The calm person in the middle.

Before real estate I spent more than twenty years in commercial banking, specializing in agricultural and rural lending. I evaluated properties, assessed risk, and worked alongside appraisers. I know how a lender reads a file, which is the question at the center of every buyout.

“If one of you would want to know it, both of you hear it.”

A house in a divorce isn’t a harder house. It’s a harder room. Two owners who may not be speaking, two attorneys, sometimes a court order, and a lot riding on one number. What helps most is someone steady who sends both people the same thing at the same time and writes the decisions down. That’s the job I do.

When you both agree, I copy both attorneys on the same written updates: the market analysis, every offer, every deadline. I work inside your written agreement or the court’s orders, and if they don’t cover something, I stop and ask rather than guess. If papers have been served, I won’t take a listing until the written consent or a court order is in place (ORS 107.093).

I grew up in a 4-H family in rural Oregon and I live in Elmira, west of Eugene, in the county I serve. I also hold the Certified Military Relocation Specialist designation, which helps when a divorce comes with a move on orders.

I’m not an attorney or a CPA, and I’ll never pretend to be. When a question is legal or about tax, I’ll show you the source and send you to yours. My main site, with my listings and the rest of my work, is larissamayfieldre.com.

Larissa Mayfield

Larissa Mayfield · Real Broker, LLC · Oregon lic. 201231874