Yup, it's out in lovely DeKalb County. The folks moved out here to this great little 8-acre parcel in the late 70's. I know a lot of folks on this board lost their shirt when the bottom fell out in the late 70's and early 80's, but on the bright side it gave a city-boy like my Dad a chance to live out a dream and move out to the country to raise a family.
The fella that owns the land on my East and North has been farming it since I was a little kid. And he looked pretty dang old then. Sounds like maybe it wouldn't hurt to drop in on him and let him know that if he's ever interested in selling, I'm interested in buying. Diplomatically, of course. I've tried to drop in on him in the past, but I can never seem to find him at home. He farmed it up until 6 or 7 years ago, but now he rents it out.
Sounds like I need to do some research, too. See if it would be a matter of extending the property lines, or adding on a new parcel to the exsisting property, or what. Property taxes could be a huge mess, too. I'd hate for my purchase of a couple of acres to end up driving up my property taxes into the stratosphere.
Who do I talk to to get answers to questions like is it extending the property line or is it adding on a new parcel? Do I need to talk to a lawyer, talk to the county assesors office, or what?
Bottom line, growing up in out in the midst of the cornfields was great for me and my brothers and sisters. Now that we're all grown up and moved out, I can see the family farm being a great place to get together on the weekends and holidays, especially when there starts to be lots of grandkids and such running around.
But the best thing about growing up out here was the wide-open spaces around. I'd hate to come home one Christmas to find that my view out the front window now includes some newly-built plywood McMansion.
Last big chunks of land that got sold around here went for about 10 grand an acre or so. That was a year ago or so.
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