All About Oregon Horse Property

This almost 80 acre parcel would make a fantastic new home site.  Mostly flat to gently sloped, about 20 acres are covered in fir trees, about 20 years old.  Approximately 20 acres was recently logged, and just replanted.  State forest just up the road, provides hundreds of acres of riding trails...

Saturday I was out taking photos of a new land listing in Scotts Mills, Oregon, and came across these little wild flowers everywhere.  I am not sure what they are, they might even be a weed, but there were several colors and they just made me smile. If you are looking for land to build your dream...

A couple weeks ago, I attended the Portland Mile Race Day at Portland Meadows Race Track in Oregon.  Aside from the fog, it was a great day!     Of course none of ever win anything big, but that's not why we go. It's the horses, of course!  Watch them come in the paddock, read the stats, and in t...

We have had fog in the Willamette Valley of Oregon for about a week, it's getting old.  But on Wednesday the fog rolled out and there was sun!  Having got all of my work done earlier in the day, I decided to tack up and go for a short ride down the driveway, around the grass field and into the wo...

Last Friday night I had a great time at the Yamhill County Posse's Fun Night.  Not really knowing what to expect, we just kind of jumped in and went for it. I went with my good friend Tricia, and her friend Tammy.  None of us, including our horses, had ever done anything like this, but thought it...

Every community has one, or more. "That Agent."  You know, when everyone mentions the name the rest of us cringe.  Or when there name shows up as the listing agent on the house your buyer wants to see, you roll your eyes and think "oh brother, here we go again." What makes them so difficult to wo...

Most of us, myself included, have very strong feelings about Z, T and R.  Pros of receiving leads from a heavily used site, to a home for your reviews to return on investment.  The cons of having to pay for your own leads, to supporting the SEO of 3rd party sites to helping the real estate indust...

Looking to sell you small farm or ranch in Oregon this year?  We are definitely in a sellers market, due to low inventory.  And lending rates are low, so everybody wins.   If you are looking for a Real Estate Broker to help you sell your ranch, we need to talk!  We specialize in selling acreage h...

We have all read the usual interview questions and checklists to use when comparing real estate agents.  Questions like: "How long have you been licensed and selling real estate?" "How many homes do you sell per year?" "What is your average list to sale price?" But, let me propose to you some new...

I called Wells Fargo yesterday, to straighten out my tax impound account on my own mortgage. Or, should I say, I tried to straighten out.  Anyway, the man on the other end of the phone started out his script with asking if would like to stop receiving paper statements and receive them only throug...