Real estate investors in Bend are fortunate to have a way to make money on their investment properties that isn’t available in many cities. Because Bend, Oregon is well known as a vacation destination, investors can turn the properties they plan on holding long term into vacation rentals. A good vacation rental in Central Oregon […]
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Sunriver Resort Named One of World’s Best Conference Resorts
Executive Travel recently named Sunriver Resort one of the world’s ten best places to hold a conference. You read that right, one of the best places in the WORLD to hold conference. Some of the same things that make Sunriver Resort attractive as a vacation destination are also attractive for conferences. There is no denying […]
Vacation Home Sales on the Rise and Closer to Home
Central Oregon has long been a premier vacation destination and by extension a desirable location to own a vacation home. The climate and abundant outdoor activities have been drawing vacationers for decades. In the late 1960’s and ’70s the construction of Sunriver, Seventh Mountain, and Black Butte Resorts provided the perfect platforms for people to buy vacation homes. These vacation communities were […]
Premier Ski & Golf Destination: Bend, Oregon
Bend is well known as being a Mecca for outdoor enthusiasts. The list of available outdoor activities is wide ranging from white water rafting to mountain biking, snowmobiling to paddle boarding, and fishing to camping. But Bend is perhaps best known for skiing and golf and Links Magazine recently combined the two and placed Bend […]
Investors and First Time Buyers Competing for Homes
Great Vacation Rental Just South of Sunriver Resort
We just added a great vacation rental this week that is just a few miles south of Sunriver Resort. Don’t fight the crowds and high rental prices in Sunriver this winter season. You will be hard pressed to find a house this nice that is still available for the holidays and at this price ($125/night) I […]
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Strong Tourism in Bend Helps Vacation Rentals
Despite the bad economy, Doug LaPlace the president and CEO of Visit Bend says in an interview with KBNW News that tourism is alive and well in Bend and Central Oregon. LaPlace says that transient room tax collections have increased for 20 consecutive months when compared with the previous year. He also says that some months […]
Destination Resort: Brasada Ranch
The newest resort in Central Oregon is Brasada Ranch. Built buy Jeld-Wen Development, Inc. near Powell Butte in 2007, the ranch was originally intended as an exclusive luxury home and golf resort. However, the economy didn’t cooperate and Jeld-Wen decided (or was forced) to sell the resort to Northview Hotel Group in November of 2010. Northview […]