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I would also see if you can access the tax lean pages as sometimes folks buy land and after many years they just stop paying the taxes so the county repossesses the land and sells them. It looks like they have a bunch of those down there. Give them a call and ask lots of questions.
Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Everyone learns what works by learning what doesn't work. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Miles Flansburg wrote:Howdy Monica, Are you familiar with Cochise county? Aware of what it takes to live there? Are you looking at being out in the desert far from a town?
I keep an eye on the land listings from rural vacant land as they have some great deals in many parts of the country. I think they make it easy to by land but you still need to do your diligence before actually sending them any money so that you know what you are getting. I think they just flip property but if they were too shady I think it would have caught up to them by now.
Make sure you have deeded access. Seems like a lot of those properties were subdivided at some point but roads were not put in or were just bladed in and have washed out. Be sure you have a plan for water. Many folks down there use roof water catchment during the monsoons and have large storage tanks.
You might contact the folks at the assessors office and or the treasurers office to get more information on any land you will be looking at. Cochise county
If you sign up/log in you should be able to get access to their "GIS" system most counties have these online GIS maps that show lot boundaries, ownership, and tax information that is really handy. I would also see if you can access the tax lean pages as sometimes folks buy land and after many years they just stop paying the taxes so the county repossesses the land and sells them. It looks like they have a bunch of those down there. Give them a call and ask lots of questions.
Either way you go, I would also have a Cochise County title company do a title search and give you title insurance for your land to be sure that you know about any hidden fees that might be attached to a piece of property.
I like what these guys have done, you might see if you can contact them for more in depth information.
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Miles Flansburg wrote:... I would also see if you can access the tax lean pages as sometimes folks buy land and after many years they just stop paying the taxes so the county repossesses the land and sells them.
My opinions are barely worth the paper they are written on here, but hopefully they can spark some new ideas, or at least a different train of thought
Peter VanDerWal wrote:I actually live in Cochise County (Hereford, AZ)
If you plan on growing food, check out the nearby weather stations on https://www.wunderground.com/, different areas can end up with vastly different amounts of annual rainfall. I'm right up close to the Huachuca mountains so I tend to get 8-10 inches more rain per year than places that are only 10 miles away.
Another thing to consider is the soil here. If you are planning on pumping water out of the ground, in many areas the ground water is contaminated with heavy metals, lead, etc.
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