HomeCareers

Two openings. Neither is a numbers job.

Damon BlaQ has grown by roughly one person a year since 1991. We are not building a volume desk, and we do not run recruitment evenings. If you are here because someone at the firm suggested it, that is the usual route.

20
People, total
9.4
Average years' tenure
2
Open roles
Role 01

Associate, Waterfront

Reports to —Bayshore office, in personStarting January 2027$72,000 base + 30% split

You will shadow the partner for two years before you carry a file of your own. That is not a probation period, it is how the waterfront is learned — dock rights, tidal easements, insurers, and the twelve families who own most of the headland.

What the first year looks like
  • Attending every showing and every closing on the partner's files
  • Writing the comparables workbook for each valuation
  • Managing the off-market list and Thursday releases
What we need from you
  • A current Oregon licence, or one within three months
  • Willingness to tell a seller a number they will not like
  • Legible writing. Half this job is documents.
Role 02

Associate, New Development

Reports to —Bayshore office, hybridStarting January 2027$78,000 base + 25% split

This role sits closer to finance than to selling. You will model unit mixes, read deposit schedules, and sit in developer meetings where the honest answer is that the pricing is wrong. We expect you to say so.

What the first year looks like
  • Absorption modelling for three live schemes
  • Buyer-side reads on pre-construction contracts
  • Running the Quarry sales suite two days a week
What we need from you
  • Real spreadsheet competence, tested at interview
  • Either a licence or a finance background — not necessarily both
  • Comfort saying no to a developer in a room of people saying yes
Terms, stated plainly

What working here is actually like

Published because the alternative — finding out in month three — wastes everyone's year.

Base salary, not commission-onlyYes
Health, dental and vision from day oneYes
Licence fees, MLS dues and CE paidYes
Weekend showings, roughly two per monthExpected
Cold calling or door knockingNever
Personal lead-generation targetsNone
Fully remoteNo

Damon BlaQ is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit on judgement and written work, not on personal networks, and we pay the same base for the same role regardless of what you earned before.

Hiring process

Four steps, three weeks, one written exercise

01

A letter, not a CV

One page on why this district. Attach a CV if you like; we read the letter first.

02

Coffee with the partner

Forty minutes, no panel. You will be asked what you would price a specific house at.

03

A real valuation

A past listing, comparables supplied. Two hours of your time, paid at $200.

04

A day in the office

Sit in on showings and a closing. Then an offer, or a call explaining why not.

Neither role fits?

Write anyway. We have created three roles for people who did.

Photographers, transaction coordinators and one conservation architect have all joined this way. Speculative letters are read by a partner, and answered.

Send a letterMeet the partners