Oregon has positioned itself to be the first State to have State controlled rent. What does that mean for both the homeowner and the tenant. When this first was published many Realtors® I know were concerned for both the owner and the tenant. The final bill (Senate Bill 608) caps rent increases at 7% per […]
Selling Your Central Oregon Home
So you are thinking of selling your home? It is only natural that you will want to obtain the very highest price that today’s real estate market will support. To achieve this goal it is very important that we start off on the right foot (although the left one is ok too). Pricing, presentation and […]
Bend Sellers You Deserve Better!
I am surprised more often than not at the lack of marketing done by agents on homes that failed to sell in the Bend market. I grew up in South County (Proud to say La Pine) and for years La Pine has been the area I mainly focused on. But life has changed and I […]
Who Pays Closing Costs
During a real estate purchase (sale) one of the most commonly asked questions is who pays the closing costs. The answer is always the same… It Depends. There are closing costs on both the seller’s side and the buyer’s side of a transaction. But who pays them depends on the contract. Almost every loan out […]
Flat Fee Brokerage vs Full Service Brokerage
The Battle of The Flat Fee Brokerage and Full Service Brokerage Before the “big real estate crash” we had all kinds of discount and flat fee brokerages in town. As the market fell so did many of these offices. Sales in Bend and all of Central Oregon were slow, sellers needed a more strategic plan […]
I Have a Buyer For Your Home
If you have ever listed your home for sale with a Realtor® and it did not sell you have most likely gotten the call or postcard from another agent to say “I have a buyer for your home.” Sadly, many agents crawl the MLS looking for expired listings. Don’t get me wrong this is a […]
Seller’s It’s Definitely Your Turn
Back in May of 2012 I wrote about multiple offers and a weekend of disappointment for my buyers of that weekend. All three fell into multiple offers and it was very frustrating. As summer came that did slow down to a little more reasonable pace. Today, we are back to the same place we were, […]
Buyer’s Agency What is IT?
Throughout time buyers of real estate have had an agent. Who and what that agent represents has changed throughout the years! In Oregon we have buyer agency and seller agency and dual agency. Every single person that contacts an agent should receive The Oregon State Agency Disclosure Pamphlet. So one of my competitors who I […]
Quit Drinking the Real Estate Kool-Aid!
Spring is often referred to as “Silly Season” because it is the time of year that many homes come on the Central Oregon Real Estate Market. Pricing your home correctly in this market can be the life or death of your home sale. Over priced homes sit on the market losing valuable time. Many times […]
Short Sale Vs. Bank Owned, REO or REPO
Today Buyers and Sellers alike are hearing these terms more and more which bring more questions than answers most of the time. There are many misunderstandings of what these terms mean and what the process is or can be. The current real estate market is one that even veterans of 40 plus years have never seen before. Let’s explore what these mean here locally and have a glimpse of what they may mean in other areas.