Perhaps you’ve met them? Jodi and Brandon Kearney? Perhaps you’ve worked with them, buying and selling homes? As a husband and wife real estate power couple, how much about their story do you really know?

Jodi Kearney was born and raised in Polson, located on Flathead Lake in NW Montana. She spent the Montana summers boating and spotting beautiful properties on the water. Jodi was an avid basketball player and was fortunate enough to earn a four-year college scholarship. She spent two years in Coeur ‘d Alene, Idaho playing for North Idaho College and another two years in Helena, Montana playing for Carroll College.  She competed on the golf team as well her senior year and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in business.

After college in 2002, Jodi sought warm weather and decided to move to San Diego. She worked at Torrey Pines Golf Course by day and as a server downtown at night. Her position at the golf course opened the networking door for her into sales, selling switch blade divot tools called Divix. She traveled throughout Southern California selling these products to golf courses and retail shops. She found that she was great at selling – totaling over 400 accounts but didn’t enjoy the continuous travel required by the job.

Meanwhile, while Jodi was exploring Montana mountains, Brandon Kearney was growing up in San Diego, California. He was born into a real estate family, both of his parents being in the industry since 1972. He spent his after-school time being dragged to seemingly endless open houses and listing appointments. When it wasn’t “take your kid to work day,” Brandon too enjoyed sports. He grew playing them all: baseball, soccer, basketball, and golf. He played basketball and golf in high school and graduated from San Diego State University in 2002 with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. In college, he was a scholarship athlete and captain of the top ten nationally-ranked golf team. He turned professional and continued playing golf in the United Kingdom on the EuroPro Tour until a major chest injury prevented him from playing for over a year.

When Brandon wasn’t traveling for his golf playing or attending tournaments, he supplemented his income by buying and selling fixer-upper homes.

When Jodi and Brandon first met, they did so at a night club in Las Vegas on Labor Day weekend in 2004. They learned quickly that they had only lived nine blocks away from one another while in San Diego yet had never crossed one another’s path.

After a year, Brandon’s injury was fully healed. The couple moved to Bend, Oregon in 2006. Brandon resumed his professional golf career where he earned full status on the 2008 Canadian Tour. He played in many state opens & section events for the Pacific Northwest PGA. Most significantly, he qualified for the Utah Championship on the Web.com Tour, won the 2012 PGA Northwest Open, and was awarded 2013 Assistant Player of the Year for the Pacific Northwest PGA.



That was the same year the couple’s daughter Stella was welcomed into the world. At the time, Brandon was pushing for a PGA Tour card. After a year of travelling and golfing – finding himself away from his family – they decided to reevaluate their goals as a family. Brandon would get his real estate license and they would approach their careers as a husband and wife team. Brandon received his license in 2013. In 2016, they welcomed their second child, their son, Saxon, into the world.

The move from sunny, warm California to February-frozen Bend, Oregon in 2006 had been a shock for Brandon, but they soon embraced the community. They sought and joined the Bend Golf & Country Club and made connections in their immediate neighborhood. Jodi loved the mountain air and fresh climate. She waited tables during her first two years in Bend while she earned her broker’s license and built her real estate business. The market was in a downturn. It wasn’t easy. But she knew that if she could make it in a down market then she could make it in any market. And that’s what she and her husband did. Together, they rank in the top 5% for volume of all brokers in Central Oregon. They’ve built their business on the founding principles: build relationships, provide excellent service, and working by referrals.