Originally Posted by
madamekelly
I bought my home in a very small town, intentionally. That was in 2006, the economy tanked two years later, and I guess you know what that did to property values. Our small town decided to build a medical college less than a mile from my home ( only the second in Oregon), which prevented our property values from dropping very far. Nice, but now the town is growing by leaps and bounds. So much for living in a small town.....I still love it here.
We bought our house in 2009 for a good price, $155,000. It's 1639 sq.ft. with a two car garage, a 28 x 30 shop. And two sheds, 2 carports and two dog kennels. Although we are planning on dividing the big kennel into two smaller ones come spring time. Our Realtor neighbor says our house is worth close to 230k in this market. But, we have no plans to leave.