real estate: Who can't get a mortgage now
- 08/10/07 09:49 AM
I had a great friend in the industry forward this interesting article to me today. It hits home with the way the current mortgage situation is right now. It is straight from the pages of CNN Money.com. I hope you take the time to read it. If you have any questions please call me anytime.
John Ropp Broker Century 21 Gold Country Bend, Oregon 541-771-6564
Buyers with good credit and a down payment will make out well - all others, prepare to pay. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The stock market is going crazy. … (2 comments)
real estate: Best Towns 2007, Bend, Oregon!!
- 07/12/07 09:44 AM
Well we made it in the August 2007 issue of Outside magazine's best towns of 2007! Bend, Oregon with a population close to 80,000 actual, Outside gave us 67,152. An average commute time of just 16 minutes, my commute is more like 5 minutes. A median income of $29,853 and median home price of $351,978. Our largest employeers are St. Charles Medical Center with 2,063 employees, next is Les Schwab Tire Center with 1,500 and finally Sunriver Resort with 870 employees in the summer! Not bad for our little dog town. It looks as though 49% of Bend residents have a … (2 comments)
real estate: My backyard, your backyard.
- 06/19/07 10:06 AM
Have you ever had the need to get into the great outdoors? Well for most of us the answer is yes! Especially for those of us with professional-esque jobs, looking out the window of our cubicles and yearning for the clock to hit 5pm. Well here in Central Oregon we are blessed with one of the best places on Earth to do exactly that. Get into the out. Wether its skiing the slopes of Mt Bachelor, climbing the verticles of Smith Rock or flying across the desert on a suped-up dirk bike we have it all. That is one of the reasons it is … (1 comments)
real estate: Does your investment property still measure up?
- 04/30/07 06:39 AM
The purpose of this article is to give a friendly whack upside the head to people who own rental property. You probably made a good investment when you first bought the property. But have you owned it too long? Depending on how long you've held your property, it might not be a good investment anymore. I didn't say not a good property; I said not a good investment. Read on to find a simple way to determine if your property is still measuring up. You may be in for a surprise! First, let's quickly review the four financial benefits of owning investment real … (6 comments)
real estate: Have You Hugged Your Realtor Today?
- 03/29/07 11:00 AM
Realtors are not only the least understood, but also quite possibly the least sane of all professionals. What other professional would work for months, sometimes years with no guarantee of receiving a paycheck? Sounds a little crazy doesn't it? What are the chances that you'd be willing to do this? Surprisingly enough, Realtors get paid only when the seller accepts an offer and the transaction actually closes, not a moment before. By the time they have paid for all promotional materials, advertisements, postage and gas, at the very least. They have given up their weekends to conduct open houses and show properties … (4 comments)
I had a great friend in the industry forward this interesting article to me today. It hits home with the way the current mortgage situation is right now. It is straight from the pages of CNN Money.com. I hope you take the time to read it. If you have any questions please call me anytime. ;)
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