Over the years of helping clients to downsize to a smaller living space, one constant challenge occurs for just about everyone. What to do with ALL THAT STUFF? According to the article 21 Surprising Statistics that Reveal How Much Stuff We Actually Own from Becoming Minimalist, the average American family owns 30,000 items. Many people report […]
BackDoor Revolution
The ADU = Granny Flat Revolution The Revolution started for me in 2010 which was also when the Great Recession was taking everyone in the Real Estate profession by storm. In the muck of marketing luxury condominiums that were not selling, I attended a conference, Build Small Live Large in 2012. As a broker I […]
New Year Downsize – Dump the Car!
I live in urban Sellwood, Portland Oregon, walkable score 99, so who needs two cars? It was time for my husband to dump his 13 year old Lemon Car, radiator fluid was leaking every where. Could we really both use one Subaru to get around? It was a New Year 2017 test. How To Donate […]
Portland’s Turn to Bike Share
Wet wet wet December and Portland is drowning in moisture, non stop blowing sideways in the face mist. I love the rain since it means that it is snowing at higher elevations on Mt Hood and my freshly waxed skis are itchy to hit the slopes, but at 60F degrees my hopes are dashed. No […]
Revolutions
This past weekend I was on a panel to discuss Aging in Your Home and Community for the 2015 Aging Well Conference. Basia Belza opened the event with her Keynote: Aging Well in the 21st Century. Her first slide loud & clear there is a WALKING Revolution, we need to move to and keep physically […]
Neighborhood Walks
The thrust of real estate in Portland Oregon is all about being close to services, parks and transportation, in short a walkable neighborhood with a high score. Walk Score shows any address in over 3,0000 cities in US, Canada and Australia showing Transit, Bike and Walkable scores. Public transit, better commutes and proximity to the […]
Co-Housing in PDX
Chuck Durrett, award winning architect and author of Senior Cohousing Handbook: A Community Approach to Independent Living, was in Portland last week, I along with 30 other participants attended his half day workshop. SAGE Cohousing Advocates was one of the sponsors. We have a senior housing crisis in this country. Too many older adults are […]
Movin On Down the Road
Moving Time– Everyone is having a garage or yard sale – so colorful, all the stuff we have accumulated over the years, and than we drag it out on to the sidewalk for someone else to find that special treasure. Today one in four Multnomah county residents is 60 years or older and by 2030, […]
Super Host
I feel like I am in summer camp. Opening my email I received a Super Host Badge! The Airbnb Community celebrates their hosts who have had outstanding service for a year with a Profile Badge on my site – proving that I am dedicated to superb hospitality! Kinda like a star at the top of […]
Walking the WALK
Suburbs and Walking When I saw that Tigard, Oregon had a long term vision to be – “the most walkable community in the Pacific Northwest where people of all ages and abilities enjoy healthy and interconnected lives”, I was impressed with what moxie a suburban bedroom community of Portland had. Jeff Speck, a city planner […]
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