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Hello, My oldest son has relocated after college to Seattle where my youngest son is a senior at University of Washington. We are planning to relocate to the PNW and are looking to buy a place in WA or OR as long as it's within 300 miles of Seattle.
We're looking for a wooded secluded place on a river, lake, or the ocean. Small town nearby would be great. Our price max is $500,000.
I appreciate any leads or information about an available home, desirable communities, or places we should avoid. Thanks, Kevin
 
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I’ve bought and sold a couple of homes in the pnw using the Maxey team. That would be a good place to start as they have access to all available and upcoming properties and work really hard to find the home you want. Shawn is who we’ve worked with and he has a great team. Best of luck to you
https://www.themaxeyhometeam.com/
 
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Welcome to the PNW. This part of the country is beautiful and you'll like it here.

Housing near Seattle is NUTS right now (and so is Portland). There are too many good areas to list to be honest. One of my buddies moved up to Bellingham, WA from PDX and he's super happy. 1.5h from Seattle and really really beautiful area.
 
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I will say this, Salem, Oregon where we live is still somewhat affordable. 500k would buy you a very, very nice place here. If you live in West Salem like we do, you’re close enough to the city, but right on the edge of the country and rural.

Also only an hour drive away from the beautiful Oregon Coast.
 
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Chris said:
I will say this, Salem, Oregon where we live is still somewhat affordable. 500k would buy you a very, very nice place here. If you live in West Salem like we do, you’re close enough to the city, but right on the edge of the country and rural.

Also only an hour drive away from the beautiful Oregon Coast.
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But....like he asked, what does it cost to be lake/water front? There was a time not too long ago I could get lakefront in VT now nothing worthwhile is less than 700K I would love to be PNW, my first job out of college (OK 30 years ago) they flew us to Redmond Wa and it was super nice!
 
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I like Bellingham, and no state income tax in Washington is nice.

I really like the Willamette Valley in Oregon, and Corvallis has been great for us. I like living in a college town.
 
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But....like he asked, what does it cost to be lake/water front? There was a time not too long ago I could get lakefront in VT now nothing worthwhile is less than 700K I would love to be PNW, my first job out of college (OK 30 years ago) they flew us to Redmond Wa and it was super nice!
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You can get a house on the Oregon Coast for 500k for sure. Problem is, no one wants to live on the Oregon Coast, they only want to visit.

I don't think you'll find a nice house on a lake for 500k. I could very well be wrong, but Oregon is going up in price like crazy, and that's all over the state.
 
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You can get a house on the Oregon Coast for 500k for sure. Problem is, no one wants to live on the Oregon Coast, they only want to visit.

I don't think you'll find a nice house on a lake for 500k. I could very well be wrong, but Oregon is going up in price like crazy, and that's all over the state.
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OK, I will bite...why does no one want to be on the coast? on the east coast, even though the hurricanes are getting worse and wiping out the houses they still go for millions! I used to say I wanted beach front when I retire but after the storm increases a lakefront in NC or TN is looking way better.
 
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OK, I will bite...why does no one want to be on the coast? on the east coast, even though the hurricanes are getting worse and wiping out the houses they still go for millions! I used to say I wanted beach front when I retire but after the storm increases a lakefront in NC or TN is looking way better.
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Like @zebra12 said, the weather is crappy. It's fine during the Summer, but during the Winter it's miserable and soggy. It rains a lot here inland in the Willamette Valley where @zebra12 and I am, but it's nowhere near as bad as the coast in terms of weather.

It's nothing like the California coast in terms of weather, let's put it that way!

In addition to that, the winds are insane, and the towns are next to nothing. Seriously, all the towns up and down the Oregon Coast are overpriced, and small. If you live in one of the smaller towns, you're going to end up driving a ways to a grocery store, and the highway that runs though some of the bigger towns such as Lincoln City are horribly slow and always backed up with tourists.

My aunt recently sold her house in Pacific City, Oregon in one of the most desirable coastal towns. It took her well over a year to sell it, and that was even with it priced very competitively. Her realtor was telling her (and she told us this) that it's just very hard to sell homes on the Oregon Coast. It's not like California where people would be snatching up those homes along the coast left-and-right.

About the only time you really want to visit the Oregon Coast is in the Summer. Other than that, it's not very pleasant.
 
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A realtor will know more than any of us though, I'll say that much. Still, I wouldn't listen to any realtor that recommends a permanent residence on the Oregon Coast, haha. There's a reason so many of those homes are vacation rentals.
 
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A little outside your range, but I like central Oregon. Bend is crazy expensive, but there may be options in surrounding areas like Prineville.
 
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Bend is the jewel of central Oregon and the jewel of Oregon if you ask me. I lived in the Portland area for 30 years and Bend for 16. If you like all four seasons without extremes, and are into outdoor activities that range from winter sports to climbing mountains, rock climbing, fishing, off roading you name it, it’s here. You will want to bring some money to live here. The cost of living is high but if you bring some marketable skills with you then you can afford to live here. There is a lot of California money here driving up the cost of housing. I sold real estate here for 5 years so I know the market pretty well. For me and my wife there is no other place for us to live and we have seen most of the US.
You can get up in the morning and eat breakfast in the mountains, and have lunch on the beach if you want to. I can drive less than 5 miles and shoot my black scary rifles and no one even notices. I could go on and on but it’s a pretty special place. Don’t move here!!![emoji6]


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