I hear someone say, "Portland doesn't need air conditioning. We only get a few hot days a year." Bullshit. Maybe that was true twenty years ago, but Portland summers have changed. We seem to rack up more and more days in the 90s, and every year it feels like there's at least one week where we're all wondering if we accidentally moved to Phoenix. The Pacific Northwest is still an...

Selling a Home With Kids, Dogs, or Both

Selling a home is stressful. Selling a home while you're chasing a toddler who's somehow wearing one shoe and a superhero cape while your golden retriever proudly carries a muddy tennis ball through the freshly vacuumed living room? That's a whole different level of character building. The good news is that buyers don't expect your home to look like a furniture showroom every minute of the day. They...

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...