Hi! My name is Donna Cooper. First, I’d like to thank you for visiting our website. We think it’s important for you to know a little about us before you start doing business with us. So I’m going to tell you a little bit about myself.
I was born in Panorama City, California but was raised right here in Bonanza, Oregon since I was 2 years old. So I consider myself born & raised here. I attended the local K – 12 school here in Bonanza, am married and settled down here with my husband and our six children, all of whom have attended the very same school I did. Some of them even have the same teachers!
I’ve been with Summit Real Estate Since June of 2004 when I started working for Bob Bacon as his personal assistant. Before that I worked at a local retailer for 13 years doing numerous tasks from cashiering, customer service to file maintenance and payroll. I quit my job there to be a stay at home mom with our youngest. During that time, I volunteered at the local church preschool & was the “soccer mom” coach. When the littlest was ready for school, I was ready to head back into the work force. That’s when I met Bob Bacon.
After working for Bob for close to a year, I studied and passed my real estate exam so I could be more effective in the office for him. I was very adamant with Bob that I had no intentions of ever becoming a full time broker and that I only got licensed to help him, because honestly, that was the plan. He just kind of smiled at me and said “yeah whatever”. As time went on though, I got my feet wet a little selling a few land lots here and there. Before I knew it, I had a few residential listings & several land listings & realized this wasn’t so bad. I still haven’t admitted it to Bob yet, but he was right. He knew once I really got a taste of it, I’d enjoy it.
Working with the public is not foreign to me, but doing it in this capacity was totally different and new. In this business, it isn’t working with someone for a few minutes and sending them on their way. You are in it with that person for the long haul, from start to finish and during that time, you get to know each other very well, so it’s more of a relationship than a business transaction.
It’s a challenge definitely, but really more than that, it’s an honor when someone chooses you as an agent, especially with the wide range of choices available. That’s why I take my job so seriously. It’s not about gimmicks or witty slogans. It’s about being there when you say you will be, returning calls & keeping in touch. It’s about having foresight to see potential risks and problems and taking measures to prevent them as well as being upfront and honest with your clients at the risk of losing that client. It’s about putting forth the same effort to sell a $4,000 lot that you would to sell a $4,000,000 mansion. It’s all about honesty and integrity. Something that’s not often associated with being a broker and it’s something that I stake my reputation on and put my heart into.
I am very thankful and never forget who makes me successful. That’s why, when you buy or sell with me in and around the Klamath County area, you know that you have an agent who knows this area very well & who has your best interest at heart, not mine. I’ll only be satisfied when you are satisfied.
I hope to hear from you. Thank you for taking the time to get to know a little about me, now let me know a little about you!!
Donna~