I was doing a little Surfing on the Net. I was looking for Real Estate agents web sites hoping to find some that would be interested in exchanging links. A great way to get additional Exposure for your Listings by the way.

I came across what appeared to be someone advertising a couple of properties for sale in an area that I really like. The odd thing is thAT IT appeared to be a real estate add but no mention of a company name. I made a quick enquiry by email and sat back to wait. The following day I received by email a list of about 20 properties for sale including the ones that were in the add.

The add included such things as Price, descriptions, and address. It looked as if the email message had been sent from somewhere in the Midwest. And because I am in Portland Oregon I immediately thought ” Ahah! Must be and Investor dumping properties.” But wait a minute, I think  I recognized a couple of the addresses. I quickly checked our MLS and found that about 1/3 of the properties on the list were Listed for sale with a variety of different local real estate companies. In fact of those that were listed, they had been on the market for quite some time. I then checked the tax records and noted that all of the Owners were different. No where in any of the MLS listings was there any mention of the person who sent me the email.

The email that I had recieved was somewhat like the following. ” Thanks for inquiring about the properties I have for sale. Read them over if you want more information about 1 or more please do not hesitate to contact me. Thanks Martha ”

Anybody run on to this before? What do you Think? And don’t just give me that Confused Dog Look either.

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It was not just a cost savings decision that caused me to be and out-of-office agent. It was because I did not see the value of having an Office space that I would have to commute to all the while burning up valuable time which I could put to better use than being stuck behind the wheel in traffic.

But like I said I had a pretty good system working. I would generally get up in the morning, Run the Hot sheet, print out the matches and hit the streets running. If I saw a house that matched my clients needs I would call them and show the property. Should they like it well enough to write an offer, I would jot down the information let them go off and talk about it over coffee while I went to my home office and created all of the paperwork on an On-line forms program.

Within an Hour I would be back in front of the Client with the paperwork in hand. After 20-30 minutes or so I would have gained all the signatures and made my way back to my home office to Scan and email the offer to the Listing Agent. Like I said, I had a pretty good system working or so I thought.

That was until the market started to get crazy. Suddenly it seemed as if ( thanks to my new Web_Site  a prospecting dynamo ) I had more clients that ever before. Now I am the kind of agent that likes to give all my clients personal attention and top notch service. This running around thing was starting to impede my abilities to perform.

Hence as alluded too in my post Deal_Or_No_Deal where I talk about my purchase of a new  Toshiba  Laptop Computer and my hope for its future benefits and then subsequently in the post The_New_Laptop_Pays_Off  I tell the story of my ability on virtually my first weekend out to Pay for the system. It was on that Post that Ardell   asks in her comment ” How did you print the offer? “  To Which I responded ” Ardell : The answer to that is in a future Post. Thanks for stepping in out of the RAIN. “

This was that Future Post. The Printer that I bought is an HP_460  portable Ink Jet color Printer. I had looked hard at the Cannon IP90 but was just more familiar with HP. The HP 460 has a larger Ink capacity as well. On top of it I also had purchased a Portable Scanner called NeatReceipts_Scanalizer  Which not only allows me to scan on the fly but also has a spiffy organizer tool allowing you to define different folders for your scans including those for the Tax Man when you want to scan those ever so important receipts. Printer was less than $250 and Scanner was less than $200. Thank you Staples  for now I am truly Mobile.

Looking back is fun. I still have the laptop, printer and scanner and have used it time and time again.

Now most of my clients call me after my_Buyer’s_Web_Site emails them with a listing match ( often times only minutes after the listing hit the MLS). I can meet them at the property and if need be we can write it up on the spot. Print it out, Scan it and send the offer to the Listing Agent in Minutes. There by beating all of the competition by miles using my proven system. By the way Congratulations is in order for John ( you know who you are ). John just closed on his new home using my system catching all of the competition flat footed for this truly wonderful custom built home in Portland Oregon.

      Herb Hamilton is a Real Estate Broker with RE/MAX Preferred Inc. Realtors working in Portland Oregon

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www.portlandrealproperty.com   A Web Site full of local Portland Oregon real estate searches for homes and local Portland School and City information.

http://www.househuntportland.com/  A Web Site for the home buyer of Portland Oregon Real Estate. Receive updated real estate listings daily or hourly 24/7. Sent by email on a street map with a Photo a Description and an Address.

http://www.portlandflips.com/ An Investors Web Site. Spend your time analyzing the results that will be sped your way within minutes of becoming active in the local RMLS. If your an Investor and You Want Potland Oregon Real Estate Investment Properties then this is your site.

Well that’s not to bad. So if the page I am looking for is # 257,000,000 it will only take me 16,062,500 minutes to find it. So what if I do not have the time to look for the next 31.7 years to look for this page? You probably might need a few more search terms.

But even if you were to have the perfect search terms it is still a needle in the haystack search. I don’t know about you, but those are just to long of odds.

What if……?

Come check this out.  Out of_State_Homes . Here you will be presented with a variety of homes in various Cities and States and Price Ranges. No obligation required just Homes, Homes and more Homes.

If your looking for a Portland Oregon Home be sure to check out all the MLS Listings right here at The_Pickle where you can search for homes on a neighborhood map and see the results as quick as the push of a button.

If you want to be more proactive about your Real Estate Home buying search effort then by all means you should sign up for the free email service to Find_Your_Home in_Portland  Oregon just follow the link to House Hunt Portland. This is like a dream come true for todays home buyer. The service will deliver results to you 24/7 within 20 minutes of the property hitting the market if you choose so. No agent can even come close to providing you srvice as fast as this automated service can.

Home buyer after home buyer who have recently signed up for this service are beating all of the competition to the best listings. What Does IT Cost? Nothing, Zero, Nada. I only ask that if you use the service that you intend to use my broker services as well to help you purchase.

                                                                      So are you ready ?                 I am!      

No high pressure sales techniques. You call we discuss. If we can’t do business we will part friends.

    Herb Hamilton is a Real Estate Broker with RE/MAX Preferred Inc. Realtors working in Portland Oregon

                              ” A Real Estate Transaction with Herb is one YOU will Profit from “

Herb Hamilton is a Real Estate Broker with RE/MAX Preferred Inc. Realtors working in Portland Oregon

Beaming over the phoneI said that I would be Delighted. I went right into my qualifications spiel asking them my standard set of questions. Amongst the questions that I like to ask is ” would you have time to look at other properties as well. ” I generally would pick a couple of more homes close by. The man said that he thought that would be a great Idea.

Promptly at 3pm I picked up the man and his Grandmother and took them to the house. As we walked through the Grandson asked a variety of questions and I returned the favor by answering and following up with a series of questions of my own. Grandmother chose to walk through the home without making any comments at all even when I asked her questions she mostly nodded and moved on.

The Grandson seemed to be asking enough questionsfor the both of them. And as Grandmother did not seem the least annoyed or interested in contributing to the conversation I pretty much left it at that. The next two homes were literally a replay of the first home. That of the Grandson asking a lot of questions and Grandmother walking and nodding when required.

We had spent at least 45 minutes in each of the housesand I wondered if Grandmother was getting little tired. Before I could ask them if they wanted a brake, the Grandson said that he would like to take a closer look at the first house again. We spent a least another 30 minutes there the second time. The entire time Grandmother wandered and I answered questions.

Driving them towards the house the Grandson suddenly had the presence of mind to ask his Grandmother if she was hungry. After being with them for almost 3 hours Grandmother made her first and only statement.

” I’m so hungry I could Eat a Raw Dog ! “

Herb Hamilton is a real estate Broker associated with RE/MAX Preferred Inc. Realtors in Portland Oregon

” A Real Estate Experience with Herb is one YOU will Profit from “