Ad a kid I doubt there was a better place to grow than the Sellwood/Moreland neighborhood. In short you were literally surrounded by parks of every persuasion!

First Sellwood park where they must have borrowed the swimming pool for  the movie Sandlot ( and the cast of characters I might add) which is situated in Sellwood Park with its tall fir treees and bluff overlooking the next leg of the journey Oaks Park.

Oaks Park is an iconic throwback to the movie Big and I don’t doubt for a second that the spirit that lived in the machine that whisked Tom Hanks back to his youth isn’t alive at the the core of this roller rinked ferrous wheel driven park on the banks of the Willamettete River.

Next we have Westmoreland Park with it’s baseball diamonds (Scavone Field), casting ponds (sometimes  home of the milk carton boat  races), and an array of basketball courts and childrens play area. If your a nature lover the wild life here is spectacular with waterfowl everywhere along the various ponds.

Eastmoreland Golf course/Crystral Springs Rhododendron gardens complete the journey but should not be overlooked in that Eastmoreland is probably one of the finest public courses and most pictures in Portland with lake s abounding on the back nine that are fed by Crystal springs and border the World renown Rhodendrum Gardens.

Contact Fred Mueller, Principal Broker, Coldwell Banker 503-750-8030 or www.FredMueller@cbseal.com

Nestled between Portland’s historic Sellwood neighborhood and Milwaukie Oregon is a little islandish neighborhood  know to it’s beloved as Garthwick. It is an extremely handsome neighborhood which borders the picturesque Waverly Country Club and the Willamette river.

The forefathers that designed Garthwick had the vision as was done back in the day of using back alleys for car access in many homes which kept the focus on the front elevation and curb appeal of the home. The overall flavor of Garthwick is English Tudor with the accompanying charming street lamps. On a foggy evening in the fall with the huge deciduous trees Garthwick feels like a New England storybook setting.

Contact Fred Mueller, Principal Broker, Coldwell Banker 503-750-8030 or  www.FredMueller@cbseal.com

Buyers take note when purchasing a home in Lake Oswego, Oregon! Lake Oswego is a private lake and a puchase of a home here does not automatically give the buyer a right to have a boat on the lake. In fact it requires a boat easement and evfen witha boat easement many times its a case of waiting in line for YOUR TURN. When looking for a home in Lake Oswego try to increase your chances of getting your boat on the water by purchasing a home with multiple easements. I have seen some homes have up to three easements. The best way I can describe an easement is as follows there are for the lack of a better word little parks scattered around the lake where home ownersof that easement congregate to use the lake front obviously the more easements you have increase your chance of getting your boat on the lake.

contact Fred Mueller,Principal Broker Coldwell Banker, 503-750-8030  and see all Lake Oswego’s current listings at www.FredMuellerrealtor.com

Having sold real estate in Forest Heights I can personaly say it is one of Portland’s gems. It feels like you are in another world . ..almost on vacation! Ironically you are about five minutes from downtownPortland.

Forest Heights has an international atmosphere about it as well since so many of the hone owners are from different parts of the globe. So many times I was stationed in the on site sales office on Miller Rd (where the Starbucks is now) and would be buyers from India, Russia, and Eastern Europe would stop by inquiring about homes and lots. As it turns out many of these clients were in the high tech industry and Forest Heights seemed to be the destination of choice.

Needless to say the on site grade school was a model Portland public schools would be proud of and the test scores were as well.

I doubt there are many neighborhoods like Forest Heights given all the pluses namely the array of new or newer homes, the breath of the market, the close proximity to Portland and Forest Park, the resale value of the homes and the low percentage of homes on the market relative to the quantity of homes in the neighborhood.

I would have to give Forest Heights an astounding A plus as neighborhoods go and rank it in the top three of Portland Westside.

Contact Fred Mueller, Principal Broker, Coldwell Banker 503-750-8030, www.FredMueller@cbseal.com

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Some of his early work was the sound track for www.buildadude.com composed in the eighth grade.

I have built them, sold them, partied in them, critiqued them, and praised them! Ironically just spending a huge amount of money on an Estate to be constructed or remodeled does not guarantee the. . .IT Factor!

After building at the most prestigious sites I can generally tell whats going to have the end pizazz that it takes to justify the millions spent before the shovel hits the dirt.

Fred Mueller, Principal Broker, Coldwell Banker  at 503-750-8030 or www.FredMueller@cbseal.com

After recently selling a mobile home park to a client for $4.8 million plus I became infatuated with parks! Nothing gets me excited in the business world like a mobile home park. . .they are the ultimate.

In the past I used to drive buy them and think “well thats a nice park but there is little money in it”.

 How wrong was that! Parks seem like the ultimate investment in my opinion for the following reasons, rent in good and bad times, pride of ownership, less turnover than apartments, possibility of land conversion when subdivisions get selling again, etc

Now I’m locating buyers for mobile parks across the United States and Europe that like I are appreciative of such opportunity.

Contact Fred Mueller, Principal Broker of Coldwell Banker at 503-750-8030 and at www.FredMueller@cbseal.com

The Portland Oregon real estate market is dicey at best. Certain pockets have some play such as the Johns Landing, Eastmoreland, and Northeast Portland areas such as Alameda.  The rest of the market in my opinion is sketchy and a hunt and peck process for everybody. . .especially sellers.

Never before has the sage ole location, location, location been more prevelent than now. We are also seeing instances where it isn’t a function of price but just plain disinterest at any number.The ultra premium properties still move but they take a hair longer than in the past to make it to escrow.

The collateral Realtors that pick up the borderline buyers are virtually extinct since the 80/20 seems more like 95/5 that is 95 percent of the business is going to 5 percent of the Realtors. What a great time to be in the 5  percent category!

Fred Mueller is a Principal Broker with Coldwell Banker Real Estate in Lake Oswego, Oregon at 503-750-8030 also www.FredMuellerrealtor.com

If you need an expert in million dollar properties contact me, Fred Mueller of Coldwell Banker at 503-750-8030. I have sold many multi million dollar properties including Street Of Dreams Homes, entire subdivisions, condominium projects, commercial land, as well as entire mobile home parks (the last one priced at four million eight hundred thousand plus.

Also contact me at www.FredMueller@cbseal.com

If you need a realtor with a background in construction when building a new home, or commercial building contact me, Fred Mueller of Coldwell Banker at 503-750-8030. I built custom high end homes and commercial buildings for five years and now am a principal broker.

Also contact me at www.FredMueller@cbseal.com