Notes from the field on North Idaho real estate, land, and the long view, from the Kroetch Property Group team.https://kpgidaho.com/en-us© 2026 Kroetch Property Grouphttps://kpgidaho.com/journal/hayden-lake-public-access/https://kpgidaho.com/journal/hayden-lake-public-access/The shoreline is mostly private. If you're moving for "Hayden Lake out the back door," it's worth knowing exactly what that means before you tour.Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThaydenwaterfrontbuyingJoe Kroetchhttps://kpgidaho.com/journal/documenting-the-clagstone-build/https://kpgidaho.com/journal/documenting-the-clagstone-build/We're recording the Clagstone build as it happens. The parts that show up in the aerials, and the parts that don't. Here's the first short.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTclagstonevideolandJoe Kroetchhttps://kpgidaho.com/journal/spokane-valley-pencil-test/https://kpgidaho.com/journal/spokane-valley-pencil-test/The pitch you usually hear about moving from Washington to North Idaho is "lower taxes, lower cost of living, better lifestyle." Two of those are true. One of them is, for a working-age Spokane Valley household, mostly false.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTrelocatingbuyingwashingtonJoe Kroetchhttps://kpgidaho.com/journal/well-irrigation-law-change-2025/https://kpgidaho.com/journal/well-irrigation-law-change-2025/A six-acre buyer asked me about an apple orchard last summer. Two years ago that was a routine question. Last year it became a complicated one, because the law changed.Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTlandclagstonebuyingwater-rightsJoe Kroetchhttps://kpgidaho.com/journal/where-the-eagles-come-in-november/https://kpgidaho.com/journal/where-the-eagles-come-in-november/Most relocators worry about the off-season. North Idaho's secret is that the off-season has its own headline events, and you can stand on a ridge above one of them.Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTlifestyleseasonswinterJoe Kroetchhttps://kpgidaho.com/journal/what-six-acres-actually-feels-like/https://kpgidaho.com/journal/what-six-acres-actually-feels-like/The difference between a five-acre lot and a six-acre lot doesn't sound like much on paper. It's the difference between a neighborhood and a homestead in person.Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTlandclagstonebuyingJoe Kroetchhttps://kpgidaho.com/journal/large-acre-subdivision-coming/https://kpgidaho.com/journal/large-acre-subdivision-coming/First public look at what we've been quietly working on outside Athol. Fifty-eight homesites, six acres give or take, twenty-some minutes from Coeur d'Alene.Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTclagstonevideolandJoe Kroetch