Hot Properties in Cold Country

  Some brokers in Alaska specialize in more remote properties.  A few market real estate state wide, and in Alaska, that is quite a feat.  I often go to State Wide Real Estate Services site and drool over some of the places Wyn Moser has for sale.  The above photo is a property on Kodiak Island.  Boat or float plane is the only access.  I wish this were my listing just so I could visit for showings...but I don't own a float plane.  And it's too far for my boat.  It's only $89,000 with 13 acres of pure wilderness.

Another statewide broker is Bernie and Barbara Vockner of Remote Properties Inc.  They have a listing that is on the other end of the money scale.

This property is also accessed by float plane, or by land plane to the other end of the lake and boat across.  But along with the 19 acres on Chilkat Lake near Haines, you get your own small golf course, a 2,800 sq ft "club house" and 4 cabins.  Price is $1,450,000 cash. I wouldn't mind living there either.

Of course I occasionally have one of these "Alaskan Properties" for sale myself.  Here is one by the Matanuska glacier.  I just listed a beautiful log home that I will highlight with a future post. I always enjoy those properties.  I guess it's because they remind me of my childhood on the Yukon River.  I just love the Alaskan outdoors.

The Yukon River is in Alaska's interior which is very cold in the winter and very warm in the summer.  Of course, it's all relative.  Interior temperatures range from -60 and colder in the winter to 80 and warmer in the summer.  That's quite a temperature swing. 

Here's an interesting property on Big River in the interior.  I love the Volkner's description of access, "A truly rewarding place for whatever your purpose may be, but hard to reach. It is almost a two-hour flight from Anchorage through Rainy Pass or one may charter out of McGrath, which is about a 45-minute flight. There are numerous gravel bars, which offer some good landing sites for the experienced pilot." It's only $40,000 for 38 acres.

If you want to look for remote property in Alaska just send me a note. I'll point you in the right direction!!