oregon: Vegas Bob might be busting a move soon! - 04/20/20 08:55 AM

 
Vegas Bob might be busting a move soon!
 
The construction project I was working on in San Jose was shut down March 30th 2020 because of the Corona Virus and I have been in quarantine now for 21 days now. I only received $318 dollars because I made too much money in 2019 for the stimulus money and I have (not received) any money from unemployment yet.
I know glazier's (glass worker) friends in Oregon, Minnesota, Las Vegas and other states that are still working and were never laid off because of the virus. I enjoy working, plan to retire in the next 3 years so … (3 comments)

oregon: California Bay Area Home Prices Peak - Sell Now Before they Fall - 05/22/18 08:59 AM

California Bay Area Home Prices Peak - Sell Now Before they Fall
Prices on homes For Sale in the Bay Are of California have reached a all time high. Average home in San Francisco is around $1.5 to $2 million and the San Jose area average homes are selling for around $1,000,000.

Now that being said, homes depreciate in value and the land, lot or acreage beneath the homes goes up in value. There are approx. 1+ million people in San Jose alone including suburbs. The average home in San Jose cost not more than $200, 000 to build and if the homes … (7 comments)

oregon: Robert Vegas Bob Swetz ISO Lake Properties - 03/03/18 05:30 PM
 Robert Vegas Bob Swetz ISO Lake Properties Robert Swetz aka Vegas Bob is in search of a special lake property for future retirement along with other lake properties for investment and or family and friends.  The Lake Properties that I am interested in need to be around areas with mountains, streams and snow.  The three photos above were taken on lakes north of Anchorage and these are and example of what I am looking for.  For anyone reading this post that has any connections and or knows of areas where I could start looking at lake properties please let me know in the comments below.  Areas … (7 comments)

oregon: The Roller Coaster of Real Estate in the United States - 01/29/17 09:10 AM
The Roller Coaster of Real Estate in the United States
 
The Real Estate market across the United States has been a ever changing industry for hundreds of years, and will continue to be.
In the long run purchasing Real Estate for long term seems to a better investment as long as a people can handle the Roller Coaster and ups & downs.
My friend Lin whom became my wife 2+ years ago moved to Anchorage Alaska before we married in Wasilla AK September 2015.
Lin had a job lined up but had no idea how expensive homes were selling for in Anchorage, high cost of … (17 comments)

oregon: Robert Swetz going to Big Sur California Saturday 9/17/2016 - 09/16/16 10:20 AM

Big Sur California by Robert Swetz
 
Robert Swetz going to Big Sur California  Saturday 9/17/2017
 
Robert "Vegas Bob" Swetz have been visiting Big Sur California since the late 70's when he first started traveling as a teenager.
Big Sur California is by far one of Vegas Bob's favorite places next to Luguna Beach, Redwoods in NorCal 100 mile south of the Oregon border, Lake Tahoe just to name a few.
What Robert Swetz loves most about the Big Sur area in the steep cliffs, aqua-colored waters and the feeling of an area that really hasn't been touched people.
 
 
 
Big Sur California is like stepping back in time, … (13 comments)

oregon: Lake Home or Cabin Vegas Bob wants to purchase - 08/17/16 11:07 AM

 Lake Home or Cabin Vegas Bob wants to purchase
 
Robert Vegas Bob Swetz owned a lake property in northern Minnesota 25 years ago that he sold 2 years ago because he hadn't had a chance to stay in it for almost 8 years. With 161 feet of shore line on Island Lake by Northome Minnesota Robert's property was very beautiful but the winters there were colder than winters in Anchorage Alaska, dropping down to 20-30 below zero.
 
 
Robert also owned a river property in northern California with 600 feet on the Mad River with 11 acres of rolling black oak trees that he … (7 comments)

oregon: Robert Vegas Bob Swetz ISO small Lake Home - 08/15/16 11:24 PM
Robert Vegas Bob Swetz ISO small Lake Home
 
Robert Swetz aka Vegas Bob has written about lake properties and or vacant lake lots before in the past.
Well Vegas Bob has never given up the search, he has been searching in Wasilla Alaska, Lake Sinclair in Georgia, parts of Oregon, Northern California and some other places.
Vegas Bob will follow this post with a more detailed post on exactly what he is searching for.
Between the details, cost and continued search and and some prayers and guidance from a higher power Vegas Bob knows his search will come true.
Stay tune for another post later today … (16 comments)

oregon: Is there a beautiful heavenly place to find Peace of Mind? - 12/13/15 12:41 PM
I have traveled to some of the most beautiful places around the world and I know there will be new places of beauty.For the last five years I have been in search of more beautiful heavenly places to find Peace of Mind.A place where you can open your eyes in awe at the beauty that surrounds, a place where you can close your eyes and hear the sounds of the waves crashing, sounds of birds, etc, or the Sounds of Silence.The photo above was taken in the Redwoods in northern California by Eureka, approx 100 miles south of the Oregon Border.The … (15 comments)

oregon: Vegas Bob - Counting the days until he visits Alaska The Last Frontier - 06/15/15 11:26 AM
 South Anchorage Alaska from a bluff by Robert Swetz 2014 Every day that comes to an end brings me closer to my next visit to "The Last Frontier" in beautiful Alaska.And for anyone that has been following Vegas Bob and his  posts about Alaska know how excited he is to get back up there ;o)In fact most of Vegas Bob's friends ask him all the time, why he doesn't live up in Alaska?The second week of July will make Robert Swetz's 5 time to Alaska. Robert's first visit was in 2000, followed by three visits in 2014 and now July in 2015.Vegas … (13 comments)

oregon: Beautiful Hatchers Pass Wasilla Alaska by Robert Swetz - 06/13/15 07:44 AM

Hatchers Pass Alaska by Robert Swetz 2014
 
As a hardcore traveler of over 40 years, Robert "Vegas Bob" Swetz becomes bored very easily traveling to certain states and places.
 
Minnesota, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Wisconsin, North & South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington State, Oregon, California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, just to name a few are states that Vegas Bob has traveled through "Day in and Day Out"
 
Robert Swetz has a loving wife and other family members in Alaska now. 
And for anyone that doesn't really know how large Alaska is, let VB tell you ... It's a HUGE state with hundreds of … (14 comments)

oregon: Robert Vegas Bob Swetz meets Alaska Bob (Eye Candy) - 05/12/15 11:34 AM

Here are some great photographs that Robert Swetz took in 2014 while he was on vacation in Alaska.
 
 
Robert Swetz aka Vegas Bob has traveled all over the United States, from ... Wyoming, Colorado, Oregon, Montana, California, Utah, etc, and has never viewed a more beautiful place like Alaska.
 
 
Robert Swetz's first visit to Alaska was back in 2001, followed by approx 90 days in a 4 month period in 2014.
 
 
Robert Swetz aka Alaska Bob will be traveling once again in the middle of July 2015. Alaska Bob will be visiting with his new wife and fishing Halibut, and taking new photographs.
 
 
Vegas Bob … (27 comments)

oregon: Having a Home is very important, when's the last time you roughed it? - 02/15/15 11:00 PM
             Robert Swetz with BMW motorcycle in Brainerd Minnesota 2003
 
Having a Home is very important, when's the last time you roughed it?
 
For the last couple of weeks Vegas Bob has been roughing it in Morgan Hill California, staying in a friends RV trailer.
Around 5 days per week we did not have access to a shower or toilet because be had to move the RV from the trailer park to a more remote location.
So Vegas Bob had to join the 24 hour fitness in Morgan Hill.
 

Robert Swetz fishing at Jimmy … (14 comments)

oregon: Enlightened by the Beauty of Alaska - 01/26/15 02:46 AM
  Enlightened by the Beauty of Alaska by Robert Vegas Bob Swetz 2015   On my first visit to Alaska in 2001, I spent 7 days driving from Anchorage to Seward, Homer and Wasilla which is approx 1500 miles. The memories of Alaska in 2001 lasted for many years after and at that time I was enlightened in Seward Alaska.     When I was in Seward in 2001 I climbed a mountainside made of shale, approx 1000 feet. And when I reached the top, I had a 360 degree view of Seward and the bay. The peace of mind that … (13 comments)

oregon: WHIT HOBBS Expresses Success with Robert Vegas Bob Swetz - 10/26/14 04:04 AM
WHIT HOBBS Expresses Success with Robert Vegas Bob Swetz     WHIT HOBBS Expresses Success with Robert Vegas Bob Swetz     Success is waking up   in the morning, whoever you are,   wherever you are,   however old or young,   and bounding out of bed because    there's something out there that   you love to do, that you believe in,   that you're good at -   something that's bigger than you are,   and you can hardly wait to    get at it again today.   -WHIT HOBBS     That thing that Whit Hobbs is … (14 comments)

oregon: BIG SUR California ... "One of the most Beautiful places on Earth" - 01/30/14 10:30 AM

" One of the most beautiful coastlines in the world "  California, (BIG SUR). California to me has to be one of the most beautiful places on Earth, next to Alaska and Oregon.
 I have traveled to California ever since 1974. I moved to Portland Oregon when I was 16 years old with one of my best friends. I worked 6 months out of the year and traveled 6 months out of the year. And where do you think I traveled to? (California) of course!
 All the way down the whole coast through the Redwoods in Humboldt County, Mount Shasta … (5 comments)

oregon: Traveling and spending "Time" with yourself, really enjoying your Life - 06/10/13 11:37 AM

 
Robert Swetz in Portand Oregon 1979
 
Robert (Vegas Bob) Swetz wanted to throw this post and photo pic out to everyone just to see who really takes time for themselves with travel and vacations from work.
VB at this time works many different jobs:
Sells Real Estate in Las Vegas/ Nevada, purchases Real Estate Investments, works on commercial construction projects along Las Vegas Blvd, takes photographs/ videos, Paints and writes books.
Now some people may wonder where does VB find the time to travel or take a vacation? But he does! On average VB travels and takes … (7 comments)

oregon: Laguna Beach in Orange County California by Robert Swetz 5-28-2013 - 05/28/13 01:22 PM

 
 Robert (Vegas Bob) Swetz has been traveling through the state of California since the mid 70s, and still continues to travel to Cali as much as possible.
 When Robert was a teenager living in Portland Oregon he use to hitchhike up and down the Pacific Coast of Oregon and California all the way from Portland to San Diego and back at least twice a year.
 Since the 70s Robert has traveled to over 40 different states including Alaska, he is planning a trip to the Hawaiian islands some time soon. Robert has travel to many other countries including Canada, … (9 comments)

oregon: Robert Swetz's answers to "Life" come from Traveling the World ... "Blast from the Past" - 04/14/12 01:39 AM
(photograph by Larry Johns) 1976
Late Friday evening I wrote a post about "Life" and Traveling, how Traveling has always been a part of my "Life."
It was only minutes after I wrote this post about "Life" with photos attached that I rolled over to FaceBook and came across this photo of some buddies I have known forever, since grade school. Here we are back in (1976) preparing to climb Mt Hood from the Timberline Lodge in Oregon. It took us 8 hours to get up there and another 6 to get down ... "Those were the days" ... not a … (7 comments)

oregon: If you had your chance to retire in any City in the United States what City would that be? - 08/01/10 05:43 PM

 
If you had your chance to retire in any City in the United States what City would that be?
 
There are many great Cities & Towns across the "United States" with many different personalities. And if you were getting ready to retire which City/ Town and State would you be interested in living?
There are many different Real Estate Agents connected to the Activerain network just waiting to hear what your answer might be. Because they might just be interested in hooking you up with a home and representing you with your purchase and interest in the City … (9 comments)

oregon: Posting to the Activerain Community vs (Localism) - 07/07/09 11:22 AM
 Posting to the Activerain Community vs (Localism)
 For the last twelve months around 50% of my blogs are posted to (Localism) because I travel so much and I photograph the cities I travel in. The other 50% of my blogs are posted to the Activerain Community.
 What is your opinion on posting to the Activerain Community vs (Localism)?
 Do you know if (Localism) is only visible to people who are in that area?  Or do you have to add a specific tag for this?
 And do posts to Localism ever get featured?
 I have found that even when I post a blog … (14 comments)

 
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