Probably not a great location for a travelling salesperson.

But you can buy a lot of house for the same amount of money that would get you a dumpy, nondescript place in an anonymous part of Bend:

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2405-2nd-S...

To say nothing of the Bay Area.

It doesn't take a lot of people moving in to start changing prices in a town that small.