I owned one way up on the Canadian border and renovated it and it turned out great. 

I lived in WA for nearly 20 years, from the White Salmon area to Seattle, Bellingham - I owned a house in Sumas on the Canadian border, too.You know what might work for Chelan for the workers who need to live there year round, is to find a LIHTC (low income housing tax credit) investor group to build an apartment complex or two in town. 

Loved the story in the WaPo earlier this month about how a cordless Sawzall fitted with a 12-inch Diablo carbide blade can cut through the new border wall like butter.

Bordering on discrimination there.

Rental market just across border from Chicago in Indiana is killer if you're looking in that area.

Others here, close to the CDN border, just cross over for much cheaper CDN Rx fulfillments, especially diabetic supplies.

This is a real out of the way part of CA, right on the OR border, but is popular with tourists and travelers during the summer months.  

However, real service dogs are virtually always highly "trainable" breeds, such as labs, golden retrievers, labradoodles, and herding breeds (border collies, corgis, etc.)

There is an old law in Mexico that prohibits foreigners to own property (land and buildings) within 50 kilometres of the coastline and 100 kilometres of the international borders.

And this was on the Canadian border, so long winters and snow.If you can afford to have gas for heat and cooking and hot water (but, I'm talking hot water heaters in each unit, not a central boiler), it would probably be cheaper and more efficient and warmer.