Northwest

As a lifelong Portland resident and a real estate investor, I’m often asked what draws people here? Why do people want to move to this rainy town? And there are a lot of reasons: the culture, the [...]

Like most of you in Seattle, I started this year with a plan: properties I was going to buy, investing seminars I was going to teach, and networking events I was going to attend. My calendar laid [...]

Growing up in Seattle the 80s and 90s, I always felt we were way ahead of the curve. Our music, our scene, our ethos—and our coffee—kind of took over the country. I felt that way again this year, [...]

If you ask me—and even if you don’t, I’ll tell you—Multnomah County is one of the most interesting in America. Half the county is beautiful mountains, wild terrain, and breathtaking falls. But, [...]

Some time ago, I was driving around north Seattle looking for leads on distressed houses. I wanted to find investment properties that weren’t on anyone else’s radar—homes that were vacant and a [...]

My great-grandparents shouldered a heap of trouble getting to Oregon. Mud, bugs, rain, snow, heat, the great prairie, the Rocky mountains, broken lands and bogs and bears. Why’d they do it? They [...]