Taos Real Estate

Using the Internet to Work Where You Want

In an article titled High-Earners Choose to Work Where They Want, Realtor Magazine Online speaks to a growing trend for those earning high incomes to take their work to resort and vacation home markets.  This is due to advances in technology, giving them the ability to operate from a home in an area they prefer.

Using the Jackson Hole, Wyoming area as an example, the article states that their demographics have changed dramatically from a second home market to a market with 75% growth in full time labor force.  At the prices in that area, these aren't hospitality industry workers for the most part, but those who are able to work remotely via the Internet on jobs and business in states all around the country.

This is obviously a plus for the Taos real estate market as well, but we must pay attention and make sure as sellers that we've marketed the availability of DSL or other high speed broadband access to our listed homes.  If you don't have DSL, at least check to see if "line-of-sight" high speed is available from providers like Kit Carson and TaosNet.  If high speed Internet access is available, make sure that all of your marketing materials indicate that, even down to mentioning the speed of the connection.  It's a really big deal to the high income buyer who must bring their work here with them.

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