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14 Partners in Real Estate // The Nugget Newspaper // July 15, 2020 Stellar Realty NW creates community space Things have gone extraordi- narily well for Tim Kizziar since he ventured into the world of real estate five years go. <It sounds trite, but I feel really blessed,= he said. <I don9t really completely get it, how well it9s gone.= Establishing Stellar Realty NW in a new, community-oriented space on Hood Avenue (across the street from Sisters Ace Hardware) is way of creating an agency that is customized to Sisters. <I had contemplated opening my own brokerage, but I didn9t really want to,= Kizziar said. The duties of operating a bro- kerage, Kizziar feared, would take away from what he wants to focus on 4 which is serving clients. By affiliating with Stellar Realty NW out of Bend, Kizziar feels he has helped create an effective hybrid of a franchise and a small inde- pendent brokerage 4 one that fits him and Sisters. <I get all the benefits without the burdens of being a sole propri- etor,= he said. A dozen agents have indepen- dently joined Kizziar in a space deliberately designed to be much more than a real estate office. <This is a community space,= Kizziar said, looking around at a comfortable, airy, open floorplan that he foresees being used by a variety of people for wine tastings, poker nights, book clubs 3 all, of course, awaiting a return to great- er normalcy. <We have a shortage of gather- ing places in Sisters.= From the space to the nature of the business, Kizziar is creat- ing something unique 4 and very <Sisters.= Something built around people and a sense of community. <It9s really an organic way to build a business,= he said of the gathering of agents. <Every- one9s a different story. I don9t think there9s even a theme run- ning through it. I guess if you could say there9s a theme, it9s very relational.= Kizziar identifies the keys to success in real estate as <compe- tency, connection, and creativity.= Creativity is at a premium right now, in a market driven by high demand and low interest rates. <There are definitely more buy- ers than sellers,= Kizziar said. That means he9s had to come up with extraordinarily creative ways to connect buyers and sellers 4 even sellers who didn9t really know they were sellers until he came up with an idea that worked. Kizziar clearly relishes photo by jim cornelius overcoming challenges and finding solutions. And creativ- ity and connection is on display in the physical environs he has developed. <That9s the vibe I9m trying to create here,= he said. <I9m trying to create a co-op.= Kizziar says that he doesn9t specialize in any particular type of property. He has worked with residential properties in town, large agricultural properties in the Sisters Country hinter- lands, commercial real estate, and ranches. <My area of focus or expertise is the Sisters area,= he said. Kizziar9s operating principles are neither complicated nor eso- teric. And they9re rooted in a per- sonal outlook that dwells on ser- vice as a first principle. <I just genuinely try to do the right next thing, do it with all my heart and expect nothing in return,= he said. <Good things just come back to you if you genuinely serve people and don9t expect any- thing. Good things come back.= New Stellar Realty NW Branch Office Open! Branch Manager Tim Kizziar leads a team of 11 independent brokers with international reach from a beautiful new community gathering space in Sisters. When passion intersects with set-up, really good things happen! Connie Mitchell • Francis Houle Brian Beveridge • Kim Pucci Roger Alvarez • Eric Bilderback Matt Carter • Vic Dody Anna Scarpulla • Jack Farley Annie Andreson Stop by anytime! Tim Kizziar, Principal Broker | 541-419-5577 | 382 E. Hood Avenue, Ste-A East, Sisters — Licensed In The State of Oregon —