My wife and I spent about 5 years kicking around New Mexico, kind of scouring the countryside for a cheap place to go. I browsed craigslist for cheap land to either put a travel trailer on or a container, yeah! Cheap! 1/2 acre lots priced @ $500 or slightly more, awesome, I thought.
No you can't do that here. uh oh.
You must own one acre to put anything on it, alright I thought, not that difficult. Except, the people selling those 1/2 acre lots knew full well what they were doing. They split them up, so no one person could own two 1/2 acre adjacent lots, smart huh?
The other catch is that your "structure" must be at least 500 sq. feet in size, that rules out the travel trailer idea, but not the container idea. But, other problems arise with my strategy, to drill a well for water costs about $15K to $20K, plus, you must install a septic system, and also pay the electric company to run your line to your property from a main road.
The ads running for 1/2 acre lots is funny...
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No time limit for building.
Meaning, take all the time you want trying to build... not funny.
This this in a Google search, follow links.
Deming New Mexico lots for sale
Anywho, we also thought about just buying a improved lot in small cities in New Mexico and planting a travel trailer or a couple of shipping containers bolted together, but that state must have a 500 square foot minimum structure size law somewhere because none of the communities we looked into allowed any thing smaller.
For people out there who might be considering buying a small piece of land or a lot, do some looking around pertaining to local and state laws before you open your wallet and buy anything.
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