Posted: 9/26/2016 9:49:17 PM EDT
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Not sure were to start or what specifically I'm looking for. Would like a few acres with water nearby. Not ready for a relator, just starting researching (best value for price). May look to build a small cabin (another research project) or park a camper on land. Not even sure on location.
Where should I start looking for info? Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks! Hucklebery |
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check around the internet for various real estate maps, where you can view listings on a map as opposed to a list.
From there you can figure out where you might want to buy, and what exactly you want. If you find something you like be ready to do further research to make sure that the map spot is an actual representation of the property. Once you've narrowed it down to a couple you can go check stuff yourself, or contact realtors and plan/schedule a trip to see the properties that made your cut. Make sure you really research, things like time on market, number of views, and multiple price lowerings may give you the ability to leverage a better price than what they are asking. |
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The last time I looked I used www.landsofmichigan.com it lets you include/exclude properties on a bunch of different criteria.
I'd like to look into a map-based system, didn't know that was available. Also, check zoning restrictions if you plan to park a trailer for any length of time. I heard some localities don't allow it. |
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Not sure were to start or what specifically I'm looking for. Would like a few acres with water nearby. Not ready for a relator, just starting researching (best value for price). May look to build a small cabin (another research project) or park a camper on land. Not even sure on location. Where should I start looking for info? Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks! Hucklebery Price range? Use? General Area? Cash or financing? A cabin with a few acres on a decent river in MI is around 250K unless it is a shack. The days of cheap land "up north" went away in the mid 80's, I think, unless you just want 40 acres of sandy soiled Autumn Olive brush and Jack Pines. Land Watch is an OK site to play around with, CBGreatLakes.com is another one. I've seen quite a bit of land in Osceola County come up for sale and just sit. One thing that works for my relatives is they have an acre with a small cabin, but it is near, not next to, lots of Federal and state land. Having your little cabin right next to public land can be a problem. I think this topic was posted here a while back, try not to have more than about a 90 minute or so drive or you won't get up there very much. Good luck, it took me and my wife almost 4 years to find our dream 160 acres to build on. 
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What general area is "Up North"?
ETA, 50k would buy 40 or more wooded acres many different places in the Eastern UP, with year round access. Not waterfront, but close proximity. Way too far (for me anyway) o make frequent use of it if I was in the southern lower peninsula. So we moved here. 
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I've seen some good deals up near Atlanta. Montmorency County as a whole has a lot going for it as a getaway-primary among these reasons if that it's more than a half a gas tank away from civilization if crap ever hit the fan. Atlanta is the County Seat, so everything you need is there, and anything they don't have is in Alpena which is 30-40 min away. As someone who bought land 9 years ago and just finally got a cabin on it, I would look at how far I would want to drive to get to the property, how far away it is to get building supplies, and how close neighbors are and how frequently they are up there. Chances are that it will be very difficult to do anything discreet up there if you feel the need. Town usually rolls up the sidewalk at 5pm on weekdays and 1 on weekends with no sundays, so plan your trips up there to be as productive as possible-you always forget to bring something. You're in for a long haul, and it will be years of looking at your land as a headache because every time you go up it will feel more like work than fun. Don't buy anything with a trailer on it, chances are it will be run down to the point of not being useable or close to it by the time you buy and then it will cost you to haul it away... I looked at dozens of parcels that had dilapidated trailers, campers and RV's on them.. a friend explained the reality of buying a parcel with a trailer on it and the costs of junking a trailer and I determined right there and then that I wouldn't buy if it had a trailer regardless of the condition. |
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Thanks for all the good info so far! I was thinking of keeping it under 50k, don't need to be on water but would be nice to be near by. Would use for relaxing and maybe light hunting. Would finance about half. Thanks again I had to pay cash-my bank that I had been with for 20 years wanted nothing to do with vacant land. |
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Thanks for info, I have been poking around the net but I may have to put on hold as my health care may be taken away in retirement, 4 years before I can retire.
I live around Ann Arbor and was looking for a 2 hour drive so I could use the land as often as I could, still looking but not optimistic. Huck |