We want to move to Asheville!! Help

[The Mule]

Originally Posted by eiafjam

Seems we are beginning to have a quorum here. I find it quite disturbing that the real estate agents/developers want to continue thinking that they can still operate the same as they have been for the last several years. Look at the real estate office/developers office that was one of the biggest in the area that went under thinking they could continue status quo. I have done lots of research (discounting FOX news/CNN/MSNBC/ and all mainstream news media) and can only come to the conclusion that until we start thinking differently we will continue with the downfall of our economy. We need to stop artificially proping up the real estate values and come to reality.

There is a reason it is called the real estate bubble. Reinflating the values only creates another bubble....and eventual correction.

[eiafjam]

Originally Posted by The Mule

There is a reason it is called the real estate bubble. Reinflating the values only creates another bubble....and eventual correction.

another on the plus side......the bubble has burst, we don't need another one.

[SheRuns]

Originally Posted by Cofga

The last couple requirements pretty much limit your choice--there jsut aren't many places with acreage that are close enough to amenities to walk to them. That said, my gandma used to walk several miles to the closest store so you might be able to do it depending on just how far you want to walk. Realistically though there might be a few places near Weaverville or off Beavedam Rd in N. Asheville. A bicycle or moped/scooter would definitely expand your options and a small car would open up a lot of other areas. So please be a little more specific on this requirement--Larry

It's funny you mentioned Beaverdam Road. I was looking online at a listing there and it mentioned something about sidewalks being put in. There were a lot of trees around the property and it was close enough to walk to town. Since I would use my bike as well, I wouldn't have to be on top of everything. However, it seemed like just a good deal, I thought there might be something wrong with it. Photos can be very deceiving.

[Cofga]

Originally Posted by eiafjam

another on the plus side......the bubble has burst, we don't need another one.

Bubbles are like recessions, they come, they pop, they come again. In this country we suffer a major recession about every 20-30 years--that's always just long enough for another generation to forget the lessons learned by the last generation. We tighten things up for a few years then we get greedy and let it go again and boom, there we are picking ourselves up off the floor again. Sure would be helpful if folks would actually read history books. What's Churchills's old saying --"those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it". He also had another great one I really love: "you can always count on Americas to do the right thing--once they have tried everything else".