Jared Ritz Real Estate

Jared Ritz Real Estate Jared is a Licensed Real Estate Agent with United Country NW, serving Southwestern Washington and beyond

Jared brings to his clients a unique background of experience. Growing up in central Canada, Jared has an extensive work history in food and beverage operations stemming from his work as a private chef in international positions and high net worth property management. Growing up, Jared was surrounded by the construction industry spending nights and weekends in his father's architectural firm helpi

ng to manage design-build renovation projects on Century homes in the Great Lakes region. Jared has immersed himself in South West Washington business and real estate focusing on the entire buying and selling process. Jared currently owns two other home service businesses that benefit the buy/sell experience and manages commercial real estate in Canada. Jared has experienced many cultures traveling to over 30 countries throughout South America, Europe, and Asia which has taught him problem-solving skills, negotiations, and outside of the box thinking. Having a network of strategic partners in the real estate industry, Jared focuses on lifestyle properties, small farms, and acreage parcels. Jared believes in extreme candor and information accuracy paired with a boots-on-the-ground approach to meet his client's needs. In his off time, Jared mentors young entrepreneurs, works on his country property in Clark County WA, and thrives to embrace the American Dream that drew his family south of the border.

Here's the one thing to know if you're selling a 5 to 10 acre home: this is a patient market. The typical place takes ov...
06/05/2026

Here's the one thing to know if you're selling a 5 to 10 acre home: this is a patient market.

The typical place takes over five weeks to sell, and there's a lot of land out there for buyers to choose from.

So the price you set on day one decides almost everything. Price it where homes actually sell, and buyers come. Price it high to "test the market," and it sits while the realistic listings sell around it.

Thinking about your number? Let's talk.

See 5–10 acre Clark County listings: https://looksee.it/oeZoh

— Jared Ritz, Country Broker

Straight talk for owners of a 5-acre place where the horses were more lifestyle than operation.See the whole report: htt...
06/05/2026

Straight talk for owners of a 5-acre place where the horses were more lifestyle than operation.

See the whole report: https://looksee.it/7c3Wd

The casual end of the market — acreage with light improvements, horses mentioned but not built for — is sitting at its softest reading in three years right now, around $104,000 an acre.
It has not trended up.

If your plan is to wait for that number to rise before you list, the data doesn't back the wait.

A turnkey equestrian facility on 17 gated acres doesn't come along often around Woodland.More Info Here: https://looksee...
06/04/2026

A turnkey equestrian facility on 17 gated acres doesn't come along often around Woodland.

More Info Here: https://looksee.it/1VFjT

This is the kind of place a horse person walks onto and exhales.

A 27-stall barn. An 86x168 covered arena for year-round riding and a 140x260 outdoor arena when the weather turns.

Twenty-seven turnouts, a round pen, flat south-facing pastures, two wells, and a full safety-fence perimeter.

There's an updated 4-bed home with an in-ground pool and territorial views, plus an insulated shop. More than 23,000 square feet of built infrastructure, all of it ready to use.

Six minutes to I-5, twenty-five to PDX — remarkably close in for something this private.
Grounded, capable, and genuinely hard to replicate.

Here's the most common mistake I see on 2–5 acre homes:A seller looks at what's listed down the road, sees a big number,...
06/04/2026

Here's the most common mistake I see on 2–5 acre homes:

A seller looks at what's listed down the road, sees a big number, and prices to match.

The problem is that the active listings are full of homes that have been sitting for months at prices buyers already passed on. They're not proof of value. They're a warning.

Over the last two years, homes priced to where the market is actually closing sold in about three weeks, at an average of about 96 percent of asking. The ones reaching for the top just sat.

Price to the closing market, not the wish list. That's the whole game out here.

See all 2-5 Acre Clark County Listings: https://looksee.it/3bxyl

— Jared Ritz, Country Broker

Seven to one.That's the nitrogen-to-phosphorus ratio in water that gives algae the green light. Below it, algae arenutri...
06/04/2026

Seven to one.

That's the nitrogen-to-phosphorus ratio in water that gives algae the green light. Below it, algae are
nutrient-limited. Above it, blooms take off.

Most of the nutrient runoff that pushes a creek or a pond past that line doesn't come from one source.
It comes from a lot of small acreage adding up.

— via WSU Extension’s Living on the Land program

On 5 to 10 acres in Clark County, prices moved up this past year. The average home sold for about $1,047,000, up from ab...
06/03/2026

On 5 to 10 acres in Clark County, prices moved up this past year. The average home sold for about $1,047,000, up from about $969,000 the year before — roughly 8% higher.

That's the whole point: if you've owned your acreage a few years, there's a real chance it's worth more than you'd guess.

Curious what yours would bring today? Send me a message.

See 5–10 acre Clark County listings: https://looksee.it/oeZoh

— Jared Ritz, Country Broker

Here's the trend most people miss.See the whole report: https://looksee.it/7c3WdSerious equestrian properties — the ones...
06/03/2026

Here's the trend most people miss.

See the whole report: https://looksee.it/7c3Wd

Serious equestrian properties — the ones with a real build-out: arena, stalls, tack, pasture — have climbed from about $87,000 an acre in late 2023 to roughly $200,000 an acre in early 2026.

That's the strongest, cleanest upward line in the whole horse-property segment.

The infrastructure isn't just nice to have anymore. The market is paying for it.

06/03/2026

This one checks the boxes.

Full details here: https://looksee.it/1VFjT

17 gated acres.
27-stall turnkey equestrian facility.
Covered arena. Massive outdoor arena.
Round pen.
Hot wash rack.
Flat usable pastures.
Pool. Views.
Minutes to I-5 and only 25 mins to PDX.

Built for serious horse people with year-round functionality, endless infrastructure, and a setup that’s nearly impossible to recreate today.

From the 23,000+ sq ft barn and 27 mud-managed turnouts to the updated home with dual primary suites and an in-ground pool — every inch of this property was designed to work hard and live well.

Woodland, WA

Right now on 2 to 5 acres listed in Clark County., the average asking price is about $1,220,000.But look at what's actua...
06/02/2026

Right now on 2 to 5 acres listed in Clark County., the average asking price is about $1,220,000.

But look at what's actually selling. The homes going under contract right now are averaging about $850,000. And sales over the past year have closed at an average near $900,000.

That gap is no rounding error. It's the difference between the homes that sell and the homes that sit.

If you're thinking about selling acreage this year, the price your neighbor is asking is not the number that matters. The number that matters is what's actually closing.

Happy to walk you through where your place really lands. — Jared Ritz

See all 2-5 Acre Clark County Listings: https://looksee.it/3bxyl

Your soil test came back. You opened it once. You haven't looked at it since.Most landowners stop at the recommendations...
06/02/2026

Your soil test came back. You opened it once. You haven't looked at it since.

Most landowners stop at the recommendations at the bottom of the page.

That's not where the value is.

Start at the top.

Organic matter — anything below 3% on a Pacific Northwest pasture is telling you the soil is running on fumes.

P (phosphorus) and K (potassium) come next; both are reported in parts per million, and the lab will flag whether you're low, adequate, or high.

Then pH — the master variable.
Most forage grasses want 6.0 to 6.8. If you're below 5.8, every dollar you spend on fertilizer is working
at half efficiency because the nutrients are locked up where the plants can't reach them.

Look at Ca, Mg, and Na too — those tell you whether the soil structure itself is holding together.

Read the whole test, in that order, every time. The recommendations will make sense after — not
before.

— via WSU Extension’s Living on the Land program

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