A Portland perspective, nearly two decades in the making.

I’m a Portland native and have spent nearly two decades working in real estate here. I began my career in multifamily and investment transactions before moving into residential brokerage—experience that still shapes the way I approach the business today.

I like good architecture, thoughtful design, and neighborhoods with personality. But I’m equally interested in the less glamorous parts of real estate: value, timing, negotiation, market behavior, and understanding when an opportunity is genuinely good rather than merely well marketed.

My approach is straightforward: know the market, give candid advice, and keep sight of the larger goal. I’ll tell you what I think, even when it isn’t the answer that benefits me most. Buying or selling a home involves too much money—and usually too much life—for anything less.

Experience from more than one side of the table.

Over the years, I’ve worked in multifamily and investment real estate, participated in new-construction condominium sales, served as an HOA president, owned rental property, and been both a buyer and seller myself. I’m also a certified relocation specialist.

That range of experience matters. Real estate looks different depending on which side of the transaction you’re sitting on, and good representation requires understanding more than the mechanics of getting a deal closed.

For sellers, I focus on thoughtful preparation, informed positioning, strong presentation, and marketing built around the particular property rather than a formula.

For buyers, I help make sense of value, opportunity, risk, and the things a listing description conveniently forgot to mention. Sometimes my job is helping a client move confidently. Sometimes it’s telling them to walk away.

The relationship matters.

The best client relationships I’ve built are based on honesty, preparation, discretion, and clear communication.

My role isn’t to make every decision for you. It’s to make sure you have the information and perspective to make good ones—and to remain focused on the big picture when a transaction inevitably gets noisy.

I take the responsibility seriously. I don’t believe that requires making real estate more serious than it already is.

Portland is a small town with expensive houses. It helps to know people—and it helps even more to know what you’re doing.