$460 per month – 1 Bedroom- Cypress Gardens Apartment Location: Salem, OR This month’s MOVE-IN SPECIAL: First month’s rent $99! Sign a one year lease, pay the $300 security deposit, and you will receive your first month’s rent for only $99! Cypress Gardens Apartments is a quiet courtyard community on the edge of downtown Salem. It is just minutes to banking, shopping, and restaurants. Units feature dishwashers, garbage disposals, large patios/decks, and ample parking. A large 1 bedroom unit is available now for $460/month. On-site laundry is available. Water, sewer, and garbage services are included in the rent. Vouchers are WELCOME! Pets permitted with some restrictions. Contact Rushing Real Estate’s Property Management Division at 503-588-8500. Contact Information Beth 503-588-8500 Pricing Rent: $460 per month Available Date: Mon May 21, 2012 Deposit: $300.00 Included Utilities: Water, sewer, garbage Property Location 1604 Chemeketa St. NE Salem, OR 97301 View Map Features Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Located on Floor #: 1 Floors in Bldg: 2 Pets Allowed: Cats & Dogs Attributes Rental Unit Amenities Refrigerator Patio Disposal Building Amenities On-site Laundry Courtyard Setting Landscaping Other Amenities Guest Parking Created with vFlyer Marketing Equal Housing Opportunity | VFLYER ID: 158563006

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$695.00 per month – Bentley Place – 3 Bedrooms Location: Keizer, OR SPECIAL RENT OFFER!!! First month rent is 1/2 off with a fully paid deposit and 1 year lease. Experience quiet living in the heart of Keizer at Bentley Place apartments. Just seconds to banking, shopping, and restaurants! Bentley Place rests in a beautifully landscaped courtyard community just off of River Road . -3 Bedrooms are $695 per month On-site laundry is available. Water, garbage and sewer services are included in the rent. Pets are OK with some restrictions. We are located at 5115 River Road N. in Keizer. Vouchers are WELCOME! Contact Rushing Real Estate Property Management Division if you are interested in a showing at 503-588-8500. Contact Information Beth 503-588-8500 Pricing Rent: $695.00 per month Available Date: Thu May 24, 2012 Deposit: 300 Included Utilities: Water, sewer, garbage Property Location 5115 River Rd. N Keizer, OR 97303 View Map Features Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 1 Located on Floor #: 1 Floors in Bldg: 1 Pets Allowed: Cats & Dogs Year Built: 1963 Attributes Rental Unit Amenities Refrigerator Dishwasher Patio Spacious Living Area Building Amenities On-site Laundry Courtyard Landscaping Other Amenities Additional Storage Guest Parking Created with vFlyer Marketing Equal Housing Opportunity | VFLYER ID: 64530014

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$550.00 per month – 2 Bedroom- Cypress Gardens Apartment Location: Salem, OR This month’s MOVE-IN SPECIAL: First month’s rent $99! Sign a one year lease, pay the $300 security deposit, and you will receive your first month’s rent for only $99! Cypress Gardens Apartments is a quiet courtyard community on the edge of downtown Salem. It is just minutes to banking, shopping, and restaurants. Units feature dishwashers, garbage disposals, large patios/decks, and ample parking. A large two bedroom unit is available now for $550/month. On-site laundry is available. Water, sewer, and garbage services are included in the rent. Vouchers are WELCOME! Pets permitted with some restrictions. Contact Rushing Real Estate’s Property Management Division at 503-588-8500. Contact Information Beth 503-588-8500 Pricing Rent: $550.00 per month Available Date: Mon May 21, 2012 Deposit: $300.00 Included Utilities: Water, sewer, garbage Property Location 1604 Chemeketa St. NE Salem, OR 97301 View Map Features Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1 Located on Floor #: 2 Floors in Bldg: 2 Pets Allowed: Cats & Dogs Attributes Rental Unit Amenities Refrigerator Patio Disposal Building Amenities On-site Laundry Courtyard Setting Landscaping Other Amenities Guest Parking Created with vFlyer Marketing Equal Housing Opportunity | VFLYER ID: 128990007

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$475.00 per month – Willamette Terrace Apartments Location: Salem, OR First month’s rent is only $99!!! Security Deposit only $250!!! (upon approval) Willamette Terrance is conveniently located near downtown Salem, Willamette University, the courthouse athletic club, and much more. Willamette Terrace is now under new management and we plan on continuing updating each unit along with other exciting plans. The property features 122 apartment units in a few separate buildings, on-site laundry, on-site management, ample parking, and a seasonal pool. We currently have vacancies at this wonderful apartment building and are offering new tenants a RENTAL SPECIAL. You will receive your first month’s rent for only $99 if you sign a 1-year lease!! 1 bedroom units available: -$475 for a 560 sqft unit -$495 for a 570 sqft unit -$515 for a 620 sqft Deluxe unit (balcony overlooks river) 3 Bedroom, 2 bath unit available soon: -$895 for a 940 sqft unit **Call for availabilities** Water, garbage and sewer services are included in the rent. Pets okay with some restrictions. Vouchers WELCOME! Contact our on-site manager at 503-362-7872 Contact Information Donna 503-362-7872 Pricing Rent: $475.00 per month Available Date: Mon Apr 23, 2012 Deposit: $250 Included Utilities: Water, sewer, garbage Property Location 357 Owens Street S Salem, OR 97302 View Map Features Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Floors in Bldg: 2 Square Footage: 536 Parking Spaces: 1 Pets Allowed: Cats & Dogs Attributes Rental Unit Amenities Refrigerator Dishwasher Patio Laminate Flooring New Vinyl Windows Disposal Range Electric Heating New Countertops Building Amenities On-site Laundry On-site Manager Swimming Pool Other Amenities Guest Parking Created with vFlyer Marketing Equal Housing Opportunity | VFLYER ID: 133463003

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$499.00 per month – Oak Manor Apartments Location: Salem, OR First month’s rent FREE!!! MOVE IN for only $250!!! (upon approval) Looking for the convenience of living near downtown without the actual city traffic? Oak Manor will satisfy your demands and impress you with its many other features as well! This 1 bedroom, 1 bath apartment building sits at an ideal location on Northgate Ave just directly across the street from the Oregon State Police. It is conveniently located just 5 minutes from the 1-5 to make for an easy commute to Portland or even Eugene. Oak Manor has recently undergone numerous upgrades, including updated kitchens with a breakfast bar, fresh exterior and interior paint, new flooring, countertops, and updated cabinetry. The property features 44 apartment units in two adjacent buildings, on-site laundry, ample parking, and a seasonal pool. We currently have vacancies at this wonderful apartment building and are offering new tenants a RENTAL SPECIAL. You will receive your first month’s rent FREE if you sign a 1-year lease!!! Each 1 bedroom/1 bath rents for $499/month with a 1-year lease or $550/month with a month to month contract. Water, garbage and sewer services are included in the rent. Pets okay with some restrictions. Vouchers WELCOME! Contact Rushing Real Estate’s Property Management Division if you are interested in a showing at 503-363-5089. Contact Information Debi 503-363-5089 Pricing Rent: $499.00 per month Available Date: Fri Apr 27, 2012 Deposit: 250 Included Utilities: Water, sewer, garbage Property Location 2310 Northgate Avenue Northeast Salem, OR 97301 View Map Features Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Floors in Bldg: 2 Square Footage: 576 Parking Spaces: 1 Pets Allowed: Cats & Dogs Year Built: 1970 Attributes Rental Unit Amenities Refrigerator Dishwasher Patio Laminate Flooring Range Electric Heating New Countertops Building Amenities On-site Laundry On-site Manager Clubhouse Swimming Pool Exercise Room Other Amenities Guest Parking Created with vFlyer Marketing Equal Housing Opportunity | VFLYER ID: 133449000

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For some of us, it seems almost impossible that January will again be here soon. Before allowing the festivities of the holiday season to mix glee, stuffed calendars and list of must do/must have tasks plus materials; might we each take the lasts small portion of 2011 and think forward to the first days of 2012?

With just a bit of time, we can map out a plan that will leave us less breathless and more full of vigor and strength for the New Year. I refer to, The 2012 Plan, is one of simplicity; one that includes plenty of “me and you” time to connect with each other and with those people and loved ones in our lives who are our lives. A Plan that provides a strolling-type pathway into the next 12 months, a path that isn’t cluttered and littered with past year’s regrets and sticky tears shed over spilled dreams that didn’t make the cut for whatever reason. Or perhaps we’ll finally decide to let go of the lost feelings we harbor for some sparkling opportunities that we missed out on, Choose New Ways To Be Transported Into 2012 releasing finally those prickling memories of the things that got away, turning instead to the amazing opportunities which are still within reach, waiting to happen.

Perhaps this be the year we no longer build customized shelves to store and stack the things that are no longer working brightly in our lives. Many of us pay in large sums of self- contentment as we casually learn to give up tranquility,
healthy movement and stress released actions in our lives. We allow our minds to waddle around in mud-stuck thoughts and processes that use the power & permission we give it to bring us down. Or, in some cases, leave us standing on a street corner, waiting for a bus that never arrives.

Years ago I read a short story from a collection of ideas to help jumpstart us out of the doldrums times in life. It was a story of a woman who stood day-after-day in one spot, on a corner, waiting for a bus. Each day she would arrive, stand there with her bags and belongings, watching down the road for the bus that would take her where she wanted to go. And each day, the bus never came. However, in retracing the months and years that made up her encampment on that corner, it was noted that she had an abundant array of vehicles and other devices that could have easily transported her to wherever she wanted/needed to go. There were thousands of taxis that arrived; tandem bicycles offering a ride; scooters, skateboards, inline skates, carpools, a rickshaw, a donkey, a helicopter, a wheelchair, a sofa on wheels, a forklift, someone offering a pogo stick, and even a circus parade led by an elephant with a passenger basket on its back!

Each resource that passed the woman on the corner would call out “Come, go with us. Let us take you where you want to be!” All were offering to help her get to her destination. She told each one, “I’ll just wait for the bus; it’s how I always travel.” When asked by a passer-by why the woman stood there day after day, refusing all other offers, preferring instead to wait for the proverbial “bus that never arrived”, she simply said “It’s my routine; it’s what I am used to; it’s what I’ve come to
expect in my life.”

We at Rushing Real Estate, as we recall the many opportunities we had privilege in being part of, and a few other projects that baffled or alluded us, we are carefully taking stock and making plans for a fabulous new year. We’ll not be found waiting for a bus that never arrives! We are making/taking the time to reflect on the wonderful happenings we’ve witnessed this past year and looking forward to all the plans we have for 2012.

A year of simple, hard work, with projects threaded together in communication, dedication, truth, powerful self-inspiration
and a great sense of respect for our Team, our clients, our families and friends and our communities. Wishing each of you a
wonderful holiday season with plenty of momentum into the new year.

Bo Rushing in collaboration with Linda Harris
written for the Salem Business Journal

Bo Rushing, CCIM, owner and principal broker of Rushing Real Estate, Inc. (503) 588-8500, bo@rushinggroup.com, www.rushinggroup.com

Linda Harris, freelance writer and managing partner in the Employee and Process Development firm of Harris &
Associates, (503) 951-0886, lharris@monitorcoop.com