By Beth Benner, April 28, 2021
Buying and selling a home is one of the most personal transactions in one’s life. As an Agent, I get a deep insight into who my clients are – what makes them light up, what makes them anxious, and so much more on who they are as people. I had the pleasure of getting to work with this incredible couple to sell their current home and purchase their forever home. We first began working together back in January of 2020, pre-pandemic with high hopes to get them into a new home in the upcoming months. With the pandemic in full force just a couple of months after the start of our process, we all had to adjust and re-prioritize things.
Hopping back into the process of selling their current home and buying the next, we found ourselves in a completely different place than the first go-around. My amazing clients found out that they were expecting their first child, a baby girl in June! Not only were my clients at a different place in their life, but we also came back to a whole new market. It was great to be sellers during this time and we were able to list their home quickly. They accepted an amazing offer that allowed them to stay in their home with rent back while they working on buying a new home, which proved to be not as easy as selling.
Switching sides to being the buyers, my clients found themselves in many multiple offer situations. Although they were able to be competitive, the market just wasn’t in their favor. There was no stopping these buyers though! The moment that we walked into their soon-to-be-home, we knew that this was the one. All of the failed attempts before, all of the time waiting was worth it. At first sight, visions of family Christmases, Sunday dinners, whiffle ball tournaments, and backyard barbeques flooded in. The home was in a familiar neighborhood, even close to family. Their baby girl will be welcomed into the sweetest of homes, surrounded by love from grandparents nearby. My clients found everything they wanted and needed, and more.
Beth Benner
Broker | OR & WA
She/Her
Beth has over 19 years of experience spanning more than 500 transactions during her career as a Licensed Broker in Oregon and Washington. In 2023, she earned a spot among the REAL Producers Top 100 producing agents in Portland out of more than 8,000 licensed brokers and she has also maintained her status in the top 5% of all Oregon brokers for eight consecutive years.
Beth is proud to have cultivated her client base on the referrals of the many happy homeowners she’s worked with over the years and through professional relationships with lawyers, conservators, and fiduciaries. She deeply cares about each of her clients and approaches her job as a long-term commitment, aiming to help them make the best investment. Beth is also a local real estate investor, leveraging her expertise and knowledge of the market to make sound investment decisions.
She is a lifelong Portlander and has volunteered with Make-A-Wish, Meals on Wheels delivery, SW Portland Little League, and serves as an elementary school classroom volunteer. Beth is a devoted mom to three active kids and in her free time, she loves hiking, reading, traveling, wine tasting, and cheering for the Portland Thorns as a season ticket holder.
Real Estate Background:
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- Licensed Broker in Oregon for 19 years and Washington for 17 years
- 48 total personal transactions in 2023
- Multiple investor and repeat/referral clients
- #1 Individual broker at LRR in 2020
- Top 100 of all OR brokers in 2023
- Top 5% of all OR brokers for 8 years
- PMAR Masters Circle Diamond Platinum Member 2016-2023
- Licensed in OR & WA
- T: 503-819-2885
- bethbenner@livingroomre.com
