By Kim Parmon, October 29, 2020
In January, B.C. (Before Covid), I had some lovely past clients put me in touch with some of their friends. Josh and Jamie had had a poor experience purchasing their first home and needed a fierce advocate in their corner. They wanted to sell their current home and find a bigger house in a more rural setting with a great shop. It seemed simple enough in our pre-pandemic market.
And then, as we all know, the Covid hit. This actually shifted the real estate market in a very interesting way: buyers started yearning for more rural properties and moving en masse to the outskirts of town. Josh and Jamie spent several months preparing their current home for market in hopes that this trend would slow down! We listed their home after all of their hard work and got twelve great offers right away. This allowed Josh and Jamie to be in the position to ask for a longer closing and have time in their home after they sold so that they didn’t need to stress about finding temporary housing while they looked for their next place.
And so our search began. We were working with a good budget, and several homes looked interesting. But for every home out there on a nice street with a nice shop and some property, there were twenty or more buyers who wanted it. It was rough! Josh and Jamie wrote several offers to no avail. I told them not to lose heart and that I knew their house was out there. I could feel it!
Not long afterwards, a fantastic home in St. Helens hit the market. It had absolutely everything on their wish list! They toured it right away and knew immediately that they wanted to write an offer. I worked hard to establish a good relationship with the list agent and made a great case for Josh and Jamie. Despite the fact that there were back to back showings and a ton of interest, the sellers decided to just accept their offer without waiting for multiples! We were even able to get multiple repair requests taken care of during our inspection period.
It’s been a long journey, but Josh and Jamie just closed on their perfect new home today. I am so honored to have been the agent they chose to be in their corner through this process! This truly was a magical happy ending for a wonderful family.
Cheers!
Kim Parmon
Principal Broker | Earth Advantage Certified | OR
She/Her
Kim Parmon
Principal Broker
Lead Listing Agent
Earth Advantage Certified | OR
kim@livingroomre.com
Oregon is the fifth state that Kim has called home in her life, and this one is sticking! After moving multiple times in her childhood, Kim fully understands how empowering homeownership and having roots is. She loves waking up every day in this beautiful place and wants everyone to experience what it feels like to live in their dream home.
As a kid, Kim spent her free time wandering through open houses and exploring construction sites for the fun of it. After careers in the professional ballroom dance world, the entertainment industry, and the service industry, Kim stumbled into real estate as both a passion and a profession through the purchase of her first bungalow. After renovating it with her husband and selling it for enough of a profit to pay off their debt as well as buy a new house to live in, everything clicked: she decided to get her real estate license and help her community experience the emotional and financial benefits of homeownership.
Kim put down roots in Portland in 2015 and has cultivated a referrals-based business throughout the years. She understands that real estate is a service and the experience she gives her clients is first-rate. She works hard to anticipate needs. She is responsive, thorough, empathic, and a skilled negotiator who enjoys market analytics and strategy as much as she enjoys connecting with her clients. Her ethics and reputation are the cornerstones of her business and the happiness of her clients is the yardstick that she measures success against.
Kim merged her business with the best agents in Portland at the beginning of 2022, which has allowed her to give her clients more resources, more advocacy, and a top-notch real estate experience. She is honored to be a part of her incredible team and feels lucky to go to work every day.
In her free time, you'll find Kim enjoying lazy evenings by the fire with her husband, daughter, and rescue dogs. She loves dancing, live music, exploring all of the beautiful places around us in the PNW, enjoying a cider and a good meal with friends, and browsing Powell's for a great new book.
Andee Ziegler
Licensed Listing Team Operations Manager
andee@livingroomre.com
Loving where you live will change your life. Everyone deserves that joy. For me, real estate has been a way of nurturing my community and doing what I can to help people find stability, grow generational wealth, and create a little space of their own in the world.
For 15 years I found the most joy in helping first-time homebuyers, guiding my peers through their first major investment and dreaming up what home means for them. I’ve done restoration work on homes from a variety of eras, 1894 Victorian farmhouse to classic 1950’s ranch. I enjoy empowering new homeowners with the knowledge I’ve garnered over the years, from systems to finishes.
In 2022 I joined forces with some of the best realtors in the biz and shifted my focus to operation management for listings. This welcome change opened up space in my life: more cake, less pants.
Andee Zeigler | Licensed Listing Team Operations Manager | andee@livingroomre.com
Jessica LeDoux | Lead Buyer Agent | Broker Licensed in Oregon | jessica@livingroomre.com
Karim Alaeddine | Operations | Principal Broker Licensed in Oregon | karim@livingroomre.com
Jenessa VanZutphen | Buyer Operations Manager | Licensed in Oregon | jenessa@livingroomre.com
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