A very simple chat format where I, Robert E Thompson, of Keller Williams Realty Portland Premiere, will discuss the Portland Real Estate Market, including outlying areas. This may be general information about the market and its trends or more detailed analysis of a particular segment of the market, whether a particular area or a particular subject, e.g. areas such as Molalla or the Pearl, or subjects such as investment properties or things that are affecting the real estate market. Along the way there will also be nuggets of information about real estate in general. This briefing will focus on investors and investment property but the market and place information will be helpful to anyone buying a house, even the first-time homebuyer.