Portland For Sale

We are thrilled to share with you our interview with Billy Grippo. Billy Grippo is a principal broker at Windemere Realty Trust and is known in Portland as the Top Eastside Real Estate Specialist where he has worked for more than 25 years. Billy is joined by Gina Gunderson, Portland broker who leads his buyers team. Gina shares her experience working with buyers in a competitive market. In this episode, Billy and Gina take us through finding a starter home, when to make an offer, making a competive offer, what to look for in a home inspection, determining home value, bidding wars, and the story behind his name on all those benches!

In this episode “Yay! We’re in escrow... What is escrow?” we are interviewing Steve Skare, Senior Escrow Officer at First American Title with more than 25 years experience in the Portland market. Steve explains what escrow is, the difference between escrow and title, title insurance, early issue policy, what it means to be “on title”, vesting and the prevalence of wire fraud.

We are excited to share with you our interview with Eric Post, Co-Owner of Better Homes & Garden Realty Partners. Eric has 16 years experience in the Portland real estate market as a business owner, broker, investor and consultant. In 2005 he started his first real estate brokerage and now has 5 offices in the greater Portland area. With his depth of experience, Eric has insight into 10,000+ transitions and billions of dollars in deals and still actively lists and sells homes. In this episode Eric discusses the difference between an agent and a broker, what makes Portland a unique market, strategies for first time home buyers, choosing an agent, and submitting your highest and best offer.

We are excited to share our interview with Tammy Wittren, loan originator for Guild Mortgage. Tammy has close to 30 years industry experience in the Portland market. We were so impressed Tammy’s depth of knowledge and also her genuine care helping people qualify for a loan.  In our interview, Tammy breaks down her role as a loan originator, how to qualify for a loan, and the loan application process. She also reviews closings costs, explains various loan programs, and the difference between funding and servicing a loan.  We hope you find this interview as enlightening and encouraging as we did!