looking for a state with cheap housing and farmland

[Cuban Longtails]

Acreage runs anywhere from $500 to $2000 an acre, depending on location and how developed it is (wooded, cleared, rocky...etc). Sometimes people will be asking for more, especially if it's around a city location. I live out in a rural area where neighbors are not a problem.

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

yeah I want close to no neighbors. I really despise my nextdoor neighboor. And its hard having my chickens outside because the people who live above us feed the dang bears!

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

Change of plans. We are going to kenansville NC this weekend!

 

[chickbea]

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I fell right out of my chair! Here in Vermont, in the ski town I live in, some land is going for tens of thousands of dollars per acre - and that is hillside land, only fit for building a very expensive multi-level modern house. You sure couldn't keep any livestock, unless you were raising mountain goats...
And just to make it even more fun, my house is on a third of an acre, and I pay over $2,000 in taxes. What do I get for those taxes? Well, I live on a private road so we pay for plowing. There is no town septic or water, so we pay for that also. I don't have any kids, so school taxes are just my civic responsibility, I guess...

So, as much as I adore these fabulous mountains, I can't recommend Vermont as a cheap place to live!

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

I will check out OK and Arkansas as well. Thank you all for being helpful! I really appreciate this

 

[buc]

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Ok, I will give you my 2 cents.


Kansas , has a lot of wide open spaces with land west of topeka going for 500 t0 600 dollars per acre, you can buy true sections in that part of the country.

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

I will check out realtors in kansas as well. I just want land. I want a log cabin house to be built on it to my specific needs. I am a very picky and stubborn person

 

[Southern28Chick]

Man maybe I should move! I've never heard of land so cheap! I've seen 0.22 acres in Raleigh, NC for $16,000!!!

I'm north of Raleigh (in what USED to be the country) I have a little over 3 acres and my land is valued at over $50,000.

Check out these prices! http://homes.realtor.com/search/searchresults.aspx?ctid=28749&ml=3&typ=20

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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I fell right out of my chair! Here in Vermont, in the ski town I live in, some land is going for tens of thousands of dollars per acre - and that is hillside land, only fit for building a very expensive multi-level modern house. You sure couldn't keep any livestock, unless you were raising mountain goats...
And just to make it even more fun, my house is on a third of an acre, and I pay over $2,000 in taxes. What do I get for those taxes? Well, I live on a private road so we pay for plowing. There is no town septic or water, so we pay for that also. I don't have any kids, so school taxes are just my civic responsibility, I guess...

So, as much as I adore these fabulous mountains, I can't recommend Vermont as a cheap place to live!

It's like that in Texas, as much as I love the state. The fallout of living in Oklahoma is that there is a state income tax in addition to what you pay in on federal taxes withdrawn from your paychecks. Tag regisitration is weird too, based on the blue book value of your vehicle and whatever taxes are in the county you register in. However, farmers get a lot of tax breaks.

 

[Katy]

It's not going for that in central Kansas!!!!