06-15-2018, 12:52 PM
Not sure why we need two threads from different forums on the same topic, but here's my cross post:
As far as I know, most of the lots in upper Puna are still undeveloped. What is the point of making a new subdivision? There are plenty of lots for sale currently listed. More would be listed if there was any real market for them.
A more logical "land swap" would be something along the lines of: somebody displaced by lava buys undeveloped land and in exchange for deeding their old property to the county (or state, or whoever), they get a tax credit of some kind. Maybe it could be developed land, I don't know, that is above my pay grade.
It seems like Ruderman is trying to re-invent the real estate wheel, which is unnecessary with so many existing lots already available. Bringing in bulldozers, surveyors, water lines, yada yada yada is nonsense overkill when this can be handled with paperwork using existing real estate that is in abundance.
Once the existing properties are getting sold, it would prime the market for getting those bank-owned houses for sale. Adding subdivisions would have the opposite effect.
This just seems like common sense. If I'm off my rocker then feel free to point it out.
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As far as I know, most of the lots in upper Puna are still undeveloped. What is the point of making a new subdivision? There are plenty of lots for sale currently listed. More would be listed if there was any real market for them.
A more logical "land swap" would be something along the lines of: somebody displaced by lava buys undeveloped land and in exchange for deeding their old property to the county (or state, or whoever), they get a tax credit of some kind. Maybe it could be developed land, I don't know, that is above my pay grade.
It seems like Ruderman is trying to re-invent the real estate wheel, which is unnecessary with so many existing lots already available. Bringing in bulldozers, surveyors, water lines, yada yada yada is nonsense overkill when this can be handled with paperwork using existing real estate that is in abundance.
Once the existing properties are getting sold, it would prime the market for getting those bank-owned houses for sale. Adding subdivisions would have the opposite effect.
This just seems like common sense. If I'm off my rocker then feel free to point it out.
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