La Pine Oregon, Worth investing/living in?

[Kyle Craig]

I have a close family friend looking to move to Bend Oregon.  They need at least .75 or more acres (1 acre or more would be perfect) of land because they own a business and will have 3 large trucks to store.  My question is they are looking at a few bank owned homes in La Pine Oregon.  I have spoke with several real estate agents and they have all given me bad feed back about living in La Pine.  They talked about snowed in roads with huge pot holes.  Very low temperatures compared to Bend ect ect..

Should they just settle and get a property in La Pine because they can find something great for under their $300k price range or do you think they should hold out and try and find something closer to Bend and not in La Pine?

Thank you so much Oregon investors and agents!!!