Bend Premier Real Estate Blog

Stephanie Edgerly is being recognized by Washington Federal Bank in LaPine as the featured Realtor of the month of July as part of their reopening celebration. Congratulations to Stephanie for this recognition and to Washington Federal for featuring such a wonderful Broker. 

Bend Premier Real Estate is pleased to announce Ashley Mahana, Scott Robinson and Shaun Cardot have joined the brokerage as Brokers working in Central Oregon.  Each broker brings a unique background and approach to their work as real estate professionals, but all will do a great job in working with their clients.

Scott joins Bend Premier from the teaching profession. Scott is a geologist and avid biker, interested in local politics and transportation issues and bring his background in education to help empower his clients with knowledge as they make their real estate decisions.

Ashley recently moved to Bend from the Seattle Metro area where she has been a licensed real estate agent for the past 6 years.  Ashley has a background in the military and customer service and believes that problem solving is among her best attributes in working with her clients - that and a belief that her clients' needs must always come first.

Born and raised in Bend, Shaun brings a wealth of knowledge of Bend's past and present, knowing the neighborhoods intimately having grown up in the community. He was licensed in Bend for several years before moving to North Carolina where his wife was a licensed agent. Coming home to Bend means Shaun can work again in a town he really knows and enjoys.

Iron Mountain is a Must Do Hike for Many

We first heard about Iron Mountain 5 years ago when a friend told us about this amazing hike in the Central Cascades off Hwy 20 near Tombstone Summit. When we took the hike, it was past the peak time for the annual wildflowers, but this year the flowers were blooming and the views were stunning.

If you have never hiked Iron Mountain before and are up for several miles, we suggest you park at the Tombstone Summit parking lot, walk 15 minutes through the beautiful nature trail which begins at the end of the lot (bear left down the trail off the gravel road), and then carefully cross the highway to the start of the Cone Peak Trail.  This trail takes you gradually up in elevation through old growth forest until the trail opens into stunning fields of wildflowers.  Continue along the trail, back and forth into the forest and out until you come to the branch to climb to the top of Iron Mountain. This steep trail is well traveled and eventually brings you to the top where a fire lookout used to be, but now is set up as a sitting area with Cascade mountain locates. After enjoying the view, climb down and continue the loop back through old growth forest to the official Iron Mountain parking lot (careful crossing the highway again). Once we crossed the highway, there was an easily missed path that takes you shortly to a sign going right to the Iron Mountain parking lot or left to the Old Santiam Wagon Road.  We walked .3 miles on the Old Santiam Wagon Road (again bear left) to the Tombstone Summit parking lot to get back to our car, climbing steeply at the end. The entire hike was 6.9 miles with roughly 1900 foot elevation gain. This was a wonderful hike at a great time of year.

Bend Premier Brokers and Staff Volunteer

Over the weekend, Bend Premier got to be the first volunteer group to be a part of "Keeping Bend Beautiful" following the initial shut down due to COVID-19. This volunteer program allows various clubs, individuals, and associations the opportunity to adopt a stretch of road or plot of land and improve the appearance by picking up litter, weeding and sometimes planting new plants! 

Bend Premier worked on picking up trash along 14th street on the Westside of Bend on Saturday and it was a wonderful experience. Not only did the team clean up all the trash found along the side of the road, but they also had a great time doing it. The volunteers agreed that they can't wait for the next opportunity to do their part in Keeping Bend Beautiful! 

If you or a group you know wants to get more information on this program and how you can take part, follow this link HERE to direct you to the City of Bend webpage. 

Bend Premier Brokers and Staff Volunteer

Over the weekend, Bend Premier got to be the first volunteer group to be a part of "Keeping Bend Beautiful" following the initial shut down due to COVID-19. This volunteer program allows various clubs, individuals, and associations the opportunity to adopt a stretch of road or plot of land and improve the appearance by picking up litter, weeding and sometimes planting new plants! 

Bend Premier worked on picking up trash along 14th street on the Westside of Bend on Saturday and it was a wonderful experience. Not only did the team clean up all the trash found along the side of the road, but they also had a great time doing it. The volunteers agreed that they can't wait for the next opportunity to do their part in Keeping Bend Beautiful! 

If you or a group you know wants to get more information on this program and how you can take part, follow this link HERE to direct you to the City of Bend webpage.