Originally posted by photobug
I also agree that a partnership is a bad idea but a contract that would split the land and give full ownership of say half to each of two persons
would work. Of course there would have to be a buyout clause and two owners could work cooperativley towards mutually benficial survival itmes such as
a jointly owned power system but more importantly they could work cooperatively and things such as farming hunting, and protection. Both parties could
work the land cooperatively as a whole even though as individuals they would only own half of the parcel. It would be more like a good neighbor thing
with the begginiing cooperation being to pool resources to acquire the land.
I like this idea. I'd be independent of any possible legal messes with the other person, but we could work together for self-defense and for
survival, (if we wanted to.) It sounds like a great plan. Too bad I can't come up with even half the money for it though. (I'm still wary of
loans.)
Suppose two individuals could come up with 25% down it may be possible that the owner would hold the note for a short period of time say 36
months so basically after the down two people would have 36 months to pay off the reamining 75,000 or so. thats approx 12,000 per year per person. A
very doable amount. In my case If I wa do do something like that I own a business that could be be ver esily replicated in another part of the country
and would be able to assist the other person in setting up a business that could easily generate that amount of cash. So keep it in perspective It's
a very doable project for anyone that can muster up 10 - 20 grand and be able to put 1000 - 2000 per month into the deal for three years.
Sounds great, but I'm still wary of not buying land outright, even under good terms. I wanna buy land and only have the taxes to worry about. (Not
that I wanna pay them, but you know what I mean.)And one to two thousand a month my be definite for a person like you, but some of us don't have
guaranteed paychecks every month.
Originally posted by LLoyd45
I believe to do what your planning would also require that you have thre property surveyed off into tracts, I may be wrong though. That could get
rather expensive depending on how many tracts you're talking about.
Yeah that's what I was thinking, too. The costs are adding up, but this deal, assuming it's real, still looks great. Perhaps it'd be worth it.
Originally posted by jsobec
This is extremely cheap and is likely because there are no improvements on the land. If you are budgeting, be aware that taxes will increase as you
add improvements. You can verify the taxes at the local assessors office; they are public record. Make sure there are no tax liens on the land, else
you'll be responsible for them.
Also has the lot had a perc test? You'll want to make sure it has, or that's another expense you'll be looking at...
Good luck.
Thanks! I haven't gone that deep into inquiry with the seller because I see no way of me getting the land without a loan. I may have to pass this
great deal up.
I can't imagine the taxes would go up so much that it wouldn't be worth it. Especially since I don't plan on making many
improvements besides an underground house and a garden and chicken coop.
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