Jon Lynch

I started out in real estate in 1974. This was during the gas crises of that era and we really did not see too many people on the coast at the time. I was able to spend a lot of time learning about real estate and became very creative with what properties we had on how to sell them to people out of the area. During this time I became the 1st million dollar producer in the area. In 1978 I became a broker and 1/3 owner of a real estate company in Depoe Bay. Real Estate was excellent until we hit the famous 21% interest rates of the early 80’s. This was a period of time of very little real estate activity, many foreclosures, lots of bankruptcies added to the downturn of the local timber industry with the protection of the spotted owl. Again another time of creative real estate and skilled sales were needed. I pride myself on spending as much energy on the first time home buyer as I do ...