Don Loyd has been active in Central Oregon Real Estate for more than 35 years as a Real Estate Agent/Broker, Investor, Developer, General Contractor, and Corporate Marketing Vice President.

A gifted communicator, Don's resume includes teaching under-graduate and post-graduate course work. He serves as President of the Oregon Association of Professional Real Estate Investors, Executive Director of Northwest Real Estate Institute and teaches seminars on Real Estate Investing and Oregon Contracting Law.

He's a prolific writer whose newsletter is read internationally. Some of his written works include, Creating Wealth for Women, My New Reality Journal, Marketing and Selling Your Home - A Practical Guide for FSBOs, Earn Amazing Money - Think Your Way to Riches, Oregon Developer's License Manual, 90 Day Quick Start Real Estate Investment Manual, and Manual for Financial Freedom.

Don owns and operates Aspen Tree Homes, LLC (www.AspenTreeHomes.com), a general contracting and development company that completes in excess of 100 homes per year and Certified Brokers, LLC (www.CertifiedBrokers.net), a real estate marketing company. He also owns the highly successful DEL Design and Drafting (www.DELDesign.net), an architectural design service.

Don believes in giving back to the community. Over the last 35 plus years he has served in various roles for, and generously gives to, local non-profit organizations and churches. He is involved in his community and is listed in the ninth addition of Who's Who in American Politics. Believing change needed to take place at the state level, he made a run for the Oregon State Senate in 2004 and served as Vice President on the Board of Directors of High Desert Christian College.

He is also donates much of his time as an investment mentor and group leader of Central Oregon Real Estate Investment Club, helping new real estate investors learn how to create wealth, enjoy positive cash flow and eliminate bad debt. Meeting weekly, the group learns the nuts and bolts of sound, safe real estate investing and receives encouragement in their investment career.

Don is an innovative real estate marketing professional. One of his students summed him up this way: "As a mentor Don is creative and never runs out of ways to do things. He is full of ideas."