By Melissa Dorman, September 30, 2020
#1 Paint Colors/Wall Paper
Repainting it’s relatively cheap, easy, and fast. Paint color can severely impact a space. Try your best to focus on the structure of a room, window placement, other more permanent fixtures and inherent character.
#2 Appliances
Appliances can be written in or out of a transaction. If that old yellow fridge isn’t working for you. Don’t worry! You can have them remove, keep them to sell, or try and negotiate your closing costs down in order to reallocate funds for new ones.
#3 Hardware
Hardware, like paint can have a huge impact on a space. Something as simple as door knobs and drawer pulls can completely change the design esthetic of a home. Simply switching out those old 90’s ornate knobs for a more sleek and minimalist look can give a once contemporary home and more modern aesthetic.
#4 Questionable Carpet
Carpet…. We’ve all been in that home with stains all over the carpet…Ooor even better the stained shag green carpet. Old carpet is one of those items that can make a home feel less “your own”. Remember these things can be changed. There are so many different flooring options these days to fit all kinds of budgets and spaces.
#5 Textured Ceiling
Prefer your popcorn in a bowl? Myself as well…However I’m not going to walk away from the house of my dreams because of it. In a vacant home wall texturing can appear much more pronounced. Furniture, art and decorating accents all help refocus the eye.
Melissa Dorman
Broker | OR & WA
She/They
Ten years ago, Melissa was living in a slum in Kolkata, India, helping over 200 women escape sex trafficking by providing alternative work at a social business.
It was there she discovered her passion for financial education as a means of empowering people to move out of poverty. After graduating from UCLA with a Masters, Melissa spent 5 years working as a Social Worker; assisting clients facing homelessness, in jail, or at a psychiatric facility.
As much as she loved the work, imagining saving for retirement on the meager salary of a social worker was becoming grim. That's when Melissa discovered "passive income." In no time, she fell in LOVE with real estate as a vehicle for wealth. Soon after, Melissa began locating off-market multi-family properties to purchase through creative financing strategies and win-win opportunities. Two years into investing, Melissa quit her day job as a Social Worker to become a full-time broker and investor. Initially, she was drawn to people in difficult circumstances, so she developed extensive experience assisting families facing foreclosure, short sales, and probate. Melissa is well versed in helping her clients overcome complex real estate challenges.
Currently, Melissa is teamed up with Super Broker, Yascha Noonberg at Living Room Realty. Together they assist clients to achieve their real estate dreams, including how to strategically buy and sell a personal residence to maximize profits. Far from the slums of Kolkata, her greatest passion now is empowering other working professionals to develop passive forms of income through buying multi-family properties in Portland.
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