Catalog Choice
Catalog Choice is a free service that allows you to decide what gets in your mailbox. Use it to reduce your mailbox clutter, while helping save natural resources.

Craigslist
craigslist is a fast growing worldwide internet community used to advertise everything from yard sales to homes for sale by owner. You can find job listings, pets sitters and furniture for your new home all in one place for FREE. Be sure to click on the appropriate city, or go directly to craigslist.com/portland.

Energy Star
Energy Star is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.

Energy Trust
Energy Trust is a public-purpose organization dedicated to energy efficiency and renewable energy generation. We help Oregonians save energy, increase the comfort of their homes and businesses and move towards energy self reliance.

Freecycle
The Freecycle Network is made up of 4,688 groups with 6,509,288 members across the globe. It’s a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns and thus keeping good stuff out of landfills.

Green Home Guide
Green Home Guide is a trusted, community-based resource whose combination of tips, case studies, expert Q&A articles and regional directories of products and services has helped millions of homeowners create homes that make them feel good.

Green Mortgage NW
As a LEED AP mortgage broker in Portland, Dakota uses his background in the green building world to help educate homebuyers and the real estate community on the benefits of green building. That experience also allows him to advise mortgage clients on programs and homes that will best fit their environmentally-friendly requirements.

Metro Recycling & Disposal
Get everything you need to know about recycling and garbage and hazardous waste disposal in the Portland metropolitan area. Plus, learn how to keep your neighborhood clean.

Neighborhood Notes
Neighborhood Notes is community-focused commentary, news, and events. Whether it’s what’s happening on your block, your immediate area, or the entire city, Neighborhood Notes serves up Portland how you like it.

Oregon Buyer Advisory
To help you understand the role a real estate licensee plays in real property transactions and
better understand some of the pitfalls a buyer can face, you should obtain and read a copy of the
Oregon “Buyer Advisory.”

Oregon Seller Advisory
To help you understand the role a real estate licensee plays in real property transactions and
better understand some of the pitfalls a seller can face, you should obtain and read a copy of the
Oregon “Seller Advisory.”

PDX Home Loan
Get pre-approved for your next purchase with my preferred lender James Adair. Whether you are getting ready to purchase a new home, refinance or make an investment, James will answer all of your questions and get you on the right track. Apply online now!

Portland Green Building Program
The City of Portland Office of Sustainable Development’s Green Building Program is Portland’s gateway to green building innovation, offering resources specific to your green building project.  The Green Building Program is accelerating the adoption of cost effective green building practices as the standard of development in Portland.  

Portland Maps
The City of Portland provides portlandmaps.com as a new way of accessing public data. This data has always existed and been obtainable by any public citizen, but processes for finding and retrieving it have either been too complex or not well known by the average individual.

Portland Neighborhoods
The Rose City is full of wonderful neighborhoods, each with unique personality and character.  Whether youíre a local or thinking about moving to Portland, they break it all down for you, neighborhood by neighborhood, so you can decide for yourself where you want to live in the ninety-five neighborhoods that make up our town.

Portland Parks and Recreation
Portland Parks & Recreation provides care to over 10,000 acres of parkland and offers thousands of programs for all ages at its community centers, swim pools, and other recreation facilities. It is a premier City of Portland bureau that depends on a workforce of 400 permanent employees, 1,000 part-time employees, and over 6,000 volunteers who help us extend and enhance our services and programs.

Portland Public Schools
Portland Public Schools serves 47,000 students, from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. That includes students at 85 regular school buildings, as well as alternative schools, charter schools and education services provided at other locations for students with special needs. Learn more about your new school or find school boundary maps online.

Reuseable Solutions
Designed to spark environmental awareness and inspire you to make small personal changes that create the mindset to support a healthy planet.

Tonic Mail Stop
Stop up to 90% of your junk mail with MailStopper – in just 90 days. We work with over 6,500 direct marketers – to make sure you get only the mail you want.

Walk Score
Walk Score helps people find walkable places to live. Walk Score calculates the walkability of an address by locating nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks, etc. Walk Score measures how easy it is to live a car-lite lifestyle—not how pretty the area is for walking.

WiFiPDX
Find the nearest wireless internet connection by typing in an address and picking from a list of restaurants, coffee shops, bars and parks!

Yelp
Yelp is an online review website that connects people with great local businesses. Check out what your local community is saying about their favorite restraunts, dentists, dog walkers and realtors.

Your Home & Taxes
Provides tax information for first-time homeowners including settlement and closing costs, real estate taxes, home mortgage interest, and repairs. Also provides information for investors on rental income/expenses, and how to report them on your return.

Zillow
Zillow is an online real estate service dedicated to helping you get an edge in real estate by providing you with valuable tools and information.