Lifestyle

Florida on Portland: Happiness is Good

Apr 28th, 2008 | By Bob Broad | Category: Lifestyle

There is a saying that the only two things that people don’t like to buy on sale are real estate and stocks. I talk to many would-be homeowners and investors that are content to stay on the sidelines, waiting out the inevitable decline in our real estate market.
Home prices and investment properties are the […]



Looking for a walkable neighborhood in Portland?

Mar 19th, 2008 | By Greg Long | Category: Lifestyle

Here’s a great site to check if you are in looking for a house in the Portland real estate market and want to be able to walk to all the local amenities.  It’s called Walk Score.  You enter an address and the site returns the Walk Score on a scale of 1 to 100, with […]



Portland Named Greenest City in America

Jan 27th, 2008 | By Greg Long | Category: Lifestyle

Popular Science recently published their Top 50 Greenest Cities and Portland, Oregon comes in on top. Not too surprising that Portland is considered tops with the local government push for public transportation, renewable energy and green certified building practices.
Four categories were scored to come up with the rankings: electricity, transportation, green living, and […]