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Is rural land a good investment? Why or why not?
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There is a section of the country where I have explored the possibility of purchasing rural land. At least there, what I have been told is that if you want out, it may take a good while to sell it. I am sure that is not the case with all rural land ... just where I like. So, at least for me, it means being pretty sure you like what you are getting, in case you have to sit on it for a while.
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The difference between a good buy on rural land and a bad buy on rural land it time. Rio7
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That is what an old Colt collector used to tell me, I didn't pay to much, I just bought it to soon!
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I like Iowa farm land. I was raised that way.
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There is a section of the country where I have explored the possibility of purchasing rural land. At least there, what I have been told is that if you want out, it may take a good while to sell it. I am sure that is not the case with all rural land ... just where I like. So, at least for me, it means being pretty sure you like what you are getting, in case you have to sit on it for a while. I looked at a place like that in NE New Mexico a few years back. Low $ per acre, but in the middle of nowhere and hard to sell. Groundwater was a problem in that area but cool country with mule deer, pronghorn and the occasional elk or black bear wondering down the river from the mountains. Oddly enough, I was looking at the survey and noticed one of my high school classmates owned that place. I think he'd been on the market a couple of years then and took a couple of more to sell it.
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I like Iowa farm land. I was raised that way. I'm no expert but from what I hear, Iowa farm land is expensive these days. Correct?
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I've made a couple of these investments to date. I really love rural land, but trying to figure out how to make it work in a sustainable manner. I've traveled around the country and looked at regenerative farm operations and love what they are doing, but it is really hard and labor intensive.
I appreciate the comments.
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It depends on location. Upper Midwest, farm ground is very expensive and in some cases the crops won’t cover the cost, but maybe appreciation of land price over time will make up for that. Or maybe not. I’ve bought land in Ks and working on trying to buy another 320 acres. It will sell for $1500 or less per acre.
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Real rural, like adjoining National Forest Land was pretty stable pricewise around NorCal for years. Then it seemed there was an attitude change during covid, city dwellers decided that owning a piece of land, the more remote, the better became a good idea (don't ask me why, I don't know). So, bare land, small parcels from 5 to 40 acres jumped in 18 months from around 3,000 an acre to 5,000 and WAY more if there was running water. Will it prove to be a good investment? With no power, it's going to be awhile before it becomes a good deal IMO. Solar in my area,if the new owners are thinking off grid lifestyle, this timbered steep country, is almost useless. As an example I live in a river valley, time change to time change, sun generally appears about 8 PST and goes down around 3:30 PST...that isn't enough time to bring a battery bank up for the next 16 hours...notwithstanding clouds and snow on the panels.
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It depends on location. Upper Midwest, farm ground is very expensive and in some cases the crops won’t cover the cost, but maybe appreciation of land price over time will make up for that. Or maybe not. I’ve bought land in Ks and working on trying to buy another 320 acres. It will sell for $1500 or less per acre. Is the half section you're looking at in Kansas farmland? Dryland or irrigated?
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It depends on location. Upper Midwest, farm ground is very expensive and in some cases the crops won’t cover the cost, but maybe appreciation of land price over time will make up for that. Or maybe not. I’ve bought land in Ks and working on trying to buy another 320 acres. It will sell for $1500 or less per acre. Is the half section you're looking at in Kansas farmland? Dryland or irrigated? It’s dry land farm land that my brother and before him have leased for 50 years. The owner is wanting to sell it.
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Rural land has always been a good investment in my area. Wish I would have invested more in it years ago.
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We are in the middle of nowhere. We bought 80ac in SE KS in 2010 for $800/ac. The 80 next to me just sold for $4800/ac. I would consider that a good investment.
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We are in the middle of nowhere. We bought 80ac in SE KS in 2010 for $800/ac. The 80 next to me just sold for $4800/ac. I would consider that a good investment. Only if you sell.
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We are in the middle of nowhere. We bought 80ac in SE KS in 2010 for $800/ac. The 80 next to me just sold for $4800/ac. I would consider that a good investment. Only if you sell. So it isn’t a good investment if I don’t sell ?
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When we bought our 42 acre lot in 2014 it cost $4K a acre. Locals were shocked we paid that much (it is public record). I heard time after time what they could of paid for a few years before we did. Or what their Uncle paid for his lot 10 years ago. Or what their brother sold it for 15 years ago, etc etc etc.
Two years ago the lot next to us sold for $26K a acre. And there was a condemned house on the lot the new owner had to pay to tear down and carry away before he could build in the same spot. 650% profit in 9 years is not to shabby.
Of course, it helps we are in Tennessee where people are moving to in droves to escape high taxes and leftist politics.
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Good Iowa farmland runs from 10, to 20 thousand. Location is a lot. The old, it's easer to pay too much for a "poor farm, than a good farm.
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IDK, Ive got my doubts. Gotta pay property taxes of 1-2% a year. Carrying costs. Maintenance. No depreciation. I think as an investment, it's got some potential problems.
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