I love West Texas, I grew up in places like Big Spring, San Angelo, and El Paso. What I would urge people to consider is how dependant this area is on rain and how likely drought conditions are. If you like it dry and you like the desert, this could be for you.
all out in the desert LOL.........Look up counties like Cherokee, Smith, Rusk etc.... piney woods, plenty of game and water and reasonably close power lines...2000/2500 per acre
I live in Anderson County.On top of a hill.Its plain awesome.I been all over West Texas South Texas.If you want to live like Few Dollars More Movie.West Texas is your place.But its like you can read on historical markers.Unforgiving harsh environment.
I have a cousin that managed six different ranches in west Texas and New Mexico. The smallest was near Marfa and was 300 sections. That's 300 square miles for those that don't know. That is a lot of dirt but it won't support as many cattle as one might think. I went to some round ups when I was younger. Let me tell you, life is hard out there.
My husband and I own two 20-acre tracts of land in Hudspeth County south of Van Horn. We have solar panels and wind generators for electricity, although we hauled water from town. We would pump it into a big storage tank and then to a water tank on a tower that my husband built. He started drilling a water well and if he is able, he wants to finish it. We used an inverter for our electrical appliances. I used a wringer washer to wash clothes. We also were able to get satellite television. We plan to put both tracts up for sale in the future. It is very quiet and a great place to get away. This would be a good place to live if you are retired. We would see plenty of deer and javelina. It does get hot in the summer, but we have two evaporative coolers that my husband put in to our house trailer that kept the house cool enough. At least we didn't have any electrical or gas bills, although we did get propane from town.
I am very much interested in the idea of owning a place such as yours . If you are interested in selling please keep me in mind, thank you !! herringr424@gmail.com
Janice, what makes you wanna sell? You're living the dream from my perspective. The lack of close and available medical care is the only downside I see. And when people get on a more plant based diet and go scrawny they generally don't ever need a doctor. Native Americans loved the desert, but of course they learned to live as a part of it, not trying to mold it to their wants but instead adapting themselves to what it offered. If your age is the reason you're gonna leave I understand. But if no more than middle aged I'd say you're giving up the gold mine. If your hubby finishes the well or if you can build a rainwater catchment system you're home free.
Texas as it's fair share of real problems as well. I watched a City council meeting for Austin Texas,and they we're giving sexually explicate cartoon books in school to second graders! If was horrible!
@@stardustgirl2904 Austin is probably the most liberal part of texas tbh. Majority is conservative. I bet all the counties shown in this vid are all conservative
Desert scrub land is not cheap. It is just low value. The cost of bringing everything in is more expensive that the additional cost of better property.
Some of this desert scrub has produced some of the largest producing oil wells ... In parts of this region has now made some people wealthy millionaires. Love, The great southwest. 🌵🏜️
There is a video on UA-cam by a guy who lives in the desert in Brewster. The reason it's so cheap is crazy hot weather, dust up every orifice AND EVERYTHING has to be shipped in! The stores are few and far between and there is no work! No phone, no internet in most places! County services barely exist! There is also not enough people, residence or visitors, to sustain service businesses! You need to think REAL hard about it!
Sounds like my place to live! Just what I'm looking for somewhere no one wants to go and make a mess out it just living life! I can ship my stuff out to market !
The land may be cheap, but build a house and the property taxes are sky high. I am a native 4th generation Texan and love the lone star state, but when I retire, I may go to Louisiana or some place less expensive. The property taxes are night and day! Even if you pay a home off in Texas, you will never ever own it. You will have to come up with thousands of dollars a year for the county taxes!
I've always wanted live out there in the desert. Just got to be careful about rattlesnakes. I'm hoping to find a piece of land somewhere between Sanderson & Marathon.
There's a reason there's an area around there called hell's half acre. Story is Satan came up Thur there to visit Texas but after a couple hours he said " this land is hotter than hell so I'm going back to hell to cool off" so he went back down in that half acre.
The number one reason is that to get water, you have to spend the cost of a new house digging a well for water. Rainfall is too little and far between.
My big question is how u get water? Cant survive without water. I hear most of this land has no water and if u pay for a water well to be drilled it can cost 10 to 30k ....
I had 30 acres south of Van Horn , if you can put in a well you got good , clear , clean water right out of the ground you can drink , I have done this many times .
Can't you just drill a well? I know that can be expensive in some areas, so a cistern and hauling water might be cheaper but will it meet your demands?
It's possible to live off grid in areas like Brewster County. There are many that are doing it by harvesting rain water. This is west Texas' rainy season and storms can dump a lot of rain quickly. It's a tough environment and you're isolated from pretty much everything. It's a beautiful way to live until you need something. From Terlingua to Fort Stockton (closest Walmart) is a 6 hour round trip.
@@scottshingleton384 : Sure, you can drill a well just about anyplace you want. However, from what I understand, in this part of Texas there are no aquifers like there are in other places of the US. So even if you did happen to find water it probably wouldn't last long before the well went dry. And then what? I guess you could just keep drilling more and more wells. So as far as I could see the best place to buy land out there would be next to a river, like the Pecos. BUT... My guess is that all this land is taken and you sure wouldn't be able to get any of it for anywhere near cheap. In my experience, large tracts of land are like gold to most people who own it, and the only, only, ONLY reason why anybody out there would sell any of it would be because something is wrong with it.
Water out there is around 400ft deep but its kind of hard water. I was was told I would have to drill deeper to get suitable drinking water. Drilling is about $17 a foot
I was stationed in Texas couple different times. Visited what I guess they call the Hill country. It was beautiful and wildlife was everywhere. Would love to own land in that area but forgot the counties. I want to say it was lil south of San Antonio. It was mid 90's when I was there.
Keep in mind that if you're an older person like me, you have to ask this important life saving question: "Where is the closest hospital?" We can't forget about the next question: "Where do I drill for water?" I live in Central Texas, so the only difference out there is less rainfall. Far west Texas just doesn't get as hot as it does here. I'm going to look for land out there anyway.
Central Texas is paradise compared to these counties. I lived in Central Texas for over 20 years and you do not want to move to these counties. You do know how much it costs to drill a well there right and you may have to drill many through rock to find water..
Hackmen Jack because America is just a warehouse where everything is for sale. One of the many reasons I find American nationalism insanely stupid. I remember right after 9/11 when we were selling ports to saudis.
@@malcumx5933 its the truth, not sure why you want to make it a race issue right away. People dont dislike Obama because of his skin color, its because of what he did. You are the one focused on race.
ajay sharma A lot of people buy cactus and some of it brings big bucks. In fact, there is a problem with people buying land around Big Bend, harvesting the plants and leaving the property to sit because land is so cheap.
There is a reason that land has remained empty there is nothing there and never has been. You see the two dirt ruts going in and you have to take everything in including water by the barrel and forget that but it's dry heat at 120 degrees and 0 humidity. Natures dehydrator.
Now you see why we NEED rifles, guns types of protection....there isn’t a call to 911 and police speed out. Most who live in crowded cities and states think everywhere is like it is by them. It isn’t. Living out here, you need to be safe.
Absolutely, 4 legged and 2 legged. Not only are firearms for protection, its also a hobby, a sport, and a great way to teach kids respect and responsibility. People want to get rid of guns because they are scared of them, have zero experience with them. Guns kill way less than drunk, impaired drivers, alcohol and drugs, plus oner 60-70% are suicide. Im scared of heights, so if we can stop building bridges, skycrapers, and start filling in our valleys with dirt, that would be great. I dont care that you like valleys and bridges, only my feelings and opinions matter, im right and your wrong.
Paul Arbuckle Someone wanting to do that really needs to check it out before making the plunge. There's a lot of privately owned property that just sits because people had a dream and, once they realized how tough someone has to be to live in that harsh of an environment, they abandon it. If you're serious, there's a lot property that can be had for back taxes. I don't know all of the details but I do know you can pick up land for a song and a dance.
That's why the McDonald Observatory is in that area--freedom from sources of light pollution, and a wooded mountain to absorb any remaining night light.
I moved two years ago but I still own my land in texas. I may just go ahead and buy more land presidio is a good place or Marfa is a good place to buy land. I’d like to own facing the marfa lights.
I see all the time land in Sierra Blanca and around Dell city advertised 20 acres for 5,000-16,000 dollars. I might jump on it. Can't ever go wrong buying land
There is a good mexican food restaurant accross from Love's Travel Stop. Its a motel restaurant. They have a good crispy taco plate and green chicken enchiladas. Very friendly atmosphere.
Taxes are not horrible everywhere, but water is the issue out in West Texas... most of the underground water is very deep and you're not guaranteed water, so 800 to 3000 feet depending on the area. My parents owned 80 acres near Terlingua Ranch back in the 70's till the late 90's, daddy went hunting out there and always wanted to move out there, but the water issue was a problem for a big family. We could have gotten electricity to our property, but water would have to have been brought in. Nowadays many people have started to do rainwater catchment in the "monsoon" season and have a cistern. It's way easier than it used to be to set this kind of thing up. But water is the BIG issue there. Land Taxes are not terrible but it depends on the type of house and the county you're living in... In Pecos county if you have a 150, 000 house, the estimated tax would be around 1200, not too bad for a nice house. If you live in a small house say... 50 or 60,000 it's about 400 ish. I'd say not terrible compared to Kendall or Bexar county, it varies greatly across the state... King county out there had pretty high taxes for that area....
$1200 is pretty expensive for taxes with no jobs and no natural water to grow things or have cattle! But maybe I am wrong and there was jobs and stuff.
I bought 10 acres in Pecos County for $1.00 Down and $345.00 a month for 60 months with a $299.00 Closing Cost Fee. Taxes are $72.00 a year and I have No Restrictions
Sounds like you got a great deal in Texas on land. There's a lot of cheap land in Texas, especially in West Texas compared to the other parts of the state. I always tell everyone though to make sure that their property has access. Thanks for watching!
Van Horn is on the edge of Mountain time and is about as scenic as it gets in that part of West Texas. Further West to El Paso is Quite polluted because of Juarez Mexico. The arm pit of America. Van Horn is a nice pit stop too with a couple truck stops.
Your video is very inspirational and informative as it relates to real estate investing. You have outlined a lot of the steps we took when we purchased unusable land on accident in the past. Thanks for sharing.
Usually in the county seat. No Wal-Mart or high end boutiques, but the necessities are there. There's always Amazon and E-Bay. And you can make an occasional trip to Odessa or El Paso.
The land around the Guadalupe Mountains is no longer cheap since the oil and fracking companies discovered they could despoil the land and make a fortune doing it.
Great video. I have yet to find a place in Texas (except counties with big cities, of course), where cheap land can't be found. Thanks for the suggestions.
Lol at “Houston ain’t Texas.” Being from Houston, and now being stuck in San Antonio for a few yrs, I absolutely see that Houston really isn’t the “real” TEXAS. If I were to name somewhere that’s “REAL TEXAS” I’d say New Braunfels, or Katy Tx, or any other suburb between San Antonio and Austin.
Yup.. my kind of country. I've been around rattlesnakes all my life and I've seen one that I wasn't looking for. They are pretty nocturnal due to the heat down here.
I think closer to the Pecos river. It'd still be best to set up several rain collection systems on your property and get a water tank mounted on a trailer to haul in water. Avoid any oil field industry activity locations.
All the cities have water sources, usually water wells so you can purchase water there. You can also catch rain water as it does rain in this part of Texas but they are few but strong rain producing storms.
Usually, the mineral rights of the land have long been sold to an oil company or other individuals. If they come with the land, believe that an oil company has really checked out the land and believes that there is no oil there.
I wouldn't mind buying a small bit of land for my own vacation/stargazing spot. However, the thought of someone taking or burning down everything when I'm gone, or being killed while I'm there, makes me think twice. Do you need to live there year-round with an arsenal of semi-auto rifles ready at your side?
Believe me you dont want to be on the border towns....security. dont go to eagle pass either on other side it is dangerous. Other areas better....Kendall County, Kerr County. Medina, south part countryside from San Antonio and going toward Victoria or Corpus Cristi. Land north of Austin and Boerne is expensive!
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I love West Texas, I grew up in places like Big Spring, San Angelo, and El Paso. What I would urge people to consider is how dependant this area is on rain and how likely drought conditions are. If you like it dry and you like the desert, this could be for you.
Snyder in the house
Anything east of Austin has way more rain.
@@jessemurillo6895 Saw a mesa out that way, as I was heading towards Lubbock all the way from Houston.
all out in the desert LOL.........Look up counties like Cherokee, Smith, Rusk etc.... piney woods, plenty of game and water and reasonably close power lines...2000/2500 per acre
I live in Anderson County.On top of a hill.Its plain awesome.I been all over West Texas South Texas.If you want to live like Few Dollars More Movie.West Texas is your place.But its like you can read on historical markers.Unforgiving harsh environment.
david Bruce, to each his own. I love the northern Chihuahuan Desert; not so much East Texas although it’s also nice.
I love all of Texas!!!
Hi, David can you give me some info for around east Texas and Dallas area? Thanks
Bought 500 acres in Brewster county before covid hit.
3 X'd my investment.
Kind of a hotspot now buddy
I have a cousin that managed six different ranches in west Texas and New Mexico. The smallest was near Marfa and was 300 sections. That's 300 square miles for those that don't know. That is a lot of dirt but it won't support as many cattle as one might think. I went to some round ups when I was younger. Let me tell you, life is hard out there.
My husband and I own two 20-acre tracts of land in Hudspeth County south of Van Horn. We have solar panels and wind generators for electricity, although we hauled water from town. We would pump it into a big storage tank and then to a water tank on a tower that my husband built. He started drilling a water well and if he is able, he wants to finish it. We used an inverter for our electrical appliances. I used a wringer washer to wash clothes. We also were able to get satellite television. We plan to put both tracts up for sale in the future. It is very quiet and a great place to get away. This would be a good place to live if you are retired. We would see plenty of deer and javelina. It does get hot in the summer, but we have two evaporative coolers that my husband put in to our house trailer that kept the house cool enough. At least we didn't have any electrical or gas bills, although we did get propane from town.
I am very much interested in the idea of owning a place such as yours . If you are interested in selling please keep me in mind, thank you !! herringr424@gmail.com
Great job
Janice, what makes you wanna sell? You're living the dream from my perspective. The lack of close and available medical care is the only downside I see. And when people get on a more plant based diet and go scrawny they generally don't ever need a doctor. Native Americans loved the desert, but of course they learned to live as a part of it, not trying to mold it to their wants but instead adapting themselves to what it offered. If your age is the reason you're gonna leave I understand. But if no more than middle aged I'd say you're giving up the gold mine. If your hubby finishes the well or if you can build a rainwater catchment system you're home free.
Janice Rivers don't say where you live at or else someone will go and steal from you when it's dark.
How
Much did you pay for the 40 acres?
Born and raised in fort Stockton. God bless Texas a great great state.
Knew quite a few from there all worked drilling rigs if they could find work and it is nothing like where these pictures were taken.
Texas as it's fair share of real problems as well. I watched a City council meeting for Austin Texas,and they we're giving sexually explicate cartoon books in school to second graders! If was horrible!
Why God bless Texas, and don't bless another place, country,etc.?
@@stardustgirl2904 Austin is probably the most liberal part of texas tbh. Majority is conservative. I bet all the counties shown in this vid are all conservative
Desert scrub land is not cheap. It is just low value. The cost of bringing everything in is more expensive that the additional cost of better property.
Some people prefer desert. I do. I don't live in the desert but I can be there in 90 minutes to enjoy it.
Some of us prefer desert land. There is zero maintenance, which saves money. And less wear on homes due to dry climate.
I lived in Van Horn in the 50's and you could buy land for $17 an acre, and over priced at that.
Some of this desert scrub has produced some of the largest producing oil wells ... In parts of this region has now made some people wealthy millionaires.
Love,
The great southwest. 🌵🏜️
There is a video on UA-cam by a guy who lives in the desert in Brewster. The reason it's so cheap is crazy hot weather, dust up every orifice AND EVERYTHING has to be shipped in! The stores are few and far between and there is no work! No phone, no internet in most places!
County services barely exist! There is also not enough people, residence or visitors, to sustain service businesses!
You need to think REAL hard about it!
Thank you...
Alpine is a nice town, and greener than the rest of the desert, but other than that nothing worth mentioning.
Sounds like my place to live! Just what I'm looking for somewhere no one wants to go and make a mess out it just living life! I can ship my stuff out to market !
So live in the city with the congestion and lack of balance of living with artificial stressors 🤣🙃
We lived in Van Horn and drove to El Paso once a month to buy groceries, everything in town is expensive.
The land may be cheap, but build a house and the property taxes are sky high. I am a native 4th generation Texan and love the lone star state, but when I retire, I may go to Louisiana or some place less expensive. The property taxes are night and day! Even if you pay a home off in Texas, you will never ever own it. You will have to come up with thousands of dollars a year for the county taxes!
That's very true, I currently live in Houston and our tax is crazy as well.
Taxes are Relative, if it makes you feel better I live in New Jersey with the highest Property taxes in the Nation.
Kurt W - You stop paying them once you turn 65 in Texas. Retirement is a dream after that in Texas.
Yep. Taxes kept me in Louisiana.
I believe we all pay property taxes in USA.
I've always wanted live out there in the desert. Just got to be careful about rattlesnakes. I'm hoping to find a piece of land somewhere between Sanderson & Marathon.
There's a reason there's an area around there called hell's half acre. Story is Satan came up Thur there to visit Texas but after a couple hours he said " this land is hotter than hell so I'm going back to hell to cool off" so he went back down in that half acre.
Hahahahahah😆😆😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣
The number one reason is that to get water, you have to spend the cost of a new house digging a well for water. Rainfall is too little and far between.
My family and I are enjoying our land here in Hudspeth County 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
My big question is how u get water? Cant survive without water. I hear most of this land has no water and if u pay for a water well to be drilled it can cost 10 to 30k ....
I had 30 acres south of Van Horn , if you can put in a well you got good , clear , clean water right out of the ground you can drink , I have done this many times .
I'd rather dig a well by shovel then hire some huge contractor to do it for me!
If you want to live out there you will likely have to build a cistern and truck in your water
Can't you just drill a well? I know that can be expensive in some areas, so a cistern and hauling water might be cheaper but will it meet your demands?
It's possible to live off grid in areas like Brewster County. There are many that are doing it by harvesting rain water. This is west Texas' rainy season and storms can dump a lot of rain quickly. It's a tough environment and you're isolated from pretty much everything. It's a beautiful way to live until you need something. From Terlingua to Fort Stockton (closest Walmart) is a 6 hour round trip.
@@scottshingleton384 : Sure, you can drill a well just about anyplace you want. However, from what I understand, in this part of Texas there are no aquifers like there are in other places of the US. So even if you did happen to find water it probably wouldn't last long before the well went dry. And then what? I guess you could just keep drilling more and more wells. So as far as I could see the best place to buy land out there would be next to a river, like the Pecos. BUT... My guess is that all this land is taken and you sure wouldn't be able to get any of it for anywhere near cheap. In my experience, large tracts of land are like gold to most people who own it, and the only, only, ONLY reason why anybody out there would sell any of it would be because something is wrong with it.
@lue lunsford You need rain for that right?
Water out there is around 400ft deep but its kind of hard water. I was was told I would have to drill deeper to get suitable drinking water. Drilling is about $17 a foot
Yes, I had 20 acres in the Terlingua area. Talk about off grid. Best to go to reality sites for available acreage.
I was stationed in Texas couple different times. Visited what I guess they call the Hill country. It was beautiful and wildlife was everywhere. Would love to own land in that area but forgot the counties. I want to say it was lil south of San Antonio. It was mid 90's when I was there.
Try Livingston or Trinity county. Good hills, big pines, and the lake is awesome!
I spent alot of time at Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas in the 70s. The scenery takes me back. ☺️
back when you could walk across the bridge for lunch or a drink
I worked on Ft. Bliss and WSMR back in the day, and used to commute to Carlsbad and Hobbs, NM, and that terrain does look familiar!
Dotn forget
Those late night guests running threw the borders ... of course its cheap
LMAO!!!
@Don Che Lan who may that be???
How about you learn to spell boy.. didn't your master give to time to study like the rest of them.
Keep in mind that if you're an older person like me, you have to ask this important life saving question: "Where is the closest hospital?" We can't forget about the next question: "Where do I drill for water?" I live in Central Texas, so the only difference out there is less rainfall. Far west Texas just doesn't get as hot as it does here. I'm going to look for land out there anyway.
Altitude helps cool it down.
Central Texas is paradise compared to these counties. I lived in Central Texas for over 20 years and you do not want to move to these counties. You do know how much it costs to drill a well there right and you may have to drill many through rock to find water..
There isn’t anymore cheap land in Texas California and China bought it all up
Ryan Lujan Why would they let China by American Soil
Hackmen Jack because America is just a warehouse where everything is for sale. One of the many reasons I find American nationalism insanely stupid. I remember right after 9/11 when we were selling ports to saudis.
@@hackmenjack825 Ask Obama.
@@firstlast189 oh white people😣
@@malcumx5933 its the truth, not sure why you want to make it a race issue right away. People dont dislike Obama because of his skin color, its because of what he did. You are the one focused on race.
A good place to start my cactus farm.
Who buys cactus ?🤔🤔
San Pedros?
PickleRix 🤣👍-------
ajay sharma
A lot of people buy cactus and some of it brings big bucks. In fact, there is a problem with people buying land around Big Bend, harvesting the plants and leaving the property to sit because land is so cheap.
Yeah, cactus milk is getting high $$$! Make sure it's organic! Lol .
There is a reason that land has remained empty there is nothing there and never has been. You see the two dirt ruts going in and you have to take everything in including water by the barrel and forget that but it's dry heat at 120 degrees and 0 humidity. Natures dehydrator.
another thing that's weird seeing hudspeth County and my last name is hudspeth wow
Great background music!!
This is all desert if you want some tree but also axis and Whitetail Rocksprings is a great place to look
God bless Texas!
Bradley Shimels God Bless Texas and the World.
Why? I thought Republicans could handle it alone. They alone can fix it.
I say God Bless our Nation who's under siege by satan.
Be careful. Places like Austin have massive pop influence with children and they scream the loudest.
@@toddminett7561 I BEG TO DIFFER
Now you see why we NEED rifles, guns types of protection....there isn’t a call to 911 and police speed out. Most who live in crowded cities and states think everywhere is like it is by them. It isn’t. Living out here, you need to be safe.
When seconds count
Police are minutes away
Absolutely, 4 legged and 2 legged. Not only are firearms for protection, its also a hobby, a sport, and a great way to teach kids respect and responsibility. People want to get rid of guns because they are scared of them, have zero experience with them. Guns kill way less than drunk, impaired drivers, alcohol and drugs, plus oner 60-70% are suicide. Im scared of heights, so if we can stop building bridges, skycrapers, and start filling in our valleys with dirt, that would be great. I dont care that you like valleys and bridges, only my feelings and opinions matter, im right and your wrong.
It is way more dangerous in a northern city than out in the country in the Chihuahuan desert.
what about australia?? they have same problem, but the people are wise enough to ban guns
I don't think that's a problem with texas laws.
Check out the town of terlingua. Lots of racing history there. A town made by a race car driver and his buds
West Texas gets really windy sometimes.
That would be a good spot to build a self sustaining home. A water efficient home. It would be nice to be self sufficient and not have a mortgage.
Paul Arbuckle
Someone wanting to do that really needs to check it out before making the plunge. There's a lot of privately owned property that just sits because people had a dream and, once they realized how tough someone has to be to live in that harsh of an environment, they abandon it.
If you're serious, there's a lot property that can be had for back taxes. I don't know all of the details but I do know you can pick up land for a song and a dance.
Imagine that Great big night sky!
That's why the McDonald Observatory is in that area--freedom from sources of light pollution, and a wooded mountain to absorb any remaining night light.
It's amazing!!!!!
Bob Jacobson Cool
Great area when shit hit the fan.
I moved two years ago but I still own my land in texas. I may just go ahead and buy more land presidio is a good place or Marfa is a good place to buy land. I’d like to own facing the marfa lights.
Sure is obvious when you look at the land just how many people like it.
I see all the time land in Sierra Blanca and around Dell city advertised 20 acres for 5,000-16,000 dollars. I might jump on it. Can't ever go wrong buying land
You want land near fell city,Texas. I bought over 11 acres taxes been cheap for 16 years. Nothing on it. Been trying to sell forever with no luck.
That's why I like to live in a trailer home. Taxes are very affordable doing it that way. Soon as you build a stick-built taxes go way up
Wilk have to use sola power here it fits just right
Been right through Van Horn,only a dtore,aka truck stop.
Me too. VH is one of the most depressing towns I have ever seen. Remember the cafe "Diesel fried chicken"?
There is a good mexican food restaurant accross from Love's Travel Stop. Its a motel restaurant. They have a good crispy taco plate and green chicken enchiladas. Very friendly atmosphere.
Taxes are not horrible everywhere, but water is the issue out in West Texas... most of the underground water is very deep and you're not guaranteed water, so 800 to 3000 feet depending on the area. My parents owned 80 acres near Terlingua Ranch back in the 70's till the late 90's, daddy went hunting out there and always wanted to move out there, but the water issue was a problem for a big family. We could have gotten electricity to our property, but water would have to have been brought in. Nowadays many people have started to do rainwater catchment in the "monsoon" season and have a cistern. It's way easier than it used to be to set this kind of thing up. But water is the BIG issue there. Land Taxes are not terrible but it depends on the type of house and the county you're living in... In Pecos county if you have a 150, 000 house, the estimated tax would be around 1200, not too bad for a nice house. If you live in a small house say... 50 or 60,000 it's about 400 ish. I'd say not terrible compared to Kendall or Bexar county, it varies greatly across the state... King county out there had pretty high taxes for that area....
$1200 is pretty expensive for taxes with no jobs and no natural water to grow things or have cattle! But maybe I am wrong and there was jobs and stuff.
Do the mineral rights transfer??? 🤑
Yes.
Also check out Terrell counting next to pecos county.
I bought 10 acres in Pecos County for $1.00 Down and $345.00 a month for 60 months with a $299.00 Closing Cost Fee. Taxes are $72.00 a year and I have No Restrictions
Sounds like you got a great deal in Texas on land. There's a lot of cheap land in Texas, especially in West Texas compared to the other parts of the state. I always tell everyone though to make sure that their property has access. Thanks for watching!
I love West Texas. Stuck in crowded central Texas. Get Me OUT!
Its not what its built up to be and of all the maybe 5 or 6 good people there's 10 or 20 assholes to counter them.
Good luck to y'all, we know it's not so easy 💛
We are hoping to leave big D. end of May- June. 🙏🏽
Van Horn is on the edge of Mountain time and is about as scenic as it gets in that part of West Texas. Further West to El Paso is Quite polluted because of Juarez Mexico. The arm pit of America. Van Horn is a nice pit stop too with a couple truck stops.
I kind of think Alpine is nicer, being higher elevation and a little cooler and greener.
@@lestermount3287 & some of the creeks around Fort Davis usually have water.
Like cheep property needed for goat faming , but must have water and zoned for R1,Ag, and cr. ! Try that one?
I’m from Mississippi and was thinking bout moving to Texas till I saw their land prices
Hi Austin: Yes all of Texas's land prices are going up just like every other place. Thanks for watching!
I love to visit West Texas, but love to come back home to East Texas to the piney woods and lakes! :)
Texas is a hot state as everyone seems to be moving there. I've heard East Texas is beautiful! Thanks for watching Charlene.
I live in Ohio but my heart will always stay in Texas
My sister teaches in Cleveland, she's wants to move back to Texas when she retires.
Like to see something like this for Kentucky. Let me know if you have one for the state of Kentucky please.
You can see all of our current land for sale on our website at www.OwnerFinancedLand.com.
Your video is very inspirational and informative as it relates to real estate investing. You have outlined a lot of the steps we took when we purchased unusable land on accident in the past. Thanks for sharing.
And what’d you do with it?
Any cheap land around the gulf coast I looking around port Isabel
Houston gang 😈 🥶 🔥
If you live out there, where are the nearest schools and shops?
Usually in the county seat. No Wal-Mart or high end boutiques, but the necessities are there. There's always Amazon and E-Bay. And you can make an occasional trip to Odessa or El Paso.
pretty lonely out there takes forever to get out there and once your there it takes forever to go anywhere like stores are hours away
When we lived in Van Horn we went to Alpine, 100 miles to the nearest dentist.
Sounds just fine.
Thank you for the information; I am looking to buy for investment / retirement !!! :)
Chris Gipson it could be if you got the money. Good luck.
You can see our current land Chris, on our website at www.OwnerFinancedLand.com
There're a lot of abandoned house in Port Arthur you can get for cheap.
Slums in a high crime area....no thanks
Not any more
The desert rocks!
Thanks so much for your sharing
I love my Texas 💛🌵🐂
Bless🕊
The land around the Guadalupe Mountains is no longer cheap since the oil and fracking companies discovered they could despoil the land and make a fortune doing it.
Any decent areas in north texas? Thanks for the video and matching music.
I wonder what is to do for fun out there🤔
WoW , do you bring your own water... There's the rub.
Great video. I have yet to find a place in Texas (except counties with big cities, of course), where cheap land can't be found. Thanks for the suggestions.
It's probably so cheap because to drill a well 600 feet is $40k or more maybe.
If is cheap ,mean nobody likes, nobody likes because is no good.This apply for anything in this real world.
God bless Texas!!!😘😘😘
Cool looking place there now dude
The only problem with land in Texas is that you are taxed to a point that you can't afford it. Just ask our governor, he's a great guy
I just bought my first house in Houston, TX for 210k which is cheap for me! I'm from California.
Welcome to Texas 😁
red88alert
please don't vote for Liberals or you'll turn Texas into Cali....
Leave your mind and pride in Cali and you would be fine 🤭😂
welcome to Taxes instead of Texas
Lol at “Houston ain’t Texas.” Being from Houston, and now being stuck in San Antonio for a few yrs, I absolutely see that Houston really isn’t the “real” TEXAS. If I were to name somewhere that’s “REAL TEXAS” I’d say New Braunfels, or Katy Tx, or any other suburb between San Antonio and Austin.
Great places for a survivalist to set up! I am looking!
Thx I will look into it
Its cheap for a good reason!
jerseycowboy1 ... yeah.... they are on Narcos route...
I love Texas 👍❤️🙌
Nothing out there but Horny Toads ,scorpions ,armadillos and rattle snakes
Yup.. my kind of country. I've been around rattlesnakes all my life and I've seen one that I wasn't looking for. They are pretty nocturnal due to the heat down here.
and me!!!!
More cattle than people.
Karen ...."l
@@411Samuel Know many who lived there .Many died in emergencies others moved as they aged.
Beautiful beautiful plac
Yes Gloria, the land in Texas is beautiful. You can see all of our current listings on our website at www.OwnerFinancedLand.com. Thanks for watching!
For the tx counties mentioned, any ideas of places to get water? Rain is VERY little. thanks!
I think closer to the Pecos river. It'd still be best to set up several rain collection systems on your property and get a water tank mounted on a trailer to haul in water. Avoid any oil field industry activity locations.
All the cities have water sources, usually water wells so you can purchase water there. You can also catch rain water as it does rain in this part of Texas but they are few but strong rain producing storms.
LadyK7339 No, rain is NOT very little. Have you been out here during a monsoon storm?
Pray for RAIN..Monsoon
Thanks. Mental food for thought.
Thankyou God Bless Texas
Can you drill for oil on your land?
Thy Wish if the purchase includes mineral rights, and if oil is underground.... oil is not everywhere in Texas.
I would think water is more valuable than oil in West Texas.
Usually, the mineral rights of the land have long been sold to an oil company or other individuals. If they come with the land, believe that an oil company has really checked out the land and believes that there is no oil there.
Tv S no not without you letting the govnment know
Very. Nice. Only. If. I. Can. Afford. It
I imagine Loving County could be added to this list, considering its tiny population.
not a lot of land for sale in Loving, and the stuff that is for sale is for oil
I wouldn't mind buying a small bit of land for my own vacation/stargazing spot. However, the thought of someone taking or burning down everything when I'm gone, or being killed while I'm there, makes me think twice. Do you need to live there year-round with an arsenal of semi-auto rifles ready at your side?
JohnnySixString - just buy a camper to haul there when you want to live. Don’t be so paranoid.
You say that like it's a bad thing! :>)
Love the music
You can see why!
Is there property tax or anything like it with homes n buildings? In Texas?
yep
Now I know what to do if I ever get enough money car land house
Eu sou brasileira ! Mas amo o Texas 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Homesteading possible in the desert?
It is with planning. All over west texas are mini ranchettes. You can see our land for sale at www.OwnerFinancedLand.com
Michael Ahn
Check rainfall averages for those areas. You will most likely want to do rain catchment.
What about mesquite tx
Sorry nothing in Mesquite, please see our website at www.OwnerFinancedLand.com for our current listings.
Believe me you dont want to be on the border towns....security. dont go to eagle pass either on other side it is dangerous. Other areas better....Kendall County, Kerr County. Medina, south part countryside from San Antonio and going toward Victoria or Corpus Cristi. Land north of Austin and Boerne is expensive!
TEXLINE!! Sam Houston said a thousand times, Buy in Texline!!
BEAUTIFUL
Manuel Mendez. to me Lubbock ,Texas is very pretty being living here for all my 57yrs.
Dry, dry and yes dry. A bit green though😒 not sure what can one do with it.
Interesting!
We don't have anything currently, but we do have owner financed land for sale on our website at www.OwnerFinancedLand.com
Why would u buy empty cattle farms
What of the minerals?
Finders keepers.
the intro though scared the shit out of me I thought i was in the Alamo drafthouse
I like the desert