Reply #64: Not to mention.....

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that the vast majority of land and home buyers in places like Red River and Angel Fire are all from Texas and Oklahoma (my current biases). Every 1 ton pick up truck you see in Red River is not from NM and most are from OK and TX. It is something worth noting b/c their second or third homes in NM increase our taxes. Rich outsiders think our prices are cheap...and they are to someone who doesn't live here. But for those who call NM home for 365 days (and are not part of the white collar elite of Taos and Santa Fe or the wealthy down around TorC) the cost of living is not cheap...it is affordable based on our pay rate.

So when someone from TX, CA, or OK pays 25% above asking price (just to close the deal that day) it hurts us who call NM home as it impacts the housing market and property taxes.

NM is a right to work state, meaning you can be fired at any time with no cause! I just found that out 6 months ago.