The new year has begun, and real estate agents have started blogging about their unfettered optimism for the coming new year. I was, in fact, brainstorming ideas for a new and improved motto for 2011 on my Facebook business page. was only partially crummy. I know, I know…it needs work. Pollyanna wasn’t my BFF growing…
If you are relocating to Salem Oregon just know that June 1 means one thing…strawberry season. 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…
I read a recent post about the 10 most dangerous cities. I, of course, scrolled for our familiar Oregon cities and was nicely surprised because Salem had a lower crime rate than Eugene in 2009. QR Press created a list based on the FBI’s 2009 crime data. I went to the raw data just to…
“Oh, this house has a broom rack!” she screeched with excitement. “Please, like you need more brooms-” joked her husband before being interrupted by her seething voice. “Beelzebub! Stop smooshing your sister’s horns into their couch.” With a deep sigh, she turned to her husband. Lucifer, dear, can you light a fire under Satanay and…
I don’t think people like to talk about it. It’s easier that way. We’ve made progress, but clearly not enough. Some of you may have seen the mapping project. It’s fascinating, to say the least. Based on census data they are plotting the racial makeup of cities. Right now, if you went up to a…
This is the last monthly Salem real estate market update I’ll do this year since I will look at the year-end statistics in January. I’ll just give you a quick update of the market since we’ll be looking at this more in-depth soon. The median and average home prices were down just a tad in…
“Well if you are going to complicate things…” What!!!! (yes with all those exclamation points and all) is what I really wanted to scream on the other end of the phone, but I was already huffy. What is wrong with you. I don’t have the right skin tone to pull off bright orange,” I countered. …
Boring.Ugly. Crime Ridden…on and on and on, people drone about their opinions of Salem Oregon. I participate on an online forum and someone was asking about Portland, Salem and Corvallis. He was really interested in Salem and wanted to know how walkable it was. I felt like the lone ranger in talking about the core…
Are you relocating to Salem Oregon for one of the state jobs? One of the advantages of being the state capital is the mall. In the spring when the cherry trees are in full bloom, photographers flock down to the Capitol Mall to take their photos before the blossoms go away. While the Capitol itself…
There are old home buyers and there are new home buyers. New home buyers cringe at the thought of the old wooden windows rattling in the house, hold their shirts over their noses at the thought of lead paint in the house, and think “money pit” when they see an old house. Old home buyers…