Moving to the Country – Part 5

“I want to move out of the city and into the country..” Moving out into the country is not going to be cheap, bottom line. The cost of the land, access, utilities, water, fence and they type of home (slab/stick built, barndo, storage containers, manufactured homes) all are expensive when you add it all up.…

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Moving to the Country – Part 4

You’ve decided what and how you want to use your land, where you want to buy, now you have to be real about the costs and size. We talked earlier about the initial cost of the land purchase and if you’re hoping to have limited restrictions most likely you’ll be considering 10+ acres. In my…

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Moving to the Country – Part 3

“I want to move out of the city, buy land and live in the country.” – Part 3 Now that you have decided what you want to do with the land, where you going to go?  Using IH-35 as our center, generally speaking, land on the east side will be better suited for planting, farming and…

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Moving to the Country – Part 2

First step when buying land is you need to be very clear and have thought through what you want to do with the land now and in the future. Do you just want space between your neighbors and a big “yard”? Do you want to have specific types of farm animals like horses, chickens, goats,…

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I want to move to the Country!

“I want to move out of the city, into the country and do my own thing!” Have you heard your friends say this or maybe you have thought it. I dream about this weekly. Truth be told, my family and I are working towards this goal and I’m searching every day. Owning your own piece…

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