Harlan is a guy you want working for you. He is tenacious, responsive, transparent, fast, and of course, experienced with all things real estate. He has an uncanny sense... read more for what a property will sell for. We once walked a place that was just listed for $650k, within minutes he was like "this will sell for $750". We didn't place an offer as it wasn't the one for us, but I checked ~6 weeks later and sure enough it had sold $100k over asking at exactly $750k. Similar things happened several other times. He knows when something will go fast and what terms it'll take to get a deal done. He's also well connected...pretty much every time we engaged with another party he had had some previous experience with the other agent. Highly recommended!

We decided to buy our first house with Harlan after a class he gave about real state (he was not the only realtor we met). He found a house perfect... read more for the two of us and negotiated a very good price. Our transaction included dealing with people oversees and Harlan was always positive when the sellers where slow getting the papers to the US. At the same time, he was putting the right amount of pressure to get the deal closed. We highly recommend that you go with him for one of your biggest purchases in life. He also comes with a network of very qualified and honest people. His inspector is great. Besides a great realtor he is a very nice person with a lot of energy!

If there was a rating I could give that was higher than 5 I would. I can not recommend Harlan more! Harlan’s experience and skill make him an invaluable component... read more - in my opinion mandatory - of anyone’s house search. He was worth his weight in gold when we embarked on our house buying journey. He made our nightmare situation turn into a fast, informed and efficient - successful process right up to attaining/closing our house goals. From the very beginning he made us feel comfortable and well taken care of despite this being our first home buying experience as well as a non - traditional hurried search. The landlord we were going to eventually purchase from had a family tragedy and needed the home we were settled in back. It was as unexpected for her as it was for us during the winter holidays no less and we didn’t have a lot of time to find another place to rent in the skyrocketing Portland rental market. We had been hearing and experiencing through our friends the cut throat manner of Portland landlords, we weren’t about ready to go back to the doubt/ financial stress of renting from a stranger after having been settled for so long, only to get our rent hiked or have the building sold and demolished in a matter of time. Renting was not a sustainable solution. Harlan was recommended to me by a wonderful landlord friend of mine who is like an aunt to me. That’s trust. I took her recommendation and I could not be more glad I did. We were up and moving with a plan as well as Harlan’s team of hand picked professionals: form an amazing mortgage broker to a trusted inspector and even a sewer scope specialist. We also went with an insurance agent he suggested. Harlan is well connected with like minded professionals that care about their clients well being and providing excellent service. Harlan made it clear that he always looks into properties as though he were looking for the home for his own family to spend the rest of their lives. Through out the whole process we really felt that we were in good and trust worthy hands. He represents and defends the interests of his clients right up to closing / beyond. He is always fast to respond and works very hard each day to meet your needs as well as explain along the way. At no point did we feel in the dark. We felt like we were getting coached and educated every step of the way. We learned so much. My partner and I even sat in on a class, yes a class - an actual PCC class - that Harlan and the mortgage broker taught together. It was the most informative class that I’ve ever sat in on. Each future home owner was given reading material and easy to understand outlines. We gained so much confidence and piece of mind through that class. It was really great to see two professionals that care so much about their community that they take time out of their rigorous schedules to teach a Home Buying class. I am a true believer in the importance of an excellent realtor. Harlan’s up to date knowhow of codes and the housing market made for smooth sailing through some of the hairiest parts of home buying. The amount of knowledge and attention to detail of each aspect of his profession makes Harlan Mayer an exceptional realtor arguably head and shoulders above the rest. He loves what he does, it’s one of the first things he said upon our first meeting and went on to prove it through out the entire process. THANK YOU HARLAN!!!!