By Beth Benner, November 17, 2021
The “buy-sell/sell-buy” is an incredibly common situation in real estate. For a lot of homeowners moving can put you in an odd situation, typically one that involves heightened anxiety as you navigate the buy-sell/sell-buy dance. Do you buy your next home and then quickly try to sell your current home? Or maybe it’s the opposite, sell your current home before you can buy the next. Either way, a situation like this can come with many ins and outs that all need to come together for a successful outcome.
For my clients, we found that the sell-buy option seemed like the best route for them. We put their home on the market in late September and began our search for their first family home purchased together. Not long after our search began, we landed on a beautiful home that checked all of their wants and needs. It even had a walking path to the neighborhood school, just like the neighborhood that my client grew up in. A little tug on the heartstrings and we knew this home felt right.
Now for the hard part – the dance. Keeping two transactions together, one contingent on the other takes a whole extra level of organization, communication, and patience. We took things one step at a time, one foot in front of the other, together.
Congratulations you two, I’m so excited to see what the future brings for your family in your new home!
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:
Read More
- 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
