I am having an extremely positive experience with Portland Homes and Commercial Properties…read more I reached out to Portland Homes and a few other companies to manage my rental property (townhome) in Happy Valley, and I chose Portland Homes based on Andrew Gilburne's experience in and knowledge of the market, prompt follow up, and reasonable rates for the services provided. Upon signing up with them, Andrew conducted a property assessment, prepared it for listing, and kept me informed of showings and tenant selection. Throughout the entire time, I've been apprised of updates, any concerns, and what I needed to do. Andrew's team is quite competent when he's unavailable, but he usually takes calls directly and resolves matters himself. I have peace of mind that my rental property is being taken care of while I reside in Chicago. I strongly recommend Andrew and the team at Portland Homes!

Awesome people to work with. Great communication. Fantastic…read moreapartment, good location.

Sometimes the best land lords are the ones you don't notice. And I barely noticed Lisa... and I…read moremean that in the absolute best way possible. I never noticed Lisa being hard to get a hold of because she never was hard to get a hold of. She responded to my messages and concerns very quickly and professionally. I never noticed things around the property broken or not well kept because they never were broken and were never not well kept. The property was regularly maintained and if anything did break Lisa made sure it was taken care of quickly. I never noticed how mean Lisa was because she never was mean. She always greeted me with a warm smile. She always treated me with respect. She always showed grace if my rent was going to be one day late. I am going to miss my time in the apartment she managed. I would recommend Lisa to any who would ask!

I have been a long time tenant of High Five Properties managed units and can't imagine renting from…read moreanyone else. Lisa promptly responds to issues and maintains contacts and relationships with local contractors and services who fix said issues as they arise. She has always been fair and considerate and maintains clean lines of communication with her tenants, especially if scheduled maintenance is due (gutter cleaning, furnace, etc.).

Professional, fantastic, knowledgeable real estate agent with years of experience. Excellent…read morecommunication and walks with you every step of the way.

We've had wonderful experiences with Darcie, Emily, and everyone at PDX Green Team! They helped us…read morefind our first home and then, 15 year later, helped us sell it. They guided us step-by-step through the first-time home bouncing process, making sure that we found the home of our dreams and advocated for us every step of the way. When we made the decision to move overseas, we had no hesitations about working with them again. They made the home-selling process quick and easy, and ensured that we got a great price. They are warm, knowledgeable, and clearly love what they do--making home-dreams come true!

I have never been more let down by a business than I was let down by Best Life. Run away from this…read morebusiness. Everything seemed really great BEFORE I had tenants, there was lots of open communication, she explained everything. I felt like we were partners. But then as soon as I had people interested in the house, I had NO INFORMATION given to me about any of the financials. I was not privy to their lease agreement, the amount of the deposit, anything. I was also not given any information about when payments would be disbursed until I reached out and asked. This didn't feel like transparency. I was finally given my first payment 12 days after tenants moved into my house. I received a very small fraction of what they paid on move in. This was expected! Expensive, but expected. What was not expected was the re-key fee that Best Life charged me. I left complete sets of keys, there was no need to charge me the rekey. This shouldn't have been a big deal, but I received nothing but defensive communication in response. No apology. She offered to remove the fee but didn't apologize, when I explained why I was frustrated she FIRED ME. That was it. I would have loved for this to be a great experience with no hidden fees--this business advertises pricing transparency--but instead, on my very first disbursement there was a hidden fee. Disappointing to say the least. ALL I NEEDED WAS AN APOLOGY, INSTEAD SHE FIRED ME. I have no idea what will happen to my poor tenants.

As a tenant, it can be hard to find a property manager who is timely, kind, and responsive - we got…read moreso lucky! Noelle was professional and went above and beyond to ensure our rental experience was as smooth and comfortable as possible. Highly recommend!!

Ahhh, so this has been a long time coming, as we have been in our house now since September. My…read moreapologies to our Realtor. She deserves all the kudos about to be bestowed unto her! If you're looking for your new home, or looking to sell your home, you most certainly should contact Theresa deSousa at this location! Theresa is experienced, trustworthy, dependable, hardworking, all while making a potentially painful process fun with her upbeat attitude & fun spirit. We began looking for our home last summer, & we ran the gambit of emotions. This is fun & exciting..... this is getting old..... this is a pain in the ass....... this sucks......... ahhhhh, we found it, this is so fun & exciting........ this is so scary.......... through all of that, Theresa was the glue that held us together. As first time home buyers, we went in with our eyes open. We did the research, read the books, took the class.... we still didn't know jack! Theresa helped us find an awesome home inspector, set us up with a lender, & walked us through, holding our hands, every step of the process! She really is wonderful, & we could not have asked for anyone better. I mean, she really looks out for you..... even the couple times we got all excited about a home, she would gingerly point out some potential problems & future cost/repairs that we wouldn't want to deal with. Never pushy, never. After we had everything signed, sealed, & delivered, there was an amazing "Welcome Home Basket" waiting for us the first time we stepped into our home. On top of that, she personally delivered a Christmas Wreath to us just after Thanksgiving to help celebrate our first Christmas in our home. Look her up, you will be so happy you did!

Terri Robertson is the best!…read more We found Terri by total accident, we wanted to tour a house her co-worker was selling, and she was available on short notice to help us out (since we weren't seriously looking and didn't have a realtor of our own yet). We liked her so much at that first walk-through, we decided to ask her to work with us to find our new home. The buying process was super easy for us, Terri made a few good suggestions of properties to consider, but mostly she was always available to help us tour properties, and is VERY knowledgeable about both historic homes and the Portland real estate market. She notices details and asks good questions, she's got an eye on what original fixtures and features of a house are a benefit, and which might give you a headache in the future. When it came time to make an offer, her market analysis had the price of the house EXACTLY what the appraisal came in at. She also wrote the contract with several little advantages for us (yay!), took care of getting bids for a sewer scope and a credit for the fix, and got a radon abatement situation handled. Overall, we were tremendously happy with the process, and really liked her as a person -- you spend a lot of time talking with your agent! It's important to like them! SO! When it came time to sell our old house, a year later, we contacted her again. Selling WAY more work, of course, but she helped every step of the way, from dealing with our tenants, to finding contractors for necessary repairs, to fun styling details! I re-did all of the lighting myself, and Terri helped to pick all of the new fixtures out. She was also available to do two very detailed walk-throughs to help get our "to do" list in order and make sure there was nothing an inspector would take issue with. In the end, our inspection was a breeze! (Well, except for another dang sewer scope problem). Given how much MORE time we spent with her in the selling process, I cannot give her high enough praise. Really, she knows this market well, understands what you MUST do to sell, what has good ROI, and what stuff can probably be skipped. In the end, we got the exact price we were hoping for (which was more than her co-workers thought we could do! Hah!). If you're looking to BUY or SELL, definitely work with Terri!

We couldn't have moved 2000+ miles to Portland Metro without Shawni. The Portland Metro rental…read moremarket is so highly competitive that many property management companies were simply difficult to reach for more information, despite messaging through listings on Zillow, Redfin, etc. Shawni not only handled all the property management company outreach and communication, she served as our proxy for viewing properties remotely (which is a requirement for most rental applications) and always made sure to drive to our favorites to record YouTube videos of the exterior, interior, and neighborhood. Shawni was very patient throughout the process, understood our needs, gently steered us away from neighborhoods that didn't fit our criteria, and served as our advocate when dealing with prickly property management companies. It's worth the money to focus on packing up, rather than searching endlessly on Zillow. We highly recommend Shawni and wouldn't hesitate to hire her again, even for a local move!

Don't waste your time and money. It's unfortunate that this is one of just a few "agencies" in the…read morearea because the service isn't good. Last year, I reached out for assistance and was only provided with a spreadsheet that had dozens and dozens of local properties listed with some highlighted that supposedly met my criteria (a dog, for one). Very few of them met my criteria. Frustrating to say the least, so after a bit of back and forth I realized that this service wouldn't work and ended up finding a place on my own. What to my surprise when I got an invoice for $150. For a spreadsheet and a few email exchanges? NO. So now they have sent me to a collection agency for refusing to pay for services not rendered. Clearly expectations were not set or met. You're better off doing an internet search for free.

Jennie and Christine were amazing escrow agents. Super responsive and organized. We had several…read morehiccups due to lender errors & late price negotiations with seller: our closing date changed, price changed, and mortgage fees changed all in the last week and somehow they still got us to closing before our movers showed up to deliver our things.

We "trusted" First American to be professional and honest. We were completely disappointed. One…read moremis-type on a single document ended up costing our family 5k more than what was projected. We had to schedule our own signing appointment and our realtor wasn't even notified we had even completed our title transfer. When we asked the branch manager about the mistake, he brushed us off. Of course why should they care it's not their money. If your looking for a title company I would look somewhere else.

Tim Pitts and everyone at Think Real Estate are the only realtors in Portland who I will ever work…read morewith! Down to the smallest detail of your transaction you know they are on it and stay one step ahead of all your needs. I appreciate all the attention I received during my sale and purchase. Also of areas were spot on! Lastly, these folks are just good people who know their stuff & they make it fun to work with them

Tai was absolutely amazing to work with, my wife and I were first-time home buyers and she helped…read moreus through the whole process. We were living in California while looking for a house up here and she was so helpful throughout the process. From facetime walkthroughs, amazing communication, and working with the seller's agent to close on the very first offer we put in - Tai is the perfect person to have on your team!

I've been meaning to st down and write a thoughtful and thorough review for months since…read morepurchasing my home, but I don't know when I'll be able to do that due to a ton of extra busy-ness as of late, so I'm going to go ahead and throw something up here for now, and then come back to finish the job as soon as I can. That said... I can not say enough good things about our agent, Ken McClarty. He is an incredibly nice guy who really dug into finding a home for us based on our needs, and was extremely diligent and available throughout the entire process, always making sure our questions were answered, our expectations were set properly, our house hunting needs were being met, and our fears were laid to rest. We ended up on the other side of a rather brief and painless search with a fantastic home in Gresham that is in an absolutely perfect location for me, my wife, and our two year old son. Ken took care of all the legwork, as far as finding the perfect home, scheduling the inspections, negotiating with the seller, and closing the deal, and in the end our purchase ended up right within our budget. We could not be happier, and we will soon get around to giving Ken a proper thank you for all of his fantastic help. I would highly recommend Ken to anyone looking for a home in the Portland area. His service was top notch in every way. Thanks Ken!

Good friends of ours sold his house using the assistance of Kevin Caplener and they recommended him…read moreto us. From the first day we met, he has given us amazing service. I can't believe how responsive he has been. I had a TON of questions throughout the process and never was I made me feel like I was a burden on him in any way. He calmly walked us through complex documents. He gave us opinions when we needed it but always told us what was our decision and what options we had. Put it this way, we had an offer on our house in 4 days. Our neighbor described the day of our open house as a "crazy circus" because so many people were there. I have no idea how he did it, but over 60 people came through a 2 hour open house. We are thrilled with the service, professionalism and help everyone at the Caplener Group has given us. I'll recommend them to anyone.

Alicia is the best in the game. Ive worked with 6 agents in total for house buying over the last…read more10yrs and she is in her own league. She is extremely knowledgeable, transparent, very thorough, and doesnt take any bs to ensure she gets the best deal for her clients. In total, it took my wife and I about 4 months working with her to finally land our dream home. We are very grateful for her services and highly recommend her for anyone looking to buy a home.

Bobbi and Alicia are truly excellent, and I recommend them wholeheartedly. My wife and I were…read morelooking for our first house, and had never been through the homebuying process before. Bobbi helped us define our requirements and really helped us crystalize what we were looking for - asking questions we didn't think we needed to know the answers to - but ended up being highly valuable and helped us narrow down our search criteria. Now, that meant we were looking for a goldilocks house that was just right for us. But we were in a position to bide our time and learn what areas and layouts we liked and didn't like. Bobbi helped us through all of it and was thorough, professional, and thoughtful. We truly believe having Bobbi and Alicia as our buyers agent gave us an advantage in the market. Bobbi negotiated excellent concessions and helped us have confidence we weren't buying a lemon. It was surreal when we finally got our keys, and we couldn't be happier with our new home. Thank you Bobbi and Alicia!