Sometimes buying a house just is that easy

Congratulations to Brian and Erica who are still in shock that the homebuying process was that easy and smooth.

We met on a Saturday so I could show them three or four new-ish homes in N Portland in the mid $300k price range.

They all felt like worn down college apartments with no yard space and as Brian was telling me of his childhood when he helped his dad fix up the houses they were living in and Erica mentioned how much she’d love a yard, it became clear that we needed to try a different approach.

After viewing two very boring townhomes with zero outside space, I pulled up a cosmetic fixer on a fantastic level yard just a few blocks from where we were looking.

They immediately fell in love with the lot and the house had a ton of potential including gorgeous hardwoods sitting under the old dingy carpet. They lay out is fine for them so all they’ll be doing to make it an amazing home is removing carpets and refinishing the hardwoods, taking off some wallpaper and putting a fresh coat of paint on the inside and then possibly updating some of the appliances.

It was the third house we saw and we never needed to see a fourth. The seller even paid all of their closing costs and installed a new electrical panel since the home had a Federal Pacific panel in the garage.

Congrats Brian and Erica, I can’t wait to see the pictures after you’ve done your first round of projects!

Yascha Noonberg

Principal Broker | ADU Specialist | OR

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Consistently featured as one of the Top 50 Brokers in Portland. Certified Residential Investment Specialist "Yascha is absolutely an asset, not only to his clients, but his industry as a whole as an example of how REALTORS® should strive to conduct business." —Past client VISIT MY WEBSITE  I was fortunate enough to move to Portland in the 90s after growing up in Maryland and then attending college in Texas. My professional life started with owning and operating a music school and recording studio in SE Portland. Eventually I was drawn to real estate both as an investor and subsequently as a consultant to homebuyers and sellers as well as fellow real estate investors. My family and I have lived on both sides of the river, and we spend a lot of our down time at the coast in Manzanita. My real estate business and family keep me very busy but whenever possible I get out on the courts to compete in tennis leagues and tournaments, and I recently started playing Pickleball. I also mix in the occasional gig or young audiences performance with local jazz group Trashcan Joe.

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