Is there any good land priced low enough?

My sister-in-law bought her forestland for $350/acre last year.

I bought mine for $900/acre.

We both have paved year-around maintained county road access, power, and phone. Our property taxes seem to me to be very low, but the locals are insistant [to the point of getting mad] that they have the highest taxes in the nation. Last year's taxes, I paid $1.05 per acre.

I have 1/4 mile of riverfrontage. No cable, but power, phone and DSL. Fully forested, and lots of water. My well, I drilled to 168 feet, but water was at 50 feet.

My place is 6 mile from I-95, so we ahve good access to hospitals and to go drive into the city.

We do have a lot of beaver, and deer, and moose, and bear. The real problem issue is dealing with the beaver. Someland that I looked at, had been submerged by the beaver. So you could get it for even cheaper, if you were willing to trap the beaver.

Take a look see up North a bit.

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Wow!!!


My goodness!!


That is crazy!!

How about 10 acres of Orange grove producing oranges for $55,000.00 Taxes are low then you have Irrigation fees though But NO snow.. cheap priced labor. and the like..

urbanfarmer, check your private messages dude. dave_p

Land has gone up around here but you can still find it. We spent the evening showing a couple of friends 50 acres of our farm, Hills, flat areas a pond a cave even a crappie house that we are doing away with. No it is not going to be rebuilt. We live on the ajoining 70 acres facing another county road. Nice neighborhood. $2,000 an acre and we would finance the people that looked at it today are interested but untill today I don't think they really knew how bid fifty acres is. The property taxes would be about 200 per year maby a little less when the house is gone. We restricted it to site built houses, you can have livestock but no feed lots or pig parlors. Chickens sure but no fighting roosters No one wants to hear several hundred crowing roosters at daylight. We have never advertised any land we have sold people just find us or hear about it by word of mouth. Just keep looking your dream homestead is out there.

Niki, check down in Willcox. My neighbor is originally from Queen Creek.

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I disagree that rural land is going to hold it's value in the coming market downturn. The reason is that as fuel prices go up, more and more people are going to be looking to move closer to their jobs, and potential buyers are going to be less inclined to look at parcels that are very remote from jobs and services. This is an opportunity for those of us who don't need or want services, and don't have to commute to jobs (though you may have to be creative in marketing if you plan to live off something you grow or make at home). But patience will be needed, as it's going to take a while for the price drops to permeate the market. Also, the best farming land will probably be bought up by the corporations as fast as it comes on the market. But if you are looking for land they don't want or can't use, then you should be able to find some bargains if you can wait a bit.

Kathleen

Down here in Hancock co Tn land goes for appro.$1000 an acre. Up the road people have over 3000 acres plus a house and barn for $300,000. That isn,t bad. Seucluded from other people. Only some nuns live close by. Use to raise goats.

This ad was in the local paper here in western KY.

Land goes for less than this around here but I thought I'd throw this out there as an example. Usually you can get land for $1000 per acre, more or less.

Is there any good land priced low enough?


Land prices can be compared to the prices of oats, as in oats are Much cheaper after they have been through the horse!!:-}ray

Thanks Hank-Narita, but we would still have to leave our business behind if we were to go as far as Willcox. We have taken day trips to Willcox. It would be quite a distance to commute. I think we'd rather just sell the business and leave the state for someplace with a milder climate, more rain, and some more green. Cheaper land too, cheaper water. We pay $20 an hour for irrigation. People right down the road pay $5 an hour. Our irrigation company is crooked, methinks.

Niki

Cheap land within commuting distance of good jobs or even mediocre jobs is rare to non-existent. Real estate people say, "Everybody seems to be looking for a couple or few acres near town and jobs".

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I think that depends on a lot of variables, too.

What do you consider a 'good job'?

How much money do you need? Hours?

I know crane operators and heavy equipment operators; here who are making $50/hour sunrise to sunset through the building season. Others who make $20/hr but are limited to 60 hour work-weeks.

My wife transferred her job to here [works for a LARGE corporation], but she makes $16.50/hour, does some work as a cashier, some on a loading dock receiving shipments, some in freezers stocking, some out on the floor with customers either stocking shelves or hunting down items they are looking for. In the transfer she maintained her seniority, sick and vacation time accumulated, etc. She does commute about 25 minutes each way.