On: Building a modern home in the woods

[fartcannon]

3 acres for 12k? Where? That's incredible. Well done!

[mod → fartcannon]

In case anyone else thinks that's crazy, I bought 40 acres in the Ozarks with a (manufactured) home, a shop, a 52x14 storage building, and a few other outbuildings. The land was mostly wooded, with a few acres in use for a garden.

$60,000 in 2015

Details: 1 hour from walmart, 35 minutes from the grocery, 5 miles from pavement, zero stoplights in my county, no zoning at all (build anything you want). But a nicely-kept dirt road, plenty of people living in the area, etc.

[rglover → fartcannon]

Tennessee.

[fartcannon → rglover]

I see.

I don't think you could buy a temporary ice fishing hut for 12k in Canada.

[Scoundreller → fartcannon]

But you can live on the lake rent-free for several months of the year if you go north enough.

What’s that worth to you?