Large acreage question

[silverdollar6]

My first question on a lot of acres would be about property taxes?

 

[rgood]

Farmers pay the bulk of property taxes while the CEO in town pays very little.

 

[tanglefoot]

Property taxes seem to always go up. When I go to the appraiser's office to get the assessment to a more appropriate value, then the next year the rate goes up. I've started just trying to keep it level instead of trying to get it to go down.
I own 82 acres and lease 30 more for pasture. I use about 35 acres of mine for hay, but I graze it also. There's always work to do.
Butch

 

[woodchuckie]

Property taxes would be a big problem in places but here in Alabama with the most powerful lobby probably being Farm Bureau, and enough rural people to vote down increases our taxes are low. 320 acres with house around 700 dollars a year.

 

[tallyho8]

Property taxes are usually much lower on undeveloped property.

Taxes on my 160 acres of undeveloped forest land in the Arkansas Ozarks are about $200 a year. Taxes on my small home and 16 acres in Louisiana are over $2000 a year and this is with homestead exemption.

 

[Western]

The most we had was 386 acres.

One thing I have learned is when building fence, corrals, chutes, cross fencing, water gaps what ever.
1 think it out
2 use the best materials for the job you can.
3 Do the best possible job.
Nothing worse than creating more work with half A** job, allot of times you have to "improvise" but always try to do it right the 1st time. saves allot of work and headache.

As far as Taxes, use every loophole you can find. agricultural exemptions, maybe home stead the house and a few acres. Any Ag projects you can do to offset the tax.

As far as trespassers, I think personally, that you should "over" mark your boundaries as to "avoid" excuses, and deal firmly and swiftly with them, use the sheriff, game warden or who ever. Soon you will get a reputation of no tolerance, believe me this will get around.

I don't think you can have too much land, its a joy and a good feeling at the end of the day. It has its frustration for sure, but I would rather build fence, then sit in rush hour traffic.

 

[LBrown59]

Why does any one want so much land that it becomes all that work with little if any pay perhaps even a loss?

 

[LBrown59]

Property taxes would be a big problem in places but here in Alabama with the most powerful lobby probably being Farm Bureau, and enough rural people to vote down increases our taxes are low. 320 acres with house around 700 dollars a year.

About what I pay on a home 2 pole barns and 2.33 acres here.

 

[chh]

Why does any one want so much land that it becomes all that work with little if any pay perhaps even a loss?

If you don't know you would not understand.

 

[two_bit_score]

.....don't think you can have too much land, its a joy and a good feeling at the end of the day. It has its frustration for sure, but I would rather build fence, then sit in rush hour traffic.

Amen.