I know its a rather gross question, but this is the question that was asked of my wife's woman's church group and she won! She had gone two weeks without a shower, for some reason, the same amount of time I have gone without a shower.
You see, when me and my wife first got married 14 years ago, we would go camping a lot, without the joy of the RV and it's heat and warm shower. But, you see we went tent camping in Canada every anniversary for six straight years and we usually went without a shower during that time.
I know some of you out there are now closet Grateful Dead fans and have a least gone a weekend without showering, but I would love to hear what is the longest you have went without showering. I'm putting bets on my friend Linda Scanlan, who also loves to camp and get out into the outdoors, but I would love to see if we have had anyone else who loves the great outdoors enough to go two weeks without a shower?
Todd Clark - broker
Kastings & Associates
Phone: (503)524-9494
Fax: (503)622-8739
I've been trying to take some pictures for a blog I've had written for a week, and it just won't stop raining long enough for me to walk there. I love Oregon and its liquid sunshine, but the day the calendar flipped, and it said summer was over, it has been raining almost everyday since.
The liquid sunshine does bring us beautiful, lush green forests, and beautiful autumns with the falling leaves all over the ground, but, dang it, Kodak doesn't make the Pacific Northwest EasyShare Waterpoof camera.
So, please be patient with my local content blog, that I have been waiting to put up for a week, because without the pictures, it just wouldn't be the same. I feel even more sorry for my wife, who has been locked in the house, with the kids, for a week straight. You see, my kids are home taught and she doesn't get the break from the kids as most parents do. She gets the break when the sun is out and the kids head out back and play with the puppy and play in their bouncy room for hours. Well, summer is going and I'm just really hoping that my wife can make it through yet another long Pacific Northwest winter without killing one of them. I know we are young enough to make more, but that just takes too much work. We have already got these ones house broken!
Today is Friday, January 4, 2008 and it is time for another breakdown of homes sales in the Washington
County, Oregon market. I'm happy to say if you own a lower to medium priced home, sales are still making a moderate increase, if your home is price correctly.
While this is good news, higher priced homes are starting to sit a little longer on the market. This just may be due to the fact that we seem to have a larger than normal inventory of the upper end homes.
Here is a breakdown of 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.
As always, if you are looking to buy or sell in the Washington County, Oregon area, I would love to show you how you can save the most money by being on your side during the negotiations.
Neighborhood # of Active Listings
Aloha Neighborhood, Beaverton, Oregon 140
Bull Mountain North Neighborhood, Tigard, Oregon 74
Bull Mountain South Neighborhood, Tigard, Oregon 113
Cooper Mountain Neighborhood, Beaverton, Oregon 103
Greenburg Neighborhood, Tigard, Oregon 47
Greenway Neighborhood, Beaverton, Oregon 25
Hart Neighborhood, Beaverton, Oregon 71
Highland Hills Neighborhood, Beaverton, Oregon 55
Lexington Neighborhood, Aloha, Oregon 32
Mountainview Neighborhood, Tigard, Oregon 94
Murray Hill Neighborhood, Beaverton, Oregon 108
Sexton Mountain Neighborhood, Beaverton, Oregon 103
Sorrento Ridge Neighborhood, Beaverton, Oregon 38
Summer Lake Neighborhood, Tigard, Oregon 29
Summerfield Neighborhood, Tigard, Oregon 17
Tigard Neighborhood, Tigard, Oregon 24
Walnut Grove Neighborhood, Tigard, Oregon 19
Todd Clark - broker
Kastings & Associates
Phone: (503)524-9494
Fax: (503)622-8739
Portland has become a place for the homeless to come. The city embraces them, and even is willing to drive hard working mom and pop stores out in order to help the homeless. We have something called dignity village here that is a homeless camp, is on public land, and doesn't have to be up to code.
The question I have for this community is if one of these tents, with FREE electricity and FREE water supplied by the city, should burn down, who do they think they are going to sue if someone should get hurt?
I do think we should help our homeless, but they also want to help themselves first. One of the long time residences of dignity village is an ex-college professor that even admits he can work, but chooses not to. He would rather live free and have less stress in his life! Great! It is free to him... not me as a tax paying citizen.
OK, sorry kind of got off subject of what the post was originally about. It was about a homeless man who was breaking in to a church every night so he could use their phone to call phone-in-sex lines.
So, I guess if you follow the logic of a city like Portland we are depriving this man the basic necessities of life and the right to be able to call into a phone-in-sex line. Does this mean, as tax payers, we should now be supplying cell phones to the homeless? We need to help out you know.
So how much should we give the homeless, before they are required to try to give back? I think 10 years of giving to one man in Portland is enough and we need to have more transitional housing. If you don't want to transition, then, please leave...You are not wanted here!
Todd Clark - broker
Kastings & Associates
Phone: (503)524-9494
Fax: (503)622-8739
Oh, you think I'm joking, but every year its the same thing, just as I'm about to spend money on Christmas gifts for everyone, it never fails. Something, or in the case of this year, everything breaks down.
Last year it was my car, this year it is my wife's car and the microwave and the stove. What is it about my house and cars that feel the necessity to break down at the most inconvenient time of the year?
I've tried talking to them, being nice, and still! The car I can deal with, the microwave was a little harder, but the stove? I love my wife's baking and if the stove is busted that means I'm not getting fatter and I'm not happy! If my wife let's me thin out too much, I might actually be able to get this ring off and be able to leave her.
We all know the only reason I'm staying is because I can't afford the surgery to remove the ring - LOL
So, can anyone tell me how everything knows that it is December and that it is time to break down all at once?
Todd Clark - broker
Kastings & Associates
Phone: (503)524-9494
Fax: (503)622-8739
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Is your family looking to buy or sell in Beaverton, Oregon? Then give me a call, I would love to help your family home! (503)-524-9494 www.IFoundYourNewHome.com
Oregon native, Todd Clark, understands that to be happy in life, it is the little things that matter. Todd grew up in Tigard, Oregon, in Washington County, and the west side of Portland really is his passion. Todd believes in keeping the beauty of Washington County alive and well with the beauty of its historic farm houses and its rich history. But, nothing makes Todd happier than seeing people who take the time to better their kid's future by taking the time to educate through nature. Seeing kids outside, having fun, and learning is where the true classroom should be. Todd understands our future is in our hands. Todd would love to help you find that perfect home to educate our future leaders.
Dedication...
Todd Clark is a dedicated person whose goal in life is to exceed in every thing he ventures into. His dedication to family is what made him strive to do even more for every family he meets. Ever since one young couple told Todd "You were everything you said you were, and more! You completely exceeded our expectations." He has wanted to do even more!
Happiness is...
What Todd Clark feels every time he gets to help the community grow stronger with each family he gets moved in. Todd wants every person in a community to feel the sense of pride he does in the wonderful state of Oregon. As an Oregon native Todd says growing up 1 hour from the ocean and the mountains is something everyone should experience.
Family...
Is an important part of Todd's happiness. He met his wife in 1992 when she started working for him in the wedding industry; together they have 3 wonderful children Meesha, Nathaniel and Natascha.
Your Family...
Is a very important part of the home buying or home selling process. Todd believes kids should be listened to and asks questions of even the youngest of children about the pending move. Kids do say the darndest things and sometimes they see things from a point of view that us adults really shouldn't overlook but often do.
Teaching...
Has been something Todd has enjoyed with his own children. He also enjoys teaching other peoples kid's life lessons through sports while being a baseball coach for his daughter's T-Ball team or the lessons he got to teach kids while he worked with Junior Achievement and the Big Brothers/Big Sisters Programs.
Sense of Humor...
Todd is a very genuine person with a great sense humor. He loves to break the tension by cracking a joke. Sometimes he says it is just needed to break up awkwardness of a situation. After working as a Disc Jockey for so long you just know when a joke is needed.
Todd is an expert with first time home buyers and sellers. He takes that extra step to educate and hold a buyer or sellers hand through the tough times to make sure they get the most out of their investment.
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Todd also help those who need help keeping their homes. Todd is an expert at helping people avoid foreclosure with options that don't necessarly mean selling their home. Most people when they get into a default situation, got there through a temporary problem and Todd understands this. He helps the home owner keep their home and doesn't ask for anything in return other than the occasional referral.
Todd also works on with a team of other Realtors know as the "Friendly Home Team". This team is dedicated to helping those who are 55+ or eventually will be, by giving back to those who have GIVEN so much. They help people with investments to further help them later in life or if it is time for the move to an assisted living home, they work with counselors to help make the move as easy and stress free as possible, while not losing everything they have worked so hard to earn.
Designations:
GRI - Graduate REALTOR® Institute
Todd thanks for your tenacity!! Michael was lucky he had you as a Realtor.
Alyce Irving (Realtor)
Todd, we wished we had called you earlier! After having our home on the market for one year with one agent for $118,900 and then on our own for another year for $115,000. That is when we decided we would finally give you a shot. Boy are we glad we did. We signed with you on a Thursday and after work on Friday you called me and asked if I was sitting down. That is when you told me you had 3 offers. When you brought them over and you got the buyers to go in to a bidding war for our property, you made the process actually fun! You left our house at 11:30 that night and by Monday we had all the paperwork signed and had accepted an offer for $129,500. Thank You and we guarantee we will refer you to anyone wanting to sell their home.
Todd and Elise P. (Hillsboro, OR)
Thank you Todd for not giving up on us. Most Realtors® would have just stopped dealing with us when after putting an offer on a house and then our funding fell through. It was a year before we could get our credit back to where we needed it to buy a home. But during that year, you not only kept in contact with us, you gave us encouragement and advised on how to bring up our credit score. You then found us our dream home, a place where we could have our family grow up and even a place for Joshua's pool table. Once again, Thank You!!!! We will refer you to all our friends and family when they want to buy or sell a home.
Joshua and Kellie S (Portland, OR)
Todd,
You always seem to go above and beyond for your clients and that just amazes me! I truly believe there is no length you wouldn't go to please a client.
Kristine - Insight Home Inspection
You are the best Agent I have dealt with in ages. Keep up the awesome customer service. Let me know if you are ever in the market for an Assistant.
Tami E - Gresham
Todd listed my house in Tigard, OR. His services were exemplary. He went beyond expectations, even helping with understanding lease option and seller financing so that we could market to the home to a variety of customers. He also has his own radio talk show and community real estate meetings which he educates others on how to leverage creative financing to quickly find hidden gems in real estate market. Todd was always kind, courteous, and personable. I highly recommend his services to anyone who wishes to list their home or purchase a home in the future. Simply, there are no agents left like Todd, he does the job right, persevering the profession of real estate with the highest skills and creativity that is required to be successful in this business.
Elizabeth Tran
Todd was always there for me and very knowledgeable and reliable. He even helped me when my lender wouldn't seem to and helped me get the loan for my home. I fired my previous agent because he wasn't doing these things and I was very grateful to have found Todd a few days later and got what I was expecting from an agent
Betty Perez
"Todd is a rare person in the Real Estate Industry. Like many of the better agents in the field, he is knowledgeable of the market, understands thoroughly the legal and ethical considerations of the real estate transaction and has both a practical and esoteric understanding the real estate sales process. Where Todd separates himself from his contemporaries is in his preparedness. Todd is has become one of the leading real estate bloggers in the country over the past several years. His deep and comprehensive understanding of the industry comes from hundreds of hours of research and writing about real estate. The average agent reads an article here or there, maybe takes a class when it is required but Todd is a true "student of real estate" so much in fact, I would now classify him as a professor.
I have been in the mortgage lending industry for 25 years and I can honestly say, "Todd is the best informed agent I have ever met". I would trust Todd with my own real estate transaction! I offer my highest recommendation to Todd Clark."
Art Marine (Academy Mortgage)
Todd continually puts the well-being and best interest of his clients ahead of immediate personal gain. He cares genuinely and is attuned to the needs of those he serves.
Jemila Kwon
Krista Talley (Portland, OR)
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