Bill Hekman - Your Home, Farm & Land Specialist
Whatever your needs, I would be happy to answer your questions or concerns and help you gain a better understanding of the relevant and important intricacies of real estate.
Give Bill a call at 503-580-8664
Experienced in Real Estate and Real Life!
Bill has extensive hands-on experience and knowledge of farm and acreage properties based on decades of personal farm management practices and living on acreage himself. Valuable knowledge that can benefit buyers and sellers.
Crop and Agricultural Background
Bill's experience with almonds, blueberries, caneberries, gooseberries, currants, kiwi, onion starts and also involvement in the dairy, poultry and hazelnut industries brings a strong understanding of the needs and elements of agricultural property buyers and sellers.
Valuable Enhanced Knowledge
An agricultural degree and farm background brings an extensive understanding of soils and water rights, as well as contacts in the various agricultural industries in Oregon (suppliers, well and irrigation companies, appraisers and surveyors).
Farm and Land Specialist
A familiarity of residential wells and septic systems is yet another asset. Because of his own personal city and county involvement, Bill can assist with advice in dealing with these entities about the various situations that owning property often presents.
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Welcome to Salem, Oregon and the Beautiful Willamette Valley
There is so much to love about the Willamette Valley, actually all of Oregon with it’s variety of landscapes, crops, wildlife and scenic vistas. The valley climate is mild with warm summers and average high temperatures in the mid 70’s to mid 80’s and mild winters with highs in the 40’s to 50’s and lows in the upper 20’s to 30’s, with the occasional snow storm.
Because of the central location, there is quick access to numerous activities such as fishing, hunting, camping, skiing, surfing, wine tasting, microbreweries and numerous fruit stands. Willamette Valley is home to world class Pinot Noir with nearly 700 wineries in the valley and approximately 20 wineries in Salem.
The capital of Oregon, Salem is located at a crossroads of trade and travel on former prairie lands along the Willamette River. The city is the designated seat of Marion county. Salem is a great central location and is approximately a 1 hour drive to the coast, the Oregon Cascades, Portland and Eugene.
Bill Hekman is an Oregon licensed real estate broker and in the past was partner in a retail nursery, farmed almonds and berries and also was involved in remodeling and reselling homes in Oregon as a contractor and investor. These many life experiences have proven to be essential for understanding market values for his clients.
You can be assured that he will appropriately evaluate a residential or acreage property for the highest and best use, while also helping determine the market value of a property for a buyer to assist them in placing an offer.