The 2022 Salem Oregon Real Estate Market Report The real estate market shifted in 2022. Like all market shifts in the past and future ones to come, buyers don’t want to be the ones buying at the top of the market before it shifts downward while sellers want to sell their home at the peak…
The home buying process step by step Step 1 Pull your free credit reports from Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. You can’t buy a home if you have credit problems. You also can’t buy a home with a loan if you have no credit. This is common with people who were raised by their parents to…
Buyer Closing Costs You are ready. You have been watching house hunter on HGTV and stalking Redfin and Zillow in your spare time “for fun.” You’ve been browsing refrigerators. You’ve been looking at dining room sets. You even have a new espresso machine picked out that would go perfectly in the corner of your new-to-be…
What would you pay for a buyer agent? All industries have systems that have evolved over time for a certain workflow. Sometimes these flows make sense to consumers and sometimes they don’t. Most consumers don’t spend a lot of time following real estate events and more specifically lawsuits. Right now, there are several lawsuits, one…
The 2021 Salem real estate market in review As most of you know, the real estate market in Salem is pure insanity. It is an exhausting market for buyers and sellers are filled with stress for pretty much everyone. I know most of you are thinking that sellers shouldn’t be stressed out, but trying to…
3D Printed Homes in Oregon? The first 3D printed homes were completed, put up for sale, and sold. 34 Millbrook Ln in Riverhead, NY was the first 3D printed home that was made to sell. The house was made with concrete walls and the exterior was printed in about 48 hours. Now, ICON and Lennar…
Is the real estate market slowing? June 2021 market update If you talk to any agent that does a decent amount of real estate transactions they will tell you that the market is shifting. The June 2021 market update numbers are showing the beginning signs of a shift. There is definitely a slowdown happening,…
Introduction to my podcast I’m going to be doing a regular podcast that merges all things real estate with construction and investing. Having been in the construction industry for 22 years from building custom homes, to being a landlord, to doing flips, I’m going to share my knowledge with you via my short video clips…
Ways to sell without being homeless The real estate market in the Salem metro area is hot. With about a half of month of inventory (how long it takes to sell every home on the market), sellers are often leery of placing their homes on the market. Selling a home in a hot market often…
Buying in a strong seller’s market I get it. You are feeling gouged. The market so strongly favors sellers that you can’t help but feel it is grossly unfair. Buying in a strong seller’s market might feel like your hard-earned money being thrown away due to bidding wars. I am not without empathy for those…