Where, o where, are the buyers today, oh, where, o where, have they gone? Sometimes I think Florence is in the land that time forgot. Maybe we need to have a 25 billion dollar budget deficit and be talking about oil rigs off the coast of Oregon. Maybe then it would seem like people would take notice.

That's exactly why Florence is the place to be. Our unemployment is low compared to Eugene because we have no industrial base to lay off large chunks of employees. You won't see mass amounts of boarded up houses because most residents are financially retirement stable. We don't have a lot of small businesses so there aren't "Going Out of Business" signs in every other window. Life in general seems to go on regardless of the national naysayers. In fact, I often threaten to turn off my personal flow of news because there is so little uplifting information. Are we frozen from the cold negative winds of the media? Maybe Micheal J. Fox is the only one to understand that hope makes life worth living no matter what your situation is and the more you exercise it the better it will be.

The facts are that the Oregon Coast is a great place to escape the ills of urban survival. There are many great deals to be made in the local real estate market, interest rates are affordable, the price of gas has stabilised, and banks are beginning to lend money. So where, o where, are the buyers??

People come into our real estate office everyday to say how much they want to move to Florence, Oregon, but by the time they get home something happens to them. Maybe when on vacation distant destinations always seem a way out of the reality back home. For some who have really thought out a move but are frozen in time, I have this to offer.

Believe in yourself and understand that life is everchanging. Without change there is no growth. Sometimes, we just gotta do what we gotta do, and being afraid to break the ice may be keeping you from living a better life.

See you on the beach!