I will most likely be moving near there before the end of the year. I don't know your time frame. But, if you can wait until late December, I will be glad to take a look at it for you. I grew up not far from that area - my family has been living in that area since the very early 1700s. NC very swampy just inland from the beaches and sounds. This also and incredibly fertile and diverse area in terms of species. Historically, Virginians wrote that those living in NC were lazy, living off the
land, letting their pigs roam wild and drinking too much whiskey. Yes, it will likely flood at some point, so you will have to do
earthworks and plant to prepare for that. Everything that can bite you will. All said though, it isn't a bad area at all.... remarkably beautiful... just make sure your neighbors aren't meth heads or heroin addicts..... we have a whole lot of them.
"Them that don't know him won't like him and them that do sometimes won't know how to take him... he ain't wrong, he's just different and his pride won't let him do the things that make you think he's right"