I loved the 2nd piece. Its beautiful, house, no house, you can build while staying in your camper. Very pretty! The water is clear! My pick!! Those leaves are free compost and, wow. Justin Rhoades, The Hollars, made that forrested area pig and cow pasture easily! Great fun!
The creek was one of my favorites for sure...I see us enjoying a creek all year long and also the doggies love the water so much it will be hard to keep them out of it. -K
I am so enjoying your search. We’ll be looking for a property in Ca once I retire. I hope we find as wonderful a realtor. Someone we can trust, with the patience to find us our perfect forever homestead. 😊
yeah, you could take that flood plain and make a pond, and then you are close to the creek to do the overflow right into the creek. Make the problem a solution.
That was a gorgeous creek for sure with a nice sandy bottom which would come in handy for using sand in the coop (free) but you can't become land broke and be unable to do what is needed. It is out there! 💞🙏🎄
Yes, we are very cautious of not becoming land poor where we cannot afford to build or start with animals...it is a tough market right now so we have looked at some that would challenging us but want to keep an open mind. It is out there, Ican feel it :) -K
We keep bees in our back yard and I’m allergic. Obviously I’m not a part of the actual bee keeping duties, but they are not interested in stinging you. You are safer next door to a bee keeper than traditional farmer. They have a vested interest in not polluting their land.
I know we are interested in beekeeping and regenerative farming so they may be in our future. I am also allergic to wool but we have talked about getting sheep so it is figuring out what makes the most sense and being able to care for them...bees scare me though because we almost lost Kinsley a few years back to a bee sting. -K
You can see on the second property that someone had practiced extensive forest management. They cared for and pruned the trees with a mind toward the future income stream. Those trees are straight and tall and a good 25 to 30 years old. A tidy profit could be had from those trees that could build a house and still have a profit from sales. Being 50 acres you could make a good living off the trees as you build a homestead and hardly tap into the trees.
Yes, they priced it for potential lumber value in mind. We know that with the type of land we are looking for we will need to clear several acres and this was all solid and useable timber! -K
That is soo cool that it has its own family graveyard. Not very many headstones to be established in 1847 though. I’m thinking that your RE agent is very smart wearing a bright jacket while stomping through the woods - ya never know who might be out there hunting.
Your dogs definitely appear in need of a pupaccino! I hope the search is productive... it certainly looks more fun than ANYTHING happening in Portland right now! Miss y'all!
They do love a good puppuccino! We have learned so much in our search for property and have enjoyed the process. We hope to find something by springtime and are both itching to start sowing the land! -K
If you find a suitable large property, you could see if they would be willing to split the tract or you could buy it then split it. My Aunt & Uncle bought 80 acres in Putnam County Indiana back in the 1960's. It had enough cleared land for a mobile home & a pole barn to sit on. It was heavily wooded. My Uncle then cleared 10 acres himself using a bulldozer & a tractor while working a full time job. They eventually sold the back 20 acres off to a cattle farmer.
That second one was nice. The creek was great. A lot of lumber. Also a lot of work to get a house on it, also looks like people are use to going through it. So you’ll might have trespassing issues later.
We have come across that a few times where we were worried that it had been vacant for so long that people used it for off roading or hunting. These folks actually took our Realtors business card because they had been looking on their own...I told them that we likely had already found a property that they might like since we had been looking at so many ;) The creek was amazing...-K
Did you by any chance see the video where Al at Lumnah acres had land cleared. His father had told him it would cost him a fortune and when it was all done and everything paid for they handed him a check for 6 or 7 thousands dollars for his portion of the sale of the logs. Of course that was in New Hampshire and I don't know if North Carolina has deals like that or not. Were talking different kinds of trees. But it might be an interesting video for y'all to watch.
No, I haven't seen that...I know that there is good money in timber and many folks have said that many will come clear it for some wood or pay you to clear it. Will have to check it out! -K
I've been watching with interest as you search. In this one Nate mentioned (which is actually my husband's name also, so it is funny to type that) that you intended to not do a day job, and to grow your food, and something about the land paying you back? Not sure if I am saying that correctly, but it also had to do with the pastures not being ready to go, I think. What is first for you - crops, or animals? What crops, what animals? You mentioned pigs earlier I thing, and goats. Would they be for land clearing or for meat/milk? Do you have second tier plans (like different animals, greenhouses, etc.)? I'm trying to see the land/farm hunt through your eyes. I was wondering if a busy road might be a good thing if you were trying to have some sort of home business. My husband and I have grown kids and a collection of their spouses and grands. This is what primarily holds us in this area. We have a home in a (very) small town and a farm up the road. We have beef cows and sheep and sometimes chickens up there. We had a couple of LGDs up there but the second one died this summer (sad time) and so that is on our to-do list. Our chickens started getting killed about 5 minutes after she died. The farm is on a dirt road which is basically good but I do worry about getting emergency help and I'd never be able to have a farm stand or anything like that. I search for property in the general area you're looking regularly (east TN, WV, KY basically for us)(lower taxes, better growing weather, still near some of our kids). My Nate is going to retire soon-ish and we're weighing our options. So, when I say "watching with interest" I'm speaking truth :) We have really keyed in on the term "rolling hills" haha.
I think that how we start will depend on the land we find. Our plan is to first become self-sustaining then we'd like to make a living off of goods produced from the land. I grew up with one set of grandparents flower farmers in Mississippi and the others hog Farmers in Iowa so I would like to incorporate both types of farming into our homestead. Chickens, pigs, goats, cows are the main animals that I see us having. In addition to normal staples like tomatoes, greens, peppers, corn, melons, and potatoes I'd like to have a variety of herbs. We are both good with our hands and comfortable around all types of animals so we are open to all types of farming. Yes, rolling hills is a common phrase in this landscape :) We just had to learn what folks meant by flat, rolling, and steep...we think we have it down now. Best of luck in your search...I think we will expand our search to include KY and possibly VA. We are open because it is all new to us over here. -K
I am looking for a creek just like the one on the second property, I absolutely love water so that is a huge draw for me. We have been looking for land for close to two years...only 6 months on the East Coast. I have faith that we will find the one for us :) MMMM, cookies sound amazing! I will be trying a different recipe next time though ;) -K
The price for the properties can vary wildly because we have looked at raw land to move in ready homes all the way from 10 acres up to 90 acres. I'd say the average list price has been about $200k. We have 'shot them down' as low as 40k...hope that helps :) -K
There’s no such thing as perfect property. You just have to decide what you can and can’t live with. I think I could live with just about anything for 51 acres. And with all those trees you could sell the more mature ones to be harvested and recoup some of your money
Thanks for the comment, we will check it out. We see the woods as a positive thing and prefer more woods to pasture ideally. We hope to have a good mixture of woods to use for building various types of furniture as well as a home with enough left over to provide shade and privacy :) -K
I know back in the day, my grandmothers house they had wakes right there in the living room, i bet over 79% of all properties folks been buried, sad but true. Or is on Indian burial grounds, even our fallen veterans, animals and so on is a bigger reasons yr land and home is cursed and / or haunted.
Yes, we have several different apps that we use when we are walking properties. Our realtor uses LandGlide and we use several different free hunting apps. We also research them on GIS before scheduling an appointment so we are fairly familiar with them before we go. -K
If you decide to sell trees from any property you buy make sure you use a tree broker. Check out Red Tool House Homestead. He has lots of i fo on buying land and making it pay for itself.
Thanks for the tip, it is unlikely that we'd sell any trees unless we came on hard times and needed the income. We plan to use what we have and live off the land as much as we possibly can!
I guess we have been lucky because we have walked over 70 properties and haven't seen a single snake. We are always on the lookout out though because you do not want to surprise one that is for sure. -K
To see more properties we've looked at, check out our Homestead Property Search playlist : ruclips.net/video/5VPcpXLh6eY/видео.html
I loved the 2nd piece. Its beautiful, house, no house, you can build while staying in your camper. Very pretty! The water is clear! My pick!! Those leaves are free compost and, wow. Justin Rhoades, The Hollars, made that forrested area pig and cow pasture easily! Great fun!
I totally agree! It had potential...
Incredible creek. It's cool to see K & F frolicking in the water!
The creek was one of my favorites for sure...I see us enjoying a creek all year long and also the doggies love the water so much it will be hard to keep them out of it. -K
I am so enjoying your search. We’ll be looking for a property in Ca once I retire. I hope we find as wonderful a realtor. Someone we can trust, with the patience to find us our perfect forever homestead. 😊
We lucked out with ours...he calls us and tells us about properties to look at. He is searching for land of his own so it is a win / win!
yeah, you could take that flood plain and make a pond, and then you are close to the creek to do the overflow right into the creek. Make the problem a solution.
That is good to know. I am so excited for a lot of water so if there are ways to turn flood plains into useable land that is exciting. -K
Exactly. And because there is lots of wet area, it it great potential, free water will be appreciated when times get tough, and they will.
That was a gorgeous creek for sure with a nice sandy bottom which would come in handy for using sand in the coop (free) but you can't become land broke and be unable to do what is needed. It is out there! 💞🙏🎄
Yes, we are very cautious of not becoming land poor where we cannot afford to build or start with animals...it is a tough market right now so we have looked at some that would challenging us but want to keep an open mind. It is out there, Ican feel it :) -K
We keep bees in our back yard and I’m allergic. Obviously I’m not a part of the actual bee keeping duties, but they are not interested in stinging you. You are safer next door to a bee keeper than traditional farmer. They have a vested interest in not polluting their land.
I know we are interested in beekeeping and regenerative farming so they may be in our future. I am also allergic to wool but we have talked about getting sheep so it is figuring out what makes the most sense and being able to care for them...bees scare me though because we almost lost Kinsley a few years back to a bee sting. -K
Enjoying your journey. You could always sell trees for that backhoe, lol.
Great idea!!!!
I don't know when deer season ends in the areas you are looking, but I would have hunter's orange on walking those properties.
Yeah, we got some vests for future walks!
You can see on the second property that someone had practiced extensive forest management. They cared for and pruned the trees with a mind toward the future income stream. Those trees are straight and tall and a good 25 to 30 years old. A tidy profit could be had from those trees that could build a house and still have a profit from sales. Being 50 acres you could make a good living off the trees as you build a homestead and hardly tap into the trees.
Yes, they priced it for potential lumber value in mind. We know that with the type of land we are looking for we will need to clear several acres and this was all solid and useable timber! -K
Hey You just came up on my feed, love going along on your journey! I just subscribed❤️
Welcome, enjoy our land search adventure! -K
That is soo cool that it has its own family graveyard. Not very many headstones to be established in 1847 though.
I’m thinking that your RE agent is very smart wearing a bright jacket while stomping through the woods - ya never know who might be out there hunting.
We have found several family plots while searching land, it is quite common around where we have been searching.
Your dogs definitely appear in need of a pupaccino! I hope the search is productive... it certainly looks more fun than ANYTHING happening in Portland right now! Miss y'all!
They do love a good puppuccino! We have learned so much in our search for property and have enjoyed the process. We hope to find something by springtime and are both itching to start sowing the land! -K
Do you ship Latte's across country? I"m missing my good coffee spots in PDX -- and how's the van coming along?
Nice and sunny up top.
It was flat up there too before it started to slope to the creek.
New subscriber here and we really enjoy watching your journey finding the perfect land for you. Thanks for taking us along on the ride!
Welcome aboard! We will keep the videos coming as we catch up on editing all the properties we have seen. Thanks for subscribing! -K
If you find a suitable large property, you could see if they would be willing to split the tract or you could buy it then split it.
My Aunt & Uncle bought 80 acres in Putnam County Indiana back in the 1960's. It had enough cleared land for a mobile home & a pole barn to sit on. It was heavily wooded. My Uncle then cleared 10 acres himself using a bulldozer & a tractor while working a full time job. They eventually sold the back 20 acres off to a cattle farmer.
That is always an option if we decide later we do not want as much land.
That second one was nice. The creek was great. A lot of lumber. Also a lot of work to get a house on it, also looks like people are use to going through it. So you’ll might have trespassing issues later.
We have come across that a few times where we were worried that it had been vacant for so long that people used it for off roading or hunting. These folks actually took our Realtors business card because they had been looking on their own...I told them that we likely had already found a property that they might like since we had been looking at so many ;) The creek was amazing...-K
Did you by any chance see the video where Al at Lumnah acres had land cleared. His father had told him it would cost him a fortune and when it was all done and everything paid for they handed him a check for 6 or 7 thousands dollars for his portion of the sale of the logs. Of course that was in New Hampshire and I don't know if North Carolina has deals like that or not. Were talking different kinds of trees. But it might be an interesting video for y'all to watch.
No, I haven't seen that...I know that there is good money in timber and many folks have said that many will come clear it for some wood or pay you to clear it. Will have to check it out! -K
@@TheKraemerLife It might help pay for that bull dozer. hahaha.
I've been watching with interest as you search. In this one Nate mentioned (which is actually my husband's name also, so it is funny to type that) that you intended to not do a day job, and to grow your food, and something about the land paying you back? Not sure if I am saying that correctly, but it also had to do with the pastures not being ready to go, I think. What is first for you - crops, or animals? What crops, what animals? You mentioned pigs earlier I thing, and goats. Would they be for land clearing or for meat/milk? Do you have second tier plans (like different animals, greenhouses, etc.)?
I'm trying to see the land/farm hunt through your eyes. I was wondering if a busy road might be a good thing if you were trying to have some sort of home business.
My husband and I have grown kids and a collection of their spouses and grands. This is what primarily holds us in this area. We have a home in a (very) small town and a farm up the road. We have beef cows and sheep and sometimes chickens up there. We had a couple of LGDs up there but the second one died this summer (sad time) and so that is on our to-do list. Our chickens started getting killed about 5 minutes after she died. The farm is on a dirt road which is basically good but I do worry about getting emergency help and I'd never be able to have a farm stand or anything like that.
I search for property in the general area you're looking regularly (east TN, WV, KY basically for us)(lower taxes, better growing weather, still near some of our kids). My Nate is going to retire soon-ish and we're weighing our options. So, when I say "watching with interest" I'm speaking truth :) We have really keyed in on the term "rolling hills" haha.
I think that how we start will depend on the land we find. Our plan is to first become self-sustaining then we'd like to make a living off of goods produced from the land. I grew up with one set of grandparents flower farmers in Mississippi and the others hog Farmers in Iowa so I would like to incorporate both types of farming into our homestead. Chickens, pigs, goats, cows are the main animals that I see us having. In addition to normal staples like tomatoes, greens, peppers, corn, melons, and potatoes I'd like to have a variety of herbs. We are both good with our hands and comfortable around all types of animals so we are open to all types of farming.
Yes, rolling hills is a common phrase in this landscape :) We just had to learn what folks meant by flat, rolling, and steep...we think we have it down now. Best of luck in your search...I think we will expand our search to include KY and possibly VA. We are open because it is all new to us over here. -K
The second property is right in our neck of the woods. It would be great to have you as neighbors!!!!
It was such a beautiful area and property. We are so excited to have fellow homesteaders close by! -K
I saw you fall in love with the second property and that creek.
Six months... omg... I’d be losing hope. Let’s make cookies. ☮️-Kirsten.
I am looking for a creek just like the one on the second property, I absolutely love water so that is a huge draw for me. We have been looking for land for close to two years...only 6 months on the East Coast. I have faith that we will find the one for us :) MMMM, cookies sound amazing! I will be trying a different recipe next time though ;) -K
@@TheKraemerLife I’m making cookies all day tomorrow! Praying that you find the perfect property! -❤️Kirsten
How did the cookies turn out?
Cookies are always good! I made gingerbread, it’s my favorite!
Josh just wants to get done! 😂
He is fun to work with
Where are you guys?? I grew up in Transylvania county, Maybe find something down near the Pisgah National Forest where i grew up. beautiful country.
Hendersonville area. Our search area includes Transylvania county
Nice creek
I hope we are able to find a creek like this on our property, this is by far one of my favorites to date.
Keep on keepin on. Dog people unite.
I am excited to find land because that means I can get more dogs :) Priorities -K
Is it bad form to see the price?
Maybe on the properties you shot down?
The price for the properties can vary wildly because we have looked at raw land to move in ready homes all the way from 10 acres up to 90 acres. I'd say the average list price has been about $200k. We have 'shot them down' as low as 40k...hope that helps :) -K
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Thanks
There’s no such thing as perfect property. You just have to decide what you can and can’t live with.
I think I could live with just about anything for 51 acres. And with all those trees you could sell the more mature ones to be harvested and recoup some of your money
For sure.
Check out Lumina acres logging video. It made money and cleared his land.
Thanks for the comment, we will check it out. We see the woods as a positive thing and prefer more woods to pasture ideally. We hope to have a good mixture of woods to use for building various types of furniture as well as a home with enough left over to provide shade and privacy :) -K
Can you send us the link to the video you are referring to?
@@TheKraemerLife I think they are referencing Lumnah acres.
Lumina or Lumnah?
I know back in the day, my grandmothers house they had wakes right there in the living room, i bet over 79% of all properties folks been buried, sad but true. Or is on Indian burial grounds, even our fallen veterans, animals and so on is a bigger reasons yr land and home is cursed and / or haunted.
Yes, very common and I believe you still can do that in some areas...we found a place on our land where we are almost positive it is a grave site.
Are y'all using an app to locate property lines?
Yes, we have several different apps that we use when we are walking properties. Our realtor uses LandGlide and we use several different free hunting apps. We also research them on GIS before scheduling an appointment so we are fairly familiar with them before we go. -K
@@TheKraemerLife Thanks!
If you decide to sell trees from any property you buy make sure you use a tree broker. Check out Red Tool House Homestead. He has lots of i fo on buying land and making it pay for itself.
Thanks for the tip, it is unlikely that we'd sell any trees unless we came on hard times and needed the income. We plan to use what we have and live off the land as much as we possibly can!
The second one looks like it floods.
Yes, the lower 5 acres was in a flood zone! -K
Rattle snake country
I guess we have been lucky because we have walked over 70 properties and haven't seen a single snake. We are always on the lookout out though because you do not want to surprise one that is for sure. -K