NE is getting hit hard. North Williams Ave in particular. A glass 9-floor condo building is about to break ground. Everywhere IMO improving. The Korean Jade District (SE) will be the next boom area.
Oh shit @EL PRESIDENTE Im a big shake shack fan. But someone i know swears by hollywood burger. Have you been there yet?
All y'all are going to be living in an rv in Klamath Falls after the Bay hipsters have priced you out of the Portland area.
And then us local rednecks would complain about how you Portland hipsters are moving here and pricing us out to Lakeview.
Hey even out here in the woods almost everyday some real estate agent drops a card in my mailbox..so far all my long time neighbors are still around but the prices are going up no matter what around here...we have water and land that's not in a flood zone...I'll never sell
I'm not sure it's a matter of opinion. It's all just economics responding to a tight housing market. A lot of that tight market is due to government policies, but that's another discussion. The fact is, housing prices going up make it economically feasible to buy an old house, tear it down and replace it with a more expensive one or multiple houses. The City can pass more restrictions to protect certain neighborhoods, but that will just create more pressure in other areas.
The only way to stop it from happening is to get the Historical Society involved...find an old boot scraper on the back porch that's been there since the Gold Rush
I was only joking, but I'd rather live in one of the newer really nice winterized rvs than some of the tiny homes I've seen. Assuming I could get power, internet, and water.
No joke, I'd rather live in this thing than most of the shitty rental homes around here, most of which have probably been used for meth production.
That is happening a lot in the rural areas of Pacific NW. There are a lot of retired people selling their city homes and buying an acre or 20, then buying a nice RV to live in. Build a couple of outbuildings for storage and they are living very comfortably. In the winter they drive their home south, or whenever or wherever they want to travel or visit relatives and friends. Their cost of living is much less than in the city, (huge property tax savings vs city property), but they have a nice quit peace of mind home to live in.
You can get some decent forested land outside of town around here for 7k, so it's definitely possible to go that route if you want to. Like I said above, if I could get the utilities plus internet, it sounds better than living in a shitty methed out area around town. When my aunt and uncle were younger they would pack into their huge motor home and travel around the US and Canada for half the year, if you can live that sort of life style it seems like it could be a lot of fun.
Lane County would be an attractive area to retire to for a lot of reasons. Not as popular, but there is a growing number of full time RVers. They live full time traveling in their RV and do not own property anywhere. There is a RV club based in Texas that will help them with tags and licenses from Texas. Texas is a very tax friendly state for retirees. Plus the RV club offers a mail forwarding service for their members. I have known several couples that have done this. But they do not do it forever. Health related issues often restrict how long they can travel. They often end up buying property somewhere to park their RV, then traveling part time.
Internet should not be a problem; there are satellite options available everywhere. The cost of installing new electricity service can be very high, if lines need to be run a long distance. Cost of installing water can be tricky, depending on how deep the well needs to be drilled. It can vary a lot within a short distance. Also, in some areas the water table has dropped so low, I would not want to gamble on drilling a well there. A well may provide just enough water now, but 10 years from now? The area east of Goldendale WA comes to mind. Research what it will cost to install electric and water BEFORE you buy the property. You should be able to get a good quote for the electricity from the provider. Talk to the well drilling companies that do a lot of work in that area. They have a good idea of how deep they will need to drill. But they probably can not give you more than a good guess. I have heard of wells that cost $50,000 to drill. Just be prepared for sticker shock for both. Another option is to look for the type of property you want, but already set up for RV living with water & electric. It could save you a lot of money. Property for sale already set up for RV living are becoming available more frequently now.
