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	<title>Portland Real Estate Update by Janeese Jackson</title>
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		<title>The Tax Man Cometh&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Money for Taxes&#8221; &#8211; a parody! This is &#8220;TAX WEEK&#8221; on the Fabulous Portland blog!! Sorry to bring up taxes when we are just recovering from the holidays!! But, thinking ahead can make &#8220;tax-time&#8221; a little less stressful. Here is a list of information you might start digging up (if relevant to your tax situation) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fabulousportland.com/2012/02/06/the-tax-man-cometh-2/</link>
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		<title>Utilizing a Self-Storage Unit During a Move:  Tips and Compare!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Storage Wars Theme Song&#8221; This is a guest post by Matt Schexnayder of Sparefoot Marketing.  Check out and compare storage units for your move!! Top 5 Supplies for Self-Storage Storage So you thought you were ready for your move, until you realized that you just don’t have the space needed at your new home to house [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fabulousportland.com/2012/02/03/utilizing-a-self-storage-unit-during-a-move-tips-and-compare/</link>
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		<title>Stories from the Real Estate Trenches&#8230;&#8230;Fear and Loathing in Portland, Oregon!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas&#8221; soundtrack compilation &#160; Despite indications that both the local real estate market and the local economy are ever-so-slowly stabilizing and/or improving, the ridiculous and the sublime often still reign supreme!!  I see two major obstacles to the real estate recovery:  extremely over-reactive mortgage lending practices and our new, revised and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fabulousportland.com/2012/01/31/stories-from-the-real-estate-trenches-fear-and-loathing-in-portland-oregon/</link>
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		<title>Wanna Buy A House? Then, Don&#8217;t Make These Mistakes&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fiona Apple sings &#8220;A Mistake&#8221; The mortgage market has been challenged for several years in the Portland Metro area and nationwide!  Money is available but good credit is paramount.  Here are some verifiable ways to avoid &#8220;mortgage pitfalls&#8221; compiled from suggestions from several of my favorite mortgage brokers!! Don&#8217;t stop making your mortgage, rent, auto [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fabulousportland.com/2012/01/26/wanna-buy-a-house-then-dont-make-these-mistakes/</link>
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		<title>I Need a Job&#8230;&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I Need this Job&#8221; from A Chorus Line. yeah&#8230;that&#8217;s right!  I NEED a job!!  And, I&#8217;m not just referring to the fact that in a real estate career, you wake up every morning looking for your next job.  I&#8217;m referring to a deep requirement for that feeling of accomplishment and fulfillment. I&#8217;ve always been a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fabulousportland.com/2012/01/24/i-need-a-job/</link>
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		<title>January 2012 Portland Metro Real Estate Update!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; January 2012 Portland Metro Real Estate Update!!! The “word” for the last several months of market stats has been “improvement”.  And, last month was no different!!  Closed sales saw a 10.3% increase and pending sales saw a growth of 19.3%.  And, get this!!!  We are now at 5.3 months of inventory (there are currently [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fabulousportland.com/2012/01/18/january-2012-portland-metro-real-estate-update/</link>
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		<title>Full Price for a Home in THIS Market????!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ne-Yo &#8220;Make it Work&#8221; &#160; &#160; Why Pay Full Price? No one wants to pay more than its value regardless of the product. When you buy anything at one store and see it for less at another store, it&#8217;s not the difference as much as it is about overpaying.  No one wants to overpay! It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fabulousportland.com/2012/01/13/full-price-for-a-home-in-this-market/</link>
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		<title>Why Don&#8217;t You See More &#8220;Creative Financing&#8221; in the Portland Metro Real Estate Market????</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Avril Lavigne &#8211; &#8220;Why&#8221; Why don&#8217;t you see more &#8220;lease with an option to purchase&#8221;???  I have had multiple inquiries into the possibility of leasing with the possibility of purchasing once one&#8217;s credit has repaired or whatever obstacle to tradition financing is overcome.  You&#8217;d think in a marketplace like we have been experiencing in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fabulousportland.com/2012/01/10/why-dont-you-see-more-creative-financing-in-the-portland-metro-real-estate-market/</link>
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		<title>What Do You Predict Will Happen to the Portland Real Estate Market in 2012?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Future&#8217;s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades&#8221; &#160; What do you predict will happen in the real estate market in 2012?  It&#8217;s been a crazy 3 to 4 years in both our local and national real estate markets.  If you agree with the statistic that March 2007 was the absolute pinnacle of the real estate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fabulousportland.com/2012/01/06/what-do-you-predict-will-happen-to-the-portland-real-estate-market-in-2012/</link>
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		<title>FREE Webinar! Make a Resolution to Include Investment Real Estate in Your Financial Planning!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Money Trees&#8221; Rents are climbing, property prices are cheap and mortgage rates are low for even non-owner occupied properties.  There are lots of investment strategies that work but one that is easy to understand and execute is to stay with below average price range homes in predominantly owner-occupied neighborhoods. These properties will appeal to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fabulousportland.com/2012/01/04/free-webinar-make-a-resolution-to-include-investment-real-estate-in-your-financial-planning/</link>
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