'Free pizza for life' helps close Portland home deal

Portland

IN Portland's hot real estate market where some homes are getting dozens of offers and bidding wars have sent prices skyrocketing, one buyer found a way to stand out among the rest: offer free pizza every month for life.

Donna DiNicola, owner of DiNicola's Italian Restaurant in south-east Portland, might have been joking when she offered the pizza, but it worked. Her offer for a 900-square-foot house in south-east Portland for her 23-year-old son was accepted. "It was really a joke," she said. "I swear to you I did not know that made it into the paperwork."