Price Reduction: NE Failing

 

 
6165 NE Failing St
1923 Updated : 4 Bd/ 1Ba
1704 SF with Finished Basement
8200sf Landscape yard
1 Garage w/ Carport
12×10 Shop
Taxes: $2727
 
Short Sale! Contingent on only one Mortgagee. Instant Equity. 
Beautiful, clean NE bungalow. 4 owners to date.
Home boasts of periodic featuers such as hardwood floors, moldings and built-ins. Finished basement with bonus room and office space. Newer [...]

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Monday Morning : Ambiguity

I found this quote on a card about two years back. I had forgotten about it until I saw it in a journal I used to keep with a friend of mine. In it I had copied down what I had read in that store. Here it is:
Some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle and end. [...]

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Busy watching the snow…

Sorry, no Monday Morning Quote. I was in Seattle watching people slide down the hill due to the snow and ice. Surprising we made it out of town with no problems. I-5 was clear all the way into Vancouver. I didn’t even need to chain up until I was about 5 blocks from my place where I [...]

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Monday Morning Quote: Problems and Pain

Those things that hurt, instruct.
- Benjamin Franklin
 
I wish I could just plagiarize here and post the first two pages of the book Im reading called, The Road Less Traveled, by M. Scott Peck, M.D. It was given to me by a friend and colleague who highly recommended it. I must admit before I was even able to [...]

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Prepare Your Home and Auto For The Cold…

Here are a few pertinant reminders for winterizing your homes as well as your vehicles.
Here are ten tips to help you prepare your home for winter taken from About.com:
 
1) Furnace Inspection
 

Call an HVAC professional to inspect your furnace and clean ducts.
Stock up on furnace filters and change them monthly.
Consider switching out your thermostat for a [...]

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Monday Morning Quote: Capabilities

Left untended, knowledge and skill, like all assets, depreciate in value – surprisingly quickly.
- David Maister, business author and consultant
This pertains even more so in this ever changing economy. The life of our current knowledge and skills is much shorter than it has ever been. All information is changing at rapid paces and getting disseminated out to everyone who [...]

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Beaverton Listing: Move In Ready Farmhouse

I posted one of my listings on Marketplace on my Facebook account. I am curious to see what kind of response I get off of it. I will report back to you in a month or so.

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Seriously? Nordstrom to pay $60k fine for not reporting DRAWSTRINGS!

I was catching up the past weeks headlines through my Google Reader this evening. First category:  Portland Business Journal. As I am perusing the headlines  I read about which companies are filing chapter 11, Starbucks anticipated losing this winter and the number for job losses in Portland. Then I ran into this headline NORDSTROM TO PAY $60K [...]

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Addresses – No Longer A Secret

Here you are sitting in front of your computer, searching for your next home to buy as you do every evening. You and your family have projected a move in the next 4-6 months but you aren’t ready to be ‘out in the field’ quite yet. You are looking at pictures of homes to get [...]

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Monday Morning Quote: Goals

The planet belongs to people who have big goals. Don’t let your goal setting be limited by what you can figure out right now. 
You want your goals to be beyond your reach, unrealistic, crazy, stupid, unbelievable and absolutely amazing. That is when your goals will motivate you. These are the kind of goals that compel instead of compromise. ~ Sarano Kelley
I [...]

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