A realtor friend told me that he gets a lot of calls from people who want to retire to north Idaho who want remote 40 acre parcels with easy road access, a creek on the property, southern exposure, mountain views, seclusion, and close to shopping, dining, and medical care. I told him if he finds any parcels like that to let me know because I’d like to retire there too!
I got stuck with trying to sell 75 acres of pretty much worthless family property that included a vertical mine shaft and perhaps chemical spills.
The realtor was in the remote northeast Tennessee county and took on all comers. They made their living selling bread and butter acreage with some flat land and lots of woods within 50 miles of Knoxville. They advertised nationally and drove 60 miles to the airport to pick up customers to show property. They did (do) a very good business. People in the rust belt cities are itching to leave.
They sold my acreage at a good price. I had to get 32 cousin signatures on the deed. Whew....
Kind of makes you wonder how those folks brains work, doesn’t it.
Up until I joined the USMC we lived in what we used to call railroad towns (Dad was a telegrapher); you know, population 18, and that included my brother, sister, and my Mother and Father.
All over the western United States west of the continental divide.
Had to live in the big city for almost 40 years (it’s where the work is) before I finally got to retire up here to my 20 acres of heaven (and sometimes hell).
I looked for a good place in Idaho but decided I was getting too old to build my own house and just couldn’t afford to have it done by contractors.
Pretty country though, used to hunt and pan gold in the country between Coeur d’Alene and the Pend Oreille River.
But if you find a place like the flatlanders are looking for let me know, I’ll even settle for 20 acres like I have here.