My parents bought a 7 acre place with a beautiful 3000 square foot home right next to Mark Twain Lake in North East Missouri for $215k. I know you'd like to stay in Texas, but if you look outside of Texas you can find some amazing deals.

buzzardb267 I have a place in southern Stephens county a few miles off the Eastland county line feel free to ask me any questions you might have about the area.

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Is it wrong that I want land somewhere other than TX? I like seasons, especially fall and winter. A friend of mine just bought 40 acres in CO, but CO is turning a bit too lib-crazy for me, and where he bought is a bit more rural than I was thinking.

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Try northern New Mexico. My wife and I purchased some acreage in Taos County and it ran about $900/acre. We're pretty much in the middle of nowhere with a gorgeous view of the mountains, yet the town of Taos and the ski slopes are only about a 30 minute drive. Taos is a great little town.

It is about a 10 hour drive to get there from Dallas, so we only go a couple times a year at most. However we wanted mountain views and skiing so there was nothing in TX that would have worked for us.

Appreciate all the posts.

After reviewing them a couple of times it has become apparent that most poster's motivation to purchase rural property is for hunting. Since I was more interested in having a private pond to manage & fish as I see fit (I haven't hunted in well over a decade), I've been thinking that maybe I should spend the money on a boat (or boats) that will hold value rather than on a remote property. Something along the lines of a Boston Whaler, Ranger bay boat, Pathfinder, etc. Even if I had to store it locally and rent a hotel/cabin for overnight trips it seems like I would be money ahead to go that route.

I live 10 minutes from Ray Hubbard and an hour away from Lakes Fork, Tawakoni, Richland Chambers, Cedar Creek. Having a place to stay & store a boat closer to the coast would make it more convenient for weekend salt trips but probably not enough to justify the initial costs and ongoing maintenance of real estate ownership.

I have guns and like to shoot paper but there are always ranges for that. A previous poster mentioned leases should I decide to take up hunting again.

Another previous poster said that there is tremendous emotional appeal in owning remote property and I still agree with that. Perhaps I'll just have to channel that energy into a dream boat (or two) instead...

Thanks again for all the posts.

where are all the tracts in Taos County?

absent here: http://www.landsofnewmexico.com/new_mexico/land-for-sale/index.cfm?PageNum=1&county_ID=5180&lp=&hp=&la=&ha=&lpa=&hpa=&lbed=&hbed=&lbath=&hbath=&lhsqft=&hhsqft=&kw=&dt=All&GetRes.x=132&GetRes.y=16&GetRes=Search+Properties&search=county&sort=&sortby=&sortbydirection=&advanced=0

There are some good prices in NM. Too bad it's so far away, and turning into a liberal hellhole.

RFD....are you on a well or a rural water system? If well, how deep to water? I know it will vary some from site to site, but is it a hundred feet deep or 900 feet deep like where I live? Is there an aquifer, or is it poke holes until you find some?

One of my primary goals in life is to but some ranch land. Unfortunately my wife doesn't share my desire, which makes realization a little tougher. But I'll get there someday.

http://mobile.texags.com/Forums/59/Topics/2283462?page=0#r35187282

We are on a well I think it is 165 feet. Wells are far and few between in the area and did not think I would get lucky enough to have one.

I have thought about this a lot as it is a dream of mine as well.

I owned a 40 acre tract in east Texas. I have since sold the property, since I just didn't get a chance to hunt out there that often once my job took me out of state. I agree with those saying to buy a place within a 3 hour drive unless you have a job that allows you to spend weeks at a time at the place.

I think land is a good investment long term, but it obviously isn't a very liquid investment. It could easily take a year or more to sell. You definitely don't want to get over extended investing in land. It also can be hard to obtain financing if you aren't willing to put at least 20% down.

I kind of go back in forth on if I will buy a decent tract of land later on in life. I would love to own a place large enough to practice solid managment, and do some small scale farming or ranching. Plus I want a place with enough space and game to not get bored. To me that would mean at least 500 acres and probably closer to 1000. I would want a fishing lake/live water, a place to duck hunt, big whitetail and some turkeys for the spring. To get a decent hunting place like that in Texas you are probably looking at well over $1 mil and probably closer to $3-5 mil range. That is a tremendous amount of cash for the average family. Especially since you can spend under $10k a year and be on a supreme property with trophy deer, year round access and you don't have to worry about the taxes, liability, fences, etc.

If i was a multi-millionaire I would buy a place in a heart beat, but for the average person it is just a huge investment and somewhat unrealistic.

I am leaning more towards maybe just having a place on a lake, the coast, or maybe a smaller tract of land in a prime location while still having the hunting lease to stratch my larger land itch. Not only is it much more realistical financially, but if you get tired of a place, or you hit some drought years, it is much easier to move when you are leasing.

If I did buy a large tract of land, I think it would be a dual agriculture lease so I could at least make a few bucks from leasing or working the land to offset the taxes and inherent costs. It's very hard to find income producing tracts in Texas for a decent price.

Sasappis

Where is your Arkansas land located and would you like to sell?

gotcha, that's a little out of my territory. I buy a little around south Howard county occasionally. Fine country up there.

Have property for sale in Rocksprings 83 acres lots of game and a cabin with a great view...great fishing close by at Lake Amistad. Did not want to sale but tied in with family that does. Asking $130,000.

tmaggies, whereabouts in the county? What's the name of the subdivision?

Down 377 south 17 miles from Rocksprings and right on county road 450 three miles. Comanche Hills any info reply tmaggies@ AOL.com