At the top of Bend's market, the playbook changes. The buyer pool is national, the properties are singular, and the sellers often value privacy as much as price. This is the part of the market we've built our practice around — our average sale runs over a million dollars, and most of our clients arrive the way significant clients do everywhere: someone they trust gave them our number.
Private and off-market sales
Not every estate should be marketed publicly. For sellers who'd rather skip the photography-and-portal circus — a divorce, an estate settlement, a public profile, or simple preference — we arrange discreet sales: qualified buyers only, confidentiality where appropriate, showings by appointment, and negotiations handled personally by Kyle. For buyers, this cuts the other way: some of Bend's best properties never surface publicly, and being positioned with us means seeing them.
Where we work
The estate market here concentrates in a knowable set of addresses: the gated rim lots of North Rim, the forest estates of The Tree Farm, Broken Top and The Highlands, Awbrey Butte's view properties, Tetherow's fairway customs, Deschutes riverfront, Tumalo acreage estates, and the resort communities — Juniper Preserve, Brasada Ranch, and Crosswater. We track these micro-markets house by house, including the owners who might sell before a sign ever appears.
Why us, at this level
Tara reads buildings. A builder's daughter, she evaluates significant homes the way few agents can — structure, systems, craftsmanship, and the difference between a $400-per-foot finish and an $800 one. On acquisitions this protects you; on sales it prices the things algorithms and out-of-area agents miss.
Kyle competes. A 1992 U.S. Olympic alpine ski racer and a decade-plus board member of the Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation, he brings an athlete's preparation to negotiation — and answers every call himself. At this price point you get the principals, not a team member you've never met.
We live the product. Twenty years in Bend, kids raised in NorthWest Crossing, and the mountain, river, and trail life your buyers are purchasing. When we describe what a property offers, it's firsthand.
For estate owners: know your number early
The best estate sales start long before a listing — quiet preparation, the right timing, and a valuation grounded in evidence rather than flattery. We prepare confidential valuations for owners years ahead of a sale, no obligation, no pressure. If you own in one of the neighborhoods above, that conversation costs you twenty minutes.