This weekend I’m going to go look at a property for sale. You know it’s gonna meet your parameters about remoteness and lack of people when the realtor strongly advises you to bring along bear spray. I, of course, will err on the side of caution and bring Best Millimeter and an HK91.
This particular property is close enough to where I currently live that I can go there on weekends and not spend all weekend driving, but far enough that if things get hairy youre gonna have a helluva time getting to me.
Its priced in such a manner that, if I like it, I may be able to swing the adjoining parcel as well and buy myself some buffer against future neighbors.
We shall see. I’m heading out there Saturday and it should be a bit of an adventure.
A smart guy like you already knows this, I’m sure, but whenever I’ve purchased a house, I remind myself that even if the real estate agent contracts as a “buyer’s agent”, they typically get paid by the seller – LOL, so that’s who they work for – forget about the ethical issues – follow the money. I’ve always found it VERY helpful to talk with a few of the neighbors and even the local police\sheriff about any potentially unusual history regarding the property, as well as checking to see if all the structures on the property have been properly permitted. Have a fun trip !!
A year after I bought my house, my neighbor told me it had been abandoned in 2008 and someone had found a homeless person had od’d in it. I’m not sure he would have told me that if I’d asked before buying because everyone on the street really wanted that house sold and fixed up. Not really applicable to CZ, but I’m not sure how to find out that kind of thing beforehand.
Do you have ghosts?
Good luck, hope you find something close enough to your ‘wish list’.
Take some pictures, curious as to what that area looks like. Does it have a well on it or would you need to put one in? Water is more important than power since you can always use a generator and holding tank.
Has a stream running its length.
Fingers crossed man!
Just did that this last Saturday. Checked off most boxes, but the access road was brutal, and it was pretty much just a pile of bed rock. Really hard to figure out where to put a structure of any kind. Good luck on finding that 5% property.
Awesome news… I hope you and seller can meet in the middle and hash out a good deal for both sides.
Good luck , hope its the right one for you
If it looks like a keeper, get the water tested. A friend had property just across the state line in Idaho, and found the water was radioactive. Lots of Uranium in the rocks, and it decays giving off Radon gas.
Best of luck Commander,
After all you have done for the community, you deserve to have it go right.
Sadly, people do not always get what they deserve.
Hope it goes well…
My biggest fear is that some day Ill get exactly what I deserve……