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Great presentation, thank you! Bought our piece of paradise out here in the Illinois Valley near 45 years ago. No regrets even with the evacuations we have had to endure. Even though we live in a forest of 100' + trees, 3 different fire crews gave our house a "defendable" rating during the Slater fire. Do the best you can!
I remember as a kid my parents talking about the cost for all of the homes on the private road we were on, as it was paved, and needed work on occasion. Then someone talked to the city, and sent out a petition to request the city to own the road, and do maintenance and how it would save each homeowner the maintenance costs. There were enough signatures, and a half a year later the city did. But it changed the zoning of all homes on the road, increasing the tax rates. So what it actually did is save each homeowner $200 a year, but cost each homeowner a bundle. My parents were not happy when the tax rate went up over a thousand a year. Note, this was a long, long time ago, in today’s dollars it would be much more.
@@danielfiore8865 - The government didn’t force us, we, or my parents on the street petitioned the city for the change, but no one asked or knew the difference in residential tax rates of different types of residential neighborhoods.
@@danielfiore8865 - I didn’t say HOA’s. What are you talking about. If your street wants to make parking on one side of the street only, you can pass along petition and if the majority want it, you got it. My parents and the people on the street just thought they would save the expense of maintaining the street by allowing the city to incorporate (might be the wrong term) it as a normal city owned road, without knowing or asking the what then, what if’s, or unforeseen consequences.
@@Erin-Thor my only point is less government is always better. You willing gave away control of your (shared w neighbors) property and didn't think they'd charge ya? The solution would have been forming a group (hoa) and tackling the issues instead of outsourcing to the government. Maybe too complex for ya. Hey...👋 have a great life eh
You can build a barn on property and put living quarters in it. Bend, Redmond, Prineville all have these because the property will not allow a house but you can have a barn with living quarters. There are some great stables, barns with living quarters all over Central Oregon. I know of three that I have been in and know the owners. The state also allows Ag. buildings to be built almost anywhere on acreage as long as it hold animals and these can have living quarters for the caregivers of the animals.
Zoning outside urban boundaries is BS. So the gov tells you what you can and cant do on your property. And for that, you get to develop the land and pay the ever increasing property taxes because of the work you did...with permission. What you have isnt ownership. Its a time share scam.
*You are EXACTLY right!!! I am a born and raised Oregonian. My children are second-generation and my grandchildren are third-generation. Oregon was once a beautiful place to live. Not so much anymore!!*
Yep, zoning laws serve to manage land use in a way that supports agriculture, conserves natural resources, and maintains the rural character of the landscape. They are trying to protect the land and not allow people to destroy it or do something that is not aligned with the other land owners
One important thing to understand about living in southern Oregon: The socialist in Portland outnumber the rest of the state combined. The bureaucrats in the capital couldn't find Klamath Falls on a map.
Oregon has spots that are heavy in arsenic. You never know until you drill the well and have the water tested. Too much arsenic and you’re out around $20k and have to start over.
You either own property or you ARE property. I'm 7th generation in SW Oregon and on property that has been in the family for 120+ years. I will continue to do what I want on my property as my forerunners did. You should too. It's only through widespread noncompliance that things will change back to what they should be.
Zoning means you can't put a gun range next to an compressed gas facility that is in the middle of a neighborhood. Likewise it prevents your adjacent property owner from putting in a subdivision next to your rural property. As for water, there is only so frickin much to go around, and without any rules the upstream owner could always just divert your water or drill under and sideways like the oil companies would do in Texas.
My wife is retiring this coming October, and we're seriously thinking of moving to SW Oregon from Astoria. OUR plan is to find a property with a smallish home and services already on it.
The government blames housing prices on the contractors, but the government fees and permits are really driving the prices up. Sadly, regular people don't have a clue.
Most people do not realize there are future plans for all land in Oregon. Before you buy any property check what the future plans for that area are. Learn what the zoning is scheduled to become not just what it currently is. I worked for a developer that worked on the planning for the next 20 years and there will be extensive growth just look at the new "South Hillsboro" project & the extensive development in the "Bethany" area of Washington county as well as the "Roy Rogers & Schools Ferry" areas. All of these areas were farm land 10 years ago now they are thousands of new homes. As the urban areas fill up with new homes and the lands are full they will expand to the rural areas as time passes on.
Check this out lol - 5:56 look out if your property has Vernal Pools & Fairy Shrimp - protected lands. I was on the White City Bunkers Tour and a kid picked up this really cool agate, the Ranger tour guide told him to put it back, OMG Oregon! I'm adding a 25x30 metal building on our property, the permit is only $61.00 and fire inspection is $48.00.
If someone remodeled the home that your buying, be sure to check to see if they got the proper permits and had it inspected. If you buy it, and they neglected this, YOU are held liable - financially and civilly. You can face charges. Call the county assessors office to find out. You should also call the county assessor to get an idea of what the taxes have been so you can plan ahead.
@@keldonator this happened to me. 2 days before the signing I called the county assessor about something unrelated. Thank God the person there said something. They didn’t have to alert me to it, but they said that the property was going to be inspected soon by the county after a county employee had driven by and noticed it was a two story house when it used to be one story. It’s a really small rural area. They told me they had boo record of any permits or inspections having been done since the remodel took place. We refused to sign and they even tried to keep the earnest money. I threatened a law suit and they finally gave it back. It sat empty for over a year afterwards. My guess is they were trying to get the permits. The county told me that once the work has been done and they have to come in afterwards to inspect and permit, if anything was done wrong, they’d have to redo it, tearing into walls of need be. Much more expensive than doing it right the first go around. Here’s the thing, the heater didn’t work that good and upstairs didn’t get warm. They gave us a hard time about it and then the neighbor said past of the property was his and that he had an easement on the driveway. That’s what I initially called the county assessor about. After all this, I learned a lot and try to warn people. These flippers pull this kind of crap sometimes. It’s not right. Btw I’ve bought and sold myself, and in vegas I was a realtor. I’ve seen the scams, they’re real. Count your blessings you haven’t fallen prey to them.
It sounds harmless to ban commercial agriculture on rural residential lands. In fact, Strategic Zoning laws are the biggest threat to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. It's through Zoning that all development can be stopped by the government and your property can be rendered worthless. And yet, the government demands you pay property tax on property they control or they will confiscate it. If you want to see how Communism works, look at Jackson County Oregon Zoning Laws. Communism is the government controlling the means of production. Section 4.3.6(D) of the JC zoning code is why there is so much recreational property in Southern Oregon that can never be developed.
First thing you should do is use a local RE company that has been around for more than a minute, find a agent that's been in the area and a agent for a couple decades, don't use these discount come and go RE companies. You will be better off in the long run.
In Oregon, everything belongs to the god-queen, the land, water, beasts, birds, fish, and the air. You technically do not own anything, ypu pay a yearly rent or lease to the god-queen for the priverlage to use HER land. And if you do anything that screams self-sufficiency they WILL come for you.
The best way to avoid wildfire risk is not build in wildfire areas. Help is not coming. You could be left facing a flame front 30 feet tall driven by 50 mph winds standing there with a garden hose. Firefighters resent people building in natural fire-prone areas.
Weed is a city, Paradise, Phoenix Oregon is too. Firefighters don’t care where you build as long as you maintain it with fire in mind and provide defensible space.
I've known a lot of firefighters for a long time and what they resent most is exactly what soldiers feel when they're sent to war. The government in the U.S. is not all in to win the battle, only to manage and siphon off money while usurping more power.
We are waiting for Southern/South Eastern Oregon to become part of Idaho - then we will gladly move there and buy something! Until then we wait and look other places. Beautiful area but your state government stinks!
If you want to live in Idaho, move to Idaho. Leave the state boundaries alone. It amazes me that people think they are so special that they can take their land wherever they want. What happens when you decide to live in Florida ?
@@JerryNeider Then we become florida. The problem is the state government extorting it's citizens. The majority of the state understand this but not you.
Oregon now; FIRES, FIRES, FIRES, SMOKE, SMOKE, AND MORE SMOKE, all summer every summer. I live in Medford, so I know what I'm talking about. In the winter, smoke filled air from fire place use all winter long...
The land used laws in Oregon stops most of the development, and there’s nothing intelligent about land use laws. The Democrats have destroyed the state.
Is there anything I can do to help you Learn, Buy, or List Real Estate in Southern Oregon❓🧐
Please don't hesitate to reach out! 📱Call or Text me directly at 👉 541-954-7758
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Great presentation, thank you! Bought our piece of paradise out here in the Illinois Valley near 45 years ago. No regrets even with the evacuations we have had to endure. Even though we live in a forest of 100' + trees, 3 different fire crews gave our house a "defendable" rating during the Slater fire. Do the best you can!
I remember as a kid my parents talking about the cost for all of the homes on the private road we were on, as it was paved, and needed work on occasion. Then someone talked to the city, and sent out a petition to request the city to own the road, and do maintenance and how it would save each homeowner the maintenance costs. There were enough signatures, and a half a year later the city did. But it changed the zoning of all homes on the road, increasing the tax rates. So what it actually did is save each homeowner $200 a year, but cost each homeowner a bundle. My parents were not happy when the tax rate went up over a thousand a year. Note, this was a long, long time ago, in today’s dollars it would be much more.
Moral of the story: less government
@@danielfiore8865 - The government didn’t force us, we, or my parents on the street petitioned the city for the change, but no one asked or knew the difference in residential tax rates of different types of residential neighborhoods.
@@Erin-Thor less government....more HOA's? Lol. They are so similar.
@@danielfiore8865 - I didn’t say HOA’s. What are you talking about. If your street wants to make parking on one side of the street only, you can pass along petition and if the majority want it, you got it. My parents and the people on the street just thought they would save the expense of maintaining the street by allowing the city to incorporate (might be the wrong term) it as a normal city owned road, without knowing or asking the what then, what if’s, or unforeseen consequences.
@@Erin-Thor my only point is less government is always better. You willing gave away control of your (shared w neighbors) property and didn't think they'd charge ya? The solution would have been forming a group (hoa) and tackling the issues instead of outsourcing to the government. Maybe too complex for ya. Hey...👋 have a great life eh
You can build a barn on property and put living quarters in it. Bend, Redmond, Prineville all have these because the property will not allow a house but you can have a barn with living quarters. There are some great stables, barns with living quarters all over Central Oregon. I know of three that I have been in and know the owners. The state also allows Ag. buildings to be built almost anywhere on acreage as long as it hold animals and these can have living quarters for the caregivers of the animals.
Zoning outside urban boundaries is BS.
So the gov tells you what you can and cant do on your property. And for that, you get to develop the land and pay the ever increasing property taxes because of the work you did...with permission.
What you have isnt ownership. Its a time share scam.
*You are EXACTLY right!!! I am a born and raised Oregonian. My children are second-generation and my grandchildren are third-generation. Oregon was once a beautiful place to live. Not so much anymore!!*
Yep, zoning laws serve to manage land use in a way that supports agriculture, conserves natural resources, and maintains the rural character of the landscape. They are trying to protect the land and not allow people to destroy it or do something that is not aligned with the other land owners
@@retireglenat75 *The government has some oceanfront property in Arizona to sell you, too!!!*
@@firewaterbydesignYour statement is not true at this point in time.
@@retireglenat75do you live out here?
You dealt with it first hand?
One important thing to understand about living in southern Oregon: The socialist in Portland outnumber the rest of the state combined. The bureaucrats in the capital couldn't find Klamath Falls on a map.
Truth
'Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.' -Stalin
Wow! You know what you’re talking about brother! I’ve been through some of this doo doo myself here in SW Oregon’s Jackson County.
Oregon has spots that are heavy in arsenic. You never know until you drill the well and have the water tested. Too much arsenic and you’re out around $20k and have to start over.
Or you can install an arsenic filter for significantly less. I had one installed for around $1500
@@BuyingSouthernOregonhope it works…
You either own property or you ARE property. I'm 7th generation in SW Oregon and on property that has been in the family for 120+ years. I will continue to do what I want on my property as my forerunners did. You should too. It's only through widespread noncompliance that things will change back to what they should be.
You sir are a reason some of us still see oregon and other places as America aka the land of the free. Bless you
@PaulUnslaved Some of us try, but this state is a mess.
Permits and fees, taxes …. Collapse of the dollar, government doesn’t produce government takes it called tax
Zoning means you can't put a gun range next to an compressed gas facility that is in the middle of a neighborhood. Likewise it prevents your adjacent property owner from putting in a subdivision next to your rural property. As for water, there is only so frickin much to go around, and without any rules the upstream owner could always just divert your water or drill under and sideways like the oil companies would do in Texas.
Welcome to North California, formerly Oregon.
I think it's funny, I have lived in the Wimer area all my life, and I still enjoy watching your videos. Have a wonderful day 😊
@@jeramyreberpuredirt7873 Thank You!!
@@BuyingSouthernOregon with both of us growing up here, I can't believe we haven't met.
Great informative video, thank you!
My wife is retiring this coming October, and we're seriously thinking of moving to SW Oregon from Astoria.
OUR plan is to find a property with a smallish home and services already on it.
The government blames housing prices on the contractors, but the government fees and permits are really driving the prices up. Sadly, regular people don't have a clue.
That's spot on!
Most people do not realize there are future plans for all land in Oregon.
Before you buy any property check what the future plans for that area are. Learn what the zoning is scheduled to become not just what it currently is.
I worked for a developer that worked on the planning for the next 20 years and there will be extensive growth just look at the new "South Hillsboro" project & the extensive development in the "Bethany" area of Washington county as well as the "Roy Rogers & Schools Ferry" areas. All of these areas were farm land 10 years ago now they are thousands of new homes.
As the urban areas fill up with new homes and the lands are full they will expand to the rural areas as time passes on.
Cant even insure a cabin for fire anymore
Well said.
Appreciate you
Peace
Check this out lol - 5:56 look out if your property has Vernal Pools & Fairy Shrimp - protected lands. I was on the White City Bunkers Tour and a kid picked up this really cool agate, the Ranger tour guide told him to put it back, OMG Oregon! I'm adding a 25x30 metal building on our property, the permit is only $61.00 and fire inspection is $48.00.
Wouldnt these concerns apply just about anywhere else? Oregon is a great state to live in.
A lot of them do, but every area is different and has its own set of complications.
If someone remodeled the home that your buying, be sure to check to see if they got the proper permits and had it inspected. If you buy it, and they neglected this, YOU are held liable - financially and civilly. You can face charges. Call the county assessors office to find out. You should also call the county assessor to get an idea of what the taxes have been so you can plan ahead.
Never heard of this happening to anyone
@@keldonator this happened to me. 2 days before the signing I called the county assessor about something unrelated. Thank God the person there said something. They didn’t have to alert me to it, but they said that the property was going to be inspected soon by the county after a county employee had driven by and noticed it was a two story house when it used to be one story. It’s a really small rural area. They told me they had boo record of any permits or inspections having been done since the remodel took place. We refused to sign and they even tried to keep the earnest money. I threatened a law suit and they finally gave it back. It sat empty for over a year afterwards. My guess is they were trying to get the permits. The county told me that once the work has been done and they have to come in afterwards to inspect and permit, if anything was done wrong, they’d have to redo it, tearing into walls of need be. Much more expensive than doing it right the first go around. Here’s the thing, the heater didn’t work that good and upstairs didn’t get warm. They gave us a hard time about it and then the neighbor said past of the property was his and that he had an easement on the driveway. That’s what I initially called the county assessor about.
After all this, I learned a lot and try to warn people. These flippers pull this kind of crap sometimes. It’s not right.
Btw I’ve bought and sold myself, and in vegas I was a realtor. I’ve seen the scams, they’re real. Count your blessings you haven’t fallen prey to them.
@@cgc1581 What county?
@@keldonator Benton County but I’m sure it happens all over the place.
People are still buying land in Oregon? Why not just hand it over to the state right now and save yourselves a lot of pain.
Two steps for buying land in Oregon:
1) do not buy land in Oregon. EVER.
2) see step 1
great advice. simple enough. but not....
This is true for any state in the union.. our world has rules..
I think you meant RULERS.
@@petercbrandon Some areas have dictators.
It sounds harmless to ban commercial agriculture on rural residential lands. In fact, Strategic Zoning laws are the biggest threat to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. It's through Zoning that all development can be stopped by the government and your property can be rendered worthless. And yet, the government demands you pay property tax on property they control or they will confiscate it. If you want to see how Communism works, look at Jackson County Oregon Zoning Laws. Communism is the government controlling the means of production.
Section 4.3.6(D) of the JC zoning code is why there is so much recreational property in Southern Oregon that can never be developed.
First thing you should do is use a local RE company that has been around for more than a minute, find a agent that's been in the area and a agent for a couple decades, don't use these discount come and go RE companies. You will be better off in the long run.
Agreed! Happy to be one of the few who check all those boxes! ✅
Ok I’ll just continue to rent here in LA
In Oregon, everything belongs to the god-queen, the land, water, beasts, birds, fish, and the air. You technically do not own anything, ypu pay a yearly rent or lease to the god-queen for the priverlage to use HER land. And if you do anything that screams self-sufficiency they WILL come for you.
I'm going to do what I want on my land. I don't care what the law says.
Just so long as you're not trashing the earth. Don't be that guy
If everyone thought like you, there would be total chaos in the country.
The state of Oregon owns all water in the state! You don't have any say over your own well
Over 45 acres can be subdivided
Depending on the zoning
The best way to avoid wildfire risk is not build in wildfire areas. Help is not coming. You could be left facing a flame front 30 feet tall driven by 50 mph winds standing there with a garden hose. Firefighters resent people building in natural fire-prone areas.
Everywhere is a fire zone when there are idiots setting fires.
Firefighters are overpaid monkeys.
It's happening.
Weed is a city, Paradise, Phoenix Oregon is too. Firefighters don’t care where you build as long as you maintain it with fire in mind and provide defensible space.
I've known a lot of firefighters for a long time and what they resent most is exactly what soldiers feel when they're sent to war. The government in the U.S. is not all in to win the battle, only to manage and siphon off money while usurping more power.
We are waiting for Southern/South Eastern Oregon to become part of Idaho - then we will gladly move there and buy something!
Until then we wait and look other places. Beautiful area but your state government stinks!
You will be waiting for a long, long time. Ain’t happing in this lifetime.
So many want this. I wish my county would vote on it we'd jon Idaho too.
Move to Idaho! You made the choice when you bought in Oregon. Don't like Oregon, GTFO then. Bye!
If you want to live in Idaho, move to Idaho. Leave the state boundaries alone. It amazes me that people think they are so special that they can take their land wherever they want. What happens when you decide to live in Florida ?
@@JerryNeider Then we become florida. The problem is the state government extorting it's citizens. The majority of the state understand this but not you.
Oregon now; FIRES, FIRES, FIRES, SMOKE, SMOKE, AND MORE SMOKE, all summer every summer. I live in Medford, so I know what I'm talking about. In the winter, smoke filled air from fire place use all winter long...
Do not buy real estate in Oregon!!!!!
And the land of the free......democrat version. Dont do that on your own property!
Oregon is a great State and will continue to be. Zoning is intelligent governing as is the State owning ground water. Get educated.
The land used laws in Oregon stops most of the development, and there’s nothing intelligent about land use laws. The Democrats have destroyed the state.
11:37 - What is the average cost for a property survey in Klamath County, Oregon?
Oregon might as well change its name to north california.
*Californian's have entered the chat*
Thumbnail looks like a watermelon property.
Negative nancy. Geeeez.
Realistic Robert is more like it.