Re: [AFMUG] OT: Buying land

2021-01-04 Thread Dev
Keywords are “open and defiant” use for adverse possession, different states have various lengths until you can legally take possession. BTW, we live off grid in the woods, built everything ourselves (roads, water, septic, power, and uh, internet), love it. Definitely not for everyone. You

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2021-01-04 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
> Original Message > From: "Chuck McCown via AF" > Sent: 1/4/2021 1:22:03 PM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Cc: "Chuck McCown" > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Buying land > > I think the only way you can get land that way in Utah is if you had presumed &

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2021-01-04 Thread Mathew Howard
t;> and case law may be different in various states so check on that with >>> someone who is qualified on the topic. In NY Licensed surveyors have a >>> limited right to practice law in land issues for cases like this. My >>> brother always said that was the hardest part of

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2021-01-04 Thread Ken Hohhof
cCown" ch...@go-mtc.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Buying land I think the only way you can get land that way in Utah is if you had presumed you owned it and the county tax assessor did too. I think you have had to use it for 19 years and all the while being open and notorious. Here is

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2021-01-04 Thread Adam Moffett
<mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>] On Behalf Of Bill Prince > Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2021 7:26 PM > To: af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Buying land > > I think those are called land locked or

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2021-01-04 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
for an uninterrupted period of time. From: Adam Moffett Sent: Monday, January 4, 2021 11:59 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Buying land That's adverse possession. You have to invest several years of your life into that. Live there openly with nobody stopping you for years, and apparently

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2021-01-04 Thread Mathew Howard
that was the hardest part of his surveyors license to >> get through. He spent a lot of time studying and reviewing case law. >> > >> > Thank you, >> > Brian Webster >> > www.wirelessmapping.com >> > >> > >> > -Original Mess

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2021-01-04 Thread Adam Moffett
>] On Behalf Of Bill Prince > Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2021 7:26 PM > To: af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Buying land > > I think those are called land locked or something similar. Unless and > until an owner (or

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2021-01-04 Thread Bill Prince
>> -Original Message- >> From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince >> Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2021 7:26 PM >> To: af@af.afmug.com >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Buying land >

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2021-01-04 Thread Mathew Howard
;> > >> Thank you, > >> Brian Webster > >> www.wirelessmapping.com > >> > >> > >> -Original Message- > >> From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince > >> Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2021 7:26 PM > >

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2021-01-04 Thread Steve Jones
his surveyors license to > get through. He spent a lot of time studying and reviewing case law. > > > > Thank you, > > Brian Webster > > www.wirelessmapping.com > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of

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2021-01-04 Thread Bill Prince
--Original Message- From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2021 7:26 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Buying land I think those are called land locked or something similar. Unless and until an owner (or prospective owner) can

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2021-01-04 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
NY Licensed surveyors have a >>> limited right to practice law in land issues for cases like this. My >>> brother always said that was the hardest part of his surveyors license to >>> get through. He spent a lot of time studying and reviewing case law. >>> >>> Thank y

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2021-01-04 Thread Adam Moffett
[mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2021 7:26 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Buying land I think those are called land locked or something similar. Unless and until an owner (or prospective owner) can buy deeded access, it would be worthless

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2021-01-04 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
id that was the > hardest part of his surveyors license to get through. He spent a lot of time > studying and reviewing case law. > > Thank you, > Brian Webster > www.wirelessmapping.com > > > -Original Message- > From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On

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2021-01-03 Thread Brian Webster
-Original Message- From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2021 7:26 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Buying land I think those are called land locked or something similar. Unless and until an owner (or prospective owner) can

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2021-01-03 Thread Bill Prince
I think those are called land locked or something similar. Unless and until an owner (or prospective owner) can buy deeded access, it would be worthless to anyone except perhaps a helicopter pilot. bp On 1/3/2021 4:23 PM, Adam Moffett wrote: The absolute cheapest land seems to have no

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2021-01-03 Thread Adam Moffett
The absolute cheapest land seems to have no deeded access at all.  I'm not sure who would ever buy those lotsbut someone is selling it so therefore they bought it at one time. On 1/3/2021 6:04 PM, Bill Prince wrote: I can add another thing. We live on a quarter section that was divided

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2021-01-03 Thread Bill Prince
, it would probably be the beer drinking redneck, right?  (That is mean, I am sure there are gun toting liberals that imbibe too, but the news never features those guys). -Original Message- From: Bill Prince Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2021 5:08 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: B

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2021-01-03 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
al Message- From: Bill Prince Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2021 5:08 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Buying land It's a non-exclusive easement for a whole list of things including who is responsible for maintenance, and so on. It's not really private as we own the dominant tena

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2021-01-03 Thread Bill Prince
: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Buying land I can add another thing. We live on a quarter section that was divided into 4 approximately 40 acre parcels. Most of the land is not really "buildable" except for a dozen or so acres on the ridge top. They carved up the parcels to give everyone close to the s

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2021-01-03 Thread Mathew Howard
>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> Cc: Chuck McCown >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Buying land >> >> A good title insurance policy should dig up and disclose all the gotchas. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Jan 3, 2021, at 9:19

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2021-01-03 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Prince Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2021 4:04 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Buying land I can add another thing. We live on a quarter section that was divided into 4 approximately 40 acre parcels. Most of the land is not really "buildable" except for a dozen or so acres on

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2021-01-03 Thread Jaime Solorza
M > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Cc: Chuck McCown > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Buying land > > A good title insurance policy should dig up and disclose all the gotchas. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 3, 2021, at 9:19 AM, Bill Prince wrote: > > > &

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2021-01-03 Thread Bill Prince
I can add another thing. We live on a quarter section that was divided into 4 approximately 40 acre parcels. Most of the land is not really "buildable" except for a dozen or so acres on the ridge top. They carved up the parcels to give everyone close to the same amount of ridge top space, and

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2021-01-03 Thread Bill Prince
Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2021 2:59 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Cc: Chuck McCown <ch...@go-mtc.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Buying land A good title insurance policy should dig up and disclose a

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2021-01-03 Thread Mathew Howard
> Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2021 2:59 PM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Cc: Chuck McCown > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Buying land > > A good title insurance policy should dig up and disclose all the gotchas. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 3, 2021, at

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2021-01-03 Thread Adam Moffett
PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Cc: Chuck McCown Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Buying land A good title insurance policy should dig up and disclose all the gotchas. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 3, 2021, at 9:19 AM, Bill Prince wrote: Depending on the terrain, see if you can get your hands

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2021-01-03 Thread Ken Hohhof
Please tell me you don't want this land so you can go there with your RV and hunt for lizard people. -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2021 2:59 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Cc: Chuck McCown Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Buying

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2021-01-03 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
A good title insurance policy should dig up and disclose all the gotchas. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 3, 2021, at 9:19 AM, Bill Prince wrote: > > Depending on the terrain, see if you can get your hands on a parcel map and > any benchmarks. Property boundaries can be an issue. If you can't

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2021-01-03 Thread Brian Webster
: [AFMUG] OT: Buying land Well and septic are optional for me, but yeah they matter for resale. On 1/3/2021 8:25 AM, David Coudron wrote: If you think you will be going off grid or something similar it might not matter. However, it still might make sense that you can get a well

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2021-01-03 Thread Bill Prince
Depending on the terrain, see if you can get your hands on a parcel map and any benchmarks. Property boundaries can be an issue. If you can't do that, get a title insurance policy that insures you against any future boundary disputes. if there is a time limit in the insurance policy, make sure

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2021-01-03 Thread Adam Moffett
, 2021 6:27 AM *To:* af@af.afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Buying land Thankfully, I love bullets. On 1/3/2021 4:48 AM, Steve Jones wrote: If you can tolerate all 4 seasons in a day and an occasional bird size mosquito  Arkansas is the place to go. Just make sure to not buy

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2021-01-03 Thread David Coudron
had an old quanset we converted and we had access to a lot of lumber at the others. Regards, David Coudron From: AF On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2021 6:27 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Buying land Thankfully, I love bullets. On 1/3/2021 4:48 AM, Steve

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2021-01-03 Thread Lewis Bergman
Doesn't sound like you are looking anywhere that would have been industrial or commercial but if you were, the EPA doesn't care who was responsible for dumping hazardous waste, the current owner assumes liability for it. I think wetlands are only an issue if you want to modify that part of your

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2021-01-03 Thread Adam Moffett
Good thoughts, thanks. On 1/3/2021 1:20 AM, Cassidy B. Larson wrote: Sources of water or water rights for the property. Here they don’t let you build a cabin without it. Taxes. Not sure about your state, but here “greenbelt” (grazed on/agricultural) land gets substantially lower tax rates.

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2021-01-03 Thread Adam Moffett
Thankfully, I love bullets. On 1/3/2021 4:48 AM, Steve Jones wrote: If you can tolerate all 4 seasons in a day and an occasional bird size mosquito  Arkansas is the place to go. Just make sure to not buy anything next to me if you dont like bullets On Sun, Jan 3, 2021, 12:21 AM Cassidy B.

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2021-01-03 Thread Steve Jones
If you can tolerate all 4 seasons in a day and an occasional bird size mosquito Arkansas is the place to go. Just make sure to not buy anything next to me if you dont like bullets On Sun, Jan 3, 2021, 12:21 AM Cassidy B. Larson wrote: > Sources of water or water rights for the property. Here

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2021-01-02 Thread Robert
Access to power, you might want it in the future if not now.   Future development plans..   mineral rights... On 1/2/21 10:20 PM, Cassidy B. Larson wrote: Sources of water or water rights for the property. Here they don’t let you build a cabin without it. Taxes. Not sure about your state,

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2021-01-02 Thread Cassidy B. Larson
Sources of water or water rights for the property. Here they don’t let you build a cabin without it. Taxes. Not sure about your state, but here “greenbelt” (grazed on/agricultural) land gets substantially lower tax rates. Make friends with a live stock owner near your property to have them

[AFMUG] OT: Buying land

2021-01-02 Thread Adam Moffett
I'm poking around Zillow for a piece of cheap land. Basically looking for some place to play around in the woods, with the possibility of building an off-grid camp/cabin in the future. The pitfalls I'm aware of are wetlands and places with no access.  What else should I watch out for?'