Texas is the fastest growing state in the Union. The cities of Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and Austin are growing at a record setting pace, but many of those who are choosing to relocate to Texas are looking for a getaway from urban living. The counties of West Texas and north Texas have seen their share of growth and the land prices reflect that. If you're looking for a bargain, then your best bet is to look for East Texas farm land for sale at low prices.
East Texas farm land offers more than just bargain prices, though. The beauty of East Texas lies in wide open spaces, rolling hills and expansive skies overhead. The rural counties of East Dallas have yet to experience the big boom of residential and commercial development that sends farm land prices skyrocketing and brings the hustle and bustle of the city closer.
If you are looking for farm land for sale because you value the beauty of natural wildlife, the peace of Mother Nature and the wide open spaces that reinforce feelings of personal freedom, then this is the time to buy. As more and more people relocate to Texas, the urban sprawl will begin to encroach on the stunning beauty of the land, and drive prices for farm and ranch land up.
Towns like Tyler, Bullard, Troup and Jacksonville still offer excellent relocation value, Current prices for East Texas farm land are as low as $1,000 an acre, with a high of about $5,000 an acre. These low prices aren't likely to last long. As Baby Boomers and their children leave the big cities to retire in the beauty and space of the wide open hills and prairies, farm land will rise in price with the increased demand.
According to a research economist at Texas A&M this has already started to happen. The price of East Texas farm land increased by nearly 35% between 1992 and 1997. More recently, West Texas farm land rose 15% in one year, up to an average of $1,900 per acre in 2006.
Why Buy East Texas Farm Land for Sale?
Today's typical East Texas land buyer isn't your usual rancher looking for land to farm or raise animals. Instead, the baby boomer generation is looking to East Texas farm land for its aesthetic appeal and its leisure potential. Hunting, fishing, boating and other outdoor pursuits rank high on the list of motivation for buying farm land in East Texas.
If your intent is to buy farm land for agricultural purposes there are some suggestions that will help you find the right farm land for sale.
- Location
If you're planning to farm your land and support yourself with direct market sales, then you need to be within range of a city of about 25,000 people. In East Texas, some of the counties to consider are Tyler, Washington and Wood County, where you can still find excellent quality farm land at low prices.
- Ground Water
If your land isn't already piped for water or have a well, you may have to dig one of your own, which can be a major expense. In North and West Texas, you may have to dig far deeper than 750 feet to reach water. In East Texas, the average depth for a well is only 250 feet.
East Texas Facts
East Texas is a distinct region of Texas that extends from Red River to Limestone County and southwestward to Galveston Bay. It is comprised of either all or part of 49 separate counties. It has a population of about six million over an area of 40,000 miles.
By contrast, the city of Houston, once considered part of East Texas, has a population of 5.5 million people concentrated in a little more than 600 square miles. East Texas still has the things that made Texas famous: miles and miles of wide open spaces with room to stretch and grow.
Whether you're looking for a little piece of Texas to be your retirement getaway, or are seeking East Texas farm land for investment purposes, a local realtor or buyer's agent may be the best way for you to find just the farm land you're seeking.
There are thousands and thousands of acres of East Texas farm land for sale, both with and without structures, and finding just the right farm for sale can be a daunting task without the help of an experienced agent who knows where to find the best parcels of land for sale.
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One of the best known swan stories is Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of The Wild Swans (s. link below). In it, a widower king had eleven sons and one daughter, Eliza. He marries a wicked sorceress who resents the children, and turns the boys into swans who fly away. The Princess goes out to look for them, and on the way she cries so much she creates a lake of tears. On the bank of this lake she finds her Swan brothers, and a fairy appearing in her dream tells Eliza the secret of their release: if she gathers enough nettles to make eleven shirts, when they wear the shirts they will be released from the magic. The girl collects the nettles, and sits in a cave in a forest to do her sewing. (It is clear that the cave in the forest, as well as the young men turned into swans, transport the girl and her brother to a place outside the realistic, civilized world into the realm of Nature and myth). Eliza is found by a young king who had been hunting; he falls in love with her beauty and takes her to his palace as his wife – nettles and all. During her stay in the palace, many jealous people tell the king wicked stories about her, calling her a witch, and in the end he is forced to burn her on the stake. While Eliza continues, even in prison, to sew her brothers’ shirts, they come to visit her in the shape of swans. At last, when she is taken out to be burned, they fly over her; she throws the finished shirts at them, and they return to their forms of eleven princess, except the youngest whose shirt is not finished and he retains one wing instead of an arm – thus retaining some remnant of the world of Nature within civilization.
Similar stories appear in Grimm with some variations, although in one story the girl has only six brothers instead of eleven. In all these cases, the swans are male; the situation is reverse, however, in Chaikovski’s beautiful music to the ballet Swan Lake (s. link below). That story tells of a wicked sorcerer, who turned Princess Odette into a white swan; all day she flies in the company of her girl swans, and only at night she lands on the bank of a lake and returns to her form as a woman. (The lake, by the way, was formed from the mother’s tears shed over her daughter’s fate; we have here a double figure of mother/daughter of a Water goddess). The story says that only if a young virgin man swears eternal faith to her love and marries her, she will be released from the magic; but if the prince betrays his oath, she will dies. Prince Siegfried of the story indeed falls in love with the Swan princess, but the sorcerer entices him to betray her by making him show his love to the dark, artificial figure of Odile he himself had created. Odile, actually, beside her opposite color, is the splitting image of Odette (here is a double image of white/black, light/darkness, or good/evil). After the betrayal is discovered, Odette prepares to die; but then the Prince comes and tries to save her. His love releases her from the magic, but they drown together in the lake.
Details shared by the two stories are turning humans into swans by sorcery; the hunting king/prince; and the lake of tears created by a female. The main differences between the two are the genders of the bewitcher and the humans turning into swans. It may be noted that both Eliza and Siegfried are names taken from Germanic mythology; the lake created by a female’s tears makes her a Water goddess. It may be assumed, then, that both fairy tales are based on much earlier European mythology connected with swans. In order to understand their basic meaning, then, it may be interesting to turn to such ancient myths.
It seems that many similar stories are common all over the continent, wherever swans appear. Such tales are known from Sweden, Germany, Romania and others, (similar to such where the swans are replaced by seal, bears or other animals), that in some cases shed their outer skin and take human shape; it is significant that in some of these stories, like in Andersen’s and Chaikobski’s, these people are bewitched, but in others they do it of their own free will. In an Online site called Swan Maiden (s. link below), a hunter encounters a swan or a group of swans, fly onto the bank of a lake; they shed their feather cloaks, turn into human maidens and go swimming. The hunter snatches one of the cloaks and hides it, thus trapping her owner to come and be his wife. They live together until she finds her cloak again and flies away. The stories end in various ways, from tragedy to happy ever after.
It is highly significant that all these stories involve females as swans, not males. But an old Irish stories tells it in a different way (s. link below). Angus son of the Dagda falls in love with a swan-girl who appeared in his dream. Afterward, he meets a group of 150 swans, flying in pairs, which are tied together with a chain of silver; but his girl wears a crown and a chain of gold. When Angus calls out to that particular swan, she leaves the group, turns him into a swan and they fly away together, tied with a golden chair. It is clear here that the swan maiden has her own power to change at will, and is bound by any male sorcerer; what is more – she has the power to change her lover as well into a swan, which makes her a veritable Swan goddess. This is a hint at the initial function of the swan in European mythology.
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It seems that, in the Hindu-European tradition, there a number of Swan goddesses. Some of these goddesses were connected with death, and others with some qualities of the Underworld (where dead people go), like wisdom and prophecy. Robert Graves has defined the swan as a bird of Death, and the three Greek figures of Graeae, or Gray Ones, clearly demonstrate this idea: they were described as "fair-faced and swan-like". They had gray hair from birth and shared one eye and one tooth which, according to Graves, they used for prophecy. Their genealogy goes back to the early descendants of the Earth and Sea, and their separate names were Enyo (“horror”), Deino (“Dread”), and Pemphredo (“Alarm”).
A Celtic Swan goddess was Brigit, to whom this bird was sacred; she was in charge of the Underworld qualities of Wisdom and Crafts. In Hindu mythology, the swan was sacred to Saraswati, goddess Wisdom and Learning, who sat on a throne made of two swans.
Other deities are connected with the swan through its shining white beauty. Such figures are Greek Aphrodite and Roman Venus, to whom the swan was sacred. But another symbol of beauty, much more complicated to these Love goddesses, takes this connection much further. That was Helen, who was the daughter of Leda and the Swan – or, in another interpretation, Leda as a Swan; after all, she was the one who laid the Swan egg, which the two pairs of twins sprung out: Helen and Clytemnestra; Castor and Polydeuces (known as Pollux) – the Dioscuri (“twins”) who “embodied the two halves of the year”.
The multiplicity of the swan’s image – Death, Wisdom, Motherhood, Beauty and Love –
is well represented in the figure of Helen, and is connected with another trait of that bird. The swan is a migratory bird, as is well expressed in both Yates’ poem and in Lemke’s painting. It is actually seen not only in autumn and the dying of the year – hence its connection with Death, but also in springtime, connecting him with idea of revival. It is, then, a symbol of the Great Nature Goddess who was in charge of the yearly dying and resurrection.
According to a site called Goddesses and Priestesses Connected with Hera (s. link below), Helen's name means “bright one, light, Sun, fair;” it refers to her as a Harvest goddess, when the Sun is at its peak (in the Mediterranean area). Another title of Helen’s is Dendritus – “she of the trees”, referring to her as a Fertility goddess in charge of fruit trees; her tree festival was celebrated annually in the isle of Platanistas, where she was worshipped until late 19th cent.. By another title, Rhigidenes, meaning “rigidity”, Helen was in charge of death in various forms, including the orgasmic death of the penis. This combination of characteristics suggests she may have begun as a Pillar Goddess like Asherah or Aphrodite, worshipped with ecstatic dance and sexual rites.
This idea is the basis of the theory of the swan being a symbol of the dying year in autumn, that comes after Midsummer, the peak of the sun and harvest time, to be resurrected again in spring. The Dioscuri, swan born, were kings of the two halves of the year, annually dying and resurrected. Their mother, then, either Leda or in her embodiment as Helen, was actually the Great Mother Goddess, in charge of Life and Death, symbolized by the swan, appearing regularly in Spring and Autumn. Graves connects this myth in his book The Greek Myths with the idea that “at midsummer, they (the swans) flew north to unknown breeding grounds, supposedly taking the dead king’s soul with them.”
The swan appears also as Laima, a Lithuanian Mother Goddess (who is also represented as a Goddess of Fate, determining the life and death course of human beings), who was in charge of “blessing, unity, destiny, love, luck and magic”, according to the site by her name. Her symbol is said to be a wreath, and her totem is the swan. As a Mother, it may be noted that the Hindu god Brahma hatched from a swan’s egg. The swan was also sacred to the Christian Mary, Mother of Jesus. Male individuals could become swans only by her grace, either when she grants them her love as a maiden, or when she takes their souls away in death. Such Death goddesses were the Valkyries, who flew in the shape of swans when looking in the battlefield for warriors who died bravely, to take their souls as a reward to the Paradise of Valhalla.
However, Death goddesses of ancient myths turned into wicked witches in fairy tales. Thus, it was the same goddess in Andersen’s tale who, as the Sorceress Queen turned the boys into swans, and as the Maiden turned them back into humans; the young fairy in the story is another appearance of the Princess herself. Such an equation of Old Witch = Young Maiden appears in Chaucer’s poem The Knight’s Tale.
The swan, then, is one of the manifestations of the Goddess as a Maiden, Mother, and Death Crone, who causes her male charge to be born, to grow to a young handsome hunter, to make love, to die and descend to the Underworld, and finally to come back to life and begin the cycle all over again, as a symbol for the ever changing and circulating year. But the power of that goddess was taken from her with changes of social structure by “a wicked sorcerer”, who put himself in charge of her and of everything on earth, to destroy at will, as we can see in Chaikovski’s magnificent ballet.
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/g/graeae.html - The three Gray Ones
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Sold! Real Estate Auction Action
Want to sell your $30 million dollar home in a day? Call up your local auction house and hang onto your hat. American auctioneers are doing a ripping real estate business right now with no sign of slowing down. In fact, the National Auctioneers Association says real estate auctions are the fastest growing auction type with annual sales rising at least $2.2 billion in the past year for a total of $58.5 billion in real estate sales in 2007. That's a lot of real estate.
Housing slump? That depends on how you look at it. Certainly the boom in housing sales at real estate auctions is directly tied to the rise in pre-foreclosures and trouble in the sub prime market, but it's a boom nonetheless. We've even been seeing high-end properties hitting the auction block. The most recent of these being the former home of publishing heir Randolph Hearst. The 52 room, 28 thousand square foot oceanfront mansion in south Florida was sinking under more than 40 million dollars worth of debt and went up for auction on Feb. 25th. Bidding started at $100 and heated up to a steep $22 million within 5 minutes. Papers for the 3.5 acre estate were eventually awarded to the bank holding the loans.
Sellers often choose auctions for the pre-determined sale day and quick turnaround time with zero haggling. Buyers are drawn to the promise of great deal. Most homes that show up in auction houses are in pre-foreclosure or in foreclosure and the homeowner or the bank is auctioning it off to pay the debt on the mortgage. What this usually means is that the property is being sold far below market value.
Of course, financial concerns aside, you may want to attend an auction strictly for the entertainment value of it. The rolling rhythm of the auctioneer's chant is a kind of siren song, the true melody of commerce with it's own built-in beat. Auction hounds will tell you it's worth witnessing even if you leave all your money at home. Once the bidding starts, the auctioneer's steady and rapid hoodoo has a way of revving up the crowd with it's fast paced repetition and climbing numbers based on the series of head nods, hat tips and waves from the crowd. There's no mistaking it, the atmosphere can be intense. Ask any auction rookie who's been locked in a bid-war and stuck with a hammer price they didn't intend. It's hard to keep your wits about you. But for the level-headed buyer, this kind of free market can be the perfect forum for a great deal.
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Central Texas Ranch Land
Central Texas brings to mind the beauty of rolling hills, fertile, lush valleys and low, level plateaus of stunning vistas and farmland. The area offers some of the most beautiful farming and ranch lands in the entire state. The Central Texas hill country, the lands between the Colorado and the Brazos Rivers, were among the first parts of Texas to be settled.
The earliest pioneers and families saw the wonders and value of a fertile river valley criss-crossed with streams and rivers and supported by the wonderfully temperate climate that makes farming and ranching a year round possibilities. Today's central Texas ranch land for sale has all the same qualities and beauty that attracted those early settlers.
Unlike the forested slopes of East Texas and the dry desert lands of West Texas, central Texas is a vista of undulating hills and green, fertile valleys. The land is ideal for farming and for grazing, as well as for hunting and other recreational uses.
Imagine waking every morning to the wide open vistas of sky and miles and miles of rolling hills. This is the dream that is calling to dream investors all over the country. As baby boomers and Gen-Xers seek new investments and retirement homes, they're flocking to the beauty of Texas lands in record numbers. The availability of large tracts of land at low prices is attracting investors of all sorts to the area; which means that those low prices are bound to start rising soon.
Types of Central Texas Ranch Land
Most often, when people think "ranch", we think cattle and open prairie and range. The truth is far more varied than that. There are all types of ranch land for sale, from working cattle and livestock ranches to hunting ranches and recreational ranches.
Hunting Ranches
Texas offers sporting opportunities to hunters and outdoorsmen that are unparalleled. The wide open spaces and variety of terrain are filled with an enormous variety of game, from black bear to ducks and quail.
Whatever your preference in game, you're likely to find it here. Many land developers are working to preserve the natural beauty and resources of the area, and you'll find many West Texas hunting ranches available in larger tracts of 100 acres or more of land. Others are dividing the land into smaller parcels to offer more opportunity for smaller investors and those who simply want a small piece of heaven to call their own.
Horse Ranches in Central Texas
Horse ranching is a gentleman's pursuit here, and you'll find many smaller Central Texas ranches for sale that sport all the amenities: pasture, barn, tack room and beautiful home. You'll also find many tracts of ranch land for sale ready for development. Unlike the more remote areas of East and West Texas, much of the land here will require little or no infrastructure investment to make it habitable.
You can still buy undeveloped ranch land acreage here for less than $10,000 an acre. A bargain price compared to land in most of the country. Nowhere else in the country will you find the advantages and amenities that you'll find here. Much of the ranch land for sale is close enough to major routes that it offers easy access to the metropolitan areas of Austin, but far enough away that the pristine beauty of the land is completely unspoiled.
Whether you're looking for investment land, or land for personal use as a primary residence, vacation home or retirement property, ranch land for sale is the opportunity that you've been waiting for. Central Texas offers the beauty of nature with all the modern conveniences.
From working ranches to undeveloped land, Central Texas real estate opportunities are the ideal investment vehicle for your retirement, or the perfect place to raise your family. When you choose to buy land here, you're investing in nature, in beauty, in sports and recreation and in preserving the natural history of our land.
If you're looking for the perfect home or the perfect investment, take your search to the verdant and fertile lands of Central Texas' hill country. You're sure to find ranch land for sale that's perfect for building your dream.
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The Top Neighborhood for Austin Texas Real Estate is Steiner Ranch!
Steiner Ranch, in MLS area RN, or zip code 78732, was named "Best Master-Planned Community" in the greater Austin area from the Austin Business Journal in 2004. And for good reason. This mega-community, bordered by RR 620 to the north, Lake Austin to the West and South, and neighboring River Place to the east encompasses a nature preserve-like atmosphere to complement its stellar location of rolling hills and the winding placidity of Lake Austin, which, moderated by the LCRA, retains a constant depth year round.
With 819 acres set aside for preservation and 12 miles of trails, Steiner prides itself in fusing well with its environment. The 27,000-acre Balcones Canyonland Conservation Preserve surrounds the development, offering many homes and sites the backyard of a consistent greenbelt. The general area hosts 10 golf courses, eight boat launches, 19 marinas and 15 public parks. Water enthusiasts are within 5 minutes of either Fritz Hughes, Selma Hughes or Mary Quinlan Parks, all providing public access to Lake Austin.
Within Steiner, homeowners are required to respect the design standards and upkeep of the community by paying two installments totaling $640 in HOA dues. These dues not only include trash and recycling service, but also employ a full-time activities director who helps organize events such as summer camps and wine tastings. Gated areas within Steiner Ranch have additional fees to cover the gates and private street maintenance.
The University of Texas’ own Golf Club, a 71 - 7,225 yard championship course, sprawls over 275 acres in the middle of the neighborhood. Wincing and regrouping from a fire that downed the clubhouse at the beginning of 2008, the home course for the University’s Men’s and Women’s varsity golf programs offers very limited membership opportunity for local golfers. Lake Austin Spa, the only destination health spa in the country with a waterfront location, is located at the southern tip of Steiner Ranch. Ranked #2 by Conde Nast Traveller as the best destination spa in North America, the spa has recently renovated its rooms with an eye on the top spot. Housing an intimate 40-room resort with a new 25,000 sq foot spa facility, their laid back approach on 19 acres continues to live up to its reputation.
Not surprisingly, schools get good marks at Steiner Ranch. Served by the Leander Independent School District, students attend Recognized Steiner Ranch Elementary, and both Exemplary Laura Welch Bush Elementary and Canyon Ridge Middle Schools, all located within the community. Nearby Cedar Park High is the destination for 9th-12th grade students.
With so much to offer, Steiner Ranch still manages to offer homes for many different types of buyers. Starting in the low $200’s (and heading well over $1 million), homeowners enjoy larger homes ranging from 2,000-7,000 sq feet.
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One of the oldest and most useful engineering professions is civil engineering. This form of engineering can be found in various areas of society and it focuses on the study of structural systems. In time, the demand for civil engineering increased and at present it has diversified into several branches of study which include structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, transportation engineering, hydraulic engineering and others. Land surveying on the other hand focuses on detailed analysis of construction projects such as highways, airstrips and housing development. The surveyor is in charge of recording the readings in an accurate manner and maintains field notes in order to see if the survey is accurate.
The main branches of civil engineering include the following: transportation, environmental, geotechnical, structural and water resources. The first branch is concerned with developing transportation systems such as highways, airports and rail systems, the second one focuses on wastewater treatment, air pollution management and the handling hazardous wastes, geotechnical engineering includes the design and construction of rock and soil based structures, structural engineering is all about the design and construction of steel structures while water resources includes the construction of dams, canals and water pipeline systems. All these civil engineering branches are meant to increase our safety.
Also, civil engineering requires creativity and technical skills in order to make sure the facilities that are essential to modern life operate safely and efficiently. Civil engineers are meant to solve problems, being frequently confronted with the challenges of pollution, traffic congestion, drinking water, urban redevelopment and community planning, being vital for the development of a country. Since construction is a complicated task, civil engineering doesn’t focus only on the aesthetic aspect of a construction but also on the effects nature can have on a building.
Another essential aspect in construction is land surveying, which is done to verify the accuracy of the existing records and the obtained information is used to prepare legal documents such as deeds and leases. Furthermore, land surveying helps in planning, designing and establishing the boundaries of properties, including services such as mapping, construction layout services, precision measurements of length, angle, elevation, area and volume. This surveying is vital in all the forms of construction and it is up to the surveyor to decide exactly what type of surveying you need.
Usually, land surveying is needed when someone purchases a house or a piece of land. Important investments that are made rarely should be based on accurate information such as record and field research, measurements and calculations. Although land surveying is most of the time unnoticed, this is essential in the land sale process and it asserts that the owners know the locations of the property boundaries and all the developments that must be done. As a rule, the land survey must be done by licensed surveyors who know their business.
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Location, Location, Location for Florida Investment Land
When looking for an appropriate place to set up residence or a commercial establishment, the first consideration of the buyer is the surroundings of the location in question.
Advertisers of vacant lots often mention clear lists of places of attraction and utility around the advertised lots to attract investors.
Are facilities important?
Experts in the real estate sector are of the opinion that prices of vacant lots rise considerably if the surrounding facilities are of interest to the investor.
More importantly, if the surrounding areas are equipped with all the essential utilities and infrastructural requirements, it becomes easier to attract investments.
Even when considering the vacant lot for commercial development or setting industry, the investor is keen on the facilities available around.
Florida Land Lots
The vacant lots in Port Charlotte, Charlotte County, Florida are one of the very few locations in the region to be highly well equipped with good facilities.
Apart from the essential utility features, these Florida Lots are surrounded by a host of recreational centers. The main amongst them is the long beach line of Florida. In fact, there are websites that actually specialize in the coastal area lots, which are of interest to both, the investor and homebuilder.
Though the beaches around the place are quite well frequented, yet the administration has managed to keep the place quite clean. The water area is also home to an abundant bird life, dolphins, sea turtles and other wildlife.
Golfing is another recreational facility, which is a major attraction in the Port Charlotte area. The place hosts a number of fine golf courses including the likes of Long Marsh Golf Club, Wildflower Country Club, Oyster Creek Golf & Country Club and many more.
The Charlotte Harbor also offers some great fishing opportunities. You can fish for all types ranging from tarpon to trout, sheepshead or snook.
You will also find many shopping and dining destinations around these vacant lots with the place having all sorts of national chain restaurants and retail stores.
How to procure?
You can choose an appropriate location in the Port Charlotte area in many ways. The first way is to contact your local real estate agent who will suggest various suitable options.
The second and the most common way is to do some research on the internet. You will find that there are many websites that actually advertise these vacant plots. Along with their basic details, the websites also give a list of the surrounding areas and main attractions. This helps you a lot while deciding on the exact location you want to go for.
About the Author
Jarred Scott has 14 of Real Estate Investing
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Up until 2003, I had worked as a delivery driver for Papa John’s in downtown West Palm Beach, Florida. For two years, I had couch-surfed, living at friends houses, crashing on their sofas, in exchange for doing dishes, cleaning, or helping around the house. Why? I wanted to save money and in order to save money, I needed a way out of paying rent. Basically, I was a houseboy, or a concierge.
Believe it or not, the experience was memorable and fun. During that time, I completed two journals--"The Insanity Defense" and "Gravity (the seduction of the equator)". One day, I hope to publish them. The last place I stayed was David Knight's kitchen, a separate building with kitchen sink, fridge, table, shower, toilet. That was during the time of hurricane season in Florida and a few hurricanes had hit the area pretty hard. As he was a healthy eater, he requested that I bring coconuts home, as they were all over the street from the hurricanes aftermath. Specifically, he requested two coconuts a day. While driving around delivering pizzas at night, whenever I saw downed coconut trees or coconuts, I would park and toss them into the back of my Honda Civic. I purchased a nice machete for $10-15 bucks and, after bringing them home and placing them in his fridge, would cut them open the next day. For breakfast, we had fresh coconut milk. It was cool.
While I was working at Papa John's, I kept an eye out for fixer-upper houses. Whenever I saw them, I would look up the address at the property appraiser's website, track down the owner, send a letter and make an offer. Either it was already under contract by an investor or in litigation limbo, so my attempts were unsuccesssful. Oh well. At least I tried.
Life changes
In 2003, tired of delivering pizzas and somewhat frightened by some bad experiences on the job (being assaulted, being robbed, having rocks thrown at the car), I quit. I had saved $12,000 dollars. Knowing that I needed more money, I
withdrew all my mutual funds, which added $30,000 dollars to the pot. Combined, I had a total of $42,000 dollars.
I was hoping to use this money to buy a fixer-upper house in West Palm Beach, Florida. At this time, though, the real estate market was very hot--home prices were soaring. Even fixer-upper houses were selling for $200,000.
Taking my search online, I came across an ad for 9-acres with a trailer, and a spring in back, for $54,900. A few days later, I drove to Old Town, Florida, met the owner, and put a $20,000 down payment on the land, with arrangements to
pay $270 a month for five years (60 payments) and a balloon payment of $25,000. (A balloon payment is a final loan payment that is considerably higher than regular payments, in order to pay off a loan.) After paying for the trailer, I had $22,000 dollars left. I fixed up the trailer and lived in it. The cost of paint and tools amounted to a few thousand dollars, leaving me with $20,000.
Small town, small pay
As it was a small town, the only jobs seemed to be at Georgia-Pacific, a lumber company just outside of town, and Hardees. Looking through the local paper, I saw an ad for tax deed sales. I visited the county clerk’s office and asked questions. Lots of questions. I visited the property appraiser’s office in the same building and asked questions. I started
attending sales and bidding on land, using the remaining $20,000 that I had left.
(At this point, you might be saying: ‘It was easy for you. You had $20,000 dollars.’ To begin with, it’s not easy when you’re starting out doing this and you have no experience. Money can only take you so far. Anyone can learn how to
do this with a $2,000 dollar investment.)
Deals everywhere
Deals everywhere and I was running out of money, buying properties. But now I needed an income. I contacted friends and relatives and three people responded, agreeing to pay me a small monthly salary and a percentage once they sold a
property, if I could find them a tax deed property at a good price.
For a year, I lived in Old Town, attending tax deed sales. I also attended tax deed sales in other counties--Gilchrist, Levy, Madison, and Jefferson. Once I owned the land, I would re-sell it. My first major sale brought in a profit of around $17,000 dollars. I remember running around the 9-acres, jumping up and down and praise God for the financial blessing. During this time, I was able to work for myself, and living in North Florida among friendly people and beautiful surroundings--springs, rivers, lots of trees--proved cathartic in many ways.
Eventually, I returned to West Palm Beach, and continued to attend sales in nearby counties. Looking over all the counties, I decided to make a numbered map of Florida, with numbers corresponding to website links for county clerks and property appraisers, along with notes on how to buy tax deed properties. Initially, I planned to use this map and notes for myself, but after seeing all the tax deed sales that were happening every month, I came to a dilemma.
Lots of lots
There were so many counties with so many different lots going up for auction. Often, these tax deed sales were on the same day--on the same date there will be two sales in two different counties. Which one should I attend?
Even if I had the money to bid on tax deed sales in different counties that are scheduled on the same date, how would this be possible? I don’t have the time or resources to research all of them. Even if I did, who I would be able to trust to
handle the responsibility of bidding? Too put it simply, the opportunity was there but the coordination to make it work was beyond me.
Writing a course
So, I decided to write a course, a reference guide for myself, on how to buy and sell tax deed properties in Florida. I enjoy writing and am almost embarassed to admit that I'm one class away from a two-year journalism degree. That class--college algebra--is the same class that kept my cousin, Jennifer, from receiving her two-year graphic design degree. But, she's a successful graphic designer now so I guess it didn't mean much. Anyway, I'm wandering. In short, I like to write and have been keeping journals ever since.
If I couldn’t possibly do this all myself, why should I keep it to myself? Along the way, I’ve met lots of people who have been helpful and patient in answering my questions, from property appraisers to tax clerks to realtors to title company employees to tax deed bidders. Perhaps I could pass on what I’ve learned. This is why I wrote this course--so others could benefit from my experiences, both good and bad.
Anyone can do this
Anyone can do what I do--flip Florida land for a profit. I failed college algebra three times, keeping me away from a two-year journalism degree. Before learning how to do this, I worked a number of jobs. What jobs, you ask? McDonald's, lots of different restaurant jobs, painting, car wash, kitchen upgrades assistant, pizza delivery driver, handyman.
Those jobs had their fun times, but I you know what I really enjoy? Writing and helping people. This book enabled me to do both. My friend, Vinnie, has used the techniques in this book to make $16,000 in equity on his first land deal. And that was only two months ago. That can be you. It's easy when you follow the steps in my course.
Small investment, big return
With an investment of $2,000 dollars, you can start buying land in Florida.
How can my experiences help you? If you read my course, and put it into practice, you can learn how to:
1) Attend and bid at tax deed sales with confidence
2) Buy land in Florida for as little as $2,000 dollars
3) Find Florida property owners who are motivated to sell
4) Fill out the paperwork necessary for buying/selling land
5) Utilize different websites to sell your land
6) Determine which tax deed sales to attend
As there are 67 counties in Florida, with most of these having tax deed sales every month, the chance of finding land at low cost is in your favor. Even if you don’t want to buy property for yourself, perhaps you know someone who could use some financial help. Consider buying them a lot in Florida. Why not invest in your children’s future by buying a lot in Florida?
What’s the prime interest at the bank? Five percent? Land values are doubling or tripling annually. Make your money work for you by investing it in something that yields greater interest.
Check out my website at the top of this article to see some of the lots that I've purchased using the techniques in my course. Whatever you do, I encourage you to follow your dreams. Take Care & God Bless You.
There is a section BusinessWeek many interesting details to our creative reuse of vacant commercial property. Some ideas seem more likely than others (some seem crazy). Here is a summary of some highlights, organized by the smallest to the most crazy.
1. In the realm of possibility Hydroponic plants in the car: Many automakers are vacancies in the recession, but can be used most agricultural uses. As Business Week, observing, "The openness of the bay automobile factories and showrooms can provide space for hydroponic greenhouse operations and aquaponics. The Community (food) Garden: Who to turn vacant lot ugly in a country landscape TRUE! Many older homes have been demolished to make way for new properties, only to have successful recession, forcing projects to be abandoned. The residents use the land the way our ancestors did, "Philadelphia has already implemented an urban garden and many other U.S. cities could benefit. "
2. Getting Out There
The Farms in the inter-highway: You know those herbs, sometimes covered by trees? Well instead of dreaming of her 4x4 plow on them when he hit traffic, turn your thoughts to agriculture! Trade highway can be transformed into self-sufficient, contributing positively to the city ... conversion of the UN-usable green lagoons of the intersection of agricultural land use is a win-win for everyone. " Regarding affordable housing and malls: It is a kind of strange really because the logic the proposal. Here is the quote verbatim:
"Public housing has been decimated by the construction of altruistic mixed income, mixed-use affordable housing across the country. Unfortunately, these projects are, statistically, only displaced the poor and die poor suburbs working for the inner ring, with the death of retail access and some basic services needed to be located in the housing projects' original. Could be possible to use the centers of death for the basic services required by citizens of these people, and program houses nearby, many in foreclosure, true affordable housing, providing access to basic needs, and the germs of a sense of belonging and ownership.
Instead be placed to "die and suburban retail, affordable housing should be placed in areas inhabited by marginalized and houses abandoned near the mall?
3. Crazy
Super Harvest Wind Tower: How do you think of your house or your apartment is located right next to a tower wind extraction super? "Raising collection units large urban and suburban super wind tower that occupy minimal floor space, but may relieve itself a percentage of energy consumption in the community. "At least there will be a problem for birds, right?
4. Crazy Jack Nicholson
Aircraft: This is very serious, someone suggested the option that is about to hear. "Adapting the vacant land and / or structures to be used as landing sites for a small passenger plane city. Own achievement and a notable feature of the city. "Yes planes. Did you know that make a notable feature of the city? While not opposed to them, seems that this idea belongs to a world of alternate reality. One without the Hindenburg.
In all sincerity, is a very interesting and worth visiting.
About the Author:
Jonathan W. Hipp is President of Calkain Companies and founded the firm in 2005 with over 20 years experience in the Real Estate industry. While his knowledge spans a broad spectrum of real estate, Jonathan is well respected for his expertise on Net Lease Investments.
Jonathan has completed over $2 billion in Net Lease Investments throughout his career and is regularly interviewed for articles appearing in a variety of publications, including Commercial Real Estate Forum, Forbes, Fortune Magazine, National Real Estate Investor, Commercial Property News, Globe St., Shopping Center Business, Southeast Property News, Washington Business Journal, CIRE Magazine & Retail Traffic. He is also frequently invited to serve as a panelist or speaker at Net Lease and Real Estate conferences and seminars throughout the country.
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