Just Wondering what cities are Up and Coming (Portland, Beaverton: real estate, for sale)

[jboucher22]

Looking to invest in real estate in OR, anyone have any ideas on up and coming smaller cities. Good job market, schools, safe, clean, all the fundamentals of a great place to live. thanks jeremiah

[FoxyKnox]

Check out Tigard, south west of Portland. Property is still sort of cheap, the schools are great, and you've got Portland right there to work from.

[JPOS]

Check out Hillsboro. Nice town. About 20 minute drive to Portland. Has everything you could ever want or need in terms of shopping etc. The lite-rail goes through town so you have easy access to Portland and the airport. Also lots of cute older homes to fix up. Also access to the coast about an hour west of there, on Hwy 26. If you have ever seen the TLC t.v. show "Little People....Big Life" I think that is the title, this is the area where that family lives.

My sister recently moved there, and she absolutely loves it!

[Silverfall]

For an investor though, Hillsboro is past the up and coming part. It is here. It depends on your investing strategy. Are you a buy and hold or a flip kinda investor?

[The Huehnels]

If Hillsboro is not the up and coming what is. My husband and I are looking to move to Oregon by the fall. Can you make any recommendation, he wants the ocean and I want the mountains and we both love the outdoors

[John Smart]

I really do not want to encourage any more out-of-staters to drive up prices as they have in the past. The days of a quick flip are gone anyway.

Huehnels - Hillsboro has already been discovered but still a good investment. There are still new businesses moving in with new jobs and they have just re-zoned some additional industrial lands along Hwy 26 to keep up with growth. It seems like Hillsboro/Beaverton have not had the massive highs and lows of other cities so its a good long term investment. North Plains and Banks are small commuter towns but there isn't much to choose from.

[Silverfall]

Hillsboro is a great place to live, and I love Orenco Station. I am not saying it is not a great place to live, but if you are an investor looking to buy before a city gets discovered, this would not be it. It is still a good place to invest.

Up and coming in this market...That's a tough one. Stayton is going through some nice rejuvenation, but it is an old logging town so that would be a buy and hold for 20 years kind of place. Independence is making an effort to improve the city as well, and has done wonderful things with it's downtown.

Banks is a wonderful small community, but not a lot for sale. People stay put there. Forest Grove would probably be my next best guess for up and coming. None of these would be short term holds in my opinion though.

[PNWhike]

Orenco is an area that used to be covered by beautiful farms and forest for miles, miles, and miles. The entire area has been completly paved over. The area was raped by developers. That is a fact. Try to dispute me.

[Silverfall]

I used to live in the West Hills so I am aware of the massive development that has occurred from Tanasbourne to Orenco. I remember when the Roadhouse was out in the middle of nowhere. I am not disputing the fact that that occurred. Not sure how you interpreted my comments to mean that I was somehow disputing development. I do think that since they were going to "rape" the land anyway, at least they put in a park and made it a mixed use area so it has more of a community feel to it. I like that they did that. I hate just seeing suburban sprawl.

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Originally Posted by jboucher22

Looking to invest in real estate in OR, anyone have any ideas on up and coming smaller cities. Good job market, schools, safe, clean, all the fundamentals of a great place to live. thanks jeremiah

Well, the entire valley from Portland to Ashland is over priced so I wouldn't invest there. The LaPine to Redmond area is also grossly over priced.

I like smaller areas in eastern Oregon like Klamath Falls, Lakeview, LaGrande... that attracts retirees. Also, look along the coast, but 3-10 miles inland like Toledo, east of Waldport... often some very good deals.