Randee and I have lived in this area for years. We’ve  worked with a lot of real estate folks and then found Dale Saari, at Windermere/Florence Real Estate. He listened to us, advised us, and sold our home in just 10 days.  We recommend you try Windermere/Florence Real Estate.  Glen and Randee Wilcox   4/2007

In my planning to move from Florence to Eugene, I interviewed three real estate brokers to market my house.

The first realtor came with a market appraisal without ever seeing the house.  They gave me a suggested listing price based on data over the last one and a half years.  When questioned about their pricing strategy, they responded that we could always drop the price by $10,000 each month.
 
The second realtor also came with a market appraisal without ever seeing the house.  They gave me four possible prices to list the house at and asked me what I would like to do!!!
 
The third realtor was Dale Saari.  Dale came to the house and asked me what my objectives were.  He took excellent photos of the home and yard and said that he would come back the next day with a market appraisal and recommended listing price. When Dale came back, I wasn’t thrilled with what he was proposing, but it was backed up with data based on the last six months sales and his evaluation of where the Florence housing market was heading, based on the last six months history.  I asked Dale what if he list at $20,000 more than what he recommended and his response was that I would be wasting his time and mine.  That was the final selling point for me to use Dale as my realtor.
 
The house was put on the market on Wednesday and I accepted an offer at full asking price on Saturday, due to correct pricing and an incredible effort of detailed presentation with his internet marketing.  I have realized a “paper loss” relative to three years ago, but a great profit relative to when I bought the house in 2002.  The Eugene real estate market is also dropping in price and so I am not really losing any money based on my agreed-on selling price. 
I have been very pleased with Dale’s market analysis, his business acumen, and his goal of meeting his customer’s needs.  I very much recommend Dale Saari as a professional and informed realtor and one who understands his client’s needs.  Dale is very blunt and to the point and some people may not like hearing what is going on in the current real estate business, but you cannot go wrong with his ability to tell you how things really are.  If you are fact driven and need a no BS Realtor to represent your interest, I highly recommend using Dale Saari for your real estate needs.  Michael Lasarev   3/2009

We needed to find buildable lot for our retirement home in Florence, Oregon in a short time frame. My husband found Dale Saari to be one of the more genuine individuals he had dealt with, through what was a timing crisis for us. Dale was interested in our need and budget and wasted no time in finding suitable choices for us and allowed us to make the final determination. He went above expected service and gave guidance and thought to the details one fails to think about when under pressure. We would gladly recomend Dale and his office support when purchasing any property. You will get the  highest level of service in your quest and purchase of your dream.  Tim and Susan Smith 1/2010

Parent's Home Sale in Florence, OR

My family and I recently regained possession of  our grandmother's house in Florence after a 20-year life estate situation.  We made a few visits to the house to determine its condition, which ended up being very poor. No maintenance in 20 years meant that bringing the house back to livable condition would cost between $30-100K.  None of the nine heirs lived in the area - in fact, we lived all over the U.S.  Due to the economic downturn, none of us had the money to restore it or the time to do the work ourselves.  After much consultation, we decided that our only option was to sell our grandmother's beloved home.  Hopefully someone would buy it who was capable of doing the work themselves.

Because we had a difficult situation on our hands, we wanted to make sure that we picked an agent who was a true expert, who would work hard, always be responsive, who would advertise and network, and who would get results.  What we didn't want was a house sitting on the market for 1.5 years because it hadn't been advertised, it hadn't been matched with the right type of buyer, and that was draining us of $$ as we dealt with bottom-feeders trying to get us to sell it for half of what it was worth, even in its present condition. 

With these criteria in mind, we picked Dale Saari as our real estate agent. Dale is the principal broker at the Florence Windermere office, with excellent online reviews from other buyers and sellers and knowledgeable about estates.  Dale has been doing business in Florence for more than 30 years.  It turns out that he even worked on some real estate deals with our grandmother when she was living. 

Dale turned out to be quite expert at helping us through all the estate paperwork.  Before his assistance, we were stuck and didn't know what we needed to do next. And it all seemed like it would cost us a lot of money.  With nine heirs involved, this was a substantial amount of work and very convoluted.  Dale told us exactly what we needed to do and when.  He consulted with title experts as needed.  We did our part in a timely manner based on Dale's guidance.  As a result, we had no screw-ups with the estate part of the deal.  Everything went smoothly.

Picking Dale to help us prepare the house for market and sell it was also an excellent decision.  Dale identified the right kind of buyer for our home.  He spent a lot of time getting the price just right.  He gave us great guidance for what we did need to fix and what wasn't important or wouldn't add value. 

We had two offers on the day our house went on the market.  Dale expertly guided both buyers and sellers through the issues that typically come up during a home sale - and that were magnified due to our particular situation.