Tag: Ross Seligman

Just Sold! Hillsdale Mid-Century Magic

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Greg and Abby have been working with our team for several months now, commuting to Portland from the Oregon Coast. They even moved to Portland proper recently while they began their house hunting. Sometimes, luck strikes quickly. On our first day of searching, the first house we saw was the one. It’s a gorgeous mid-century featuring modern details like a custom kitchen with designer finishes, refinished hardwood floors, and a gorgeous master suite with a huge shower. The backyard is open and roomy with a bonus craft shed! They beat out several other offers to get the home and are so excited to make it their own. What a wonderful story and a huge congratulations. Theirs is truly a unique and lovely home.

The One Where Kate Buys A House

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Hey everybody! 

I’m Kate, the Own It Team Executive Assistant and as of today…guest blogger! 😉 Ross is always sharing client stories, and thanks to him I have a “happy ending” story of my own.

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I never imagined I could buy a house. My 8 year old son and I have moved from rental to rental almost every year of his life. We’ve had some nice apartments, don’t get me wrong, but nowhere that felt like a permanent home.

Working in real estate for about 4 years now, I watched home prices rise and fluctuate, drooling over the listings I’d create marketing for and wishing I could make them my own. I’d read a buyer story that gave me hope, then look at my life and my finances and swiftly abandon that little glimmer of hope.

Meanwhile, Ross was encouraging me every step of the way. When I joined his team 2 years ago we talked about my future as a potential homeowner, and he was supportive, but realistic. “We’ll get you a place…it might be a few years, but we’re going to make it happen,” he’d say. Keep in mind at the time I joined him the market was hot – always multiple offers, always ending up over list price.

In May of 2019 I learned my rent would be raised yet again…this time to over $2,000 a month for our apartment. That lit a fire under me. I couldn’t stand to continue working a 9 to 5 and watching everything disappear!

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I set myself up on a search from our website, and crossed my fingers. I didn’t know how I’d come up with enough for a downpayment, or how I’d afford a place in my son’s school district, but I let all the negative “what ifs” just exist alongside my need to make. this. happen.

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Entrepreneur Role Fuels Real Estate Broker’s Inventive Fire

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Ross Seligman’s quest to find a better client management system leads to online success. 

With 14 years of experience in the Portland residential real estate market, Seligman’s main job is as a principal broker with Living Room Realty. More recently, though, he’s been filling his spare time promoting Sphere, an online client relationship management system that he developed for real estate brokers.

Sphere stands out for two main reasons:

The first is that Sphere focuses on growing a business based on relationships while other client relationship management systems are built on what Seligman describes as “scraping the internet for leads.” The second unique feature is that Sphere didn’t come from minds in Silicon Valley.

It’s the only CRM I know where an actual active broker who’s in the trenches every day is the creator – and that makes a huge difference,” Seligman said.

Learn more about Ross Seligman’s creation of Sphere in the Business Tribune article by Stephanie Basalyga HERE.