If I decide to move (mortgage, purchase, utilities)

[wilberry]

AACCCCKKK Trinidad

[bluescreen73]

Originally Posted by suzco

Thanks for that suggestion - that's an area that I've never really spent time exploring.

Anything appealing about Trinidad environs?

If you don't need a job it's not a terrible area. A little rough around the edges and struggling economically. The economy there had a bit of a renaissance with legal weed, but New Mexico just legalized so they're gonna take a hit from that (no pun intended).

[wilberry]

Trinidad has the Blues Festival

[wilberry]

Dear OP How is Trinidad ? I hope you did not end up in Raton ...

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by Mike from back east

Western Slope. Grand Junction or Durango areas.

I second Durango. Or if money is no object, why not Boulder? Or for that matter--Santa Fe or Taos? Property taxes are very low in NM, btw.

[wilberry]

Happy New year Suzco.....

[McGowdog]

Originally Posted by CosmicWizard

Hi suzco. You might still remember me ( CosmicWizard ) from a few years back I haven't been active on city-data for the past few years.

In, Sept-'15 I bought a condo in Grand Junction where I lived for 2.5 yrs. After selling it for a nice profit, I rented for 14 months in Grand Junction while looking for another place to buy. Never found a place I liked, and got priced out of the market during my time of procrastination.

So, I moved to Ruidoso-NM in June '19 where I could still afford the cost of real estate to my liking. Although Ruidoso has much to offer, I never felt at home there, so I sold my condo this past October for a decent profit after just 14 months of ownership.

Now I'm back in PA, my state of birth ( maybe I'll get one of those plates ... PA Native! haha - not too likely.). With the nationwide runup in real estate prices, along with the massive decrease of inventory ( fewer properties and not as nice ), I'm starting to think that I might be permanently priced out of owning my own place ever again --- unless a correction occurs soon. I have become rather despondent.

Moral of the story ..... tread cautiously unless money is no object.

Wow, I wonder how much the interest rate has "improved" since this post.

[CosmicWizard]

McGowdog

4 months after I wrote the post ( 1/21/2021 ) you quoted above, I made a ca$h purchase ( $150K ) of an 1100sf, 3bd-2ba, 11yr old, one story home in the PA-Wilds. My monthly housing costs ( Taxes, Insurance, utilities ) are averaging about $600 a month. Living in northern PA (Wellsboro ) is certainly less costly than living almost anywhere in Colorado these days.

[2bindenver]

Are you a fan of relocating out of country? When I first started thinking about where I’d like to retire, I first looked in at Lake Havasu. Like Lake Tahoe without the $$$$ and the snow. Then I liked the west coast of Florida. I even pursued getting my real estate license there. Mt mother passed and yes there is no income tax but everything costs more and then google “Florida man headlines” I just can’t take the crazy.

Well then I started looking at Belize, specifically Ambergis Caye, maybe Corozal.
And Tavira Portugal near wetlands and undeveloped beaches…

[suzco]

Originally Posted by wilberry

Happy New year.....

Originally Posted by 2bindenver

Are you a fan of relocating out of country? When I first started thinking about where I’d like to retire, I first looked in at Lake Havasu. Like Lake Tahoe without the $$$$ and the snow. Then I liked the west coast of Florida. I even pursued getting my real estate license there. Mt mother passed and yes there is no income tax but everything costs more and then google “Florida man headlines” I just can’t take the crazy.

Well then I started looking at Belize, specifically Ambergis Caye, maybe Corozal.
And Tavira Portugal near wetlands and undeveloped beaches…

Happy New Year, all.
Thanks for all the input. Still mulling here in boulder county. . .

yes, also thinking about Panama, Costa Rica, and the like.