Hi, I’m Dill.

My story

Born digital, raised on deals

At seventeen my dad told me, “Get off the computer and go study something. No one will ever pay you to work on a computer!” He spent decades laughing at himself for that one.

I didn’t quit. I studied Advertising for New Media at the International Academy of Design in Tampa and graduated in 2002. Before I even had the diploma, I had a small design business and a big real estate investor client. Learning his business to market it, I got hooked, and bought my first investment property in my twenties.

I could always see the possibility

That first property was a mess. I had no idea what I was doing, but I was determined to turn it into somewhere a nice family would love to live. A mentor told me, “Fail fast and fail often.” No problem. One rehab became a dozen properties, and it was all going great until the crash. In parts of Florida, home prices collapsed.

I didn’t give up. Working from boom to bust to boom taught me how to protect buyers, sellers, and investors in any kind of market, and I still use those lessons every week.

A born negotiator

I was negotiating for a later bedtime before I could spell it, and my parents sent me into South Florida flea markets to “work a deal” on comic books and kitchen gadgets. I still love going in and getting something more when it’s for someone else. Today that’s backed by the Master Certified Negotiation Expert designation, and my clients’ bottom line is always my top priority.

Then Portland happened

In 2010 I hit restart. I moved to Portland, got my Principal Broker license, and fell for this city (and for Nicholas). We’ve built an incredible life in this weird, wonderful city, and I’m honored to be a welcoming face for people arriving here and looking for home.