First Time Home Buyer Has To Switch Gears
For months I have been telling people that now is the time to buy especially if you are a first time homebuyer. With FHA, Oregon Bond and other programs still available with great rates, home prices lower than they have been in a long time they need get off the fence an buy before the home or financing is not available.One buyer understands now, they have been reading my blog for several months and finally got off the fence. We found the perfect home, fit their budget, was clean, nice and well priced…. and you guess it… no loan available.FHA and Oregon Bond will loan on a manufactured home, which is what this buyer had set their sights on. But they do not lend on a manufactured home that has been "remarried."Homes married you might ask - a manufactured home that is remarried is one that was orignally set on one lot then moved to another. Lenders have no way to know that they move was done per manufacturer guidelines, or that nothing within the structure was damaged. As frustrating as this is, it may very well be protecting the home buyer as well.To read more about this see Does Your Dream Home Qualify For Financing
You May Have Seen central oregon And Not Even Known It!
Feel like you have never seen central oregon and wish you had? You very well may have and not even realized it. If you watch movies chances are you have seen at least part of the scenery of central oregon.central oregon has been a hot spot for Hollywood since at least 1958. If you are a Louis L'Amour fan you will know the book Tonka - the movie which I can not find - was filmed in 1958 in the Bend/La Pine area. In 1974 The Apple Dumpling Gang was filmed on the Big Deschutes in La Pine. The scene of the wagon heading down the hill and into the river was filmed where you will now find the subdivision of Wild River. Pringle Falls does not look much like a fall but more like rapids but underneath the rushing water is truly a water fall. Pringle Falls was also the back drop of a scene or two from Rooster Cogburn in 1974. During the filming of this now classic our family had the opportunity to host dinner for John Wayne. He along with others of the cast stayed on our property and to make extra dollars I washed and ironed their shirts.Up the Creek was a funny movie that was filmed in La Pine and Bend, once again the back drop was Pringle Falls - and what is now Wild River Subdivision.The list goes on…..1975 - Search For Sasquatch, 1977 - Hot Lead & Cold Feet. 1980 - St. Helens, 1990 - Grand Tour, 1991 - Incredible Journey, 1992 - Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, White Wolves, 1994 - McKenna (The Series) 1997 - The postmanFor additional movies in Oregon
business Plan Secrets Revealed!
Find Investors for Your business: Insider Truths About Raising Money Through business Plans. business Plan Secrets Revealed! - In the nearly 30 years I’ve lived in bend, I’ve slowly watched this area go into the crapper. Here is a good collection of the latest reasons things suck (a good summation) and five things that can […]
Imation Disc Stakka - CD/DVD Management Tool
Imation Disc Stakka - CD/DVD Management Tool Never waste valuable time searching for discs again. The Imation Disc Stakka is an automated carousel that stores, protects and retrieves all of your 12 cm optical discs, making lost or damaged discs a thing of the past. Each Disc Stakka unit holds 100 discs and you […]
Lake Front Property in central oregon Can Be Difficult To Find
One of the most common request I receive from out of area buyers that is almost impossible to meet is finding lake front property. Deschutes County and most of central oregon is full of beautiful lakes, streams and rivers, but our lakes generally are on public land. There are a few exceptions but are they really exceptions?Odell Lake and Crescent lake do have a few homes near them, most of these homes are actually built on land that is what we call Forest Service land and is owned by the good old U.S.A. there is a long term lease of the land, but finding financing for a home where you do not own the land especially right now can be a real challenge. There are a couple lakes that do have privately owned property in our area - the most popular would be Ochoco Reservoir & Prineville Reservoir - the area of these lakes is more open and allows for some great mountain views also, but there is a lack of trees for most of these properties.For a full list of homes on a lake or with lake views click here.
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