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Welcome to the Home of Bend's Best Buyer's Broker!
Thom Gardner, Buyers Broker Phone- 541-480-7554 Email- Bendbrokersrealty@gmail.com
Jefferson Park, high on Mt. Jefferson
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NEWS FLASHES!... January 18, 2010- NEW BLOG ON THE MANY ENERGY EFFICIENCY TAX CREDITS AVAILABLE TO HOMEBUYERS FOR A LIMITED TIME! HERE!
January 5, 2010- Added a page that explains both local tax rates, and also the 2010 Federal Homebuyers Tax Credit HERE
January 2010- DECEMBER Stats up on Statistics Page - we are down to 5 months of home inventory on the market, based on current sales rates, the best in years!
November 5th, 2009- Below are the basics of the new Home Buyers Tax Credit Extension:
1) The $8,000 tax credit will be extended and available for first-time purchases before May 1, 2010.
2) A new $6,500 tax credit will be available for repeat buyers who purchase between December 1, 2009, and May 1, 2010. To qualify for this provision, buyers must have used the home sold or being sold as a principal residence consecutively for 5 of the previous 8 years.
3) Prospective purchasers with binding contracts in place as of April 30, 2010, will be allowed an additional 60 days to complete the transaction.
4) Income limits are expanded to $125,000 on a single return and $225,000 on a joint return.
CLICK HERE for a National Realtor's Association Chart on how the tax credit works, and whom it works for.
YOU CAN NOW ACCESS THE BEND MLS FROM MY SITE, HERE ON THE LISTINGS PAGE.
BLOGS: Still playing: the always popular: “HOW TO BUY A FORECLOSURE”.
WE TREAT YOU WELL SO YOU WILL TREAT US WELL!
Is There A Simpler Or Better Business Model Than That?
We really are different. At our brokerage you have access to all three of our minds- my Father, with his legal, judicial, and business background; my Mother, who has been working in Bend real estate since 1992; and myself, with youth, energy, extensive sales experience, and a Mensa IQ. You can ask questions of any of us, anytime you wish, no matter which of us is your Realtor. We don’t have an “in office” story about “how great the Bend Real Estate market is!” to keep straight. We don’t compete with each other and we don’t try to keep you away from the other agents in our office because we are afraid they will steal you! We simply want you to get the best information you can to make an informed decision. If we do business with you this way, you will tell your friends. And they will tell theirs.
Want to see inside that Bend house (at no cost to you), but you don’t live in Bend? Click the IPHONE to see how!
BEND HOME BUYERS NEED A BUYER'S BROKER IN BEND WHO:
- Focuses on helping Bend Home Buyers, NOT chasing sellers and their listings
- Requires no contract until an offer is made! I always allow you to go to another agent if you are not happy with my work, while others make you sign up front.
- Knows Bend Real Estate well, and knows where the problem areas are
- Understands that the Bend Real Estate market doesn’t always go up and doesn’t promise you’ll make a bundle
- Is not afraid to tell you what you may NOT want to hear about a property, OR the Bend Real Estate Market in general
- Is less concerned with a quick sale than with long term client relationships
- Keeps YOU in the Loop
- Lived in Bend BEFORE the Boom, and will still be selling Bend Real Estate AFTER the Bust
- Work hard on your behalf!
- LISTEN to you! This is the step that so many miss . . .
- Practice Absolute Honesty. This is the step that so many “white out” in their manual. If you are my client I owe you a fiduciary duty to bare all, good and bad, and as you hold the keys to the success of my business, I will. I will never tell you what you WANT to hear, but I will always tell you what you NEED to hear, what you SHOULD hear, and what I would want you to tell me if our roles were reversed.
- Keep you in the loop. I will not go away. I am here as long as we are in this together, and you will have access to me before and after the sale, not just my secretary or voicemail. Communication is the linchpin in keeping my clients happy.
I am a second generation Bend Realtor, and a Bend Oregon resident since 1990. I like to help families and couples find their Bend Home, one in Redmond, or anywhere in Central Oregon, by serving as the sort of advocate that Bend Real Estate has not always been known for- an HONEST one. Times have changed, prices have fallen, loans are tough to get, and the market can be both intimidating and tough to decipher. Don't make the wrong choice with your Bend Realtor- many are recent transplants from Southern California, following the Boom, stymied by the Bust, waiting for the next bus out of town. Many won't tell you the REAL deal about a Bend property because they simply want your money.
Many Bend Real Estate agents are "Order takers"- they take your listing, or your criteria for a Bend home, and they disappear. This is a numbers system taught to many Agents for years. They view it as a numbers game- take as many clients as you can, and by the law of numbers, some of them will bring you a paycheck. NOT HERE- ours is a referral based business, and we count on satisfied and enthralled clients spreading the word. WE TREAT YOU WELL SO THAT YOU WILL TREAT US WELL. Is there a simpler or better business model than that?
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