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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!
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Brian Beveridge • Kim Pucci
Roger Alvarez • Eric Bilderback
Matt Carter • Vic Dody
Anna Scarpulla • Jack Farley
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Stop by
anytime!
Tim Kizziar, Principal Broker | 541-419-5577 | 382 E. Hood Avenue, Ste-A East, Sisters
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