By Andee Zeigler, May 26, 2021
I bought my first house as a newly single mama in 2008, I loved that little house. When I remarried and had another baby that space with one tiny bathroom just didn’t work anymore. We found our dream home and moved, but I wasn’t ready to let that one go yet. I had my 3rd baby in that living room, I learned how to be independent and how to care for a home on my own and really I just love that place. I couldn’t let it go to just anyone. So, I rented it to my brother and his partner so I could visit!
Fast forward 4 years and they found themselves in a position to buy this home and keep it in the family. This put me in a position to need to do a 1031 exchange….in this market. Just a smidge of stress! I was on the hunt for a duplex, something I could hang onto for my kids and create space for people to save to buy their own home.
I found a sweet house in Arbor Lodge with a dreamy brand new ADU, I didn’t think it was the one so I crossed it off the list. However, I just kept thinking about it and realized maybe I needed help with this decision. I ran it by my incredibly wise and trust worthy lender Jamie Helton at ENG and she said “Andee, how much time and energy do you want to spend trying to find a replacement property, this one is a no brainer!”
I returned with my husband, brother and mom for a second…third…fourth opinion. Turns out they loved it! So much so that mama is going to live in the ADU and other brother is going to live in the house. It isn’t the big family compound we spend hours dreaming of but it’s a little baby start!
Andee Zeigler
Principal Broker | OR
She/Her
I have called Portland home for over 20 years and can’t imagine raising my babies anywhere else. I have been a REALTOR® for over a decade and still wake up every day delighted that I truly love what I do...
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