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4064 N Mississippi Avenue #C-1
Portland, OR 97227
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Buying or selling a home is a huge decision and often a monumental lifestyle change. It's only fair that you work with an agent that acts as your biggest advocate, support system, and sounding board. An agent that listens carefully and crafts a plan based on where you're at, and where you'd like to go. Someone who will always keep your interests in mind when negotiating, even playing hardball if necessary.
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My path to real estate is untraditional, but interesting. I'm actually the third generation in a family of Real Estate professionals. As a child, I remember eagerly eavesdropping on my father as he negotiated with brokers and vendors. I jumped into real estate right out of college (Tulane in New Orleans) working with commercial real estate in San Francisco. While it sounds glamorous, the love for the work just wasn't there.
Enter the internet and my lovely wife. Together, we helped grow a tiny start-up into a multi-million dollar entity acquired by a huge multinational consulting company. Thus began a wild period of dream chasing in the form of building and running a handful of award-winning bars while dabbling in consulting, sales, and real estate.
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We felt like we were in very good hands with Kolin for our first ever home purchase. We were very nervous at first about navigating the Portland housing market but he helped make the process way less stressful. When it came time for negotiations he was really savvy and transparent about the process;...
Kolin was an incredible wealth of knowledge for us and made the remote home buying experience enjoyable and stress free. We were buying a home from out of state which we were nervous about, but Kolin helped us quickly narrow in on neighborhoods and what mattered most to us. His knowledge about the a...
Kolin had described his approach to real estate as a ‘concierge’ service and he lived up to that standard far beyond our expectations. From the beginning, Kolin was deeply engaged in the process of getting our house prepared for the kind of buyer we were after. In the end, all of the har...
Kolin was amazing at helping us purchase our first home. Not only was he extremely responsive throughout our search, but once we found our home, he worked tirelessly to get the deal closed quickly over the holidays. He was also a wealth of knowledge and recommendations when it came to mortgage lende...
Kolin helped my partner and I buy our first home during a pandemic, with a crazy market, during the holidays, and the two of us started the process knowing nothing. He patiently showed us houses for months, helped us submit multiple offers (we had a lower budget), and offered extremely valuable advi...
My husband and I had not purchased a home in 25 years. Many things had changed and many things have remained the same. What was outstanding in this process was the performance and character of our agent, Kolin Better. His depth of experience in the realty industry benefited us so much; he patiently ...
Kolin is a brilliant realtor to work with. With him we found our absolute dream house. He got to know us to really understand what we were looking for, the things that were important to us and what were nice to have. He showed us all the properties we were interested in and examined the […]
Kolin was exactly what we hoped to find in a realtor in our first time buying a house. He was candid, really listened to get a sense of our likes and dislikes, and helped us identify areas where we could get more for our money. He didn’t just show us houses – he acted as […]
Best realtor ever! Patiently explained the details of the home buying process which both put us at ease and provided us with the right amount of insight/guidance to feel confident throughout. Expansive knowledge of the Portland market and trends. Has homebuilding experience, so was able to speak to ...
It was wonderful working with Kolin! We were initially feeling very intimidated with the idea of purchasing our first home, but Kolin made the whole process so comfortable and accessible. He has a great understanding of the Portland market and is very knowledgeable about homes and how they are const...