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JohnW
05-10-2011, 06:04 PM
Many of you have recommended that we close no deals on land until after the seminar (mine is September) so we know what to look for, etc. That's sound advice.

However, I've been surfing and looking at various places and find that land is expensive.

I guess I'm surprised because with the real estate bubble bursting and 1/3rd of all home sales now being banks clearing their foreclosures, I thought the impact would affect land as well.

I'm finding that nice plots near towns and cities are running between $6000 and $15000 an acre. That's not an official, scientific average, just personal observation after looking at about a dozen locations.

I thought it might be interesting to hear where some of you think inexpensive land can still be found.

Thank you

Cruiser
05-10-2011, 06:44 PM
John,

We live in north MS, just outside of Memphis. Land is much cheaper than that here. In a real nice subdivision outside of town, "executive" lots of 2-5 acres will range from a low of about 10k/acre to twice that...of course depending on location. We looked at 2 beautiful pcs of property this past weekend. They were only about 25 miles from work and literally within walking distance of Arkabutla Lake, a Corp or Engineers lake. Both pcs were about 20 acres. One was beautful rolling pasture with clumps of big oaks scattered over it with a fantastic building site and a small pond. The price of it was about $69k. We are looking for more woods, so we ruled it out...but it sure was pretty and offered owner financing. The other pc was about the same size, but wooded with clearings scattered throughout. It is on a dead end road and the entire road consists of "lots" from 5 to 20 + acres. The good and bad is that it is restricted, so no mobile homes. We are planning to stay in a mobile home on the property during the build, so I don't know if this will work. I will have to talk to the owner first to see if an exception can be made. We really want to get 100+ acres, but we would be so far from work (to get affordable land) we have about rulled that out. Gas prices and drive time could take a toll. These 2 places are actually in the "country", but still close enough to work and offer a great place to fish and hunt right outside the door. If we don't bite on the second one, we'll definitely be honed in on this area.

Anyway, more info than you probably wanted, but land prices here are cheap compared to other areas od the country. You are right though, the housing market did not affect land prices at all, at least around here.

Cruiser
05-10-2011, 06:45 PM
Oh, the second pcs of property will run about 4k/acre.

rckclmbr428
05-10-2011, 07:04 PM
West virginia has 1k an acre land all day long, cheaper in some areas, with little gov involvmemt

Cruiser
05-10-2011, 07:36 PM
WV is a gorgeous state!

JohnW
05-10-2011, 09:05 PM
We live in north MS, just outside of Memphis.

Hope you're staying dry!

Thanks

JohnW
05-10-2011, 09:07 PM
West virginia has 1k an acre land all day long, cheaper in some areas, with little gov involvmemt

Yeah, we were starting to build a home outside of Harper's Ferry when I got orders. Nice area but probably over-built by now. We'll have to check out WV. probably the farther you get from DC the better.

Thanks

LogSurfer2
05-16-2011, 05:45 PM
Hey JohnW,
Fellow Sept. classmate here. I don't recall if I know what state you are in, but don't feel bad....my husband and I live in CA, so cheap land here is definitely not an easy one. In the county I live in now, the cheapest 1 ac. lot I can find is $40K and NO utilities. Santa Cruz county (next door to my current county) has a 3 ac. parcel with NO utilities for $50K and that's pretty cheap here. In our situation, we need to be within about an hour commute to a city for work, since we are not of "retirement" age or status! LOL...but I can say that just by moving a few counties over (out of the Bay Area and inland more towards Tahoe) land is cheaper by at least half, and more the farther you get from any cities with jobs. We are looking at anywhere from 2-6 acres....and this is land that already has water, power (or closeby) and some with the septic report and/or cleared pad. County permit & regulatory costs are also less....although not by very much. El Dorado County, where we are currently looking, has a Dept. of Transportation TIM (Traffic Impact Mitigation) fee, flat rate of anywhere from $15k - $42K depending on the area a parcel is in. Yeah, you read that right! Our jaws did indeed drop when we actually stumbled on that one. Whew....not to mention the planning, bldg., septic, public school district, high school district....shall I go on??? All in all, we will easily be looking at $40K+ before we can even start building. That's after getting the land. So you can see that even if we secure land, and can camp or "Trailer" park there....we would have to save our $$ for almost a year just to pay that TIM fee! IF we can keep our current salaries!!! My what a lovely state we live in ;-) So we will be working on our house for quite a few years!!! The more we look & learn, we realize you DO get what you pay for, but it's all relative to your location.

lilbluehonda
05-16-2011, 06:24 PM
I've said it before Logsurfer2 you guys are just looking in the wrong place,I don't know how large a city you want to live near but the cheap land is a little further north,every where you mentioned so far are some of the most expensive places in California,if you haven't noticed Eldorado County is the new wine country and anywhere around the Bay of course is going to be a lot but I paid 30K for 40 AC. less than an hour from Chico which is a fair sized town

LogSurfer2
05-16-2011, 06:36 PM
Really?!?! Are there any jobs in Chico, besides the college of course? Don still mentions you and your area, so it is not out of the equation....the main reason I love that area is the close proximity to my family, friends, jobs and nice elevation...just at the snow line. My best friend will probably head to the El Dorado area at some point, too. So, for now it's a good mix of area & price for us....although now that you mentioned it's the "new wine country"....that's another temptation for me :o) I had not heard that....if only I could get enough land to plant some grapes....! Then I could work on my next career!!!

logsurfer
05-16-2011, 09:14 PM
I've said it before Logsurfer2 you guys are just looking in the wrong place,I don't know how large a city you want to live near but the cheap land is a little further north,every where you mentioned so far are some of the most expensive places in California,if you haven't noticed Eldorado County is the new wine country and anywhere around the Bay of course is going to be a lot but I paid 30K for 40 AC. less than an hour from Chico which is a fair sized town

Whoa...I didn't know you had that much land...for that price! Are you working-Retired?? Butte-right? You have usable trees for the home in those acres? I think I may have asked that before...if so, forgive the lack of memory on my part :) Wait...wasn't it ragdumproad? Though I'm just afraid that any work is slim pickens??
Stretching the lot search.. When your right your right>

lilbluehonda
05-17-2011, 06:57 AM
Still worken but going to retire soon to put full effort into building got tons of tree's,of course my place is remote but I can be in Chico in less than an hour,nice part no traffic,Chico isn't just a College Town anymore,the Town it self has 65,000 people and the surrounding area over 200,000 I guess it depends what kind of work your looking for then a little further is Marysville and Yuba City a friend of mine just bought a fixer upper house in Paradise for 40,000 and it's not all that bad

Basil
05-24-2011, 07:26 AM
Try looking in Kentucky, west virginia, and the upper pen. of Michigan. Three great areas to build, and live, with land that is still cheap enough to purchase without a second job.

Sasquatch
05-24-2011, 08:11 AM
Hey lilblue,

I just accepted a job in Redding and will be moving the fam up there this summer. The job will have me in Chico a couple times per month (just got back from there last night), so I'm scouting land between the two. Even though I'm looking off grid, I haven't found any deals like yours! If you don't mind, shoot me a PM - I'd love to pick your brain on the subject.

-Jason

donjuedo
05-24-2011, 08:21 AM
Within the past week, I saw a news story on free land. I don't recall the link, but I'm sure Google will help. The idea was the some small communities have some home sites, and want folks to move there and build. In fact, that was the main catch I saw -- a (reasonable) deadline on completing a new home.

When it comes time, I will probably do a fresh search for such deals and see if it works for me.


Peter

Scoutman
05-24-2011, 10:20 AM
Just looked at alot of those free land offers. Personally, nothing I saw interested me at all. In planned developments/neighborhoods. Small lots. No trees for building. No trees at all. Restrictions/covenants.

BoFuller
05-27-2011, 07:50 PM
We bought 40 acres in Northern AZ for 800/acre. We love it. The elevation is 6200 feet.

DnLHoops
06-08-2011, 04:56 AM
We just bought some land in South Eastern Ohio, 110 Acres for about 130,000. The guy was in tax trouble and needed to unload the land to pay taxes. It worked out well. It's mostly hardwoods so we will have to have our logs trucked in, but we couldn't pass on that much land for that price. It also has 2 natural gas wells which we could use to get completely off the grid if we should choose. The land is out there, just keep looking. If you find a piece of property you are interested in, a very good resource is to look it up on the county auditors website, you can find a lot of information there. We talked to our county auditor and asked if there was any problems with the property. That's how we found out about the guys tax troubles and knew we could offer less than he was asking. It seems upper midwest is pretty strong for inexpensive land. Good luck

Hoop

edkemper
06-10-2011, 08:44 PM
DnLHoops,

Cool buy. Nice bit of land. What is the soil like? Good growing spoil?

ChainsawGrandpa
07-23-2011, 11:43 AM
Great piece of property. I'm very tempted to buy it myself.
Not too big but certainly large enough to build a log home
and have some room to spread out and enjoy life.

Looks like the price could be around $14,000 with terms, or
maybe $12,500 cash. That's a screamin' deal.

I just keep running into great properties at great prices. Too
bad I'm not looking anymore.

PM me if you want details.

G'pa

rreidnauer
07-24-2011, 07:09 AM
I had no problems finding cheap land. When I was looking, I considered plenty of sub-$2K/ac land from SE Missouri through central Tennessee, Eastern Kentucky, and West Virginia. I also looked into NE Washington and SW South Dakota. The problem was finding cheap land which met my needs/requirements, which were:
sub-$2K/acre
10+ acres
flat building site
Southern exposure if sloped
Within reasonable driving distance of work
Not logged out
No extremely steep ground (useless acreage)

I didn't include power availability since I intend to be off grid, but should be considered a priority for others, as well as sewage considerations of course. The three online sites that seemed most helpful while I was looking were:
http://www.unitedcountry.com/
http://www.landandfarm.com/lf/
http://realestate.oodle.com/

Ultimately, I found my land on Craigslist, of all places. What I found the least helpful were realtors. I assume they don't want to be bothered with what I was looking for, due to the small commission they'd get.

DnLHoops
07-24-2011, 08:37 AM
DnLHoops,

Cool buy. Nice bit of land. What is the soil like? Good growing spoil?

Ed

Most of Ohio has awsome farm land, but to buy farm land already cleared for planting gets pretty darn expensive. It doesn't take too much to get the soil ready to plant, some areas are heavy in clay about 3 feet down but other than that, it's awsome soil.

spiralsands
08-05-2011, 12:02 PM
Land in NY is very under-valued and beautiful which is why the Amish are buying it up but I figure being from Miss. you don't wanna come this far North!

ChainsawGrandpa
10-23-2011, 07:24 PM
Found another piece of land.

37 acres, beautiful view, some fruit trees, a producing
well on the next door property, and the price is only
$60,000.

I'd have been on this one if I wasn't already building
elsewhere. For a price comparison properties like this
are very rare and four years ago it might have sold for
a price closer to $250,000. This one is in Washington
State. Very rural, and quiet.

G'pa

Blondie
10-23-2011, 08:40 PM
Hi All,

I picked up 14+ac for 20K. 22 miles froma big enough town and I15. Fantastic views, fabulous soil, slow gentle slope. On a paved road with power


i am very happy!

Blondie

spiralsands
10-24-2011, 04:53 AM
The lot next to mine is still for sale. 23.5 acres and the last time I checked the guy was asking 45K.

Frances

edkemper
10-24-2011, 09:19 AM
Grandpa,

Got a link to that property?

jrdavis
10-24-2011, 12:23 PM
Well here's 63 acres for 24,500 in Washington State.



63 acres of remote property east of Hwy. 17, 4 miles south of Sims Corner on Rd. 18 N.E. Good centralized hunting and fishing area.



http://www.unitedcountry.com/search06/SearchViewProperty.asp?SID=98161146&Item=781994&Lcnt=&Page=1&Office=46013&No=46013-01296&AU=N&FT=P

kind of the reverse of what g-pa said.... :)
United country dot com

StressMan79
10-24-2011, 08:28 PM
JR, a good chunk of land, and closer to Seattle than I have... but I'd be careful with it. Likely flat with no trees. I have a friend that has ~60 acres in that vicinity...plenty of trees, but he's not allowed to build more than a hunting cabin

jrdavis
10-25-2011, 05:25 AM
Peter ,

Yeah. no problem there..
Theres more than THAT keeping me from Seattle.
I'm more of a "State of Jefferson" kind of guy.
This thread title got me to do my favorite search on Unitedcountry....... less than 25000, more than 30 acres.... and ANYWHERE.
maybe a "special permit for the advancement of Pioneer building methods conference center" :cool:

BoFuller
10-25-2011, 10:29 AM
We didn't take the time to look all over the US. We were certain we wanted to build somewhere driveable from Southern CA as all our children and grandchildren live there. We also wanted something close enough that we could go there for the weekend, and not be limited to a couple major trips per year while we are still working in Phoenix. Northwest AZ proved to be perfect for us considering all our needs.

ChainsawGrandpa
10-31-2011, 11:22 PM
Hi Ed. Send me a PM and I'll send you the link.
They even had some nice photos.

G'pa

ChainsawGrandpa
11-01-2011, 06:13 AM
Hi Ed. Here's the link:


http://wenatchee.craigslist.org/reo/2625773607.html

LogSurfer2
11-08-2011, 01:20 PM
Cheap land is tricky....especially if it has any utilities and/or closer proximity to a town. We've been looking around Northern CA and it's tough to find cheap anything here LOL, but we have seen some apparent deals here & there. We still need to check them out in person and the areas, but I think there is more room these days to negotiate down from the asking prices. And it is certainly much cheaper than it was 4-7 years ago, during the boom, when dirt was actually much pricier than the homes sitting on them!

Here are a few in Northern CA that I'm keeping my eyes on these days....

http://www.trulia.com/property/3057694453--Field-Ridge-Rd-Feather-Falls-CA-95940

http://www.trulia.com/property/3058098573--Cohasset-Rd-Cohasset-CA-95973 (just stumbled on this one)

http://www.trulia.com/property/3055522528--Milsap-Bar-Rd-Berry-Creek-CA-95916

http://www.trulia.com/property/3050814281--Ishi-Trl-Yankee-Hill-CA-95965

http://www.trulia.com/property/3060080839-68-Sheltering-Pines-Rd-Berry-Creek-CA-95916

http://www.trulia.com/property/3063731624--Crystal-Ranch-Rd-Feather-Falls-CA-95940

http://www.trulia.com/property/3057696201--Via-Las-Lupes-Yankee-Hill-CA-95965

http://www.trulia.com/property/3065920272--Galen-Ridge-Rd-Berry-Creek-CA-95916

You'll notice that as the price goes down, there is less utilities, problems with access, and/or farther from town. I am very hopeful that we will find the "right" one in the next year or two :rolleyes:

Good luck in your searches, and report back on what you find!!!

BoFuller
11-08-2011, 02:18 PM
We just bought some land in South Eastern Ohio, 110 Acres for about 130,000. The guy was in tax trouble and needed to unload the land to pay taxes. It worked out well. It's mostly hardwoods so we will have to have our logs trucked in, but we couldn't pass on that much land for that price. It also has 2 natural gas wells which we could use to get completely off the grid if we should choose. The land is out there, just keep looking. If you find a piece of property you are interested in, a very good resource is to look it up on the county auditors website, you can find a lot of information there. We talked to our county auditor and asked if there was any problems with the property. That's how we found out about the guys tax troubles and knew we could offer less than he was asking. It seems upper midwest is pretty strong for inexpensive land. Good luck


Hoop

Where did you find your good buy? Iwent to school in Athens. Nice country!

DoubleNaughtSpy
11-21-2011, 07:53 PM
Land in NY is very under-valued and beautiful which is why the Amish are buying it up but I figure being from Miss. you don't wanna come this far North!

Hi!

I dont mean to be a killjoy but my wife and I looked at a parcel in upstate NY by the Salmon river. The TAXES that you pay on developed real estate in upstate NY is untenable. Many times the taxes are actually as high or higher than the mortgage! The property prices may be low but the taxes make the situation unrealistic and bordering on the un-American in my opinion, do your research and see what the poor residents of upstate NY have to contend with. Cant wait to get the he double ell out of Connecticut and return home to the south.

Best.

Jerry

Lawnmower
11-22-2011, 06:25 AM
I feel your pain. In the area I'm looking, an acre of flat buildable land can easily run well over 100K (the mountains in So. Calif.). The plots that run around 6K are about 2000 sq ft and are basically the sides of rock cliffs.

But I've come across a few resources that may or may not be worth looking into. A few years ago, a wildfire burned huge swaths of the forest. The county's redevelopment program, for a while, was practically giving away money to people who wanted to build in that area. They are still giving money away to those who qualify (income based). You can borrow up to $30K for 1% interest for 15 years, or get a $4K grant.

A co-worker of mine used to buy land, build on it, and sell for a big profit. He obtained a lot of his land through tax sales. You just have to be careful that you don't spend more than the property is worth. I poked around last year's results from tax sales. Some folks got some pretty darn good deals. (Others not so much)

As a side note, the county also offers incentives (expedited permit approval, priority inspections, design assistance) to those who are willing to build green. Plus you become eligible for federal tax breaks and such. But you have to be willing to have the building department all up in your grill while they make sure your project is up to their standards.

Anyway, it may be worth looking into government programs, such as Redevelopment agencies. At least in Cali, there is a big push to dissolve these agencies so it might be worth looking into sooner rather than later. We certainly pay enough in taxes. Might as well start making them work for you.

lilbluehonda
11-22-2011, 06:48 AM
That's funny the lot on Ishi Trail is next door to a friends house

lilbluehonda
11-22-2011, 06:53 AM
Another friend just bought two residential lots 1/2 mile from there in the development of Camelot for around 8,000 a piece

John17three
11-22-2011, 07:07 AM
Technically, there is no "wrong" place to build--well, maybe if you break ground in a national park or something. I can't help but think many would find nice, rural hamlets in the Midwest or the South if relocation were an option. I'm used to seeing land around here (in SW Missouri) going for 2k/acre--or less if you buy large plots. Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky can provide some affordable property, low taxes, and good ol' laid back country folk if you can tolerate the slower pace. I don't mind visiting California (went to high school in Tahoe area), but I couldn't see myself living there again.

Good luck on your land searches, and don't forget about the land your ancestors tamed on their way out West.

spiralsands
11-22-2011, 08:38 AM
Hi!

I dont mean to be a killjoy but my wife and I looked at a parcel in upstate NY by the Salmon river. The TAXES that you pay on developed real estate in upstate NY is untenable. Many times the taxes are actually as high or higher than the mortgage! The property prices may be low but the taxes make the situation unrealistic and bordering on the un-American in my opinion, do your research and see what the poor residents of upstate NY have to contend with. Cant wait to get the he double ell out of Connecticut and return home to the south.

Best.

Jerry

My taxes aren't that bad. I'd rather pay NY taxes that support roads, schools and whatever than pay the corporate insurance rates I had to pay in FL. My taxes now in CNY are equal to the just the insurance rates I had to pay for my home and car down there. And I had to pay real estate taxes that were NOT low on top of that. Here, my insurance is unbelievably low. In fact, my cost of living has gone way down since I moved to NY.

Just the facts.

Frances

rreidnauer
11-22-2011, 11:45 AM
There's definitely something to be said about weighing in insurance rates. I stayed in-state (PA) and just changing counties was a drastic price drop. I moved just one county over from Bucks (ironically enough) to Montgomery, a mere 13 miles, and insurance prices fell by a third. Where my property is, insurance dropped like two-thirds over Bucks. Also, property taxes are one-quarter to one-fifth compared to Bucks.

It's not just savings state-to-state, but county-to-county, even township-to-township. (my property is split by a township line, and fortunately, I'm taxed on the cheaper side)

spiralsands
11-22-2011, 11:58 AM
There's definitely something to be said about weighing in insurance rates. I stayed in-state (PA) and just changing counties was a drastic price drop. I moved just one county over from Bucks (ironically enough) to Montgomery, a mere 13 miles, and insurance prices fell by a third. Where my property is, insurance dropped like two-thirds over Bucks. Also, property taxes are one-quarter to one-fifth compared to Bucks.

It's not just savings state-to-state, but county-to-county, even township-to-township. (my property is split by a township line, and fortunately, I'm taxed on the cheaper side)

You know what else Rod, I don't think that that guy is taking into account that if he didn't mortgage the land and didn't mortgage the house that all he would be paying is the tax. Where I live in Syracuse if I didn't have a mortgage I would be keeping 1000.00 in my pocket every single month. That's a lot of lettuce to be feeding the ugly mortgage bank monster every single month.

I own my land. If I build my house without a mortgage, my income is MINE. That thought is pure bliss.

Frances

rocklock
11-22-2011, 02:20 PM
Not to be argumentative Frances,
but even though I do not have a mortgage I still have taxes, insurance, utility and gas bills, which in my case add up to a little less than $400 per month...
But no complaints...

spiralsands
11-23-2011, 04:53 AM
Not to be argumentative Frances,
but even though I do not have a mortgage I still have taxes, insurance, utility and gas bills, which in my case add up to a little less than $400 per month...
But no complaints...

Wow! Not bad! I haven't paid under 400 a month in rent since before 1985.

I can't yet estimate what my total monthly will be in my log house. Property and school tax will be my biggest expense of course. School taxes are very high in NY. I have no illusions about costs of maintenance of a home. I ran into a former neighbor who still lived on Long Island in NY and he told me that despite owning his Long Island home, he had to pay 800 a month in tax each month to stay in it. Now THAT is crazy. Central NY is not like that.

Frances

jaxsnyder
11-23-2011, 07:00 AM
Hi!

I dont mean to be a killjoy but my wife and I looked at a parcel in upstate NY by the Salmon river. The TAXES that you pay on developed real estate in upstate NY is untenable. Many times the taxes are actually as high or higher than the mortgage! The property prices may be low but the taxes make the situation unrealistic and bordering on the un-American in my opinion, do your research and see what the poor residents of upstate NY have to contend with. Cant wait to get the he double ell out of Connecticut and return home to the south.

Best.

Jerry

I think I would have to agree with Jerry on this one. Though sometimes it is relative since there are different pay scales in different parts of the country so your taxes may be hire, but your salary usually reflects that in being hire. That being said I just moved to TN from NJ and the cost of living is SOOO much more affordable down here. Our property taxes alone in NJ were about $6,000 which was actually really low since the average in south Jersey is about $9,000-$11,000 a year. But once we moved and realized we were looking at $500-$900 a year in taxes (granted if your in the same county as a big city like Nashville or Knoxville your taxes may be a Whopping $1,200 a yr) it is crazy to think how many years we paid the taxes in NJ. Plus down here there is no state income tax and car insurance is much cheaper. So I am with you Jerry if you can get out of CT do it you won't regret it I know we sure don't!

LogSurfer2
11-23-2011, 03:33 PM
That's funny the lot on Ishi Trail is next door to a friends house

Hey, Lil Honda!
Haven't heard from ya in a while....that is funny! What do you think of that area?

I still have this property on our list to visit, but don't know if we'll fit a visit in this fall, or if it will wait until Spring. Does that area get much snow? If not, we might be able to swing an early Winter visit. Hope you're doing good out there, and let us know what your progress is these days. It's always nice to hear what people have been up to ;)

lilbluehonda
11-23-2011, 05:05 PM
At that elevation it doesn't get much snow,but one reason that land is inexpensive is a fire burned thru there in 08,I'm up much higher than there so I get lots of snow so I've been getting ready for winter

Fuzzyhutch
11-23-2011, 05:50 PM
Land is Oklahoma is still reasonable, although its a long way from cheap. Smaller parcels sell for 2500-3000 per acre. I bought 80 acres for 139K which works out to a little less than $1750 an acre. It was 80% wooded with the front 15 acres cleared. I cleared another 2-3 acres for a home site back in the middle of the property. To be honest I spent quite a while finding this place, but I wanted a mostly tree'ed property that wasnt flat which is kind of rare in Oklahoma LOL

Hutch

LogSurfer2
11-23-2011, 08:02 PM
At that elevation it doesn't get much snow,but one reason that land is inexpensive is a fire burned thru there in 08,I'm up much higher than there so I get lots of snow so I've been getting ready for winter

Awesome! Glad to hear not too much snow in that area....although we are also looking at Berry Creek area, which seems to be below 3000'. I am really hoping for a decent growing season (warm months) but would love to get a LITTLE snow each winter. Tough to get, I know....but I think we will like the area a lot!

lildrestl3
02-29-2012, 11:10 PM
Mo. Ozarks has some cheap land ~~ http://www.morealestate.net/listings.htm I look here

happyquilter
03-09-2012, 02:26 PM
One thought is to expand your search to include homes and mobiles. We did that and found a really good deal. Our land already has a driveway, cleared building site, water and power to the building site, and a functioning gravity septic. We got it for a price that would be considered good even for no improvements. I think the super crappy caved in mobile home and outbuildings put people off, but we saw an opportunity and took it. Another member bought a repo at auction. They say it has a crappy fixer house on it that they will fix up enough to live in while building their log home. Later they plan to rent the fixer out for income.

loghousenut
03-10-2012, 02:32 AM
I'll ditto what the quilter just said!

There's nothing prettier than a free ugly trailer to live in while you're building the home you really want to live in.