re: Has anyone bought large swaths of cheap crappy land (desert, swamp, etc)?

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Damn how long ago was that? Ive seen your threads on the OB, you got some great hunting there.

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Last July. I’d been wanting to buy it for years but they never would sell then right after I moved to Texas they wanted to sell it. It was terrible timing for me but I had just sold my house in Baton Rouge and was renting here in Spring so I just bit the bullet. No intrest annual lump sum payment for 5 years and I’m done with it. It’s kicking my arse right now

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I bought 5 acres of land with about 115 acres of swamp all around it. I bought the only Hill in the place at 53 Ft. elevation. Put in a Lime rock half asp sorta road and a doublewide. Was my Hunt Camp for 15 years then I moved there. 60 K for everything including the Doublewide that was 12 years old but had never been lived in. Big Bend of Florida. 19 thousand folks in the entire county....I'm Good , Real Good.

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There’s something special about being able to walk off your porch in your underwear, take a piss, and fire off a couple rounds at an armadillo

I’m not living that life everyday just yet but I’m setting myself up to be able to do that when I’m done chasing the dollar.

My parents bought 5+ beautiful wooded acres with 2 streams running through it in Rhode Island in the mid-60’s. Then Rhode Island passed a Freshwater Wetlands Act in 1971 making it difficult and expensive just to get approval to build on it. He paid taxes on it for more than 50 years before he finally told the state that they can take the land and do what they want with it.

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My parents bought 5+ beautiful wooded acres with 2 streams running through it in Rhode Island

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Owning half of Rhode Island is not quite what this thread is about

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Owning half of Rhode Island is not quite what this thread is about

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Not even if is now considered a wetland just like a swamp and it was cheap - both specifically mentioned in the OP?

its a joke about the size of rhode island

I live on 80 acres that I picked up on the cheap, I'm an hour and 10 mins outside of new orleans. Iv3 got 30 high and dry acres (where my house and shop sit) in the x flood zone, the rest will experience back water flooding from the pearl river when it hits 19' @ Bogalusa. Place had been clesr cut a few years prior to me buying and is just a natural regen thicket, but I got it crazy cheap and it is absolutely full of deer and hogs. On top of that I border thousands of acres off me west property line I can walk right off into. I had beeb looking for a place in this specific area and just happened to luck into this piece and was ready to jump when I got the chance.

I bought a lot in denham springs

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Yes…typically land is cheap when there is lack of access to the property and/or no access to utilities (I.e. power, water, etc.).

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While this is true, some land in Texas and NM are literally worthless. One cow per 100+ acres worthless. That, in conjunction with no water table. You can drill a $50,000 well and not find any water.

Exactly. I work for an electric co-op. When people who have lived their whole life in a city buy land in the country, they generally use all their savings for the down payment on the mortgage. Then, they are devastated, confused, and pissed once they find out that they will need $10,000-$20,000 for septic, $30,000-$80,000 for a well (depending on water table), and another $10,000-$20,000 for electric. They spent their whole lives paying a connection fee for water, electricity, and sewer.