Tigard, OR

Your Phone System Can Cost Your Company Money

I've had it. My auto insurance company, MetLife, has the phone system from hell. It's one of those voice prompt systems where they ask you questions, supposedly "to serve you better", and you respond with spoken words. There are several prompts, some redundant, and the process takes about three minutes to get to a real person. We have five family vehicles that we insure them for about the last five years and I have always tolerated this system. But no more, I'm done with them.

My son bought a Jeep and I was trying to add it to the policy on Friday. This would have been vehicle number six. Two times I went through the whole process only to have my call inexplicably terminated when I got tantalizing close to a real person. On the final attempt I was yelling at the phone, because we all know that these voice systems work better the louder we speak. I then saw that my poor dog was freaking out! She thought she had done something wrong. I immediately consoled her and gave her a treat.

I called my local agent and he answered the phone. He quoted me a price that was actually lower than what I had been paying. This I would have never discovered if MetLife had a better phone system. Their letterhead has the motto "Outstanding People and Service". I don't think so.

Real estate agents have long know the benefits of answering their phones. A missed call can mean a significant portion of our monthly income. Please, Mr. & Ms. Realtor, don't say you provide outstanding service unless you answer your phone.

Wayne B. Pruner is a Realtor® at Oregon First, who works in the Portland and Tigard, Oregon area. He is ready to help you with all your real estate needs and he is also a licensed contractor. Wayne knows houses. His phone number is 503-891-0795. Here are links to his real estate website and his real estate blog.

FABLEHAVEN
Book 1

Fablehaven is a great book! It's about 2 kids, Kendra and her brother Seth, who go to their rarely seen grandparents' house. They solve a little mystery about their grandpa and the large preserve he lives on. It turns out he is caretaker of Fablehaven, a magical preserve, where there are trolls, satyrs, witches, imps and fairies. Since Kendra and Seth don't know this at first, their grandpa wants them to figure it out so he can have someone to take over Fablehaven when he's done. But he can't just tell them, he needs to have them figure it out to see if they are the right type of people to take care of Fablehaven.

But, Seth keeps breaking the rules and he gets into bigger trouble than he thought he would. He needs to fix his huge mistake. Kendra is watching the housekeepers and thinks they are acting really strange around herself and Seth. They keep feeding the butterflies and hummingbirds and dragonflies. Kendra wonders why there are so many different kinds and why they all stay in her grandpa's yard.

Finally Kendra cracks the code her grandfather gave her. It opens a blank book except for 3 words tucked deep in a corner near the binding. “Drink the milk”. Kendra wonders if the milk she had seen Dale (one of the housekeepers) put out and act suspicious around. So she had Seth drink it first as a test because Dale said it could make you sick with bacteria it had in it.

Seth went crazy claiming the butterflies were fairies, so Kendra tried the milk and she saw fairies too. So they asked their grandpa what it meant. He told them all about Fablehaven and how dangerous it could be. So now they drink the milk every day in hot cocoa, while at their grandfather's house.

Now that they know about Fablehaven, they start to help take care of it. But, something bad is about to happen to Fablehaven and Kendra and Seth need to help save it.

I LOVED this book. It was full of adventure. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did if you read it.

 

 

Meesha Clark

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This chart below breaks down Tigard Oregon Real Estate home sales by neighborhood, for the week ending 11/06/2009. Sales have been off since last year with the pending sales in Tigard, Oregon were down 8.8% from 2008 for the month of August when the last stats came out. The news isn’t good for Tigard, Oregon home sales with the average sales price being down by 8.8% from the same time last year, This is down more than a percent since July. Though many foreclosed homes have hit the market, the hit to average price of homes seems to be less than expected.

Here is a breakdown of real estate homes sales for the week by neighborhood. Just click on the link to your neighborhood for the complete breakdown of what the average of homes that are on the market, how long they have been on the market, how many have sold, what their average price was, and how long they were on the market.

Neighborhood                        ;     # of Active Listings

Bull Mountain North Neighborhood, Tigard, Oregon :	72
Bull Mountain South Neighborhood, Tigard, Oregon :	111
Greenburg Neighborhood, Tigard, Oregon :	44
Mountainview Neighborhood, Tigard, Oregon :	90
Summer Lake Neighborhood, Tigard, Oregon :	51
Summerfield Neighborhood, Tigard, Oregon :	25
Tigard Neighborhood, Tigard, Oregon :	23
Walnut Grove Neighborhood, Tigard, Oregon :	32

Todd Clark - Broker / Sales Coach
Palazzo Realty Group
Phone: (503)524-9494
Fax: (503)622-8739

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©2009 Todd Clark - Originally posted at Tigard Oregon Real Estate home Sales by Neighborhood (10/30/2009)

Tigard area real estate home sales are best broken down by neighborhood because as always real estate is local. The Walnut Grove neighborhood of Tigard, Oregon starts at 121st and goes east to Pacific Hwy, then south starting at Walnut street to Gaarde Street.

As of 11/06/2009 here are Tigard, Oregon real estate home sales stats for the Walnut Grove Neighborhood of Tigard Oregon.

Total number of homes for sale:	32
Average List Price:	$305,566
Average Days on Market:	96

Total Pending home sales:	2
Average List Price:	$229,950
Average Days on Market:	7

Total Expired Home Sales Last 7 days:	1
Average List Price:	$309,900
Average Days on Market:	213

Total Sold in the last 7 days:	0
Average List Price:	$000,000
Average Sold Price:	$000,000
Average Days on Market:	0

For a complete list of homes for sale in the Tigard Oregon real estate market of the Walnut Grove Neighborhood, please call or Click here, to request an update.

If you are interested in selling your home for top dollar in the quickest amount of time, please contact me anytime at 503-524-9494 or Click here to send me an e-mail requesting further information.

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©2009 Todd Clark - Tigard Oregon Real Estate and more: Tigard Oregon home sales (Walnut Grove Neighborhood) Zip Code 97223 (11/06/2009)

Real estate home sales in Tigard, Oregon very from neighborhood to Neighborhood and the Tigard neighborhood is no exception with its up and down sales. The Tigard neighborhood of Tigard, Oregon is a triangle with it's borders being Pacific Hwy, Hall Blvd and McDonald Street. The only park in the neighborhood is Fanno Park off Hall Blvd.

As of 11/06/2009 here are the Real Estate home sales stats for the Tigard Neighborhood of Tigard, Oregon. This week I’ve changed the stats to only count the sales from the last 7 days to give a better reflection of what is going on in the neighborhood during any given week.

Total number of homes for sale:	23
Average List Price:	$275,495
Average Days on Market:	97

Total Pending home sales:	3
Average List Price:	$318,250
Average Days on Market:	39

Total Expired Home Sales Last 7 days:	1
Average List Price:	$309,900
Average Days on Market:	213

Total Sold in the last 7 days:	1
Average List Price:	$369,900
Average Sold Price:	$377,760
Average Days on Market:	51

For a complete list of homes for sale in the Tigard Neighborhood, please call or Click here, to request an update.

If you are interested in selling your home for top dollar in the quickest amount of time, please contact me anytime at 503-524-9494 or Click here to send me an e-mail requesting further information.

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