I just came into a lot of money. Where should I buy hunting/retirement land???

[Stauble]

you dont ever want to come to Florida......
its too hot..... too many hurricanes...and full of swamps
so its a state no one would ever want to live in

 

[Stauble]

sorry double post

 

[gazpacho]

20 years ago in Las Vegas, you could buy 10 acres for a song, 30 miles outside of city limits. Your nearest neighbor might be a mile away. That same land now costs you more in property taxes ever year than you paid for it originally, and you can now walk to the local grocery. There is a 5 story office building blocking your view of the mountains, and trash blows onto your property daily.

Off Topic: CDs are now returning 5.6% and are still going up. FDIC insured is a good thing. Everything else is a freakin' roller coaster. Build yourself a CD ladder.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

20 years ago in Las Vegas, you could buy 10 acres for a song, 30 miles outside of city limits.

Twenty years from now, people will be talking about how cheap that same land was way back in '06.

But get remote land, the more remote the better -- particularly if you plan to stash it away for a decade or three. By the time you're ready to build, you'll be amazed at what has happened.

In my own case, we actually have a rural water system and telephone service -- something I never imagined the rural Ozarks would have.

 

[Kentucky]

Wish I had just come into a bunch money to buy land. There is a 300 acre farm for sale here near where I live. Asking $435,000 and entertaining offers for less. 5 minutes from the Cumberland River and 15 minutes from Dale Hollow Lake. Deer and turkey hunting paradise. I just know that by the time I come up with that kind of money in 10 years there arent going to be many farms that size for sale anymore.

 

[Harve Curry]

New Mexico is good. Do a search on FARM RANCH PROPERTIES
We are alot freer (spl?) here then what you are use to. So you can leave alot of eastern ideas behind It's like culture shock for some. Some places it pays to keep your land listed with the tax assessor as agricultural/grazing/ etc. to keep the property taxes way down.
We need more good people to offset the tree huggers who a reproducing like rats.

 

[f4t9r]

I have no money or no land but if you find some I would be glad to hunt with you !! good luck

 

[BigFatKen]

He now has a 0.15 acre Los Banos house + a 0.30 acre Hanford house and 1.2 mil tied up in it. I think his bubble will burst before he sees dime one.

He got an offer on the Los Banos place for $525.000. He was askimg $609,000.

If this one closes, he will break even. The CA bubble has some air out of it.

 

[dragongoddess]

Well I like West Texas and I don't mean San Antonio, Too humid in that area.
So come on out here to West Texas. Oh BTW I see Art Eatman and I are neighbors so to speak. Me being up here in old El Paso.

 

[MyRoad]

I'm from originally CT, and lived in NJ for a few years. A couple of years ago I did the divorce/career change thing, and had the opportunity for a fresh start. I was not as well funded as you appear to be, but able to go just about anywhere I wanted, and I was looking for land possibilities.

To really give you any meaningful comments, we'd need more info, and some you would be wise not to give out (like how much you inherited). On another note, knowing if you have ever lived in a desert and like that, or whether mountains or bodies of water are important to you, and just how rural you're willing to go, are all pieces of information that make a world of difference realistically. Climate preferences - weather you can or can't tolerate, are all valid factors for choosing where you will live. I've lived in forests, the desert, rural areas, and urban areas, and had a variety of experiences to pull from. Based on my personal criteria I had it narrowed down to North Carolina, New Mexico, or Oregon/Washington. I chose Oregon and I love it but what worked for me might not work for you.

 

[bearmgc]

Consider states without state income tax, and that have moderate property taxes. Wyoming is one of them....bring lots of guns.

 

[cmb3366]

North central Pennsylvania is beautiful, filled with game, and rural as hell. I hunt out of a deer camp in Scott Center, and envy aneybody lucky enough to live there.

 

[Pilot]

I like Colorado, but I am biased. I would take the other's advice and get out of NJ now. I'm from PA, so went to the Jersey Shore a lot as my family had a house in Cape May. Now I don't even like to fly over NJ let alone go there on hte ground. It makes my skin crawl. ALL of my relatives in south Jersey are the very definition of SHEEPLE.

If Colorado is too far away a state like Kentucky would be nice. Its beautiful and has great gun laws and lots of nice land.

 

[thexrayboy]

Just how much money is "a lot of money"

There are an awful lot of nice areas in this country to live in if you don't have to worry about money or keeping a job. If you must work or have kids to school you become much more limited. I suggest you get out and travel to see what areas you like. You can always invest your money in something now and use it for a house later but I always liked the feeling of owning my own place. Especially now that I live where wildlife such as wild mustangs, coyotes and bears visit my property.

 

[thexrayboy]

Also....

I have been through both Los Banos and Hanford in the central CA valley and you couldn't pay me enough to live in either.

 

[lacoochee]

I second Staubles post....

Don't move to Florida, it's expensive, we have hurricanes, no one from Jersey likes it here. Our gun laws are oppressive, the hunting is no good, you can't find good land especially in North Florida and the mosquitos are hell.

 

[Atticus]

Close to me, so that I can keep an eye on your property and game till you retire. Seriously though, South Eastern Ohio is very nice and real estate is still very reasonable. I still see properties selling for $1200-$1500 an acre. Deer are big and plentiful and fishing isn't bad. One great feature is that you can live in the country and still be one days drive from the East coast,Toronto, St.Louis, or Atlanta.

 

[geim druth]

Indiana and Vermont are both places I like, though Pa. is convenient.

Take your time, look around. If you find an area you like, then get a subscription to their local newspaper. Read every edition through for a couple of months and you'll get a pretty good feel for the area.

Wherever you end up, get involved in the community. Join a church, be active in local clubs, but say little and listen a lot. You'll probably always be 'the guy from Jersey', but it really pays to have friends among the long-time residents.

 

[neoncowboy]

Wyoming!

Spend your first $15 on a copy of Boston T. Party's 'Molon Labe'.

Much as described in Boston's new novel Molôn Labé!, Free State Wyoming is a project geared to establish a zone of real liberty in America. Boston says:Molôn Labé!, is a fictional account of a real-world blueprint for a free state initiative focused on Wyoming.

If sufficient numbers of freedom-loving individuals will relocate there under a useful pattern, they can "liberate" the Cowboy State on many levels. In Wyoming we could truly enjoy our rights of gun ownership, privacy, schooling, health and diet, unrestricted travel, and property.

I will show how it actually can be done!

Go to Wyoming and meet some of the freedom seekers who have already moved, they'd be happy to show you around and help you get a feel for the lay of the land.

There's wonderfully affordable property available, but the best part is that your presence there could contribute to the cause of freedom for everyone. It's an opportunity to participate, with others, in a project that has the potential to outlast your life.

 

[CornCod]

Ark.

I left NJ for Arkansas three years ago and the experience has been pretty good. I love the CCW permits and the free Forest Service shooting ranges. The women are a lot nicer here in the South. They actually like men for some reason. Real estate is very cheap.

On the other hand, no good Italian restaurants, the heat is terrible and the bugs are annoyingly plentiful. I would like to switch jobs, but no one wants to hire an "overqualified yankee."

I guess its a wash, so to speak.

 

[Harve Curry]

I know of some places for sale by owner. If your interested PM or email me, or I could post them here for that matter.
640 acres on the Gila Nat. Forest boundary.

12 acres with an old adobe house, 25x50 block work shop, fenced, well. Plenty of room to shoot on the place.

1 1/2 acres with double wide MH, a well and 2 car garage.

80 acres with all 4 sides Gila National Forest.