Oklahoma intelligence

[fitz19d]

Broad topic. But we were planning a move to oklahoma. Wasnt supposed to be for 1-2 years but wifes job circumstance may be changing sooner than expected. We had just been talking about buying now and renting it out until we could move. Now maybe wed move and rent our CO house if we can swing it.

Problem and where I need help is..... Never really been there as an adult. My job is in federal buildings and supposedly the union and pay is a little better in Tulsa.

Need to find a place within an hour of the bulk of tulsa, bonus if closer but still rural. Looking for a modest 3-4 bedroom house, with at least garage or outbuildings for a few cars/ bikes. Would like to be able to shoot on property We looked for fun a year ago and saw many appealing properties in the 200-300k range that were nice and shady with plenty of trees.


So open to random advice/ Intel on where to be looking, etc. Hopefully find something with a storm shelter, and dreading the heat a bit.

[BPTactical]

"Oklahoma" and "Intelligence" should never be used in the same proximity of each other.....

[fitz19d]

Got you to peek. But yeah, I suspect I'll be in for an adjustment.

The only real draw is very cheap houses, conservative, and my contract actually pays better out there and wife can wfh.

Sell house, half buys new one, leftover after paying off existing to investments , then cruise to old age far away from most people.

Or rent out CO house for nearly as much as both mortgages.

[earplug]

OK has largest amount of shoreline in USA. Lots of water.

[Great-Kazoo]

Unless you have someone here that's RELIABLE, TRUSTWORTHY, ETC. DO NOT RENT YOUR HOME. Sell / cash out, never worrying if the renters are trashing the place. OR.... as we saw last year and in 20. The feds (under what authority??) decided to give tenants a pass. Can you agfford to be without that income, should the next PANDEMIC go the way the last one did?

[ray1970]

"Oklahoma" and "Intelligence" should never be used in the same proximity of each other.....

What are you saying? People who marry their siblings aren?t smart?

[fj605]

I've worked with a lot of guys from Oklahoma and they all really liked being there. I've only been to Tulsa once and it was a quick trip so I don't have an opinion.

An hour from Tulsa can actually mean an hour. Not just a few miles.

[ray1970]

I've worked with a lot of guys from Oklahoma and they all really liked being there.

What?s not to like about living in tornado alley?

[rondog]

Pay no attention to Bert.

Eastern OK is very nice, there's tons of very nice, very large, and very deep lakes all over there, including AR and MO too. Very nice scenery within reasonable drives. Finest firearm museum in the US is in Claremore, there's scads of other museums all over OK. The 45th Infantry Division Museum in OKC is a must-see, and WOOLAROC is too.

But as far as where to live near Tulsa, I can't tell ya. Best to network with locals, RE agents, maybe local Law Enforcement too. You don't want to buy in an area full of meth head tweakers, and they're out there.

[Bailey Guns]

I'd be happy to help you but I've never been to Tulsa or anywhere around there. I will tell you that home prices here are increasing at a rapid rate...though they're not yet as stupid as they are in Denver. There are still some bargains out there but they're getting harder and harder to find and you have to move on them quickly.

We closed on our place on Feb 1...modest house, about 1300 sq ft, 5 years old, shelter, 900 sq ft shop, a few other outbuildings and nearly 20 acres in south-central OK. We paid $200k for it. We didn't want to go as far east as Tulsa but looked at a ton of houses on Zillow in that area. There were some very tempting places for sure, but that was 6 to 8 months ago.

Lot of guys on the Oklahoma Shooters forum live in that area. It's a lot like the forum here...plenty of guys more than willing to help you out.

https://www.okshooters.com/

I couldn't be happier with my decision to move here.