West NY - Looking for Other Aspiring Homesteaders to Buy Land Together

Sep 10, 2023 11:51:00

Everything's easier together. Please let me know if you are in or around the finger lakes region and also interested in buying land.

Sep 11, 2023 02:45:41

I can advise that such a plan may blow up in your face.
Have you studied examples of how to create such a community.
You need tight regs on how to come in and how to get out that are fair.
It is a potential minefield and needs more than a handshake, particularly when partners move in.

Sep 11, 2023 05:06:19

John C Daley wrote:
… You need tight regs on how to come in and how to get out that are fair.
It is a potential minefield and needs more than a handshake, particularly when partners move in.

Yeah honestly I wouldn’t let people come on my land unless they sign an agreement not to sue me if they injure themselves and paid rent to live there. Or I was paying them as employees. Even volunteers who mean well can be a headache with their accidents.

Best option yet: find a Life Partner to help you split the workload who shares this dream. Better yet if one of you can work remotely to pay the mortgage.

Nov 14, 2023 12:49:26

This Finger Lakes property is out of my price range, but if a group of permies gets together to buy and divide it, I'd be a part of it. I've been looking in that area.
There are ways to do things that don't involve creating an intentional community, but instead dividing a large parcel between people who want to be around like minded neighbors creating community more spontaneously.
https://www.trulia.com/home/678-mcduffy-hollow-rd-van-etten-ny-14889-29978870

I like to adopt dogs other people discard, and this seems to make me unsuitable for most intentional communities.

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