Salem Oregon Housing Market

John and Laura have been traveling a lot this summer and are happy to be home again in Oregon. They assisted their son and daughter-in-law in putting an offer on a home in Salem Oregon. The offer was about $10,000 over the asking price, and after being lead to believe that their offer was accepted, they received an email stating that another offer from another buyer was accepted. It's a competitive market out there right now in Salem Oregon and in other areas of Oregon. It would be interesting to find out some of the experiences that other people might be having in the real estate market.

JOEL BAUER HUGGING JOHN & LAURA HOLBROOK AT PASSION TO PROFIT SEMINAR IN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA

John Holbrook, Joel Bauer, and Laura Holbrook enoying a friendly hug at the Passion to Profit seminar in Los Angeles, California.

John gave Laura a ticket to the Passion to Profit seminar as a birthday gift. When Laura found out what her present was, she was apprehensive about it at first. Her concerns evaporated within a short time into the seminar. She became quickly aware that Joel Bauer is a presenter who truly wants to help others become great and successful.

What an amazing seminar!

Everybody should attend a Joel Bauer Seminar!

Joel Bauer inspires people to make immediate improvements in their lives. By the end of the first day of the seminar both John and Laura had learned how to dress in a way to more possitively influence people. They went to a store after the first day ended and purchased a few clothing items (seen in the picture) to begin their positive improvements.

Both John and Laura feel like they have had new ideas infused into their lives and business and are anxious to continue to impliment the improvements.

Listened to a Dave Lindahl conference call today and really enjoyed it. It's important to keep learning and improving our skills. We would like to buy some storage units like he suggested.

Mike and Cindy Martell: HAPPY BUYERS of Country Lane, Sweet Home OR

Biggies House

Wow, selling Biggie's house is becoming more of a challenge than we thought. First, it was the home of Laura's late mother, so the emotional aspect is greater than the business side of selling property. We have sold and bought a lot of property, but there is a difference when dealing with an estate. Progress is being made, which we are grateful for.

BIGGIE'S HOUSE DELAYED...

The buyers for BIGGIE'S HOUSE have a big delay in their financing. Two months ago they withdrew all of their money from their bank account and put it a safety deposit box, because they were worried about the banking system. Turns out, in this case, the mortgage lender doesn't want cash from a safety deposit box as a down payment, they want the funds to be in a bank account for 60 days, or at least this particular lender does. So ... the 30 day closing is much longer than 30 days now.
LESSON: Before making a creative money move, check with a professional banker or lender to make sure you are not creating unnecessary challenges.

Joseph and Crystal buying a house tomorrow

Joseph and Crystal are getting ready to close on a house in Hawaii. Their mortgage loan will have a 4.5 interest rate ... yeah!
Interest rates keep going up, today they were in the 6% range, we want to buy while they are relatively low and prices low too!