Yesterday I took possession of the property I purchased in Arkansas. Here's what it looked like when I arrived.
But first, a little background. I'm poor. I couldn't afford a big, fancy, clean, functional, finished homestead, I'm just lucky I got my 2.8 acres in Arkansas for $5,000. While 99% of the people in North America might find this place to be too awful for them to even consider, I'm thankful to have my own place instead of couch hopping and squatting.
So here we go. Fair warning, what you are about to see may give you nightmares. :)
Let's start off on a positive note with the view from the edge of my driveway.
That view and the gorgeous Blue Mountain Lake 2 miles down the road, make the rest of what you are about to see less anxiety inducing.
This next photo is also taken from the edge of my driveway in to my property. Anybody need a Ham Radio tower? Maybe I'll stick a wind turbine up there in the future.
Now here's a few pictures on the outside of the property before I scare the bejeezus out of you with the inside pics.
A little shed at the front of the property beyond repair. But it can be re-purposed.
A bigger shed next to the house. Haven't inspected it enough to know what's in it or its overall shape, but, again, it can always be re-purposed.
There are a couple clearings in my forest land that I will put to fruitful use.
This is an old structure as viewed from the front door. No clue what that thing is all about.
Are you ready for what the inside of the mobile home looked like when I took possession? It wasn't that bad when I toured it before the purchase as someone was living in it then, but they apparently just ransacked the place. That's alright though, some useful junk in there, and it was only $5k.
They did leave me some food, that was nice. (sarcasm)
The bathroom is gonna have to get a gut job if I decide to spend anything on that mobile home.
All of that looks really bad, but at least the mobile home will be dry storage if I'm not living in it. Still considering my options, but what I would really like to do is convert a small shed, like 12ft x 24ft, into a cabin. Maybe I can afford to do that a little sooner if Steemit keeps on being awesome to me. :) Just cleaning up the place will double the value of it, and its hard to beat the views coming and going from road.
With Blue Mountain Lake just 2 miles down the road, even with that mess, I think it was worth every penny.
All pictures taken by me on an old Kodak EasyShare M883, except the last one was taken by a relative.
If you are the type that enjoys video tours, I have one part of the tour up on YouTube and will be sharing the other parts of the tour in the coming days. Thanks for making it this far, but now I've got to get back to work. :)
I heard that you can now buy an entire house from IKEA to be built on your property. Have you heard of this? (I think it's like $90,000)
I have seen articles about that. A bit out of my price range, and seems a little extravagant for my taste.
That's understandable. $5,000 for that much land is a killer deal. Over time, I'm sure you will fix the place up. Congratulations on your purchase!
There is a lot of work to do :) upvoted
Thanks. I plan on taking breaks from the work to do plenty of fishing too.
Awesome Buy!! In Connecticut for $5,000 that will barely cover the taxes on a $150,000 house!! I think you hit a home run here - Hazmat Suits ($200) Oxygen Mask ($40) renting a 20' dumpster x4 fills ($200) and lumber for building a log cabin ($800) Basic Furnishing of the cabin ($1200) & paid labor ($1000) - in my eyes for approxiamately ($3440) plus some sweat, hard work, and then jumping in the lake to (shower/refresh) - I'd personally move to Arkansas -
Approxiamate investment total $5,000 + $3440 = $8440 and I think you could sell the property and cabin for $40,000 easily - if not $60,000 - Depending on how big/nice of a cabin you can build. Oh yeah - ($60) for some fruit bearing trees and ($500) for some high end Antler decor on the walls of the cabin and call it $9,000 total investment - I'll personally offer you $35,000 before the cabin is built and pay you 10% ($3500) up front to cover the remodel costs - so you could be looking at realistically only a $5,000 investment plus hard labor and the potential for catching some funky home-brew disease - and come out $31,500 ahead in a few months.. That's a 6,300% profit! Can we talk contractual agreement yet? I've already got a lawyer preparing the paperwork.
Full Disclosure (I'll live in the cabin for a year by myself - buy a few reads of paper and dust off the typewriter and write a book on how @bobbleheadstead changed my life - Then dissamble the cabin and build 6 mini 1 room cabins and rent them out for $500 a month - (Great Deal!) and come out ahead by $1,000, have the book published - take the $85-90,000 book royalties and build a replica White House cabin the size of the White House and enjoy the rest of my life on Blue Mountain Lake without a care in the world..
Please send me an address to mail the official contract and deed transition paperwork to you and I'll send you a 3000 STEEM to cover the $3,500 downpayment. Please Reply/Comment and tell me it's a deal or it can be one with tweaking some of the details -
If you decide to use my plan of "Mini Blue Cabin Resort" I'd appreciate 5% of your annual residual income from the proceeds of renting the cabins - roughly 100 STEEM to my account annually up front of 8.333 STEEM Monthly - Either way ya can't lose..
If you can keep Clue the board game from the 2nd indoor hoarding pic I'd appreciate it if you could mail it to me in Connecticut :)
MUCH LOVE AND AN AMAZING PURCHASE FOR $5,000
Whatever you do - Please make this post into a storyline so everyone can see the transition - That would be really cool!
LOVE,
@krytonika
Sounds interesting. A septic system would be required if you've got more than a couple people there, and the ground is full of large rocks. Its a river valley between mountain ranges, so digging would require heavy equipment. I haven't priced above ground septics that are emptied every so often, that would be another option.
I love the way you think and those are some great ideas. I haven't even spent the night on the property yet, or gotten the see the back half with the forest. So its a little premature for me to take you up on it, but I'm not saying no.
Having a few small cabins to rent out might be a good money maker with Blue Mountain Lake right there. Don't know if people would want to live that far out from everything, but spending a vacation week or weekend there would be ideal, and have a boat or jet skis to rent to them to enjoy the lake even more. That's definitely in my mind for the future.
Thanks for seeing all the opportunities a place like presents, and stay tuned, it'll be a few weeks before I'm back down there, but that's when the fun will really start.
Aha - I didn't even think about septic! That could be pricey indeed.. However if you did decide to make a small fee vacation homes on the property to rent out - even lowballing it at $500/month like I had suggested would turn you great profits - Look into AirBNB - The site that lets you rent out your home, spare room, or spare log cabin to people - Its highly successful and many people are always looking for deals just to get away to anywhere - many would love to get away from - just - LIFE. And the landscape alone would be your only needed selling point!
Can't wait to see what you do with the land :)
Yeah. First I will say congrats! You own land...most people cannot say that. Second...I would not spend much time looking at the stuff inside that house to reuse. At least not in a personal way. A cup used to scoop out dog food or chicken scratch maybe, but I don't think I would ever drink out of any of them. Good luck with the clean up and rebuild, and I pray you be blessed with your endeavors. I do love the Arkansas mountains.
Yes, I should be extra careful keeping stuff like that. Glass can be sanitized easy enough, but other than that, good idea to use as a feed scoop or something, I didn't think of that. Thank you for the input and encouragement. Growing up and spending most of my life among the corn and soybean fields of Illinois, those mountains are just awesome for me.
I know how you feel. I grew up outside of Houston for 31 years and have lived the last 8 here in the mountains of Idaho. Truly a blessing. I pray you do well there in the Ozarks.
Let's just say the guy who lived there wasn't a minimalist, lol! And I literally laughed out loud when I read this part: "They did leave me some food, that was nice. (sarcasm)". Great post. Loved the photo tour.
On 2nd thought, I think the guy just converted to minimalism and left me everything that wasn't necessary.
Haha, good point!
Hahahahahaha - nice! :D
No he was not, lol. Thank you.
dude, this is amazing, can't wait to see it get in shape. Let's sure hope you keep Steemin' towards this goal! Cheers
Thank you. I'm in no hurry and everything doesn't have to be done in a day, or even in a year.
lol - my thinking exactly.
The skies look nice, chemtrail free area?
I don't know, haven't spent enough time there yet to notice.
Thanks, I'm pretty pissed, pardon the language, was trying to find a way out...
you;ll have your work cut out for ya for sure - good luck!! :)
Yes I do, thank you for the well wishes.
looking forward to your progress! check out my blog if you're into hydroponics - could help with your new adventure ;)
I'm following. I dabbled with hydroponics, and coco coir, a little when I lived in California. It might be something for me someday. Thanks for the suggestion.
Land, roof and paid for. Sounds like a good start!
Agree 100%. Owning land debt free. A dream for most.
:) You're not wrong. It certainly is.
Good luck on the clean up. Be careful.
Will do, thanks for the support!
I lived in a mobile home much like that for a decade or so.
I don't recommend it.
Explore the alternatives.
I hear you on that, I've been living in them for the past 5 or so years, but it sure does beat the van and tent I was in before then. The land is all mine with no building codes or zoning requirements, so I am definitely exploring the alternatives. Even a travel trailer would be better short-term. Thanks!
gasp
no rules?
and you have TREES!...and dirt...and water!
You're a rich man!
Beats the hell out of the LlanoEstacado where I 'homesteaded' in the eighties..
Yes I am a rich man, I like the way you think :) And I've got fiber optic high speed internet. I couldn't handle the desert I don't think.
I've been looking into 'alternative' construction since the eighties...there are a LOT of choices. I suppose it depends on what you want. I'm partial to earthSheltered myself...and YET...there are STILL a lot of choices...
Woah! Fiber optic. No building codes? I'm so green with envy. For the first winter, a small one room storage building. There's plenty of rent to own storage/guesthouse builders here in KY. Bound to be there, too. The little buildings would be easy to insulate and heat. In fact, we've talked about how much fun it would be to have a series of these little buildings instead of a house.
Thanks @marillaane, that kind of property is hard to find, I lucked out even with a mess. I really like the idea of multiple smaller housing things and hope to do that. I want a yurt and a vintage airstream and a shed/cabin and a tree house, and... :) And I've got a junky mobile and big dreams.
Not sure what my housing will be this winter, but I do know I'd rather put money into a shed/cabin than that mobile. Still researching the low cost options.
I don't know how high up your elevation is but if you hit time periods in the winter that are just unbearable, it might just be a good time to visit friends, family, and/or warmer climates.
I saw after I posted that you have lived in tents etc before. That kind of experience is so liberating to the mind and body.
It's not something that can be explained in less than 1000 words though so suffice it to say, " I know you know"
I wonder how much can be salvaged from the mobile as far as building supplies and appliances go.
Plus at least you'll have electric. And running water.
I vote for the tree house asap ... if you need a refresh on why that is obviously the first most practical dwelling ... as I do ... we could check with the Swiss Family Robinson ...
Bears? Would bears be a good practical reason?
A tree house fort?
Avoid some snakes? (Live with others, but are they less poisonous? )
Cooler.
A cave for winter could become your food/wine/cheese cellar later.
Okay :-) one thing I'm sure of, the sky's the limit!
Have fun
Roof over your head, yup a bunch of cleaning needing to be done, check for black mold oh and be careful of all the snakes... But it is all yours..
It is mine and it has a roof, I'll give it that. :)
Awesome post.. looks like fun.. and the mess is nothing a little love can't cure
I will make it as fun as I can. After I clean up the mess I'll know better about the costs for the structural problems, like the holes in the floor. I appreciate the encouragement.
I absolutely love this! You are such an inspiration! I am litteraly in tears, of joy, for you!
Rose, I love how you are always cheering me and others on. I am so glad you share my joy, I hope its rubbing off of others.
Congrats, with some hard work I'm sure it will payoff for you soon.
Thanks, the freedom and opportunities it provides should definitely be worth the hard work.
Woah...good luck.
Keep the antenna!
Thank you. Maybe I should give the Ham a try, and you never know what lies ahead...
Best to be prepared.
Awesome post man! My wife and I would love to find something like this and make it our own. Maybe one day! We are following to watch your progress!
Upvoted, resteemed, followed.
I hope you find what you're looking for sooner than later. This process has been really rewarding for me already and I found a great deal of encouragement from others who've already gotten started on their homesteads. Thank you so much.
Congratulations!!! One year ago my husband and I did the same thing! Bought a cheap property with a abandoned house with hopes of tearing it down and building a very small home. Ours is pretty scary inside too lol We gave up a beautiful home for the chance of living mortgage free by 48 years old. I'll post about ours with pictures soon!!
Thats great, I'd like to learn more about your experiences. Not having a mortgage can really open up a lot of other possibilities, I hope you can do it. THank you
I really look forward to seeing how you make this place your own. It's a private piece of paradise. Congrats. People who see opportunity where others can't are special. Great buy on this.
Thank you, it should be interesting. I agree with you about seeing opportunities where others see something different. I think it was a great buy also, glad you agree!
Cheers. I hope you enjoy the process. It's inspiring.
Congrats!!! Very happy for you!!!
Thanks, I hope the happiness keeps spreading!
What everyone else said! Hope that chicken farm doesn't waft your way. Good luck!
Yes, that is a concern. Right now, I think my place smells worse though. They had a bunch of dogs. Thank you.
Be sure to check the joists under the bathroom! I can see a lot of promise there!
Excellent advice, I'm almost afraid to do that as the bathroom floor is all rotted and that would make the job that much harder. Which is why I'm still up in the air over whether it would be worth it or not. Thank you.
AHHHH! Crazy people could live like that and throw away all that stuff! I'm pretty sure there was a dead body in one of those pictures, I saw the hair (;
Wow, sending so much love to you and your renewal of this property. I really really really hope you don't spend a second living in that mobile home. The mold and junk and rat stuff will make you sick for a week. I've been cleaning out my garage that got devistated by rats while we were away for a year and your pictures remind me of your plight.
I hope steemit helps you out enough so you can build a tiny cabin. Also, don't know where you are in Arkansas but my friend @sarahjayn0801 has a little homestead out there too. Might be nearby, I have no clue.
LOL, it was a wig, and it startled me a little when I saw it there. There's a big wood chest thing in the kitchen that will be interested to clear off and open, it could fit three dead bodies. And those shacks... Might make a good set for a horror film :)
Thanks for the encouragement. I've been wavering over where I'm going to sleep, cook, and internet to get started. My first thought was a cheap travel trailer for a year or so until I can build a small cabin. Where would my time effort and money be best spent? I don't know yet. I'll clear it out first and see what I'm dealing with and then go from there. I appreciate you sharing your experience and thoughts about that, it helps.
Yes, Sarah has a Facebook group for Arkansas homesteaders. She's a few hours away, but maybe that group will help me connect with others also. Thanks for the suggestion.
Hmmm perhaps a meet and greet and a day of helping hands from others in the area???? Feed them and they will come...
If only I could get Justin Rhodes to stop by on his tour :) I am pretty remote and not close to much population, but I do like that idea and will consider something along those lines. You're super helpful weetree, thanks.
Now days we can no longer go with the lone wolf and we need to develop the community and bring folks together to be the help when we need it, just look at it as meeting your neighborhood. And glad to help where and when I can fella.
Haha! I really hope you don't find anything that creepy! I think the travel trailer would be a great idea even an old broken down van or truck could work for a while. Or a shipping container... or even a yurt or teepee might be cool. How exciting! So many options!
A tent will also work into late October. We've done it. They're right. That trailer will make you violently ill.
Land prices are crazy in Kentucky where I live. Especially considering the wages here are so low.
That was a lucky and cheap find, even for Arkansas. I browsed for land in the western part of Kentucky because I loved camping around Land Between The Lakes. It wasn't cheap, I believe you on that. Keep on looking and be ready to pounce if an opportunity arises, is the best advice I can give on that.
Hey @bobbleheadstead, I'm really excited for you! What's your first major project?
Thank you. Great question. I have to avoid the analysis paralysis and make that decision pretty soon. Where I'm going to sleep, eat, and internet will be the first major project. Either re-doing the bathroom, kitchen, and bedroom in the mobile enough to get started, getting a travel trailer to start with, or maybe if I can find a pre-built shed thing to convert into a cabin that won't drain my funds.
I do have to clean out the mobile enough to assess it, so that'll be the first project to help me decide. That and I have to build a composting toilet system no matter what. I'm open to any thoughts and suggestions, there is so much I still need to learn.
I hope you'll keep us updated on your progress!
I plan on doing that. I should have mentioned I have to go back to Illinois and sell my place there before I'll get back to the property, so it may be a few weeks. Thanks for the interest, I'm trying to get started as fast as I can.
Looking forward to your return!
@bobblrhrsf, for information on composting toilets check out the YouTube channel for Doug and Stacy. They have been using theirs for 6 years. Good info on their channel for many things you might use.
Yep, I love Doug and Stacy. I've been staying with a relative in Arkansas about 40 miles away and had to explain to him what a composting toilet was, so I just pulled up a YouTube video of dirtpatcheaven interviewing Stacy about their composting toilet system to show him. When Stacy said its easier to hose out a bucket than to clean a toilet, his eyes got wide and he said that's a great idea.
I have really learned a lot from YouTube channels like Doug and Stacy, and I hope to learn a lot more also, that was a great suggestion.
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It's awesome to be able to have your OWN land. Especially in an area where you have access to water and your own resources. One step at a time and you will have your own paradise. I'm looking forward to the updates. Upvoted and now following!
Thank you, it is such a great feeling to have my own land. It'll be a while before I show more progress because I have to go back to Illinois and sell my place there, but soon enough I'll be getting started.
Excellent friend you already have your personal property, now you just have to give love to that space you bought, it will be interesting to see the improvements you make, the incredible lake is a bonus, I wish you the best and keep moving forward with your home sweet home.
I appreciate the encouragment, thank you.
All I see are opportunities. Lots of materials to be repurposed. Trash is easily picked up. Most importantly, it's yours to do with as you see fit. It looks like a great start to a fruitful existence. We all have to start somewhere. I look forward to watching your updates and progress. I consider you a very lucky man.
Thank you so much, I am very lucky to have a chance to start there. I'm not as brave as you to start out in a tent, but I'm gonna give my best other than that. :)
Brave or stupid, depends on who you ask, haha. You are absolutely gonna love it. Every single thing you do from here on out, you'll be able to see progress. You'll lay down at night exhausted and it'll never feel so good.
One tip I'll give ya' depending on your set up there, is to build a (no dig) composting outhouse before you do a single thing. That small pleasure will take you a long way. If you need any specifics, give a holler.
Yes, most people think I'm crazy stupid, but at least I'm not alone in that. :)
Great tip, I'm going to do a wood framed composting toilet with a 5 gallon bucket inside it first thing, and use a compost pile to dump it into. Sawdust in the bucket over it, and then hay over it in the compost pile. Shouldn't smell if I do it right. There's a YouTube channel that I'll model mine after - Off Grid with Doug and Stacy - they've been using that system for 4 years now. I've got a hay source, and should be able to get sawdust without much trouble.
The property is very nice and the home has potential.
I agree, thank you.
Congratulations my friend. You have a sense of pride on your face, and a smile. You have a roof over your head, and a gigantic potential for a little piece of heaven. You are so truly blessed. Would love to see all your progress.
It really has been a benefit to me already in many ways, I hope that is showing for others also. Thank you, I plan on doing updates as I go to hopefully get feedback and ideas from others that I'm sure will be helpful for me. Nothing is set in stone and I'm open to learning from others. Thank you.
Best of luck with the clean up! What a beautiful area! I hope you can get internet out there. We own one rural property that only cell phone internet available and even that is sketchy. I think you may have a diamond in the rough.
I can get internet, there is fiber optic cable already on the corner of my property and I've talked to the provider. It'll be faster than my current DSL service, so I'm already loving that part of it. Thanks so much, plenty of polishing before anything shines but I think so too.
that is amazing!! Moving forward debt free is going to be a challenge, but im so excited to see what you do with the place!!
Thank you. I doubt anyone would lend me money, so debt free is probably my only option, and that's just fine with me. If you want, you gotta WANT it, as Joel Salatin says.
Congratulations on your homestead. After you check out the buildings you will know what you have to work with. You could use some of that lumber laying a round and build a chicken coup. It would probably cost more to fix up the mobile home as to get the shed you were talking about. I think you got a great deal for 5k. 2.8 acres is a good size for a homestead. Enjoy what you have and look forward for what you can make it.
That's what I'm thinking, it will probably make more sense to spend money on a small cabin than to try to fix the mobile home. I've been land shopping for a few years, and this was the best thing I had ever come across, I'm so thankful to get it. Raw land without a well and electricity and high-speed internet was more expensive than this property, so I'm gonna make it into the best place I can. Thanks.
Let me know how it goes .
nice photography
thanks
Congratulations! If the place was all cleaned up & pretty it would have cost alot more, you will do fine there! Good luck & keep us posted...
Absolutely, the mess just creates opportunity for sweat equity and increased value. Thanks so much for your support.
WOW!! - How big is that property?
It 2.8 acres, or 264 feet by 462 feet. Mostly trees, Certainly big enough for what I want to do. THanks
If you don't mind me asking, how did you end up with such a great deal??
It just so happens I did a blog post about that :)
https://steemit.com/homesteading/@bobbleheadstead/4-tips-how-i-bought-a-homestead-for-usd5-000-pics-and-video-inside
After property shopping/browsing pretty much every day for a couple years, I saw it on craigslist 4 hours after it was posted and I pounced. I had a relative about an hour from there willing to go look at it for me a couple days later, because I lived 11 hours away. A couple days after that I made the trip down to see it myself and got lucky it wasn't sold yet. The mess probably scared everyone else who looked at it away. I did not make an offer the day I toured it. The owner called me the next day and dropped the price from $8500 to $5500, and I said I'd do $5000, and that was that.
AMAZING! - Great story bro. I see the hustle in you!
Congratulations! This does look pretty rough, but its a project. $5k for 2.8 acres AND a place to shelter from the weather is a pretty good deal.
I don't know costs, but it would might be more cost and time effective to perhaps just put whatever money you would spend on repairs into a new trailer/build a house.
Thank you. You might be right, and I'd much prefer to put the money into a tiny cabin rather than that mobile home, we'll just see how the math works.
Looking forward to seeing what you can do to make it your own.
Thank you.
Arkansas looks a lot like Florida. You got a hec of a deal. Can't wait to see how you move forward. It's all yours! Wahoo! 🐓🐓
No ocean beaches, but that big lake nearby is good enough for me. Thanks.
Agreed that Lake is a bonus. Enjoy your new place. Sometimes when I look at ours I can't believe the transformation. Be well my friend as you start your new project. 🐓🐓
You have so many possibilities there! I think it's going to be awesome. Will you be all alone there I mean other than the chickens? If you've watched my videos you can see I've trained my dogs to be nice to the chickens. Damn Steemit IS treating you well! Have you figured out how to convert Steem to USD yet? When you do... I'm gonna need some help.
Thanks Julie. Yep, just me to get started. In the future I'm open to a partner sharing the land in their own housing, so who knows. I've never had a dog, so I look forward to getting one. And guineas, they'll alert me when something is up.
I've got an idea how to convert steem, but I haven't done it yet. I believe we will have to sell Steem in exchange for Bitcoin, and we'll need a Bitcoin account at one of those services. Then we can use another exchange to sell Bitcoin for boring ol' US dollars. I'm just putting my SBD back into Steem Power for now so my upvotes are more powerful.
Or when you hit $1 million, just give me your password and I'll take care of everything. ;) (2nd time I've used that joke this week)
Congrats! I follow you on yt but don't have a channel so I can't comment there. I have a similar dream for the future. Can you start a burn pile there, think it would help, less trips to the dump.
THank you! Cool, I hope you can reach those dreams soon. I believe I can do a burn pile, that's a good idea to lessen the loads. I've got a clearing I could probably use without fear of burning everything else down. Preferably after a heavy rain. THanks for the comment and suggestion, hope to see you around here and there :)
Awesome. Congratulations on your new property. Resteeming @saved4newlife #thl
Wonderful, I appreciate that!
Great story, and I can't wait to see what you do with the place 😊 the people before really made a mess 😲 followed and Resteemed
Absolutely breathtaking environment, there are a lot of potential. Thank you for sharing
I'm really happy when others also see the potential, thank you. I really enjoy the views and hope to take advantage of that lake often. I appreciate your support.
My pleasure 😊 it was great to see and I'm sure you will be happy in your new home and the wiew is extraordinary. Have a great day
yes i think u enjoy in this tourist journey very well
Congrats! You made out like a bandit!
SO far so good, thank you.
In my opinion I'm more drawn to raw land that has nothing on it so I can put the lay of the land to work for my purpose. I think you got a great deal!!! Try looking into Derskin Portable Buildings, I'm getting my cabin shell from them to turn into a house. They've got ones that have lofts and front porches.
I was drawn to raw land also, that's what I was shopping for mostly. Maybe next time, that would be fun too.
It would cost thousands to put in a well and have electric hooked up, so I compromised on a place I can at least make better for the future. I am keeping my eyes open for a deal on a small pre-built to use as a cabin, there are lots full of them all over that area. I really like that idea, thanks.
Congratulations! I'm sure you'll have it all cleaned up and ready to go in no time! It sucks that the previous owners left it in that kind of shape after you saw it. But it looks like it will make a beautiful homestead!
Thanks, I'm looking forward to Arkansas!
The landscape has a beautiful view. No matter how much work it will be, there's a lot of potential for what you can do with your new land! :-)
Thank you. I plan on taking plenty of breaks from the work to go down to the lake and soak in that landscape. And hopefully catch a few fish for dinner as well.
You're welcome. Enjoy it! :-)