By Living Room Realty, March 4, 2020
This client needs no introduction. Adrienne Graf is a born and raised Portlander with deep ties to the queer community, a champion for victims of sexual assault, and a loud as fuck renter’s advocate. Not someone you’d want to get into a Facebook tangle with about renter’s rights because she will eat you alive. She herself never thought she’d one day be a home owner in her town because of impossible prices for first time buyers.
Her brother is a mortgage broker and they had this idea that maybe she could borrow off her retirement account for her down payment. Seemed legit so she started looking. She sent me a house that had just come back on the market in St. Johns. It was an adorable little 3 bedroom ranch and from what the listing agent told me, the previous buyer before us just got cold feet. We checked it out and it was love. I couldn’t really find anything wrong with it other than the electrical panel and a slightly older furnace. We were up against one other offer (so surprising with all the LIFT buyers) so we had to come up in price a few thousand but we got it!
Inspections went great and all was moving along until we found out that she was unable to borrow from that retirement account. The deal was dead in the water until her brother, Thomas, being the saint that he is, decided he was going to loan her the down payment because he really wanted her to have this opportunity at home ownership and that’s what family should do. It was one of the kindest acts of love I’ve seen in this business.
We negotiated a new panel and a tune-up for the furnace and Adrienne is now the proud owner of her perfect little witch cabin. This was the best way to start off the new year and set the tone for what’s to come. Congrats, paisan! We did it! Special thanks to Thomas Graf, the real hero here.
