Do individual properties mean much?
We have a small ranch in the central sierra, surrounded by the Stanislaus National Forest, it has Jeffrey Pine forest, and a long meadow, with two houses on it that cost $75K about 13 years ago.
Not a fair comparison, right?
Close to Yosemite; sounds nice. I haven’t been to that area and would like to. I’ve been in Death Valley and flown into Sacramento a couple of times. I’ve worked in Benicia and the LA basin and the in laws lived in Hemit. The wife is there now moving her mom here, in with us.
Do individual properties mean much? Not really. What is a small ranch? Out in West Texas anything under a few thousand acres is a hobby ranch...
The wife accidentally bought property at a tax auction in Trona, CA think she was buying other listings in Sandy Valley at the other end of the county. Trona was a pit and property there is cheap... I think half the population was on meth...
If I got away from the lake and bought a house that was smaller / not as well appointed we could have bought much cheaper. We looked at a place twenty miles away that had a smaller house, sheds, 5 slot carport and barn on over 80 acres with springs and a barn and corral listed at $180K...