All Forum Posts by: Steve Morris

Man, am still amazed at how strong the residential market is.

Move quick is my advice, stuff changes.

Think Canby is hotter growth than Portland proper or West Linn (where I live) or Yamhill county (where I'm moving into a now-VRBO)?

Biggest issue is if you EVER pull a permit that needs an inspector, they're looking for code violations all the time since they have a quota (I think I'm kidding).

Eventually, you're going to need to bring it inline with code and longer you wait, the more expensive since they're making new lines of code daily at the planning dept.  They catch you, odds are they want you in compliance with ALL current code.

Might be worth getting a contractor that is disinterested to take a look and give you an idea.

Then again, you could threaten to rat out the seller for a bigger discount :)

Well, if you have a great relationship, just do a Bargain & Sale Deed to get title (in OR) for no consideration.

However, you need to think a couple of things:

1) Qualifying to assume the loan if she's not making payments and you're the new title holder AND

2) Tax impact of a "gift" that size from your mother - Call a CPA.

Not getting why you just get something like a Transfer on Death (or equiv) and make the loan payments and be nice to her (to maintain the relationship).

Well, get on the phone and start calling banks.  You have a relationship (ie lots of deposits or long-term accounts) with a bank?  Call them first and tell them everything up front to save you time.

Congratulations for being there for us.

Well, good luck. I'm pretty sure (at least in OR) that MLS ONLY allows licensed known agents in a firm that pays for MLS access.

Re-selling access to you would be death penalty for that broker with regards to MLS.

Why not just tell the broker what you want?  They have automated searches that can send regular updates.

Not clear, am a broker in OR and know some owners.  

Are you looking for MHPs or stuff that could be MHPs?  Why COARE instead of the 5 guys that own and have money to buy here?

Good luck, landlord rep attys are busier than H in OR, even without the ability to get a FED for non-pay.

You got anything else they stepped off the lease besides non-pay?

Umm, OK so how much Jason Dillard want to teach me this mastery?

I really wish posters would include that info.