Most of the properties in La Pine are on septic and well. The city limits of La Pine where you will find “city sewer and water” is a very small area compared to what we call La Pine. Today, we’re gonna talk about what might be required if you have intentions of adding on, building a shop. Most of the properties in La Pine are on septic. And most of them are in great condition. You’ll find concrete tanks, you’ll find a standard system, you’ll find what we call a sand filter system. There’s all types of systems and it depends on what the groundwater is in each area to which system is on the prop ..read more

Second Residence on Same Property Where can you have a second residence on your property in rural Deschutes or Klamath County? We will talk a little bit about vacation rental by owner, ADUs, vacation homes tiny homes on your property. I’ve had an influx of buyers over the last couple of years that are looking for that perfect place where they can buy a property, call it their home and have a secondary residence or dwelling that they can rent out as a vacation spot. Be it through one of your Airbnb, Vrbo websites, personally, what have you. Where Can You Have 2 Homes on 1 Lot These are allowed ..read more

Are You Still Approved? You’ve been pre-approved for a home loan. You find the perfect house, you write the perfect offer, you’re accepted and you’re moving through to closing. Your new home is within reach. Simple as that, right? Today we’re gonna talk about four different things that could make or break your real estate transaction. You the buyer have complete control over these items. We’ll talk about each one of them here. Don’t Apply For Credit The first thing some people don’t realize that can totally kill your transaction, is opening new lines of credit. We all go to department stores t ..read more

Things are done a little differently in Oregon when it comes to property taxes. We have no sales tax, we have no state transfer tax and the property tax stays the same at the time of sale. The sale does not affect your property taxes in Oregon. We’re gonna talk a little bit about how they are calculated. What the history behind it is and why one property that’s very similar to another may have a very different tax bill. If you’re new to homeownership in Oregon or you’re considering purchasing a home in Oregon this should help your understand a little bit more. One of the most common questions ..read more

So You Want to Live On The River In La Pine, Three Rivers South, your two choices pretty much are the Big Deschutes and the Little Deschutes River. And since that’s where I tend to be the expert, that’s what we’re gonna talk about today. We will cover the habitat, wells and septic to give you an idea of things to watch for as you look for your dream home on the river. I love to talk about riverfront properties. Sometimes they’re not all they’re cracked up to be, other times they’re amazing. Couple things to know about the rivers in Central Oregon. First of all, usually with the river, you hav ..read more

What is Your Comfortable Payment? Many times a buyer will come to me and they will be pre-qualified for, let’s say $350,000. And they truly are qualified for that price point, but they really don’t want the payment of what every $350,000 home could be. Taxes Several things affect the actual payment that you’ll be making on that $350,000 purchase. Some of the quick things to talk about would be taxes. In Oregon, you have an assessed value that stays with that property even after sale. Our tax laws say that that assessed value can only go up 3% per year. And that doesn’t mean your taxes are onl ..read more

COVID-19 & Showing Your Home So you’ve been thinking about listing your home for sale and a little worried about COVID-19, you’re not alone. Many sellers are very cautious when it comes to COVID-19. In La Pine and all of Central Oregon we have a lot of retirees. We have a lot of people with health issues. “” Central Oregon, and La Pine in general is very much a retirement area. Although we are transitioning to be a more diverse area with young families, a lot of our sellers tend to be retired and it puts them at that high risk category. With the onset of the pandemic the Central Oregon Ass ..read more

Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors I’m often asked, what you need to do to prepare your home to go on the market. Other than decluttering, cleaning and all that stuff that every other agent out there is gonna tell you about. There are a couple of things that you can do to save yourself a lot of time throughout a transaction. Smoke alarms and carbon monoxide monitors are probably the most common. Smoke alarms can not be more than 10 years old. If your home has hardwired alarms, they need to be replaced with hardwired alarms. Every home in Deschutes County needs carbon monoxide monitor upon s ..read more

2020, aren’t we glad it’s over? It was a wild ride wasn’t it? We’re gonna talk about real estate in the year 2020. I Think it’s a little surprising, what we actually saw happen in La Pine, Oregon. There were 412 residential sales in La Pine, Oregon. Of those 412, 51 closings happened under $200,000. Most of those closings under $200,000 happened in the first quarter of the year. Very few of them were past that, because once COVID hit, and we started our lockdowns, and people started realizing they could work from home, and the election was getting closer, and all of that, we saw a huge increas ..read more

If you Wait For Spring Will You Leave $ on the Table? Many homeowners that are thinking of selling wait until spring to list their homes.  Historically spring is a super busy time for the Central Oregon Real Estate Market. However this year, once the shock of COVID-19 settled in people started moving around.  Working from home became the norm, distance learning because a reality. People have reevaluated their living conditions, communities and made the choice to move on. La Pine has seen incredible appreciation in home values.  Home values are holding steady due to the lack of i ..read more