Northwest

When I was a kid, I was taught to fish in a tributary of the Klamath River, called the Sprauge. Like anyone who has grown up here, I pretended I knew how to grab fish out of the water from the [...]

“Real estate investing in Portland is easy, right? Everyone is so laid back and nothing ever changes.” This was said to me recently by my cousin’s kid, over beverages at the Old Gold in an old [...]

We’ve had a strange year here in Seattle. When the novel coronavirus first really came to the U.S., it came to Seattle. I remember being both concerned, of course, about the health and well-being [...]

I’ve been running a real estate wholesaling business from my home in Bend, Oregon for years. It’s beautiful country here and it’s easy for me to get to all the major cities, not to mention the [...]

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 [...]