By Alyssa Isenstein Krueger, January 18, 2021
Seven years ago I helped some of my favorite buyers ever, Hanna and Kylan, buy their first home in Foster Powell. From the moment I started working with them, I fell in love with them- they are so on it and we spent so much time laughing together. Not long after they bought that home, they had their first kid. Two and a half years later in the summer of 2016, Hanna was pregnant with their 2nd kiddo and with new adventures out of state awaiting them, I helped them sell their first home. A couple of years ago, they moved back to Portland, and Kylan started working in Tualatin. Not wanting to spend hours in traffic every day commuting, they rented an apartment within walking distance from Kylan’s job in Tualatin. A couple of years of living in an apartment with 2 rambunctious boys and 2 dogs was starting to wear on them, especially as the pandemic raged on and everyone is home all the time.
This past summer Hanna contacted me because they were considering buying another home, this time in Tualatin. We talked for a really long time catching up and talking about what their next move would look like. I gave her the name of a great lender and off they went. I primarily only work in the City of Portland, but I loved working with Hanna and Kylan twice in the past, so for fantastic clients like these folks, I’ll go just about anywhere I’m licensed for the chance to work with them again. Four months later, Hanna contacted me because they were more ready then ever to make the move. Given how low low low the inventory is everywhere, when it came time to actually look at something in the area they wanted to live in, there was literally one home on the market in their price range in the tight circle of where they wanted to live. I met Hanna the next day while her boys stayed in the car. Kylan was working and wasn’t able to meet us to see the house. It was a well kept end unit townhouse that backed up to wetlands so the back view was lovely and wooded and the house was the perfect size and location. Offers were being reviewed the next day, so after sleeping on it, they decided they really did want to buy it. When wrote up the offer, they were originally going to just offer list price, but with at least one other offer on the table, I advised them if they just nudged their offer up by just a few thousand, they would have a better chance of having their offer accepted. They took my advice and later that day had their offer accepted. Kylan didn’t see the home until the home inspection, but I knew that Kylan trusted Hanna so it was quite the relief when after seeing the home in person at the home inspection, Kylan was super excited. Thankfully the sellers had the home pre-inspected and made plans to address everything biggish on the inspection report, including replacing the furnace which still worked, but was on the older side. One month and two kids later, for the second time in 7 years, I got to hand over new keys to one of my favorite families!
Alyssa Isenstein Krueger
Broker | OR
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I am living the dream. Working as a real estate broker in my home town brings this native Portland gal joy beyond measure. Check Out My Reviews! I took the round-about-road towards this career...
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