All Forum Posts by: Alex Peterson

I recommend a brief call to a real estate lawyer prior to your conversation with the Seller just to CYA. If you need referrals, I can give you a few names via direct message.

@Richard Sherman good call - I glossed over pocket listings. 

Different brokers will have access to a range of different clients who may have properties they want marketed but not listed. That would give you some variability in offerings from broker to broker.

Listed properties should be the same as long as they're looking at all the sources.

Hey John,

MLS listings get sent out to sites like RedFin, Zillow, Realtor.com, etc. via an IDX feed. The feed doesn't update in real time, so there can be a delay in changes made on the MLS (price, activity, etc) being seen on secondary sites.

Costar owns Loopnet. To my knowledge, Loopnet does not pull information via IDX but brokers are required to enter the information manually.

It seems odd that brokers would send you listings that are not active. All it takes is a quick MLS check or call to the listing agent to verify status.

Hey Zayda,

I think it depends on your situation. If location is what's most important to you, then it comes down to you or your property manager being informed about the rules and being diligent in avoiding potential conflict. I personally have a triplex that is in Portland proper and haven't had to pay any relo fees (fingers crossed).

If you aren't determined to stick to Portland, then I would consider looking at other nearby markets that are more landlord friendly.

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