Cheap houses and land

[Turd Ferguson]

Where is a good place to find a cheap house(3+ bedrooms) with some land for less than $100k?

It doesn't need to be in the USA.

Private well and septic system is preferred.

$100k isn't a lot, but I don't want a mortgage.

fla. or nevada
foreclosures up the ass
worst in the country

Thats true about the forclosures, but the problem is the banks arent dropping the prices and putting them on the market like they should. Instead, they are hanging on to them to prop the prices up. Wont work anyway, but the banks are too short sighted to see its not gonna help.

[Sam Gunn (since nobody got Admiral Naismith)]

Northern Nevada has a ton of cheap ass property.  I saw a 40 acre lot for 12 grand.  Of course its completely undeveloped...

A few friends of mine are considering finding a property like this for a group owned 4-wheeling, dirt bike riding, target shooting, camping hideaway.

[ForumTroll]

I bought 10 acres for $2k a few years back in Texas. They lied about having legal deeded access, so I had to get a refund.

[blackie]

Or, you can just live in your car.

CPS doesn't like that.

[blackie]

Also what are prices like up in Coos county?

There are a few places in my price range. But it looks like most of them need some work.

What I want in NH cost $300k.

[blackie]

Much of the cheapest low crime housing in the country tends to be in the farm areas of ND, SD, MT, KS and NE.

Fuck that.

I think I want to stay east of the Mississippi. Unless it is OR or WA.

[ForumTroll]

I wonder if it's feasable to turn a semi-trailer into housing. There would be more room than a traditional RV, it would be much sturdier too. You can probably get a used, working tractor and trailer for around $15k. Don't like the scenery...move.

[blackie]

I like the shipping container idea.

$1800

http://secure4.data-comm.com/servlet/FW/-strse-128/40-Foot-Standard-Storage/Detail

[ForumTroll]

Maybe if you can get some 53' ones. I don't think they're as high as a regular truck either, so you'd loose some space where you could put ducting and storage. Plus, it wouldn't be that portable.

[Laetitia]

http://www.zigloo.ca/index/projects/Zigloo_Domestique_Completed_Exterior

I admit to being rather fond of browsing through the layouts & photos various sorts of container homes built.
Also spend time every once in a while looking at the sustainable and manufactured designs at Dwell.

[mikehz]

Or, you can just live in your car.

CPS doesn't like that.

Probably not much they can do about it, if you move often.

Another option is to host at camp grounds. In exchange for keeping an eye on the place, you get a free spot to park your RV, along with free hookups. I met one guy who hosted a place near here during the summer, and then headed down to Texas to host one there during the winters. He's retired and lives with his wife on less than a thousand bucks a month. He's also an avid fisherman, and spends most of his time at local lakes. There's very little actual work involved. If something needs fixing, he calls the campground administrators.

My wife's old boss, also retired, does this, as well. Her and her husband have hosted several different campgrounds in the Northwest.

[Sam Gunn (since nobody got Admiral Naismith)]

I wonder if it's feasable to turn a semi-trailer into housing. There would be more room than a traditional RV, it would be much sturdier too. You can probably get a used, working tractor and trailer for around $15k. Don't like the scenery...move.

It is.

[hellbilly]

http://www.zigloo.ca/index/projects/Zigloo_Domestique_Completed_Exterior

I admit to being rather fond of browsing through the layouts & photos various sorts of container homes built.
Also spend time every once in a while looking at the sustainable and manufactured designs at Dwell.

I read Dwell too (you should take a peek at "Atomic Ranch" mag). It might have been in Dwell that I saw an article on a family that used a few containers together to make a neat house. Good idea.

[Bill Brasky]

You can build a pretty decent little cabin for 15k.

[blackie]

You can build a pretty decent little cabin for 15k.

I assume that doesn't include a drilled well or septic system, and is off grid.

I'd like to stay under 75k for land/house/well/septic system. I would be OK with having something built, but I want to move within 6 months.