How many landowners do we have on the board?

[O.S.O.K.]

So, are you a land owner?

The poll allows for multiple answers - you might select "I'm a renter" and "20-50 acres" for example. Or you have a house and 5 acres, or ... you live on your 20 acres and select only that choice.

I'm just curious how many here choose to purchase acreages.

[btcave]

I own 2 acres at the base of the Chehalem mountains in NW Oregon with a view of the valley. I grow fruit trees (mostly apples) and have a garden. I'm in the country for quality of life and to help with my high blood pressure. I retire in 22 years, and will move out to the back country of Oregon to hunt and fish my last days away.

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[O.S.O.K.]

That is beautiful country. Looks like it's fertile too!

[tank_monkey]

So, are you a land owner?

The poll allows for multiple answers - you might select "I'm a renter" and "20-50 acres" for example. Or you have a house and 5 acres, or ... you live on your 20 acres and select only that choice.

I'm just curious how many here choose to purchase acreages.

You should have allowed multiple land options. I for instance own more than one house free and clear.

[ATAK, Inc.]

I own outright my house in Las Vegas and have a 4br, 1880sf house on 7 acres in north central Idaho that I'm paying on. That is where my 1,800sf shop is at!

[O.S.O.K.]

Sorry guys - I never seem to cover all of the bases... - but that would make a good poll too - how many member have rental properites? Or multiple homes?

We also have a rental house in our son's college town - actually, he has the house, we co-signed for it... but when he graduates, it may come to us for a rental property or if he wants to live in it, we'll get the deed set for him (and probably his wife - now gf) to own it w/o our involvement. We helped him purchase this to live in while going to school and it also qualified for low-down, low interest and $8K in rebate! Not a good deal in a lot of areas of the country at the time but Texas is not one of those areas...

Rental properties are a very smart way to save for retirement...

[Gunner1558]

We own about 30 acres. When we had 3 sons, we needed enough land for them to learn to ride their dirt bikes, shoot, hunt, and just be able to tear around. 30 acres was enough for their use, yet not so much I felt that I had to do something with it. It is grown wild, and good cover for small game, deer and turkey. Kids are now grown and away from home, but come back to shoot and hunt. I'm getting older, and still don't worry about the land not being used for anything productive. Taxes are bearable, life is good.

[O.S.O.K.]

Even when "not put to use" land is still a good investment. I don't think there has ever been a 10 year period that land hasn't appreciated.

Ariable land is the best land investment overall from what I understand. This is because it's the source of commodity items like corn and beans.

[Krupski]

So, are you a land owner?


I voted Have a house/lot in a suburb because... that's what I have.

When I retire I'm going to have 10 or so acres in the south-west USA. And a nice GSD to patrol it.

[mriddick]

I have one house in the city on a lot, I have another out in the country that is only an acre but it backs up to a 5000 acre lake and 25,000 acres of state land. My step son lives on a 5,400 acre farm which I'm sure he'd let me and his mother live on if things got bad enough ;)

[O.S.O.K.]

Sounds nice :) Lake and lots of forrest land.

[O.S.O.K.]

I voted Have a house/lot in a suburb because... that's what I have.

When I retire I'm going to have 10 or so acres in the south-west USA. And a nice GSD to patrol it.

Roger, I council getting it sooner than later.

[old Grump]

I own, 12 acres backed up to 125,000 acres of DNR land on two sides of me and a mile from the Wisconsin River. I would like more but this was all I could afford and be able to build a house.

[KRUT555]

Count me in with 49.5 all timber and with house and out buildings and shop+ 40 next to me with all the hunting rights in writing,deep in the heart of central IL.

[JVD]

I rent now but plan on owning land in the future.

[Schuetzenman]

House in a subdivision on 1/3 rd acre. I pretty much hate it. The neighbors suck, the home owners association sucks. But this is where my wife wanted to be.

[sevlex]

Older subdivision. Free and clear, baby - no mortgage. And no HOA.

[Broondog]

i own 20.34 acres in the rolling hills of south-east Missouri. approx 8 acres clear and the balance in forest out back that blindly melds into another 2000 acres +/- of private hunting land and some bank land that is all but uninhabited. i hear tell that there is a hunting cabin out there somewhere's off of an old logging road but i have yet to find it.

http://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii365/broondog007/web-1.jpg

[Ronwicp]

I put 20 to 50. Its a little over 40. But I only own it till I stop paying rent to the government. They calls it a tax.

[Schuetzenman]

i own 20.34 acres in the rolling hills of south-east Missouri. approx 8 acres clear and the balance in forest out back that blindly melds into another 2000 acres +/- of private hunting land and some bank land that is all but uninhabited. i hear tell that there is a hunting cabin out there somewhere's off of an old logging road but i have yet to find it.

http://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii365/broondog007/web-1.jpg

You should change your nick to Boondocks from Broondog. :laugh:

[skorpion]

Renting until I finish my degree. Upon accomplishing that, I will build a log home in the country and obtain a small cabin in the Allegheny National Forest of PA. For now, the closest thing I have to "owning" land is being a member of my sportsman's club that owns 2600 acres and two large spring-fed lakes. I get to do pretty much whatever I want on the land, but I have to share it with other members, of course.

[coppertales]

pieces of land. My main residence is in town until the wife retires. Then we will sell that house and move to my 9 acre camp in east Texas where we will build a small house to replace the rv I have there now. I also have a lake lot in the UP of MI that is in the process of being set up for my rv. I am currently looking for an existing camp in the UP to live in during the summer, and Texas in the winter....all are paid for....chris3

[gungorilla]

Closed on my first house last Sept. Hell with my credit I'm paying less than most of the 1 bdrm apartments in my area or not much more per month. I also stand to inherit a little land in east TX when my parents pass, I'll be the 4th generation of my family to have it.

[O.S.O.K.]

coppertails - the "paid for" part is the next hurdle...

[Faulkner]

I live on half dozen acres that boarders with my neighbors dairy farm in the southern part of the Ozark foothills. Six acres is considered a small place in this neck of the woods, but I don't make my living off the land,either. We have good neighbors that aren't too close, good schools in the nearby town of about 3,000, and we're living the dream out in rural America.

The Faulkner homestead
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Picture taken from my back deck of my neighbor's dairy farm with a thunderstorm on the horizon.

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The Arkansas Ozarks is one of the most scenic spots on earth. We have some the prettiest fall colors, as seen from my front yard.

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We have plenty of wildlife hanging around the homestead, . . .

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. . . and clear water streams nearby where my boys and their dog can fish and swim in the summer, and where we can go floating in the spring.

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[Blackshirt78]

I own a house here in Omaha, NE and have about 3 acres of land in the Loess Hills in SW Iowa real close to Waubonsie State Park. Here are some pics of my land, I use it mainly for recreational purposes now (camping/shooting range), hope to put a cabin or maybe build a house down there in the future.
http://members.cox.net/johnson65/Camping%20Area%20After%2008.jpg
Shooting range area
http://members.cox.net/johnson65/RoadToRangeRangeAreaAfter08.jpg

[Mark Ducati]

I understand the question OSOK, but in reality... I like this saying: "We didn't inherit the land from our forefathers, we are borrowing it from our children".

I don't own the land, I'm simply paying an exorbitant fee for its use... right now, technically speaking, the bank still owns it. Hahaha.

[5.56NATO]

To be honest, you don't own it if you must pay taxes on it. Stop paying the taxes and see what happens.

[Broondog]

oh the technicalities!

should the poll have been worded......


"who has been granted the privilege to occupy government or bank land as long as the taxes or lien is paid on time, until the time they die or until such time that they forgo said privilege in lieu of financial benefit."


really? :lool:

[5.56NATO]

Twould have been more accurate.

[Cypher]

I own a few properties but not acreage. I plan on buying more acreage soon I hope. I read something recently that owning farm land and various other investments related to farming, producing food and harvesting will all be solid investments going forward because of the economy and food prices. Very interesting but requires a lot more research before I would invest based on that bit of info.

IMO if your name is attached to the property and you own the equity then for all intents and purposes you own the property. Of course free and clear is great too.