Me and the wife are moving to Iowa soon, to be closer to her parents and work, and this worries me that the reasonably priced homes we had been looking at will all be snatched up by people who should have fixed this mess years ago, who instead let it fester and then run.
I work real estate - title work - in Polk Co Iowa. I have 57 hours in this week and am getting ready to go into work for day 7. I work 7 days a week now. Real estate here is hot hot hot. We sold more houses during the pandemic than during 2019, which was also a record setting year. Iowa had the least increase in pandemic unemployment among the 50 states. Iowa also took the least federal pandemic aid among the 50 states. We are rocking. I still wouldn't live in the city, though. I only enter it for money and entertainment.
My line of work has leads in Altoona, Cedar Rapids, or Rathburn. So if I end up adding to your workload, sorry. But CR and Rath are looking better for me.
Rathbun Lake area is beautiful. Small town living at its finest down there. Nothing like Cedar Rapids or Des Moines area. Small town housing will be one-half or even one-third of the cities.
Altoona is a nice community. Just a few miles from Des Moines but without the dirtbags and crime. It has Adventureland Amusement Park, Prairie Meadows horse track and casino, and Bass Pro Shops. Close to State Fair.
Cedar Rapids wants to be Des Moines but just can't quite compete entertainment wise. Good job market there.
Me and the wife are moving to Iowa soon, to be closer to her parents and work, and this worries me that the reasonably priced homes we had been looking at will all be snatched up by people who should have fixed this mess years ago, who instead let it fester and then run.
I work real estate - title work - in Polk Co Iowa. I have 57 hours in this week and am getting ready to go into work for day 7. I work 7 days a week now. Real estate here is hot hot hot. We sold more houses during the pandemic than during 2019, which was also a record setting year. Iowa had the least increase in pandemic unemployment among the 50 states. Iowa also took the least federal pandemic aid among the 50 states. We are rocking. I still wouldn't live in the city, though. I only enter it for money and entertainment.
My line of work has leads in Altoona, Cedar Rapids, or Rathburn. So if I end up adding to your workload, sorry. But CR and Rath are looking better for me.
Rathbun Lake area is beautiful. Small town living at its finest down there. Nothing like Cedar Rapids or Des Moines area. Small town housing will be one-half or even one-third of the cities.
Altoona is a nice community. Just a few miles from Des Moines but without the dirtbags and crime. It has Adventureland Amusement Park, Prairie Meadows horse track and casino, and Bass Pro Shops. Close to State Fair.
Cedar Rapids wants to be Des Moines but just can't quite compete entertainment wise. Good job market there.
I'm heading in to work. Good luck!
Thanks, your info is useful. The wife's family is all near or south of Ottumwa and I didn't care for that area.