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re: Thinking about packing it up and moving to the sticks...
Posted on 1/18/17 at 12:20 pm to tigerfoot
Posted on 1/18/17 at 12:20 pm to tigerfoot
quote:Those tend to be the most expensive places.
I don't want to be in the sticks. I either want a big place near town or a place on water with others around.
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 12:34 pm to bayoudude
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Found a couple places i want to go look at in the Poplarville area
Poplarville has some incredible property at very nice prices. I would love to buy there, but my wife works in St. Tammany so I need to stay within about 30-40 minutes of Slidell/Covington/Mandeville area. Picayune has some nice property too, but you'll get a house on 20 acres for the same price as a house on 60 acres (and nicer land/ponds) in Poplarville.
I'd like to make the jump in a year and a half when my kid is done with high school, but then I have to stay in Louisiana to get TOPS /in-state tuition. That pushes me back another 4 years unless I can find something in La. I've been looking around areas like Folsom, but I'm surprised how slim the pickings are compared to Picayune.
This post was edited on 1/18/17 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 1/18/17 at 12:35 pm to fishfighter
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One becomes a slave to it. Number one reason I gave my two kids a couple hundred ac. Yes, I still use some of it. Any income, I get after any and all expense are paid out. But they have to take care of it
Been trying to convince my mother in law to do this so we can build but she is too much of a control freak. That's why we have been exploring the option of moving out of state. With what we would pay for acreage and a house here we could get a much nicer spread somewhere else
Posted on 1/18/17 at 12:41 pm to fishfighter
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Land is a bitch to keep up and cost big money to do so. One becomes a slave to it.
Can you go into a little more detail? My uncle has 100 acres on a large creek, bout half wooded and half pasture. He's getting on up there and has diabetes but never seems to struggle. Has a guy who keeps the pasture cut in exchange for the hay, and my uncle keeps the driveway graded. I've thought plenty about buying it from him when the time comes.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 1:02 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
I'm sure he'll give you his take too, but it depends on what type of property it is, and what it is used for. Fence rows, bush hogging, roads, tree maintenance and clean up, recreational upkeep...it really is a major pain in the arse keeping up with property. Now don't get me wrong, the return is worth it, but a lot of folks think they can buy a piece of property and just spend a couple weeks a year doing a few things and all is good. On some pieces, this is the case. But on most, it's basically a full time job.
And that's not even factoring in the equipment needed to do all those things. One thing I've found about equipment owning plenty of it...it doesn't matter how new or how old it is...it is going to break down if you work it. And it's usually not cheap or easy fixes when it does.
And that's not even factoring in the equipment needed to do all those things. One thing I've found about equipment owning plenty of it...it doesn't matter how new or how old it is...it is going to break down if you work it. And it's usually not cheap or easy fixes when it does.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 1:11 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
quote:we don't have these problems in the sticks of the upper Midwest
I'm not too familiar with the inner workings of that business but I think most of it comes in from Mexico. Lab fires used to be pretty common on the local news but they've dropped off in the last few years. I was speaking about use more than cooking, and Chad is right that there's plenty of folks who will steal shite to pay for their habit even out in the country.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 1:14 pm to Hammertime
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I do this and I live in Metairie
I do it in BR too, but the difference is that I'm scaring the possum off and not deer.
So there's that...
Posted on 1/18/17 at 1:14 pm to bayoudude
How do you talk the wife into something like this? I dont think mine would mind the country life, she's just not willing to drive an hour or more to work (that one day a week she actually works).
If i were going to do it, it would have to be enough land for a couple people to hunt. Maybe 60+ acres AT LEAST.
If i were going to do it, it would have to be enough land for a couple people to hunt. Maybe 60+ acres AT LEAST.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 1:19 pm to bayoudude
I couldn't do it
Posted on 1/18/17 at 1:20 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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we don't have these problems in the sticks of the upper Midwest
Yes you do.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 1:26 pm to Fratigerguy
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But on most, it's basically a full time job.
I hear you, I just know he gets most everything done on his tractor and never seems to be stretched very thin despite his health not being the greatest. I guess he doesn't have quite the acreage that some do and is content with 50% of more less being left to itself so that eases the burden.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 2:05 pm to SportTiger1
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If i were going to do it, it would have to be enough land for a couple people to hunt. Maybe 60+ acres AT LEAST.
My main stipulation is it has to be large enough for a couple stands for me and my boys to hunt. Deer hunting is a main consideration in property choice for me. I don't want pasture and there has to be large tracts of woods adjoining. The one i have my eye on has 76 acres and only about 3-4 acres around the house/pond are cleared. I do know that a 30-40hp 4wd tractor will be a must. The wife has always been on board with country living being in the plan down the road. Neither one of us are much on city life and we lived together for three years in NOLA during college. The kids love the outdoors as well. Couple little coon asses in training.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 2:25 pm to bayoudude
can you not just view property as a weekend camp with a travel trailer to use as housing?
Posted on 1/18/17 at 2:38 pm to Chad504boy
Tried that route. Wife said if we are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars we are living there... I am not opposed to it just makes it a more difficult situation to pull off. I would be more than content buying unimproved land and using my 5th wheel on weekends.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 2:40 pm to bayoudude
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My main stipulation is it has to be large enough for a couple stands for me and my boys to hunt. Deer hunting is a main consideration in property choice for me. I don't want pasture and there has to be large tracts of woods adjoining. The one i have my eye on has 76 acres and only about 3-4 acres around the house/pond are cleared. I do know that a 30-40hp 4wd tractor will be a must. The wife has always been on board with country living being in the plan down the road. Neither one of us are much on city life and we lived together for three years in NOLA during college. The kids love the outdoors as well. Couple little coon asses in training.
good luck and I hope it works out. Ive heard a lot of stories recently about people who have done the same thing and after a few years decided it wasn't for them. We see a lot of that here.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 2:46 pm to bayoudude
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Tried that route. Wife said if we are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars we are living there... I am not opposed to it just makes it a more difficult situation to pull off. I would be more than content buying unimproved land and using my 5th wheel on weekends.
not having to uproot kids in school, family and jobs, finding school replacements, keeping kids in better schools etc... always easy (so to speak) to buy/sell unimproved land if something doesn't work and if it works out great, build a future permanent home but at least you're testing the waters so to speak. Can get the best of all worlds with a camp w/ short commutes to get back home etc.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 5:26 pm to Snipes318
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You live in Ventress?
Yes.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 5:33 pm to Fratigerguy
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I'm sure he'll give you his take too, but it depends on what type of property it is, and what it is used for. Fence rows, bush hogging, roads, tree maintenance and clean up, recreational upkeep...it really is a major pain in the arse keeping up with property. Now don't get me wrong, the return is worth it, but a lot of folks think they can buy a piece of property and just spend a couple weeks a year doing a few things and all is good. On some pieces, this is the case. But on most, it's basically a full time job. And that's not even factoring in the equipment needed to do all those things. One thing I've found about equipment owning plenty of it...it doesn't matter how new or how old it is...it is going to break down if you work it. And it's usually not cheap or easy fixes when it does.
Spot on there. It's almost a full time job.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 5:35 pm to Hu_Flung_Pu
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I couldn't do it
I grew up in New Orleans and now I can't stand to even drive in Baton Rouge.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:45 pm to Nado Jenkins83
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There is something about just taking a piss of the front porch every morning to scare off the deer.
Every morning and every night here. Makes me sleep better before I hit the feather tick and morning coffee runs through me like a sieve...
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