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Ed,
I bought a lot on an airpark in eastern
Arizona about 5 years ago. I plan to retire there and build in a few years. The
way I figure it, a home near, but not on an airport will likely have resale
issues unless you find the right buyer. In other words an airplane guy. On the
other hand, again my opinion, airpark property will always attract the right
sort of buyer.
While my home in San Diego has lost half its value
in the past 5 years, my airpark property has gone up in value by about 70%.
Asking prices for homes in the airpark are also up by about 50% since we bought,
but sales are considerably slower now. I just hope that by the time I retire and
am ready to sell in SoCal and build in AZ, my house wont be totally
worthless.
Seems like in some parts of the country like
Florida and Texas you cant throw a rock without hitting an airpark. In that part
of the world your theory may be correct. Out west airparks are far fewer and
demand, and prices are considerably higher. I'm glad I bought when i did. I
couldnt afford my piece of property today.
Mike Wills
N144MW
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Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 6:15
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Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Airports in
Oregon
I looked into an
airpark before selecting our current home (not on an airpark). One thing
that concerned me was possible problems in reselling it. It seemed to me
that a home on an airpark just might not appeal to the vast majority of
potential home buyers, so I decided locating close to an airport was better
from that perspective. Now, it may not be a real problem, but I didn’t
want to test it.
Ed
From:
Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Jeff Luckey
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 2:15
AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Airports in
Oregon
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Mike,
I can think of nothing cooler than
keeping my airplane in my garage in a home on an airpark but things like
field maintenance costs and liability concern me.
I think having
a hangar at a small, quiet municipal field that is a couple of miles
from the house would be a satisfactory compromise.
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On Wed, 7/22/09, Mike Wills <rv-4mike@cox.net>
wrote:
From:
Mike Wills <rv-4mike@cox.net>
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Airports
in Oregon
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft"
<flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2009,
9:15 PM
Curious as to why
you'd rule out an airpark. Most pilots (myself included) would love to
live on one.
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Sent:
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 5:57 PM
Subject:
[FlyRotary] Airports in Oregon
Hello
all,
I will be
vacationing in Oregon in mid August and I want to
visit a few airports in my search for a new home. Here are some
criteria:
1.
Suburban/semi-rural housing within 3 miles of a small municipal
airport
2. A mid-to-large
municipal airport within 30 miles
3. Western/costal
part of the state
4. No private air
parks
5. Reasonable
property values
If you happen to
know of any airports that meet some of those criteria, I'd like to
hear your suggestions.
Many
thanks,
Jeff
Luckey
Southern
California
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