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I almost bought 70 acres. Just be aware of the zoning. Some pieces of land can include marshes, and marshes are worthless to build on. Be aware of flood zones as well. You don't want to build in a flood zone.
Before you buy the piece of land, take things like a property survey into account. Surveys can be very expensive, and I would say almost always required when buying big pieces of land. Some lands you will look at already have a survey. A survey is a tool to see what you can expect from the land. As mentioned:
- Avoid buying land with lots of marshes. Just know that it's almost useless land for building on.
- Take soil into account. If the land is mostly clay, you're going to have issues with irrigation. That means you need to use more gravel, and gravel is expensive.
- Look at flood zoning. They're essentially areas that are 'at risk' of flooding if you get bad rainfall. You'll more than likely have more flood zones in areas with lots of clay, because it has poor drainage.
The property I was looking at had a big marsh in between the land and the major roadway. Would have had to put a lot of work into getting a road into the property in the first place. Altogether, the property was only around 10-20k dollarydoos for 70 acres, but it would have cost me at least 15k to make it manageable. Just be sure to do your homework, watch some boring youtube videos on the subject.