By Living Room Realty, December 16, 2020
This is an interesting home: Built in 1922 it’s your standard small, maybe even a “tiny” home when it was originally built, with some updates like the open kitchen, new appliances, refinished wide plank floors, etc. Then in 2019 the seller built an addition to the back of the home that added a master suite that is larger than the size of the original home! Business in the front and a party in the back!
I had taken Jamie on approximately 65 showings. A record in my books that I’m not mad about. We had our ups and downs throughout the summer, making offers and getting rejected were definitely the “downs” but the “ups” were a longer term item for me. Working with a first time home buyer, newish to Portland, really needing my advice and guidance, while making sure we were a good fit all turned out to be my “ups” in the end. Throughout this process we narrowed our focus and felt like we were in the movie Groundhogs Day. We then took a much needed break from our search for about 4-5 weeks. I called Jamie up and said that since we’re entering the winter season here in Portland it may be easier to get our offer accepted if she fell in love with something enough to make an offer. She was excited but with some doubt and on our first showing since “getting the band back together” we made an offer that was readily accepted and she is now the new homeowner of this awesome home in a great neighborhood!
