Interviewing a prospective real estate agent is a safe way to choose the agent who will represent you in your home-buying transaction. It is important to learn about the agent’s personality, experience, specialties, values, and manners. You can begin this process on the Meet Our Brokers page and and get to know each Bella Casa broker by [...]

These milestones are built-in contingencies that must be satisfied for the sale to be completed. They mostly protect the buyer from losing the earnest money if the buyer terminates the sale for legitimate reasons. 1. Review of the Sellers Disclosures By law, sellers must disclose what they know about the property. Oregon is not a [...]

Congratulations! You’re a homeowner! Now that you’ve closed on your home purchase, there are a few more important tasks to note. 1. Keep your closing papers in a safe place. They are valuable! You will use them to figure out tax deductions for the year and in the future, they will come in handy when the [...]