River front homes or beach front homes for sale on the Russian River are somewhat hard to come by.  Depending on the real estate climate these properties generally run 10 to 30% higher than an equivalent home near by.  However if  it's a home on the river you want they are available.   We recently walked through a wonderful property right on the river with it's own dock and large living room widows overlooking the beautiful Russian River as it flows gently to the sea.  The house had an Oriental flavor to it with Asian style outdoor furniture, exotic plants and foliage and the house itself had the look and colors of a Japanese pagoda.  The Russian River periodically floods as you can see on the chart below and one needs to find out about flood problems before you buy, but now, after so much history, house in the area are safe from the furry of a flood.

Luna, my dog, and I recently went for a walk along the Russian River to look for  homes and properties that meet our finicky criteria, which is sunshine, views, natural landscape and various  intangibles.  We found one, as you can see in our video, with lots of open space, views and really meets that intangible, the feeling of peace and quite.  The other positives of purchasing a Russian River River front property is they are very rent-able.  Vacationers are looking specifically for rentals right on the river and if you can access the river from the back yard this can add greatly to the rent you charge.  These rentals usually are very easy to rent-out during the spring, summer and fall.  Winter not so much but depending on your mortgage payment one can recoup his monies going out and make some extra cash for those rainy days here on the Russian River.

 

 

Top Document Floods

1. 48.8 - 2/18/1986
2. 48.0 - 1/10/1995
3. 47.6 - 12/23/1955
4. 47.4 - 12/23/1964
5. 46.9 - 2/28/1940
6. 45.0 - 1/1/1997
7. 42.5 - 1/5/1966
8. 41.8 - 1/1/2006
9. 41.5 - 3/10/1995
10. 41.3 - 1/24/1970
11. 41.1 - 2/1/1963
12. 40.7 - 1/17/1974
13. 40.4 - 1/27/1983
14. 40.2 - 2/25/1958
15. 39.5 - 1/22/1943
15. 39.5 - 1/14/1969
15. 39.5 - 1/17/1978