He raised the price in order for him to not put it back on the market (anything with land was going so far over asking) and we agreed to buying it as-is, but still worth it to us (mostly because of what I do). Even more than ever because at this point we were 80% sure that we were permanently leaving LA, and while we had since fallen in love with living in Lake Arrowhead year-round (we thought we would be bored before, but not at all) we still knew Oregon was where we wanted to eventually raise our kids. So Tom texted and asked us if we were still serious because he probably saw that the time was right for him to sell (this was August of last year, 2020) and we freaked out. It’s an incredible piece of land full of old-growth trees, groves (and more) and the location is SO good, making it extra desirable when people want more space. You see, it is a strangely secluded THREE ACRES in the middle of an incredible old suburb 15 minutes from Downtown Portland and 5 minutes from cute SW restaurants. People started coming at him to buy it mostly to develop it because now more than ever people want land. Brian and Tom (the owner) texted for a full year about it, checking in every couple of months to see if we were still interested and us being completely transparent that YES we sure were. Maybe we needed to stay in LA for one more year? Maybe it was a test to see if we really wanted it. We were extremely disappointed but I KNEW that it was just a timing situation. He then realized that he wasn’t ready to sell it and while deeply apologizing, changed his mind. The owner, Tom, didn’t feel motivated by our offer so we quickly just came up knowing that we wanted it that badly, long-term. We walked the property for THREE hours and made an offer the next day. We drove into the long tree-lined property and immediately knew it would be ours. So we found a property online that checked a lot of those boxes and we flew up the next day (just Brian and I, in August 2019).
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