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What if your professional Portland mover here were to advise you to NOT pay your mortgage? The advice may sound like pure madness, and while you wouldn’t likely take real estate advice from a moving company, there are literally millions of cases where skipping out on your mortgage payment may actually be sensible advice. A recent court-ruling in Massachusetts established that the bulk of foreclosed-upon properties repossessed by banks within the last five years were taken fraudulently as the banks do not own the promissory notes necessary to show property ownership. If you’ve recently moved to a foreclosure property, continuing to pay your mortgage may not only be unnecessary, you could quite possibly be participating in fraud by paying it!

Young professionals are far from the minority in Portland. In fact, while the rest of the country saw an eight percent decline of young adults in the work force, Portland has seen a twelve percent increase! Portland is such an attractive destination for young professionals for many reasons. A huge part of that is due to the city’s strong focus on green energy and technology. Intel and Hewlett-Packard are two of many big companies with headquarters in the Portland area. And as for green energy, The Oregon Wave Energy Trust is devoted to make Oregon number one in the country for clean energy. Over one third of young adults in Portland have college degrees, and more and more young professionals are moving to Portland each day! It certainly isn’t hard to see why!
 

Living without a vehicle can be inconvenient, and naturally there are areas in which no-car living can be especially tough. Comparatively though, living in Portland sans-vehicle is very doable. Portland stands out among other regions in the country as an area which caters to those in need of convenient public transit. In fact, more than 95 percent of local households without vehicles are within walking distance from public transport stops; moving around Portland via public transit is never difficult. The national average of transit coverage for no-car homes is 70 percent, nearly 40 percent less than coverage for Portland’s car-less population. For families and individuals not furnished with a personal vehicle, moving to Portland is definitely an idea worth considering.

Given a very recent downturn of the nation wide job market, it is truly a breath of fresh air to see state after state begin to turn the tide as new job opportunities are beginning to flourish once again! Portland is a city worth mentioning in the matter as it’s job market will grow by more than three percent this year alone thanks to the new jobs that are being provided to various industries. Software and clean tech industries are two that are worth mentioning as a strong growth in both helps bring in new jobs. Furthermore; with new jobs inevitably comes new people, and your local movers here will also provide jobs as we’ll need help in facilitating the mass of families moving to Portland!