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  I work in the greater Portland Metropolitan area offering my 20 years of expertise to Buyer\'s and Seller\'s alike. I am able to keep track of my Buyer\'s and Seller\'s with out over extending my self through my Web sites. www.portlandrealproperty.com is for Sellers and Information where as www.househuntportland.com is for Buyers and www.portlandflips.com is for the Investor. The Buyer and Investor web sites allow purchasers to define thier search criteria with many of the same search criteria that Realtors use. They can also request to recieve an update of these properties as often as every 20 minutes refreshed 24 hrs a day by the local MLS. Property information will be emailed to the client on an intuitive street map with a photo, description, and an address allowing the Buyer to do a quick drive by if they choose before calling for an appointment. On the Purely Business side of Blogging be sure to stop by www.portlandflips.wordpress.com where you\'ll be sure to find many articles written about real estate as well as my Activerain Blog at www.activerain.com/blogs/herb Free SEO Directory

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  Herb Hamilton

  Broker

  503-515-8889

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  RE/MAX Preferred Inc.,REALTORS

  10121 SE Sunnyside Rd., #150
  Clackamas, OR 97015

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  • 735 NE 52ND AVE
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  • Who are You Working For?
    Sometimes I think that Agents get lost along the way. It often begins innocently enough then somewhere along the path a line is crossed. Who is it you represent? Are you treating your clients and customers honestly? The other day I was having coffee at The University Coffee Shop when this fellow approached me. He asked " Are you Herb Hamilton "? I replied " Yes ". " You're a Real Estate agent aren't you " he inquired. "Yes I am. How may I help you"? So Tom tells me his story. He owns a small home with an extra lot. The lot is big enough for one skinny house and it does meet building code standards. The home is nothing special and does need a little bit of attention. Nothing major but it will take a few days to make the corrections and would take less than a thousand dollars to do the work. The home is in an area that has seen a lot of renovations and recent skinny house constructions on over-sized or double lots. Total value of the property probably is only going to be worth $200 k or so. Tom went on to say that he had contacted two other agents who have sold properties like his. There recommendation was a sales price not to exceed $165,000. Concerned, Tom felt the price to be a little low and he asked a friend who recommended that he look me up for a second opinion I personally own a home not far from where Tom lives. I of course have been paying attention to home values there. The comps bore out as well what I had thought when he first described his property. Price should be above the $200k mark. Yet there were two properties that had recently Sold that were almost identical to Tom's home and his extra lot. Both were listed and sold by the listing agent for just above $165k even though all of the other comps some 25 properties sold without extra lots for between $185k to $217k. I made a couple of quick calls to two builders that I occasionally work with and both are looking for property in the area. This is right in there wheel house, price and all. They will be able to purchase the property and still make a handsome profit on the new construction even after they do the work on Tom's house and re-sell it. The following day I stopped by to see Tom and to set up an appointment where we could go over the findings. While I was there he shared with me the name of the two other agents who had given him the low ball analysis. When I checked back at the comps what I found was that those two recent sales that were very similar to Tom's were both by the very same agent's that Tom had talked to. Both of those sales now have the tell tale signs of a new construction project on the extra lot.  Just who were these agent's working for? Were they being honest and fair to all parties?  Or was this just an anomaly?Search  Portland Oregon Homes For Sale Right Here Let Your Next Home find You !   Portland Oregon Info " A Real Estate Transaction with Herb is one YOU will Profit from "
    Downtown Portland Real Estate Broker~Herb Hamilton (RE/MAX Preferred Inc. Realtors)

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