About Josh Gainer

Josh Gainer is the buyer’s agent on The Dirk Hmura Team at The Agency Portland, helping buyers across the Portland area with a focus on the Westside: Vista Hills, Cedar Mill, Cedar Hills, Bethany, West Slope and Beaverton, as well as Lake Oswego. He works with first-time and move-up buyers and relocating professionals at OHSU, Nike and Intel, and loves helping buyers find homes with good bones and room to make them their own.

Josh brings an analyst’s eye to every purchase. After earning economics degrees from the University of Washington (bachelor’s) and Cal Poly Pomona (master’s), he spent several years in finance and asset management. Today he uses that background to help buyers price offers with confidence, interpret inspection findings, and negotiate repairs or credits.

He also knows older homes from the inside out. Josh grew up helping his father with remodeling projects, and he recently bought a mid-century home in Vista Hills that he’s updating one project at a time. He guides buyers through the inspection items that matter most in Portland homes, from sewer lines and electrical panels on 1950s–60s ranches to EIFS (synthetic stucco) on 1990s builds. As a NAR Green designee, he helps buyers understand energy upgrade options such as insulation, windows and heat pumps.

Raised in Boise, Idaho, Josh has lived up and down the West Coast and briefly in Italy before making Portland home. When he’s not touring homes or writing offers, you’ll find him skiing, running the trails, or hunting through a specialty grocery store for his next cooking project.