Good ol' supply demand. Based off census data in1970 Berlin had a population of 15000. Today it's 10000. That means a whole lot of surplus housing.

The hard part is when housing demand drops like that, in order to maintain the same services the tax rate goes up as property values drop.

Cheap property also means not many want to drop 50k on renovations when they may only add 25k worth of value. This leads to things beginning to look a bit old.

I grew up in Coos. I loved it up there but it is remote. And cold. Very cold.

If you enjoy the area and want to buy be VERY cautious about renting. You can easily get burned by a tenant and they can just move on to the next landlord because housing is a lot more plentiful.

If you like cheap housing though and can work remote then it's not a bad option. Just do some due diligence and you will be good.