Living in Northern Arizona your wrong about the number 1 considerations should be is not location at all that would be at best the secound consideration. the number one considerations no matter were you buy land would be water not all land has water on it or to it so this is the first consideration you should really be looking at is how are you going to get water to that land no matter what state or what part of any state you are looking at to buy land then the secound most important thing to look for is access to that land like how are you going to be able to get to that land is it like a land lock were you have no way to get to your land becouse of all the lands round your land that you are looking to buy has no right away to get to your land to drive too it. if this is the case that there is no water and you are unable to have any access to it then no matterr how good thte location is its not worth buying it at all unlike what she says in this video this is why she is wrong on what she had said. now the 3rd consideration would diffrently be location for sure then is it at the right location for you and if every one does not know this all ready whats a good location to you may be the wrong location for some one else. not every ones location is the same jsut like beauty is diffrent to every one else like they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder meaning its diffrent from person to person. as for the number 1 consideration is diffrently water. especially talking about buying land not just in Arizona but any states out in the west part of the USA for sure. i am surprise that she does not know this all ready for saling land here in AZ for not all water rights are guarantee int he first place there was a community next to scottsdale az that scottsdale stopped all water delivers too because of water restrictions scottsdale was see they had for there city so the stopped all water going to this one community was relying on for years now they had to find a nother source of water they were going to get from. so i have to ask why Living in Northern Arizona she did not list water as the number 1 consideration and as stupid it sounds like she says its location. even with a good location with out water how good is that location is then. that i can see only some one that is not that smart would say something like this at all. oh ya sorry for the long read and i may have repeated more then one time too.
Alright , no access to the land should be on the list. I encounter that so infrequently that didn't bring it up. Yes, water , most important. Homes in Rio Verde north Scottsdale have no water so don't buy there. I wasn't playing Rank the issues, these are the top issues, you can have water but if the lot is on the side of a cliff from civilization 3 hours off a dirt road its a problem.
Keep in mind, the depth of the well. This in another huge issue. There is a web page by county that lists average well depth. There are also descriptions of filters on wells that people talk about as selling points. It's important to know about what area mining has done in the areas you are looking in. County web sites have water reports. For example, Maricopa county has fire retardant in the water table. Only drink reverse osmosis water. Good Luck. That community northeast of Scottsdale is still selling homes for a million dollars. It's Buyer Beware Fokes Last time I looked up Ash Fork well depth it was 1000ft. There are reasons why people are not in areas. If you're looking for off grid, ask yourself if you really want to be dependent on somebody delivering your water.
I've been on off grid properties , homesteading for 25 years. I moved 10 years ago to a new empty field. Your number one issue will be water. Catch rain, haul water, drill a well if you can. If you're out of town solar will be needed. But water will be a huge limitation. Wells in the back country are 35,000 to $75,000 fully equiped. Septic, $10,000. If you don't want to sink those costs, buy in town. Or you'll struggle with this. I can tell this realtor lives in town. Take the proverbial grain of salt for her off-grid advice.
I'm looking at lands in Salome, but they look cheap so I am wondering if they have any restriction they told me is for a Permanent RV, mobile home, or site built, and their ample space for septic installation no water/electricity or septic on the lot....will you recommend to buy?
If it is still available and you decide to pass I would be interested in checking out if you'd be kind enough to share Mostly just looking for a home base to live in my motorhome
This helpful video spurred me to look up your two land listings near Flagstaff. $99k and $125k for an acre with trees. Offgrid, no water and power. Solar with batteries is doable nowadays like you say. Ground must perc for septic. They might have a water table high enough to make a well economic. The listings don't give these details. If there's an LTE-capable or 5G phone tower in the area, then internet is possible. Given how expensive summer cabins are in Munds Park, putting together land in Flagstaff with a modular home, well, and solar could be doable. It all depends on the water. There are two more 5-acre land listings in Flagstaff by another agent, each around $365k and with water and power to the property.
Living in Northern Arizona your wrong about the number 1 considerations should be is not location at all that would be at best the secound consideration. the number one considerations no matter were you buy land would be water not all land has water on it or to it so this is the first consideration you should really be looking at is how are you going to get water to that land no matter what state or what part of any state you are looking at to buy land then the secound most important thing to look for is access to that land like how are you going to be able to get to that land is it like a land lock were you have no way to get to your land becouse of all the lands round your land that you are looking to buy has no right away to get to your land to drive too it. if this is the case that there is no water and you are unable to have any access to it then no matterr how good thte location is its not worth buying it at all unlike what she says in this video this is why she is wrong on what she had said. now the 3rd consideration would diffrently be location for sure then is it at the right location for you and if every one does not know this all ready whats a good location to you may be the wrong location for some one else. not every ones location is the same jsut like beauty is diffrent to every one else like they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder meaning its diffrent from person to person. as for the number 1 consideration is diffrently water. especially talking about buying land not just in Arizona but any states out in the west part of the USA for sure. i am surprise that she does not know this all ready for saling land here in AZ for not all water rights are guarantee int he first place there was a community next to scottsdale az that scottsdale stopped all water delivers too because of water restrictions scottsdale was see they had for there city so the stopped all water going to this one community was relying on for years now they had to find a nother source of water they were going to get from. so i have to ask why Living in Northern Arizona she did not list water as the number 1 consideration and as stupid it sounds like she says its location. even with a good location with out water how good is that location is then. that i can see only some one that is not that smart would say something like this at all. oh ya sorry for the long read and i may have repeated more then one time too.
Alright , no access to the land should be on the list. I encounter that so infrequently that didn't bring it up. Yes, water , most important. Homes in Rio Verde north Scottsdale have no water so don't buy there. I wasn't playing Rank the issues, these are the top issues, you can have water but if the lot is on the side of a cliff from civilization 3 hours off a dirt road its a problem.
For me, water is part of location.
Keep in mind, the depth of the well. This in another huge issue. There is a web page by county that lists average well depth.
There are also descriptions of filters on wells that people talk about as selling points. It's important to know about what area mining has done in the areas you are looking in. County web sites have water reports. For example, Maricopa county has fire retardant in the water table. Only drink reverse osmosis water. Good Luck.
That community northeast of Scottsdale is still selling homes for a million dollars. It's Buyer Beware Fokes
Last time I looked up Ash Fork well depth it was 1000ft. There are reasons why people are not in areas. If you're looking for off grid, ask yourself if you really want to be dependent on somebody delivering your water.
Another great video!! Many things I wouldn't have considered!! As always so helpful!! Thanks Dawn!! 😊❤
Do you have anything for sale at stoneman lake?
I've been on off grid properties , homesteading for 25 years. I moved 10 years ago to a new empty field. Your number one issue will be water. Catch rain, haul water, drill a well if you can. If you're out of town solar will be needed. But water will be a huge limitation. Wells in the back country are 35,000 to $75,000 fully equiped. Septic, $10,000. If you don't want to sink those costs, buy in town. Or you'll struggle with this.
I can tell this realtor lives in town. Take the proverbial grain of salt for her off-grid advice.
I'm looking at lands in Salome, but they look cheap so I am wondering if they have any restriction
they told me is for a Permanent RV, mobile home, or site built, and their ample space for septic installation no water/electricity or septic on the lot....will you recommend to buy?
Look at the county website about permits.
If it is still available and you decide to pass I would be interested in checking out if you'd be kind enough to share
Mostly just looking for a home base to live in my motorhome
I am not familair with Salome.
This helpful video spurred me to look up your two land listings near Flagstaff. $99k and $125k for an acre with trees. Offgrid, no water and power. Solar with batteries is doable nowadays like you say. Ground must perc for septic. They might have a water table high enough to make a well economic. The listings don't give these details. If there's an LTE-capable or 5G phone tower in the area, then internet is possible. Given how expensive summer cabins are in Munds Park, putting together land in Flagstaff with a modular home, well, and solar could be doable. It all depends on the water.
There are two more 5-acre land listings in Flagstaff by another agent, each around $365k and with water and power to the property.