What's Happening

Your parents' house has forty years in it and nobody handed you a plan. Where to start, what order to do it in, the three questions to take to a CPA, and where to find real help in Washington County.

You painted the whole main floor Agreeable Gray in 2019, back when every design account on the internet agreed that was the answer. New floors while you were at it. New light fixtures. The works. It looked great. It still looks great. And now you are scrolling past headlines telling you gray is over, wondering half seriously whether your house reads as decorated seven years ago. Fair question, and it comes up more than you would think. So let me walk through what changed, and

In July, Beaverton and Aloha had 283 new listings, 175 closed sales, and 65 listings that expired without selling. Here is what separates the two piles, and the fairly long list of things I would tell you not to spend a dollar on.

Where to send money that actually helps, why those FEMA headlines are not what you think, and the insurance and mortgage relief Oregon homeowners can use now.