One other experience that might be helpful to others.
We know of a parcel that had been for sale for years by an out of state owner. It would not surprise me if the land is still for sale.
The owner inherited the land from his parents and the owner was well up there in age. He was never going to move back to the place which was just raw land and he lived out of state. He wanted to sell and enjoy the money before he died. The problem was a neighbor. The neighbor was using the land as his own and I think was scaring off potential buyers. For sale signs, some quite big and permanent installations, would disappear or be pushed down by the "wind." Funny how the the wind left tractor tracks... :shocked:
Ok two things. :laughing::laughing:
Others have mentioned farmers needing large tracks because of the size of the equipment. This is true. That equipment is expensive and it needs to make as much money as possible and having to work around cut outs, low spots, old houses, barns, etc., costs the operator time and money. My wife's great grand parents had a large farm and as the generations have died off, the land is being subdivided among the surviving family. In our case, the land is leased out to a large local farmer. He has come in and cleared out numerous old houses, barns, and groves of trees at his own expense because it makes it easier to run his equipment and he makes more money.
I know other families where the land is now owned by dozens of family members. Some want to sell and others do not. This causes quite a bit of conflict in the family and it ain't pretty. This is a situation that a buyer does not want to get near.
Later,
Dan
