Bernie Woodard and Richard C. Weber appear to operate under, and in conjunction with, numerous entities so the above list should not be considered all inclusive. They may also operate in states other than Oregon and Washington.
As a result of our disaster with these folks (see details below), we went online to researched them. What we found was nothing short of astounding. They appear to be serial schemers and scammers, leaving devastation and tragedy in their wake. Below are Ripoff Reports from previous victims.
Prior Ripoff Reports regarding these scammers: http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Magic-Numbers-Estimating-Bernard-Woodard-Bernie-Woodard-CB-General-Contracting-Harris-Contracti/Cottage-Grove-Oregon-97424/Bernie-Woodard-CB-General-Contracting-Mnemagiccom-Magic-Numbers-Estimating-Harris-Co-186889
and here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Magic-Numbers-Estimating-Bernard-Woodard-Bernie-Woodard-CB-General-Contracting-Harris-Contracti/Cottage-Grove-Oregon-97424/Bernie-Woodard-CB-General-Contracting-Mnemagiccom-Magic-Numbers-Estimating-Harris-Co-186889.
Note that Bernie Woodard admits to being a convicted felon; but ‘only once’, so, according to Woodard, it’s ‘not so bad’ as others want to make it sound. The truth be told, it’s probably much worse than we know or can imagine.
Despite Woodard’s additional admission that ‘there was only one incident’ with the State of Oregon’s Bureau of Labor & Industries (‘BLI’), if you review the document he refers to, the BLI states that there were prior similar incidents which caused Woodard and Weber’s companies to be placed on the ‘ineligible’ list for government contracts for a three year period.
Our situation: We own and have for sale a property on which Woodard & Weber, on behalf of their entities (‘Buyers’), submitted an offer to purchase in November 2013 with escrow scheduled to close January 31, 2014.
They ended up defaulting by failing to submit their earnest money deposit. They and their broker also failed to communicate.
Later, Buyers requested additional time, stating a mix up at their businesses caused the delay in their receiving necessary funding to make the earnest money deposit. We reluctantly agreed, as we were now suspicious of their motives and abilities.
Buyers again failed to deposit the earnest money funds and again requested an extension to submit the funds and also an extension of the escrow closing date. We agreed to the extension only if Buyers actually deposited the earnest money funds and those non-refundable funds were immediately released to us. Under threat of a suit against them, their entities and their agent Windermere, they agreed and deposited the earnest money. Escrow closing date was rescheduled for March 14, 2014.
There remained several crucial issues for Buyer to resolve and Buyers’ agent assured us they were working on these matters and that the escrow was progressing as agreed.
A week prior to the extended closing date of March 14, 2014, we became concerned and urged Buyer’s to provide documentation necessary for closing which needed to be reviewed by the title company so escrow could close as scheduled.
March 14, 2014 came and went with a last minute request by Buyers for further extension of the escrow.
As Buyers had already defaulted numerous times and communication was lacking, we included several new conditions that Buyers would need to meet in order for us to continue to work them.
Buyers then alleged they were not aware of critical information included in the transaction, and reiterating their latest request for extension or in the alternative to cancel the escrow and for us to refund their earnest money deposit.
We stated to Buyers through their agent that they were fully informed of all issues and our new conditions would need to be met if they wanted to continue with the escrow. We heard nothing further from Buyers and as a result, Buyers forfeited their earnest money deposit
The sale of our property had been delayed for six months, as it was off the market during that time, preventing other potential buyers from making an offer to purchase.
We may never know for sure, but it appears Buyer’s wanted to gain possession of the property so subcontractors could begin working on the projected $1.2 million renovation, collect available grant funding, keep the money and not pay the subcontractors. If they skipped town with the subcontractors money, we would have had to foreclose and payoff the liens, as we had agreed to carry a note for Buyers for three years. This appears to be part of a well-established pattern that led to Woodard’s original felony conviction.
We consider ourselves fortunate not to have fared worse and urge everyone to approach these individuals and their numerous entities with extreme caution.
These scammers have a big piece of work going on in Roseburg, Oregon. Their base of operations seems to be Cottage Grove, Oregon. They are currently being sued in Lane County for breach of contract. When will these people be put away???
In short response to all the bad comments made above about myself (Bernard Woodard) and Richard Weber the truth is that Karl Deiter Benz stole $10,000 from escrow whereby he was not really on title to the Skykomish Hotel and neither was his corporation he was trying to get people to purchase the hotel from. Once we figured out what he was doing it was too late as the escrow company had released the funds to him at our approval because he said he needed the money. The fact is the city of Skykomish would not provide a payoff amount on what they were old for ongoing fines and assessments against the property that Dieter had not been forthcoming with. Anyone that wants to get the truth about Karl and it seem Cate you can read their information and continually postings on http://www.skykomishhotel.com/ ,,,up to this date never did they blame Richard or myself for their situation except in just slandering/libeling our names on these type of websites, Anyone wanting the truth can call Skykomish Mayor Tony Grider which we gladly provided pictures to of the abandoned, neglected and mold infested hotel due to the lack of care of Dieter Benz or one of his named companies...also you can call the city of Skykomish attorney Mr. Carson to find out the real story here. For Dieter or Cate to say the things above about Richard Weber and myself after they got away with $10,000 for something they did not even own is incredible, but such is life. Now they have no historic hotel to lure new money in with and there are new owners (wink wink wink wink wink @karma got them quickly on this) getting things done.
Bernard (Bernie) Woodard Reviews
Bernie Woodard and Richard C. Weber appear to operate under, and in conjunction with, numerous entities so the above list should not be considered all inclusive. They may also operate in states other than Oregon and Washington.
As a result of our disaster with these folks (see details below), we went online to researched them. What we found was nothing short of astounding. They appear to be serial schemers and scammers, leaving devastation and tragedy in their wake. Below are Ripoff Reports from previous victims.
Prior Ripoff Reports regarding these scammers: http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Magic-Numbers-Estimating-Bernard-Woodard-Bernie-Woodard-CB-General-Contracting-Harris-Contracti/Cottage-Grove-Oregon-97424/Bernie-Woodard-CB-General-Contracting-Mnemagiccom-Magic-Numbers-Estimating-Harris-Co-186889
and here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Magic-Numbers-Estimating-Bernard-Woodard-Bernie-Woodard-CB-General-Contracting-Harris-Contracti/Cottage-Grove-Oregon-97424/Bernie-Woodard-CB-General-Contracting-Mnemagiccom-Magic-Numbers-Estimating-Harris-Co-186889.
Note that Bernie Woodard admits to being a convicted felon; but ‘only once’, so, according to Woodard, it’s ‘not so bad’ as others want to make it sound. The truth be told, it’s probably much worse than we know or can imagine.
Despite Woodard’s additional admission that ‘there was only one incident’ with the State of Oregon’s Bureau of Labor & Industries (‘BLI’), if you review the document he refers to, the BLI states that there were prior similar incidents which caused Woodard and Weber’s companies to be placed on the ‘ineligible’ list for government contracts for a three year period.
Our situation: We own and have for sale a property on which Woodard & Weber, on behalf of their entities (‘Buyers’), submitted an offer to purchase in November 2013 with escrow scheduled to close January 31, 2014.
They ended up defaulting by failing to submit their earnest money deposit. They and their broker also failed to communicate.
Later, Buyers requested additional time, stating a mix up at their businesses caused the delay in their receiving necessary funding to make the earnest money deposit. We reluctantly agreed, as we were now suspicious of their motives and abilities.
Buyers again failed to deposit the earnest money funds and again requested an extension to submit the funds and also an extension of the escrow closing date. We agreed to the extension only if Buyers actually deposited the earnest money funds and those non-refundable funds were immediately released to us. Under threat of a suit against them, their entities and their agent Windermere, they agreed and deposited the earnest money. Escrow closing date was rescheduled for March 14, 2014.
There remained several crucial issues for Buyer to resolve and Buyers’ agent assured us they were working on these matters and that the escrow was progressing as agreed.
A week prior to the extended closing date of March 14, 2014, we became concerned and urged Buyer’s to provide documentation necessary for closing which needed to be reviewed by the title company so escrow could close as scheduled.
March 14, 2014 came and went with a last minute request by Buyers for further extension of the escrow.
As Buyers had already defaulted numerous times and communication was lacking, we included several new conditions that Buyers would need to meet in order for us to continue to work them.
Buyers then alleged they were not aware of critical information included in the transaction, and reiterating their latest request for extension or in the alternative to cancel the escrow and for us to refund their earnest money deposit.
We stated to Buyers through their agent that they were fully informed of all issues and our new conditions would need to be met if they wanted to continue with the escrow. We heard nothing further from Buyers and as a result, Buyers forfeited their earnest money deposit
The sale of our property had been delayed for six months, as it was off the market during that time, preventing other potential buyers from making an offer to purchase.
We may never know for sure, but it appears Buyer’s wanted to gain possession of the property so subcontractors could begin working on the projected $1.2 million renovation, collect available grant funding, keep the money and not pay the subcontractors. If they skipped town with the subcontractors money, we would have had to foreclose and payoff the liens, as we had agreed to carry a note for Buyers for three years. This appears to be part of a well-established pattern that led to Woodard’s original felony conviction.
We consider ourselves fortunate not to have fared worse and urge everyone to approach these individuals and their numerous entities with extreme caution.
Same going on in Roseburg, OREGON
These scammers have a big piece of work going on in Roseburg, Oregon. Their base of operations seems to be Cottage Grove, Oregon. They are currently being sued in Lane County for breach of contract. When will these people be put away???
The Truth about Karl Dieter Benz and Cate Riley
In short response to all the bad comments made above about myself (Bernard Woodard) and Richard Weber the truth is that Karl Deiter Benz stole $10,000 from escrow whereby he was not really on title to the Skykomish Hotel and neither was his corporation he was trying to get people to purchase the hotel from. Once we figured out what he was doing it was too late as the escrow company had released the funds to him at our approval because he said he needed the money. The fact is the city of Skykomish would not provide a payoff amount on what they were old for ongoing fines and assessments against the property that Dieter had not been forthcoming with. Anyone that wants to get the truth about Karl and it seem Cate you can read their information and continually postings on http://www.skykomishhotel.com/ ,,,up to this date never did they blame Richard or myself for their situation except in just slandering/libeling our names on these type of websites, Anyone wanting the truth can call Skykomish Mayor Tony Grider which we gladly provided pictures to of the abandoned, neglected and mold infested hotel due to the lack of care of Dieter Benz or one of his named companies...also you can call the city of Skykomish attorney Mr. Carson to find out the real story here. For Dieter or Cate to say the things above about Richard Weber and myself after they got away with $10,000 for something they did not even own is incredible, but such is life. Now they have no historic hotel to lure new money in with and there are new owners (wink wink wink wink wink @karma got them quickly on this) getting things done.