HELP!! opinions on land price made an offer

Congrats Mamahen. I have to say, I love our land, too.
And we paid about 25% more for it than we should have, but it was still a good deal, and it was what we were willing to spend.

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We, too, paid more than the going rate. Back then, land around here was $500-600/acre. We paid just over $900/acre. But it had everything we wanted: creek, ponds, one more level end graduating up to rolling hills, 30 acres in pasture, 50 in woods, etc.

This same piece of land, WITHOUT any of the improvements we've made, would go for over $2K/acre today.

It's all about what it's worth to YOU... not someone else.
Yay! to mamahen!!!

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You're welcome and congrats. :-)

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Woooohooooooooo!!!! Good for you for following your dream and not giving up on your perfect place.

Now the fun begins (all of that good 'ole hard work!).

$8,000 per acre? No biggie. Try MINIMUM $25,000 per acre in Oconee County, GA. Some land goes for $50,000 per acre.

$2,300 per acre is a steal I don't care where it's at.

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OK Here they are

MANY PICS (maybe) lol

View from the road looking up the property



One of the creeks on the prop. I think there are 2 or 3 Forgot waterfall pic.



View from highest point/building site



MY POND woohooo



The HIDDEN meadow this is behind the hill I found it accidentally



Those are Cherry?? trees on each side of the meadow. have lil green berries hanging in a cluster like grapes. not 2 or 3 but like grapes lol.

the Pond is about an acre or so you cannot see the pond from the road it's on top of the first hill.

If you look real close you can see a red spot at the end of the pic from building site thats the car the white "House" in pic is actually a little church on a hill. I have also been told my pics do this NO JUSTICE by my parents lol.

But I put one as my wallpaper to remind why I will be working so very hard the next few years. sorry if the pics are too big i dont know how to change them.

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Beautiful, mamahen!

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Sorry i went back and edited it to make sure the pics would upload

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Dear God So far today Ive done ok I havent gossiped got mad been greedy grumpy or nasty Im very thankful But in a few min. Im goin to get outta bed from then on Im goin to need alot more help AMEN

Very nice looking land there. Glad it worked out and you got it.

Congrats on the land purchase! Sounds very exciting.

Just had to say:

1) If I didn't love THINGS - places, creatures, activities - in addition to the HUMANS in my life, it would be a much less joyful life. I passionately love a lot of what I have, know and do and it makes life worth living.

2) Beautiful should only be used to describe a person? Really?!? I'm brand new here at HomesteadingToday and it's probably not a good idea to start off ranting, but this is one of the oddest things I've ever heard! Just today I saw a beautiful sunrise, a beautiful goat, a beautiful cat, some beautiful artwork (on this forum, no less!), a beautiful pasture, a beautiful flock of birds, and a beautiful sunset. I read a beautiful passage in a book and heard some beautiful music. I must confess that my life would be a sad thing indeed if I were unable to recognize beauty in anything but a human being.

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I think Home can be something that is loved as well as being a thing of beauty.

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Still waiting to hear WHERE in KY.

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Quite right

LOL Central Ky havent closed on it yet so will wait on that part, WHERE are U AT??

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Dear God So far today Ive done ok I havent gossiped got mad been greedy grumpy or nasty Im very thankful But in a few min. Im goin to get outta bed from then on Im goin to need alot more help AMEN

I do NOT ever "Set someone Up" to be rude, some people just cant help themselves and try to make themselves seem smarter by trying to make others feel dumb. Sad really~

So My original offer ~do try to keep up with me~

was for acerage based on 1750 an acre (realtor price) So False asking price was 40,250 I offered 35,500. Doesn't look so bad now hmmm???

So REALLLLL asking price was 52,000 - 4,000 gives you buying price. (I'll not do the math on the last one give you something to fill your day with

BY THE WAY~ I WOULD HAVE PAID MORE
:banana02:

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Dear God So far today Ive done ok I havent gossiped got mad been greedy grumpy or nasty Im very thankful But in a few min. Im goin to get outta bed from then on Im goin to need alot more help AMEN

Oh my! I can see why you fell in love with the place! Congrats!

FM, just be happy for the woman already, sheesh!

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I know you've already bought the property, so this is a bit late(might help other people ), but there's a good book I always recommend. It's How to Find and Buy Your Place in the Country, by Les Scher. A LOT of good information in there. One thing he recommends is finding out as much as you can about the property before making the offer, like how long it's been on the market, how many offers(if any) have been made on it, etc.).

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Congratulations and good luck with your new, exciting endeavor! This was my first time reading this post but I was rooting for you all the way to the end! lol

I was happy for you before I saw the pictures, now I'm ECSTATIC for you!!!

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Wow, you'll probably have neighbors from this forum when they find out where that land is. VERY NICE!!

Jennifer

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Awwww Thanks everyone and thanks for the support. I sure do appreciate it.

It's hard being in Idaho with all this *sarcastic here* BEAUTIFUL snow I have been looking at SINCE OCT. of LAST year, knowing my Property in Ky awaits, but alas I think if I get a job this summer and work real hard I can pay for some of the utilities or fencing, exc.exc.exc. YALL KNOW

BUT hopefully with the sale of the house we will be able to build there and be DEBT FREE which was MY GOAL :banana02:

I would Love to have my friends from HT as neighbors. I know I would be getting the best there was.

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Dear God So far today Ive done ok I havent gossiped got mad been greedy grumpy or nasty Im very thankful But in a few min. Im goin to get outta bed from then on Im goin to need alot more help AMEN