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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Maddens strike out on their own with new real estate fi rm
Housing market remains hot
“WE REALLY TRY TO
BE THERE FOR OUR
CLIENTS AND HELP
THEM THROUGH
THE PROCESS
BECAUSE IT CAN BE
STRESSFUL.”
By Steven Mitchell
Blue Mountain Eagle
Nearly three months after
launching their own real estate
fi rm, Lindsey and Michal Madden
said they are having fun and stay-
ing busy as Grant County’s hot
housing market shows no signs of
cooling down.
Lindsey and Michal, sisters-in-
law, spent over a decade at Eastern
Oregon Realty, said they decided it
was time to strike out on their own.
Lindsey said they were born and
raised in Grant County. She said the
said decision made sense.
“We hunt, we fi sh, we know the
area really well,” Michal said. “We
know how it works. We know how
the people work.”
After 40 hours of schooling and
taking their respective tests to earn
their principal broker license, Lind-
sey and Michal said they hit the
ground running.
Since then they brought on bro-
ker Dee Ann Sandor. The three
of them, Lindsey said, have been
enjoying working together.
Lindsey said the freedom of
being independent “feels good.”
“At the end of the day it’s our
logo out there,” she said.
— Lindsey Madden
Contributed photo/Tanni Wenger Photography
From left, broker De Ann Sandor and principal brokers Lindsey Madden and
Michal Madden.
She said the three of them are
“go-getters” and steadfast in their
dedication to their clients.
Lindsey told the Eagle she has
no problem taking calls from clients
late at night or on the weekends.
“We really try to be there for our
clients and help them through the
process because it can be stressful,”
Lindsey said.
The dedication to clients look-
ing to buy a home in the county has
been essential over the last couple
of months.
While the county has always
had a limited inventory of homes
for sale, the current market is like
nothing Lindsey and Michal said
they have seen.
Lindsey said they see “multi-
ple-off er scenarios” where homes
have sold above the asking price.
“We have always had a limited
inventory,” Lindsey said, “but now
it is just much worse.”
Lindsey said they would show
a couple of properties to a buyer
in the past, and they did not have
to push them to make a decision.
She said they tell buyers now that,
if they want a property, they need
to write an off er right away or risk
losing the opportunity.
“It’s just fast paced,” Lindsey
said. “It used to be a lot slower.”
They said it is hard when a client
does not get the house they want.
“It (buying a home) is the excite-
ment of their life at the time, and
you feel sometimes crushed right
now if someone beat them to it,”
Michal said.
Tips for home buyers
Lindsey said home buyers
should get pre-qualified from
a lender ahead of time. Getting
pre-qualified is the first step in
O utlook
SENI
R
Have you read
the quotation on
the lobby window
at the post office?
“Someone said I was
delusional – I almost
Rose Coombs
fell off my unicorn!”
I just love it!
We were not delusional – or disillusioned (apparently that
is not a proper word; I couldn’t find in any dictionary – even
the 5” thick, 2,200 page one) by the meal prepared by our
wonderful cooks today. We enjoyed a large serving of tasty
potato soup, an apple salad that had whipped cream on it,
a roll, and for dessert a banana cream pie, my favorite! The
menu said banana bars, but this was much better! All for only
$5. Can’t beat that with a stick right? Carla and Mary took
care of the pick-up deliveries and Carlos and Luann made the
home delivery run. Thanks to all our faithful volunteers. And
big thanks to our cooks Pam and Laura for their wonderful
meals for us.
Thanks to a very generous donation, the old hall will soon
be sporting a new coat. And it won’t be paint. We decided
that metal siding would be more cost effective down the
road. Won’t have to paint, it’s fireproof, and insulated house
wrap can be installed too. In order fo the contractor to do his
job, we had to do a few things in preparation: cut down the
encroaching lilac bush (don’t worry, it will come back – but
we will encourage it to grow farther away from the building,
ahem); remove all the old telephone wire that was strung on
the outside back and forth under and up the side of the old
chimney that supplied no phone that we could find (nice man
from OTC came and run a new line to where the phone is
now, looks much neater); replaced the basement door (how
many times have I heard, “There’s a basement?”) so we can
actually access the space. Oh, we are just getting right uptown!
Now if we could just open our doors and have our regular
meal day together…
Spent a lot of time on the road and in doctor’s offices this
week. Found out that the oil glands in my eyelids are not
producing as they should. So have to do special drops for
3 months to clear up the resulting inflammation. Another
procedure awaits then. Then Derrol had his 6 month
checkups in Bend. On the way home, a swather pulled out
in front of us at the Prineville round-about. We followed
him for 9 miles at 20 mph. Then when we got to Dayville,
a couple flagged us to ask if they were on the right road to
Post. Oh dear. They should have turned south in Prineville.
So we directed them to go through John Day, up over Canyon
Mountain and take the Izee road back west. Wonder if they
made it. Afterwards we reflected that they hadn’t consulted
their smart phone GPS or Google Maps. We always have
a map in the vehicle. That’s because we don’t have a smart
phone!
More travels this week, but they are in Grant County! First
a graduation party, then a Celebration of Life, and finally
a wedding. Then get ready for the Fourth of July! Ain’t life
grand?
Luke 15:23 “Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a
feast and celebrate.”
Wow, 2021 is half
over. I cannot live
fast enough to keep
up with the days. I
need more time to
live than 24 hrs.
Elise Huskey
a day. I am sure
many of us feel the
same way so it seems
we all need to cherish every minute and live it like there won’t
be any more time.
Monday June 14th the John Day Senior Center delivered 51
fresh meals and 79 frozen meals into our community to those
who cannot get out to pick up their own, and 14 meals were
picked up at the door. That is a lot of food and is fantastic
that we have the privilege to serve others and meet their
needs. Greg Starr, Mary Ellen Osborne and Carol Roe were
Attending the door when lunchers came to pick up their
food. On Thursday the 17th, 28 meals were picked up at
the door and Greg Starr and Carol Roe were there to greet
everyone.
We are now using recyclable earth friendly freezer friendly,
microwave safe and dishwasher safe dishes to serve the food in
that is placed in the to go bags to be delivered or picked up.
After using the food from these dishes, rinse them out and
return them when you get a lunch again. This saves you from
filling up your trash and saves us from purchasing more. That
said A BIG Thank you is appropriate to give to Krista Sheedy
and her 3 daughters that come each week to wash these dishes
and sterilize them so we can reuse them safely. Thank you,
ladies for this gracious service. I will learn each name better
as time goes on.
Thursday June 24th we will be dining on Chicken Fried
Steak, Mashed Potatoes with Gravy, Veggies, and Rhubarb
Cheesecake Bars for dessert. That is a mouthwatering meal
for sure. Then on Monday June 28th our meal will consist
of: Chili Cheese Fries, Green Salad, Fruit, and Monster
Cookie Bars for dessert. That’s a down to earth meal in my
thinking. Good food. All that is missing is company to
share it with.
Today when I walked into the grocery store from the
sidewalk, the door at the end opened and it actually made me
feel like we are on our way out of the pandemic. The news is
telling us there is another trend of that coronavirus spreading
throughout the US. The more of us that get vaccinated, the
less it will be able to spread. Sol once again, we all have a part
in this; no one is excluded, so get on the wagon and do your
part to help all of us stay safe. Thanks to all of you for doing
your part.
Even the scriptures give us instruction and good news; Here
is one with peace as the reward:
Psalm 121:8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and coming
in from this time forth, and even forever more.
We had a fabulous
lunch created by our
cooks, Terry Cade
and Carrie Jewell.
They made us BBQ
beef sandwiches,
Soo Yukawa
curly fries, cole
slaw, and chocolate
cookies for our dessert. I like to put the cole slaw in the
sandwich and then added some more BBQ sauce with it,
along with some mustard. Yum, yum. We thank our cooks
for their efforts.
Kristi Guimont filled out the paperwork. Bob Cockrell and
Jan Ensign faithfully served in counting the money and Sylvia
Cockrell delivered the meals to the patrons at the door. We
thank all our volunteers for their support and work.
The weather seems to be getting hotter each day. Praise the
Lord for the sunshine that makes our garden grow. I am still
going to pray for more rain. Nothing is impossible for our
Mighty God.
So, while doing chores, I saw my son sitting by the driveway
looking at something. I asked him what he was doing. He
told me that he was observing some red ants fighting with
some black ants and that the red ants were carrying off some
of the larvae of the black ants and he wanted to know where
they were taking them. LOL. I just burst out laughing.
I just loved the fact that my son was enchanted and being
entertained observing ant wars and that he was not inside
playing video games or watching t.v. That was another
example of loving the life out here in the country. I might
have to tell my son about the time when I was his age and I
was trying to burn the ants with a magnifying glass. Ha. It
might give him ideas…hmm.
I bought a new baby Nigerian Dwarf goat. I have not
named him yet. I needed to introduce some new blood
to my breeding does. He is still small and he is not too
friendly. I tried to lure him with some goat treats and he was
not interested. I just got jumped on by all my other goats. I
think I might name him Yoshi.
I am definitely going to have a bumper crop of raspberries
this year. They are just loaded with little berries at this time.
I think I am going to be mixing raspberries with rhubarb to
make jam. If I feel really ambitious, maybe I will dehydrate
some too, maybe.
Some deer has been visiting my front yard. It has been
nibbling on some of my fruit trees. Grr. That makes me
very mad. It needs to be chased off and never come back.
Seriously, there are lots of other things it could be munching
on. If I see it out there one of these early mornings, I am
going to have to get one of the dogs to chase it off. I found
the evidence of the nibbling while watering the trees.
I had success in drying the first batch of raspberry leaves for
tea. I just need to try it now and see how it tastes.
Hosea 4:1 Hear the Word of the LORD, ye children of Israel:
For the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the
land, Because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God
in the land.
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the mortgage process, where a
lender provides a ballpark esti-
mate of how much a buyer can
afford for a home.
Lindsey said people should
look at a house immediately if
they are interested.
“If you see a house go look at
it that day. Don’t waste time,” she
said.
Michal said the days of taking
time and thinking about a house
before making an offer are long
gone. At least in Grant County.
“You could think about a
house for six months and take
your time and it’d be fine,”
Michal said. “But if you’re think-
ing about buying you better be
pre-approved because sellers
won’t even look at an offer with-
out a pre-approval.”
Lindsey said picking an agent
is critical because they can keep
a buyer updated on new home
listings.
Michal said an agent could
help buyers wade through the
complexities of a sale from begin-
ning to end — from the financing
to the negotiations and everything
in between.
“It is stressful, and there can
be issues,” Michal said. “And so
we’re just there to help them get
through all of the hurdles.”
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