Anyone out there invest in real estate in the past 3-5 years? I find myself among the multitudes of fellow real estate professionals who have happily invested in real estate in the past and would now happily get out of many of those investments if they could. Ok, I probably could if I was willing to take a substantial financial hit. I actually currently have a spec home I own in Central Oregon that is listed for thousands less than I have in it. Ouch! And even at that I haven’t been able to sell it.
But here’s the thing. I have also made thousands on other investments. Here’s how I look at the big picture. Hopefully this take on things will help soften the hit many of you have or are about to take. The words “big picture” are key. Investing is a risk. When you invest with your financial adviser the recommendation is always to spread the risk among several products. You know: diversification. We have to look at our real estate investments the same way. We have made money on real estate investments in the past and now, not so much. But we have made money in the past.
So sit down and do the math and you will probably (hopefully) find that when you subtract any current loss you are about to take from past profits, most of us are still ahead of the game. And who couldn’t use a good tax right off from investment losses?
Does this line of thought make sense or am I deluding myself? The truth of the matter is it’s all about how you look at the big picture and overall gain or loss. A positive attitude and spin on life goes a long way. And when you can’t change the facts, what else is there to do but stay positive and move forward.
It is what is, so stay positive and keep moving forward. It will get better!
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More About Me (Probably more than you really want to know!)
As a real estate broker in Redmond for the last six years I can honestly say I truly love my job. Sure, we all have those “why do I do this?!” days, but when that day is done, I’m always glad I do what I do. The first brokerage change of my career happened this February when I became partners with a collegue in our new venture, Desert Sky Real Estate, LLC. It was a natural partnership, as we have been covering each other’s business for years in order to feel comfortable taking that much needed time away (and trust me, you REALLY DO need that time away!). Which brings me to what I do when I don’t do real estate.
One of the things I enjoy most in life is travel to other cultures, seeing how other families live. It is an eye opener to see the “homes” of others (sometimes consisting of corrugated roofing as walls or a single room of bamboo and thatch) and realize what a privilege it is to own a home. That frame of reference helps me to fully appreciate the value of owning a comfortable home and drives me to provide the service and care clients deserve in accomplishing that goal. Now more on that travel I mentioned.
Much of my time off involves mission trips to serve others. Each year my husband and I travel to Tijuana, Mexico with our church youth group, sometimes venturing further into remote Mexico to provide health care for nataive Indian tribes. My favorite and most memorable trips by far are to the jungles of Nicaragua to serve the Miskito Indian tribes. This particular trip involves more that can be mentioned here but includes: several days travel down the Rio Coco River in a canoe (well, really a hollowed out tree with a motor stuck to it); hikes through the rain soaked jungle (usually touted as 10 minutes and turning into 2 hours); meals of rice & beans, rice & beans and rice & beans, along with randon "meat parts" (ever been served the "egg shoot" of a chicken?); sleeping in hammocks (this part is actually pretty nice); medical clinics (my husband is an Internal Medicine doctor and in Nicaragua I play “pharmacist”); and really just about anything else that needs to be done. In addition we try to bring some unique fun to the area in the form of movies run by generator (since there is no electricity in the middle of the jungle) or just playing with the local children. For me, a nice healthy mix of work, service to the church, travel for service, and travel for pleasure seems to fit the bill in keeping all aspects of live flowing along. I can’t think of anything more exciting or fulfilling. I would highly recommend it to anyone!
As a real estate professional in Oregon, it is important to me to continually improve my ability to serve you by staying on top of current market trends and by increasing my knowledge base through continuing education. In that pursuit I have received several professional designations along with additional specialized training.
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A way of giving back to the community I work in is by joining brainstorming groups to find creative ways to improve the usability of our downtown corridor to increase traffic to local business, thus growing the usability and desirability of our local resources. Support of the communities we live and work in is paramount to the success of those communities.
Community:
On of the most important things we can do as community members is to find a niche to help out in. For me that is helping with the development of future community leaders through mentoring and teaching them how to serve, not only the community they live in, but the communities of others as needs arise. A solid foundation of youth and young adults equals a solid future community.
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