Alisha,Aside from this deal, going forward you should try to not use the phrase  " got it under contract ".

Personally, unless the real estate market nationwide tumbles (which is possible), I don't think Portland will go down much because demand is increasing as people continue to move up to Oregon from California (a trend I see no evidence of slowing down) and there isn't really a way to add infastructure like roads and highways in the city center.

I often phrase it in this way to other brokers, especially when I'm the buyer:"Mr.

So I don't see where that trend is getting uprooted in the short term unless the college can discover the cause of the negative trend and rectify it. 

There are so many trendy, online forum solutions that are far more complicated in real life.

(American Airlines just announced they're laying off over 17,000 employees...they turned them from temporary layoffs to permanent...) and that trend is likely to continue. #2 )There is also A LOT of political puppetery going on that we won't know where we stand until after the election. 

I think your phrasing may be throwing the lender off.

The phrase "stepping over dollars to pick up pennies" comes to mind.

He used that phrase 4 times.

You could also search the internet for the phrase "malfactors of great wealth" and note the party of the president who said it.