The Showing That Turned Into a Therapy Session

We were supposed to see two houses that morning—both in NE Portland, both great options for our client who was newly single and buying on her own for the first time.

We only made it through the first one.

She walked the house quietly. The space was nice. The layout worked. But about five minutes in, she sat down on the living room floor and started to cry.

“I thought I was ready for this,” she said. “But maybe I’m not.”

We paused the showing. We didn’t talk about the roof or the square footage or the comps. We talked about what it meant to start over. What she was afraid of. What she wanted this next chapter of life to feel like—not just where it would be.

That conversation changed the trajectory of her home search. We slowed the pace. We shifted focus. And a few weeks later, when she found a home that gave her peace instead of pressure, she said, “I wouldn’t have known how to look for this if we hadn’t had that moment.”

Sometimes, being a good agent in Portland real estate isn’t about finding the right house—it’s about asking the right questions and knowing when to listen instead of lead.

We’re here for the real stuff. The hard conversations. The quiet pauses. The honest decisions.

Every home has a story. We’re here to help you write the next chapter.