Wish me luck!

[crashbandicoot]

Mine is about 3/4 swamp. Squishy and wet type swamp. Rescue squad and police and more to extract a former neighbor out of her sinking , type swamp.
Pig in a poke no one seemed to care to keep it type. Taxes defaulted on by one or more owners ect. Wetlands are protected, so what good is it to investors? (I know I know. )

I write "mine" but like any , it's more just a caretaking event of some ground until the next owner.
I met and got to know a bit about the now deceased 4th previous owner who owned most of the section at one time. Most of the dry ground was cattle pasture or corn at times after it was cleared.
Doesn't look it today!


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I like swamps, cypress brakes, and bottomland overflow hardwoods. Ain't many trees more majestic than old cypress. That's why I stayed in this corner of Arkansas.

 

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[releventchair]

I like swamps, cypress brakes, and bottomland overflow hardwoods. Ain't many trees more majestic than old cypress. That's why I stayed in this corner of Arkansas.

No cypress here. I understand you liking them though!

 

[ToddsPoint]

Good luck on your purchase. We moved from the city 31 yrs ago to a house on 6 acres in a remote part of county with a low population. County seat has 4,000. Closest town has 500. No regrets at all. It’s more expensive living in the country but well worth it.

 

[LauraLou56]

I like swamps, cypress brakes, and bottomland overflow hardwoods. Ain't many trees more majestic than old cypress. That's why I stayed in this corner of Arkansas

Hi All! Good morning ladies and gentlemen! Waiting on a call back regarding an application I have in for a USDA loan to purchase some property that I'm drooling over!

May I ask... please say a prayer to the universe for me or whomever you believe in! I've been trying to get a place like this for years that my kids and I can get back to a way of life I was brought up with. Unplugged.

There's a fully furnished trailer on the property that's in liveable condition (even had a deviled egg tray in the cabinet!). If I can land this, I'd like to have a small home built with a Mennonite barn as they are all over the area I'm looking to be in. The kicker- ready?? Close to 20 acres of UNTOUCHED hard wood property. It's never been farmed, logged, fracked or touched at all! When I toured it, it was everything I've ever wanted! There was even a GIANT raspberry patch someone had definitely planted a long time ago, almost a quarter acre of black raspberry, raspberry, elderberry and mint. (Guessing it was to keep deer away from the berries?) Then to my absolute delight- noticed a strange big circular structure built in the ditch- realtor had no idea...I did! It is a fish catch- was curious if salmon run but did some research of the area and it's trout! A creek runs through the property and they must spawn in this little section where there's a waterfall when full.

Being a single Mom, and working full time- I've struggled for years for two things- to put my kids through college or trade school, and a little piece of land to be able to leave them when it's my time to return to the earth. Now that college is around the corner for my daughter, and I'm two years away from 40- it's time to start getting some equity!

....and it's never been metal detected 😁😁😁....or treasure hunted....or relic...or anything!! The history of this area is rich and I did some digging to who lived there all the way to the original plot before it was subdivided.

With that said, you all have been so supportive and I know this will be a request well received!⭐💪🤞

Thinking of you all and wishing everyone the best finds!! Fingers crossed......🍁🍁🍁

Hey all, thank you so much for your awesome support!!! I appreciate all the wonderful messages!

Update is...no go- unfortunately it wasn't able to happen but this property will make someone very very happy and something will come along again. I'm disheartened but there's more opportunities eventually.

What great conversation stirred and learned quite a bit from you! Loved chatting and reading your responses.

Have a fantastic Wednesday and find some trinkets! 🪙

 

[Mackaydon]

I wish you the best of luck in closing your deal. You mentioned the land has never been fracked. Imagine, while acquiring the property (during your period of Due Diligence) you found you will also receive the property's mineral rights-- and then you found oil !!
Don in SoCal

 

[Limitool]

Hello lady.... Well damn I was hoping to follow this thread right up to you getting it...! I happen to live high on a ridgetop here in Middle TN. I love living here surrounded by oak trees and all the critters. It sounded like you would have truly enjoyed that piece of property. I put out corn daily to watch the deer and turkey come in and eat. Well it sounds like you know what you want and I truly hope you find it lady..... Best of luck to ya.... Brad

 

[Tpmetal]

Hey all, thank you so much for your awesome support!!! I appreciate all the wonderful messages!

Update is...no go- unfortunately it wasn't able to happen but this property will make someone very very happy and something will come along again. I'm disheartened but there's more opportunities eventually.

What great conversation stirred and learned quite a bit from you! Loved chatting and reading your responses.

Have a fantastic Wednesday and find some trinkets! 🪙

That's a bummer, ny makes it hard on us here to own anything. Good luck and hope the next one goes better

 

[LauraLou56]

That's a bummer, ny makes it hard on us here to own anything. Good luck and hope the next one goes better

It really does! Used to think it was everywhere but more I talk to people in this area it seems it is quite difficult!

 

[LauraLou56]

Hello lady.... Well damn I was hoping to follow this thread right up to you getting it...! I happen to live high on a ridgetop here in Middle TN. I love living here surrounded by oak trees and all the critters. It sounded like you would have truly enjoyed that piece of property. I put out corn daily to watch the deer and turkey come in and eat. Well it sounds like you know what you want and I truly hope you find it lady..... Best of luck to ya.... Brad

Sounds like you have a little nirvana up there on the ridgetop! Thank you for the encouragement, someone came in with a ridiculous offer I don't blame the owners for taking but darn all the same!

 

[LauraLou56]

It really does! Used to think it was everywhere but more I talk to people in this area it seems it is quite difficult!

My roots are a little north west of the southern lake area but as a teenager we used to come down through and hike for days- always said I'd get myself some property here for the kiddos ....jusssst not this one... ❤️ Just recently learned one of my favorite places to fossil hunt and hike is part of a sacred Haundonsaunee legend, it's named now Clark's Gully but had no idea its history.

 

[LauraLou56]

My roots are a little north west of the southern lake area but as a teenager we used to come down through and hike for days- always said I'd get myself some property here for the kiddos ....jusssst not this one... ❤️ Just recently learned one of my favorite places to fossil hunt and hike is part of a sacred Haundonsaunee legend, it's named now Clark's Gully but had no idea its history.

Here's an article about Clark Gully https://exploringupstate.com/clark-gully/

 

[Tpmetal]

My roots are a little north west of the southern lake area but as a teenager we used to come down through and hike for days- always said I'd get myself some property here for the kiddos ....jusssst not this one... ❤️ Just recently learned one of my favorite places to fossil hunt and hike is part of a sacred Haundonsaunee legend, it's named now Clark's Gully but had no idea its history.

I'm just south of the lakes towards the pa border and it is even hard down here in the middle of nowhere. I wanna stay in the area but NY keeps giving more and more reasons I should probably leave. It's a shame.

 

[WoodsDigger]

Hi All! Good morning ladies and gentlemen! Waiting on a call back regarding an application I have in for a USDA loan to purchase some property that I'm drooling over!

May I ask... please say a prayer to the universe for me or whomever you believe in! I've been trying to get a place like this for years that my kids and I can get back to a way of life I was brought up with. Unplugged.

There's a fully furnished trailer on the property that's in liveable condition (even had a deviled egg tray in the cabinet!). If I can land this, I'd like to have a small home built with a Mennonite barn as they are all over the area I'm looking to be in. The kicker- ready?? Close to 20 acres of UNTOUCHED hard wood property. It's never been farmed, logged, fracked or touched at all! When I toured it, it was everything I've ever wanted! There was even a GIANT raspberry patch someone had definitely planted a long time ago, almost a quarter acre of black raspberry, raspberry, elderberry and mint. (Guessing it was to keep deer away from the berries?) Then to my absolute delight- noticed a strange big circular structure built in the ditch- realtor had no idea...I did! It is a fish catch- was curious if salmon run but did some research of the area and it's trout! A creek runs through the property and they must spawn in this little section where there's a waterfall when full.

Being a single Mom, and working full time- I've struggled for years for two things- to put my kids through college or trade school, and a little piece of land to be able to leave them when it's my time to return to the earth. Now that college is around the corner for my daughter, and I'm two years away from 40- it's time to start getting some equity!

....and it's never been metal detected 😁😁😁....or treasure hunted....or relic...or anything!! The history of this area is rich and I did some digging to who lived there all the way to the original plot before it was subdivided.

With that said, you all have been so supportive and I know this will be a request well received!⭐💪🤞

Thinking of you all and wishing everyone the best finds!! Fingers crossed......🍁🍁🍁

Good luck , sounds wonderful. I scraped and clawed my way into my first houses and land . I know it's a giant accomplishment. Your going to love it.

 

[WoodsDigger]

Here's an article about Clark Gully https://exploringupstate.com/clark-gully/

I saw the news you didn't get it sorry . I know where Clark Gully is but long ways from me in Watertown NY.

 

[releventchair]

Hey all, thank you so much for your awesome support!!! I appreciate all the wonderful messages!

Update is...no go- unfortunately it wasn't able to happen but this property will make someone very very happy and something will come along again. I'm disheartened but there's more opportunities eventually.

What great conversation stirred and learned quite a bit from you! Loved chatting and reading your responses.

Have a fantastic Wednesday and find some trinkets! 🪙

Not today then. Dang it!

Swing till ya hit.
Keep looking. You'll have a finger on the pulse and see more potential , or potential heck no's simmering.
Most listings already hit the network of realtors. They have folks that told them what they want and are waiting for it to turn up.

Look at history ($) of a place on it's listing and inquire to see it if it isn't provided.
Last sold price for example.
Yes some get "fixed up" and resold. But a 20 grand fix up and 150 grand increase in a year I'm not interested. You'll see some doozy's. 9 months of house hunting with a thin wallet and I think I found the worst of the worst. Tell the kid "don't touch anything!" Or know that if I dropped a marble it would run away.

And the previous house hunt, the realtor didn't show up for one appointment.
Let's say the place and residents ect. were interesting.
Today that lakefront four lots of land would be valuable big time. Back then it needed bulldozed and I needed a roof. I told the realtor to never schedule anything that bad again.

 

[LauraLou56]

Not today then. Dang it!

Swing till ya hit.
Took a lot of looking to find this homestead. More to find land. House sat empty a year. No bidding war for me.
Seller of the land took my first offer which was a third less than asking. And that much below my predetermined price per acre for hunting land.
But oh the lands looked at prior. And the goings ons..

Keep looking. You'll have a finger on the pulse and see more potential , or potential heck no's simmering.
Most listings already hit the network of realtors.

Thanks so much releventchair I appreciate you

 

[LauraLou56]

I'm just south of the lakes towards the pa border and it is even hard down here in the middle of nowhere. I wanna stay in the area but NY keeps giving more and more reasons I should probably leave. It's a shame.

Shoot, I'm sorry to hear that Tp- hang in there!

 

[LauraLou56]

Hey all, thank you so much for your awesome support!!! I appreciate all the wonderful messages!

Update is...no go- unfortunately it wasn't able to happen but this property will make someone very very happy and something will come along again. I'm disheartened but there's more opportunities eventually.

What great conversation stirred and learned quite a bit from you! Loved chatting and reading your responses.

Have a fantastic Wednesday and find some trinkets! 🪙

I'll take myself out for a nice Italian dinner this weekend and toast a dry Riesling to the universe ...maybe a few curse words but...that's OK. 🥂

 

[pepperj]

Soory to hear that it didn't happen.
Yes the purse strings are deep and folks are fleeing the urban to the country life still.
In SE Ontario the rural has seen some crazy land value increases in the past 4 yrs.
All by design where the city dwellers have a small fortune in the real estate value.
Sell and move on out.

Kind of sad but the folks doing it are generally really good folks that have had enough with the high rates of everything the urban has to offer up.

Keep your finger on the pulse, ask/look in the private sector.
Ak around if they know of anyone that would do a deal on a piece of property.

Sometimes there's a perfect that is just waiting to be discovered.

 

[LauraLou56]

Soory to hear that it didn't happen.
Yes the purse strings are deep and folks are fleeing the urban to the country life still.
In SE Ontario the rural has seen some crazy land value increases in the past 4 yrs.
All by design where the city dwellers have a small fortune in the real estate value.
Sell and move on out.

Kind of sad but the folks doing it are generally really good folks that have had enough with the high rates of everything the urban has to offer up.

Keep your finger on the pulse, ask/look in the private sector.
Ak around if they know of anyone that would do a deal on a piece of property.

Sometimes there's a perfect that is just waiting to be discovered.

Thank you so much pepperj!