Owner and Principal Broker, Diana Allmer, brings a wealth
of business experience and expertise to the Company and to our Clients.
Originally licensed for 12 years in the state of California in the
1970's and 1980's, she left the business for a number of years while her
children were growing up so that she would have weekends and evenings at
home. Her attention turned to an early interest, computers and data
processing, returning to school to become certified as a Programmer and
Systems Analyst. After moving to Oregon in 1984, her unique combination
of real estate knowledge and computer ability provided her with the
perfect background to design a computer-based system for management of
bank Real Estate Owned (foreclosed real estate) for a large regional
bank. That accomplishment in turn led to a rewarding 14-year career with
the bank, much of that time spent as Vice President and Operations
Manager of that bank's foreclosure and collections/recovery group.
After raising her family in Gresham and leaving the bank, Diana
returned to real estate, to Real Estate Headquarters Co., a company
whose outstanding reputation for honesty and ethics were a good match
for the high standards she had maintained throughout her own career.
Upon that return to real estate, the tables turned as it soon became
evident that, along with investing heavily in education, the computer
and database experience were now going to be a key to success in
building a solid real estate career as the real estate had been key to
the successful systems-related career in banking. Real estate is a
different business than it was even 5 years ago, let alone in the 1970's
- consumers are much more knowledgeable, they expect more, and they want
information and education at their fingertips. And the same is true of
sellers - they expect wide-ranged exposure for their listings, including
a good promotional page for their listing on the web as well as
submission and coverage of their home on other websites and search
engines - the more exposure the better. For this reason, Diana
immediately invested in her own website, www.OregonHomesCentral.com, and
began to build her business through the website and through referrals.
Diana says, "As owner of Real Estate Headquarters Co. since July
of 2002, I am working not only to maintain the high standards set by my
predecessor, Donna Burlingame, but also to become a more
technology-driven company. We are working to provide an outstanding
company website that will serve our clients and prospects in several
ways, including valuable information about our company and agents,
effective and efficient property searches, and through a multitude of
hot links to informational websites that we feel will be interesting and
useful to those who visit our website. We are always open to your
suggestions for additions/changes that will make our website more
user-friendly - your feedback is important!
Our company motto is "We Strive For Excellence" and that is
what I strive for with my own dealings with Clients, with our agents, as
well as with other brokers and agents and the community as a whole. Come
and visit us!"
