where is the least expensive land in the USA?

[cowboydoc]

<font color="green">almost all of the midwest have been pretty flat on appreciation </font>

Yea I'm with Dave it's the same for Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri. Prices for any kind of acreage have been skyrocketing the last 5-10 years. I'm not sure where in the midwest there hasn't been significant appreciation in acreages.

 

[KubotaSteve]

WV land is only cheap in certain parts and those parts are not all that close to a city. I live in the eastern panhandle and prices are going through the roof. In one year my house increased in value by 30%. Washington DC is 90 miles away and it can take you anywhere from 90 minutes (early Sunday morning) to 3 hours (rush hour on Friday evening). The farther south you go in WV the cheaper it gets as well as north in certain places. I have seen land in Northern WV go for about $3,000 an acre, but the whether is not the greatest.

 

[MossRoad]

mcouey,

Trying to sneak in there? Welcome to TBN! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[MossRoad]

Indiana is pretty cheap. South Bend, Indiana has one of the lowest costs of housing in the country. But those are city houses. Lots in subdivisions go for big $$. But you can still get 80 acre parcels out in surrounding counties away from towns for $2000-$3000 per acre. But you have to buy the whole 80 acres. Still... 80 acres for less than $200,000 is pretty good.

 

[sneaky_pete]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( $125.00 Per Acre..........if you buy 10 sections. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif


TBAR)</font>

Looks like west Texas - I used to live in Midland and worked all over the Permian Basin oil patch. We enjoyed it while we were there, but wouldn't be dying to move back.

I agree though, that it ought to be some of the cheaper acreage in the lower 48.

Pete

 

[JATO_RaT]

"Don't even bother with northern Illinois/Chicago area."


My brother in law just sold his place in San Mateo (south of San Francisco). A 1300 sq ft older home on a lot about 7000 sq ft for $1,135,000, yes, that is 1 million not $135,000. He was asking $850,000 and a fella from New York out bid everyone. Imagine the property taxes at 1% here.

 

[eee]

<font color="blue"> </font><font color="blue" class="small">( but the whether is not the greatest. )</font> </font>

Whats wrong with the whether ??? LOL

Really the weather in WVa is pretty mild for the most part.

 

[SPIKER]

you can buy Large tracks of land in South East Ohio, and NW WV for cheap. I been looking at stuff there for years, 20~50K will get you anywhere form 30~100 acres! lots of deer & turkies with scrub trees. no mimneral rights and have to watch out as much of it is reclaimed strip mines and can't be built on and others are 90% mountain sides but hey you can still get it and put in one heck of an ATV/Bike trail /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif I paid 81K for my 22.5 acres with SMALL rustic cabin in North Cent ohio in 2001. I now have a BIG barn/work shop built but the place was a JUNKPILE when I got it! old dude was a 3/4 nutball with the engineering skills of a caveman... the cabin he built ihmself and was SO proud of it. only thing is it is really a great thing to have as a toilet shack with water in it! BUT that is all I need for now and one day my barn will be a NICE spot to relax & watch the deer eat off my old ladies garden! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif (heck I figure I'll faten them up faster feeding them her beans & peas! hahaha...

Mark M /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[Von]

Bob, Don't forget to tell him the taxes will be about $7k for that land and house! and will go up every year! I'm in Fairport and have watched my tax assessment go from $110k to $265K in 15 years! I'm to the point that I can't afford to live on my 5 acres due to the high taxes.

 

[lynxpilot]

Here. Just bought 62 acres with house and outbuildings for 166K. It's heaven. Oh wait. Don't come here! You'll hate it!