Selling property on southern Oregon coast.

[Gregorian]

I have my place up for sale.

http://204.200.222.85/listman/listings//l0602.html (My personal website.)

http://www.bandon-real-estate.com/mls.html?details=yes&mlsnumber=125-2351 (Realtor's website)

[MuseRider]

1. Beautiful property!

Lovely. A little steep for me but I am signing the final papers to get started on my new house on my farm this week so it is also a little late. I would have considered a move to Oregon for a place like this but couldn't have afforded it anyway. Good luck, it ought to sell quickly as beautiful as it is.

[Gregorian]

3. It's stunning.

And it has almost everything I love. Weather, biking, elk, creeks, level land.

I'd love to know where your farm is. I'm totally absorbed with real estate. I love land and beauty, and privacy. But it has it's dangers. I've learned by being very lucky.

I wish you the very best.

[MuseRider]

5. It is just a little

place south of Topeka, Kansas. 53 acres. Big 4 acre pond with 2 other ponds that stay and 2 that dry out when the weather is dry. I am encouraging trees, I have several wooded areas but I do need to keep all the pasture I can to feed the horses. It is nothing like your place, still too close to town to have all the wildlife you have and too close to farmers who still have the mindset to kill anything that moves that they do not own. Still, with several very environmentally concerned neighbors we are making progress as long as we can keep the city, who wants to annex the entire county, at bay.

Are you looking for more property to buy or do you already have some? I am all for people buying big places and keeping them that way. There are way too many 3 acre places with 4,000 square foot fake tudor houses that are being left abandoned to sell and resell because the allure of the country gets lost when people find out what it takes to keep it that way.

[Gregorian]

6. I know.

I used to have 178 acres in Mendocino. It was my own mountaintop. It only had several acres of level land, which is saying a lot for that area. But it was an experience in geography. I was there for no more than a few days before I realized that I was a few hundred feet above a line in weather patterns. I'll spare the details. It was not something I could tolerate.

But yes, I completely understand what you said. I detest the new American premanufactured mentality, and architecture. I would give anything to be near the European cultural values. It has been a sad story for me in a way. What was a large inventory of big parcels, is no more. People began to discover the beauty of bigger land. Having seen Palo Alto go from farms to concrete, I knew where I was headed. But right now, inventory is way down, and prices are way up. So yes, I am looking for large acreage on the coast of Mendocino. But... It has been very frustrating. I was lucky as hell to find this beautiful farm. Maybe I'll be lucky again. It takes luck, or a huge bit of cash. And I never did real estate to make money. It was all about beauty. I could talk for hours on this subject. On that last ranch I owned, I'll never forget the grouse every morning. Or the turkey parade. Or my cat sitting in the middle of fifty young turkeys. The time I saw five large male turkeys, and five large female turkeys walking up a hillside in a majestic way. Incredible.

One thing I've noticed is that real estate is first come first served. And most of the good land is taken. I mean, the land that is amongst the most beautiful and private, yet near a metropolitan area. Because even though I require total privacy, I would like to be near people who have brains. That last sentence sums up fifteen years of real estate research.

Good luck with your place. And just know that trees can grow pretty fast. They do here, at least.

[movonne]

2. I live in Bandon and wondering why you are selling...it is a beautiful

piece of property...

[Gregorian]

4. Gosh. Hello

That's great! Now I feel a bit more at home. But to be honest, I found a community I just can't live in. I'm in Fairview, between Coquille and Coos Bay. It's too Republican for me. I kid you not. I grew up in the San Francisco area, and just took for granted the progressive mentality. I want to move back to Mendocino, where I lived once. This property is absolutely amazing. But I feel like my home is down where I grew up.

I'm ashamed of the price. But when I look around, it's comparable. Even if I get full price, it'll take a miracle to even find something in Mendocino. My criteria are pretty tough to meet.

[movonne]

9. I know what you mean...here in Bandon there are some very liberal

groups, but also have the right wingnuts (many more than I like).. I know that Coos Bay and Coquille are really right wing... I love it here in Bandon.. I also grew up in the S.F. Bay area..Good luck and hope you sell soon.

[cliss]

7. An absolutely beautiful

piece of property. I know Coquille well. It means 'shell' in French (not sure why it got a french name). We lived in Coos Bay for a while. The beach area (Cape Arago, Sunset Bay) is rugged, beautiful. If you like fossils, you will love the layers of brachiopods, etc, all slanted in the cliffs.

Southern Oregon is fabulous, especially in the summer. I wish you good luck on the sale & I don't think you're asking too much. Have you read Robert Kiyosaki? He's a well-known real estate investor. He's been pushing the 'real estate bubble' concept. It sounds like he's sold a lot of his investment property, because he's expecting prices to collapse.

In one of his recent articles, though, he says that 'Oregon properties are one of the few places that will keep their value'.

http://www.richdad.com/pages/article_dollar_crisis.asp

[Gregorian]

8. Thanks!

Interesting article. I have a gut feeling that is nearly the same as his. I've been frantically running from property to proprety, trying to find what I can call "home" before...something. I don't know. I just have a great sense of scarcity. My theory is that as long as I am in real estate, I don't have to worry about money or exchange rates. I mean, since I'm not doing it for money, I crash along with everyone else. We all go up or down together. My biggest concern has been inventory. Boomers all deciding they want what I want. I'm getting down to the crumbs under the table at the end of the party. Oh, what I've seen. Just almost able to, but not able to, afford incredible places. But I was late. And I've had to buy, fix up, and sell to earn a little on each place, never really catching up with the prices. And all the while seeing fewer and fewer come on to the market. Of cours, I'm looking for coastal acreage. Not an easy constraint to meet.

I wondered what Coquille meant. I appreciate your translation. It's a neat little town. And Coos Bay is also a wonderful place.

This area is one of the most beautiful places, as far as the land is concerned. Well, I could go on and on. I love land. I love the earth. I wish we could have been more careful. But that is also another topic of discussion. I just try to enjoy what I have.

That's really cool that you lived out there. That's near Charleston, I think. The sloughs. It's beautiful.

[Fridays Child]

10. OMG! I want it!

I'm calling you, if I win the lottery. I am serious.

[Gregorian]

11. Hahaha.

I may be here a while. Things have slowed down. I have only had one showing in six months. But yeah, it's nice. I don't take for granted having a real house and garage. And I even have pasture to do something with. I need a mentor to teach me how to raise stuff. I even have creeks. This part of Oregon is beautiful. But like I said above, it's not very progressive. And that's partly why I want to get back to the San Francisco area. That isn't an easy thing to do with prices even higher down there.

I can't believe it. My parents were both raised in poverty. I never had a dime until 1986. Then with a few bucks, I got a fixer upper. Ah, it's a long story. There's good along with bad. All I ever wanted was beauty. And I'm still looking. It really is a long story. Darn. My first jump into "property" was literally a tiny shack in the Santa Cruz mountains. I loved it. But it's hard to live that way. And then real estate jumped. It's good and bad. Even if I sell this, I can't move back to where I grew up. It's sad. One has to be super rich to afford beauty now.

Well, that's certainly more than you asked to hear! (:

Maybe you'll get lucky too.