It’s been my general experience that most folks that choose to sell for sale by owner (FSBO, pronounced fizz-bo) are nice folks. BUT if you are a real estate agent and spend any time on online forums, you can’t help but feel the anger by some folks against real estate agents. Some have had a…
One of our local bloggers, the Kid Friendly Salem Blog, was asked by a reader about local areas with clean water for kids to play and splash on a hot summer day. One of my favorite places to take my kids on a hot day, besides Silver Falls State Park, is the Santiam River. It…
There are old home buyers and new home buyers. For old home buyers, the Court-Chemeketa Historic District here in Salem Oregon has some gorgeous homes. Located just off the downtown area, Court-Chemeketa is conviently located to coffee shops, grocery store, bistros, and has that “walkability factor” which many people desire. View Court-Chemeketa Historic District in…
Old McSalem had a farm E-I-E-I-O and on that farm he had some hens E-I-E-I-O with a cluck, cluck here and a cluck, cluck there here a cluck, there a cluck, everywhere a cluck, cluck. Old McSalem had a farm E-I-E-I-O I wrote a post not too long ago about the chicken ban that Salem…
I blogged about something sweet the other day, so it only makes sense to talk about something not so sweet today. Okay, not really, but I needed some kind of tie in there… Anyone that wants to look at living outside city limits or on acreage property in the Salem Oregon area is going to…
If you are looking to relocate to Salem Oregon from another state you need to know there is never a lack of things to do here. Unless of course, you don’t like being outdoors.. When I relocated here about 20 years ago now, one of the first places we visited was Silver Falls State Park. …
About a year ago I was showing a Salem Oregon buyer a home. As I was showing this house to a client, I flipped open the panel box to see what kind of it was. This is my standard MO in older homes. Federal Pacific…right there on the tag. The seller happened to be…
I’m sensing some frustration on the part of Salem Oregon buyers as they try and seek out all of those short sales and foreclosures that are supposed to be all over the market. The reason that local buyers are struggling to find these well-publicized bargains is because there aren’t a lot of them out there. …
I always relish June 1 every year. Typically Oregon strawberries start to ripen and are just waiting to be plucked and eaten. Every year we take the kids to a local u-pick and pick strawberries. We eat a lot of them over the winter so we pick a bunch and freeze them. There is nothing…
You are trying to relocate from another state and you are trying to figure out…where are the good schools? Probably the most common request I get from buyers looking to relocate to Salem Oregon area is: I want to be in a good school district. With summer coming up, I know many parents are looking…
