Solar in northern Idaho?

Any members eking out an existence up there?
Was born in Idaho but really don't remember. Spent the night, some time ago, in Coeur d'Alene and loved it.
If anybody has pertinent knowledge or experience - I have a few questions for you. Like part time work opportunities - I am semi-retired.
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-Bill
Too much winter for me but a beautiful state and forest galore. My cousin always takes a drive there before 4th of July. They have the "costco" of Fireworks in Boise. Kind of a pyromaniacs sweet dream coming home with a trunk full of goodies.
For work I would use Linkedin.
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Southeastern Siberia held my interest until I read a book. I might try it anyway - but the logistics are uncommonly challenging without a cargo boat - which costs as much as a nice house. Boats are always breaking as well. Kind of like motor homes in a way.
I think there may be radon shields? Ventilation isn't so hard though.
This time I have a backhoe and much, much more experience. Plus a clear head. Lost my folks unexpectedly and this place was built in a chaotic state of mind. Going to try to be picky as hell this time - with building site. May need to sell it to finance my last 5-10 years of grid/easier living. Something like that. I figure I have 20-25 healthy years left in me - based on health and genetics and priorities. Two decades is a long time. Took forever to hit 20 it seemed.
The basement of my house holds the wood stove that does all my heating, so the air down there is the same air as in my main living space...hence the venting project. The sump pump pit has floor and footing drains coming in to it, and the natural chimney effect of the house and various fans (like my battery box vent fan, takagi water heater fan, bathroom and kitchen fan) all helped to draw any radon contaminated atmosphere into my living envelope.
A 4 inch hole in the block wall, a cap over the sump pit and a 12 volt 5x5 inch fan to drive it all outside. Total costs probably $150 bucks (the rental of the core drill was $70 of that, but worth it!)
Here's the result
Prices are moving upwards as more folks figure out how nice an area it is. And folks with money coming from the cities can buy more for less. The house we sold a year ago has already gone up by over $100K in a year. So I suggest you start looking and move fast if you find what you're looking for. Still some nice land to be had for a serious off-grid place around Priest River and Sandpoint. I find Sandpoint to be as big a town as I would ever need, and not crowded. Priest River was about perfect. Never once would I sit in a line for gas or groceries.
Building off grid will certainly open up some less expensive building sites. Just keep in mind having to keep the road access open in the winter if that's important to you. It gets DEEP there sometimes.
I'd say sell now and rent for 6 months. Feces ought to be hitting the propeller pretty soon.
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Lots of confusing stuff going on. Feds are printing money and taking rates towards 0% (how big of place can you afford at 0% interest? Infinity?).
But you have a lot of government using housing prices for property taxes. The local governments do good with high housing prices (lots of taxes to collect). If housing prices drop, then they either lose revenues or have to hike taxes (some places are already talking about large increases because of COVID-19 loss of sales/income taxes).
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/05/17/coronavirus-updates-texas/
[5:25 p.m.] Texas’ disaster declaration does not allow cities and counties to raise their tax rates beyond the state’s 3.5% cap without voter approval, Gov. Greg Abbott said in a Friday interview with KVUE, weighing into a political debate brewing between local and state officials.
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The Texas Municipal League, which represents city governments, argues that Abbott’s disaster declaration due to coronavirus triggers that section of the property tax law. Cities can increase taxes by 8% and most will not need to hold an election to significantly raise taxes next year, if they are raising money to respond to the disaster, according to TML.
https://www.sfgate.com/ontheblock/article/san-francisco-rents-drop-coronavirus-15311467.php
Rents for one-bedroom apartments in San Francisco have dropped by 9.2% since June 2019, according to Zumper. That's the biggest decline since the rental site started recording such data in 2015, and brings median one-bedroom prices down to levels not seen since March 2017.
With the economy faltering and unemployment numbers skyrocketing, Zumper's Crystal Chen said she expected to see a dip, but as a long-time SF resident, she said the nearly double-digit year-over-year decline was "still shocking." Plus, prices are unlikely to plateau anytime soon.
Median one-bedroom prices in San Francisco dropped almost 3% just in the last month alone.
She attributes the decrease in demand — also seen in other expensive cities such as New York, Boston and San Jose, though to a lesser degree — to a new prioritization for renters that puts cost and space over location. This is especially true in tech-heavy locations like San Francisco, where workers may be able to work from home indefinitely. "As more and more companies move into remote work, many renters don’t want to pay the big-city price tag when they are unable to use the amenities and are looking for more affordable options outside of large, metropolitan areas," she said. "If everyone is stuck at home, people are prioritizing having more space and comfort over city life."
The old English and possibly older Chinese curse: "May you live in interesting times" seems to be appropriate here.
-Bill "It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future" B.
People have bet against the US since George Washington. Lot's of big losers out there! Keep your powder dry. Anchors Aweigh !
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All of those states are too much tax for me and no different than red california or almost red colorado.
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People disappear here all the time and I do zero business with anyone who does not have a property address. Lucky most of the drug folks are not the brightest. Just like the young looters who end up burning down Black owned businesses thinking they are so smart and caring.
The property is being sold by owner I take it. Since there is no agent can't you ask the county? I do this all the time here on offgrid properties that are looking like bad people are growing pot, or worse. Dangerous to my being able to breath, know what I mean?
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If they hear you are from out of the area, they line up and are ready for you to feed them.
As one gets older, the remote part does not sound as good, I am sure you know. The winter is what keeps the drug thugs at bay up north in my opinion. They are everywhere for sure. The legal pot laws here have the state a couple billion in the hole thinking they can compete with cartels and small recreational growers.
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Legal pot has been great for the Colorado government. Making a fortune in tax collection. Of course our liberal government quickly mastered methodology for squandering the fortune and are bleeding profusely again. Takes a red state to have balanced books - seriously.
And the fed is fond of "land swap" my cousins got burned on that one, they bought with 3 sides federal, and 4 years later, feds did a land swap with a developer, and now they have condos looking into their backyard.
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It has a primitive 1.1 mile dirt single lane road servicing it. My Prius with pulled camper made it halfway. No maintenance whatsoever. I don't foresee development since they swore off any more power poles. But things can always change. This area is quite remote. Oddly the prices are higher than with less remote areas- it is a prestigious area I guess.
The real problem is the price due to 40 kind of un dividable acres. I would likely be trying to make it work with half the price and half the acreage.
Many readers here live in areas where the laws are vastly different and we don't need to go down this subject in our forum.
-Bill "moderator" B.