my place is just 2 miles over the county line, so i'm zoned agricultural, no restrictions, no HOA

can u help me pleaseee

How can looking type same your property please. Link or wedside… please

You deserve allll the good in life that’s why it’s happening for you God bless and angels be with you

This is a stellar comment! Hope all is going well

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But how if trees get in the way of the planning and the machinery to work to prepare the site to build homes?

Wiz ThePurge I never said you can’t remove trees for a homesite.

@@BetterTogetherLife Thank you, i like if the trees are kept, I think it just need an extra careful planing to determine whcih tree would go away

@@Techbotica generally a planner/architect, or construction engineer will work with you to determine what trees should be cut down and which can be kept. It's just a matter of mapping the site (easy these days with Google Earth) and determining how you're going to site stuff on your land. This is basically my job as a civilian in the military.

And get to know your neighborhood

How the land sits and settles? Wtf u building on a swamp or volcano?

@@royaldecreeforthechurchofm8409 one would assume they mean how the land handles rain, winds, floods. Snow if you’re up north. It’s very possible to see a property in fall that’s amazing come spring once snow melts and rivers rise, what you saw a few months ago can physically change in a matter of days.

@@sschwartz2509 it's called a geotechnical report. You don't spend a few years living on the land 😂. If you are smart you go to a professional and get a geotechnical report before you buy the land.

Yeah totally spend a few years being homeless before you commit to making a home! This will ensure the land doesn’t sit, settle, or move out from under ya!! Hell! Maybe even want to see if it gets cold in the winter or hot in the summer!

Ya, that too. But don't discount the shade value.

TREES ALSO STABILIZE SOIL--BUT CAN FALL ON YOUR HOUSE IF TOO CLOSE.

@@heofthebee also can catch fire... roots can damage foundation. Make sure they're not too close to the house.

Yes and no. It depends on the trees. Aspen trees are network trees that have. Shared root system. So if you have a lot if aspens that doesn't mean other trees can grow on the same land. We have land with an aspen grove that only half the trees have actual access to water but their root system supports the whole Grove. How that makes sense.

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A friend of mine said his HOA denied permission to paint his house white. They claimed there were too many white houses in the neighborhood already.

Control freaks!

HOA suck. I'm currently stuck with an HOA home but they are pretty lenient as long as we maintain our yards as a esthetically pleasing as possible

Had to sell my first home just to escape HOA -

Good grief, HOAs sound so ridiculous.

Hope you can answer this for me, when the realtor take you to see the land. Does he knows the regulations you guys are talking about or if the land is good to build in?? Can you hire a builder to go with you?? Thank you🙏

@@Crystal-gn1ih Realtors are sales people. They get 40 hours of education, and have to pass an easy test to represents clients. Most of their "education" centers on the legal responsibilities of the parties when transferring title. This is to avoid fraud, because, well, salespeople... Builders are better, especially licensed contractors with good reputations locally. Such contractors will refer you to an architect if necessary, many partner with architects too. The problem is that the contracting business is inherently shady. An architect in my state has to go through a minimum of 16,000 hours of training and has to pass the most difficult series of tests of any profession, the ARE. We are literally trained in everything. Intensely. One of the biggest values I bring to the table is my code compliance expertise in the beginning of a project. I wish people would hire me as a consultant PRIOR to closing a purchase, like during escrow when you still have a chance to get out of a deal or renegotiate it with more favorable terms. I've only had one developer use me pre-purchase, and because of my input, they killed the deal. They paid me a couple of thousand dollars for the design and code analysis, but it was a million dollar property they were risking $3/4 million on purchasing. Realtor gets nothing if the sale doesn't close. You think they are gonna tell you if there's a problem with the city with how you want to change it? Nope. Architect has no dog in the fight, except his fee for his service. He's assuming professional liability if he mis-judges things. We are very careful to avoid that.

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. A realtor may be so anxious to make a sale that they don't tell you, eg. it's a flood plane in the rainy season! Sometimes they just don't know. A good realtor does know local requirements and can assist you in dealing with all involved. Ask lots of questions! Moreover, I truly believe we have lost our government " of the people, by the PEOPLE, for the people." If we, as citizens don't resist and take back our country we WILL LOSE IT and all our freedoms all together. Get involved in local government. Taxation ( including fees, permits, ...) without representation (voting on rules, regulations, ordinances, laws...) is TOTALLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

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Whew thank you thank you

People love the mountains, but they don't make good homestead due to how expensive it is to drill in rock. Good advice and you will see that drilling companies will vary and do your homework to get more than two bids.

This is research. Folks forget. Wells can easily cost 10-20K. Electrical can to. Septic is rather variable - but not cheap, and in many counties you can't do any of it yourself.

@@ChristopherCobra Yeah, we had that problem as well. After we had closed on the property, we wanted to live in our RV while we saved up more money for a down payment on a house. Since weren't ready to build a permanent structure the local power company wanted us to pay over $7000 installation charge. That was for the transformer and line. We already had the power pole ready to go. So we lived off of generators and solar until the neighbor across the road started building their house and then got it installed for free. But that process was almost two years long. There are so many pitfalls when purchasing property. Let the buyer beware.

Also look into non-traditional septic systems. Many jurisdictions don't have any codes preventing a solar septic system as long as you can show it is safe and sanitary to use, and others will allow it if you can prove it is comparable to a traditional one.

How do you do that, I mean wouldn't the contractors need to GO to a property you DON'T own to give you an accurate estimate. More so, for Septic a Soil study is necessary. Who's gonna allow an inspector to do that.

Where do you go to research all of this....I wanting to do this too.

@@kchelle7769 thank you for sharing very good advice thank you.

@@kchelle7769 contact the local appraisal district, they can give you tons of information plus you can ask about any unpaid taxes that might be on the property

@@pugsabi Thank You

How do you get mineral rights?

Yikes! My great grandmother had a hog pen. It was across the road from her main property and isolated on three sides. It smelled horrible the closer we walked towards it. I canNOT imagine having something like that touching my property line!

Have things improved?

@@joyaustin6581 they moved the pigs

Plus, no worser smell than hog crap ! I haven't smelled worse anyway.

@@johnj8514 Uhh...chicken farm?

As a college student, I completely envy you. Free food and peace and quiet sounds so nice. Are there any fish in the nearby creek?

cameron welty I’m a 3rd year college student studying engineering. I also envy this lifestyle. Seriously considering dropping out and just living this dream.

@@locutusofscifi1033 I recommend you get your degree and work for a few years, pay off any student loans and squirrel money away for retirement and then save up your homestead money. It takes a lot of cash to take raw undeveloped land and turn it into a livable homestead. Our water tap cost $1800. A well will run you $5k - 40k. Our septic system was pretty cheap at $3400. Then buying a tractor or renting other heavy equipment to develop your property. It is very difficult to anticipate all the expenses. And once you are there and living the dream, you'll realize that everything is fine until you need or want to go somewhere and realize there is no one to take care of your animals. Homesteading is a constant stream of challenges.

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@@flgardener1155 good points. This is partially how I was raised. I miss it. Hate my grandaddy ended up having to sell the land.

Very true, that is something that you won’t be able to change

@George Armstrong Omgosh, never heard of such a thing! Ewww

@George Armstrong oh my!!!

This kind of addresses those pesky "regulation" issues, doesn't it?

A corporate monster sized pig farm can destroy the value of your property the smell is so bad...and a big stock yard is just as bad and you can smell them from many miles away, even people flying high over them. There is a giant one near Bakersfield CA that is horrible. I am surprised it's legal to completely destroy a neighborhoods quality of life. The pig poop smell gets into the curtains and good luck selling and even your relatives and friends won't want to visit after a little bit.

Now you only have to wait 30 years for them to grow.

@@JamesG1126 I would like watching my trees grow. You can make your own saplings free from cuttings off of one tree.

@@Elizabeth-yg2mg It's pretty difficult to propagate trees from cuttings, except for willows, Leyland Cyprus and a few others.

arborvitae green giants are evergreen and grow fast2-3ft/year. i use them as a wind break and to not see neighbors!

@@jamesanderson8219 nah.. easy

Hmm. Live in Idaho. Its not dependant on what trees. Its how much moisture they pack. As moisture keeps fire at bay. People think tall grass under a tree is a fire hazard. Not necessarily the case. If its green it has moisture, hence will take more and harder to burn, if its dry then you have a problem mow it And pick up the clippings. Otherwise you make fire rows.

Those eucalyptus trees are everywhere! Idk what genius thought they were a good idea.

@@magesalmanac6424 nature

Same in Australia, eucalyptus and sometimes pine. We get the raging bushfires as well. I steer clear of a heavily treed area, and look to more cleared farmland with the same around it. Also the eucalyptus don't give the nice cooling shade that the deciduous trees do.

Crazed communists.

Sometimes we have no choice. An HOA home was the only home we could afford =(

@@Gardenlife87 go to different town lol

@@themotorcycleguy5980 I might. The other day they were spraying pesticides and poured it on my fruit trees. I'm depressed.

@@Gardenlife87 to me it doesnt sound like it's worth it..and doesnt sounds like you are really enjoying it either..

Also even if a river or creek runs through your land, in same states people can use it. Strips on both sides is also accessible to them to get off of waterway & set up a picnic, etc.

@Allen Loser That's probably gonna be luck of the draw from year to year. It'll be useful for you if you have an animal get out and need to track them down - you don't have to worry about getting permission. And it would also be useful for getting around yourself. But you might get some asshole kids (or adults) that make a mess and cause trouble. It can honestly go either way.

@Allen Loser Imagine you buy a plot of land, I then buy all the land surrounding yours and prosecute every time you tresspass. I can see why public right of way might be a thing on some lands.

@Allen Loser just sounds like we're back to my original point "understand and be comfortable with the restrictions on that land". If you don't want land others are allowed to cross, don't buy land others are allowed to cross.

@Allen Loser I'm blaming plain text :)

Absolutely!

Thank you so much Mr Breacher!

Great point about the history. I would say that amending the soil is an easier thing to fix..... vs things like the go*vern*ment! 🤣🤣🤣

Better Together Life FOR SURE. Crazy times we live in

@@BetterTogetherLife I've read that certain herbicides and pesticides can stay in the ground for even longer than 3 years so I agree with Hoof but looking for UNINCORPORATED land should probably be Number 1. Look in those areas first. With an eye on a 'Water' source and Utilities (unless your going totally OFF GRID) closeness to a 'HOSPITAL' (more important than Walmart). And then the 'Land' itself! I live in Texas too, TREES are very important, they fall into the 'Land Consideration' column. Of course, first and foremost will be your budget and what can you actually afford, lol!

Add to what op said .. is there a farm nearby that uses chemicals that might run off into ground water?

Oh WOW!!!!!! That is horrible!!! Yea bracken fern, I know that Dan Ohmann from Grass-Fed Homestead has struggled with that.

@@BetterTogetherLife - Your number one isn't exactly correct. The further out the better, the whole idea is to be self-sufficient, not relying on constant convenience! The solution to number one is to change your habits so that you are truly a homesteader and not just some city dufus trying to live in the country. Stop driving to town to get one or two things, keep a list and plan one trip per week or two per month to pick up what you need. Make a list of the most likely items that could break and have them on hand. Buy food in bulk, take it home and cook and can it, or vacuum seal and freeze, until you are able to grow everything you need. Learn how to ration your expendables so you can buy them only once or twice per year in bulk, or do without. The only thing that is truly important is access to emergency medical help -- you need to know where the hospital is, time it takes for an ambulance or lifeflight to reach you, etc. But if you have medical supplies stocked and have prepared for medical emergencies, it won't be an issue. Again, get it out of your head about restaurants, home depot, grocery stores, etc. Homesteading means leaving all of that crap behind and being self-sufficient! A trip to town should almost feel like a small vacation! Your number four makes little sense other than you don't want to overpay on your initial purchase. The value of a property is based on whether it meets your needs. It you're planning on an "exit strategy" then you aren't planning for the long haul! The object with homesteading is to find your forever homestead. The value will increase simply from the improvements that you make. The one suggestion I would make is to be sure that there is adjoining property that you can buy if it becomes available if and when you decide to expand; maybe even ask that land owner if you can lease to buy, or lease for pasture. You're moving out to the country, WHY do you want a bunch of neighbors moving in around you? And lastly, your number six -- What you obviously didn't find out is that you can also be completely exempt from COUNTY regulations. Here in NC, there is a state law that was established to protect farms, called the Bona Fide Farm exemption or USDA exemption. The requirement is that what ever type of "farming" that you do must be MORE than a hobby farm, producing a minimum annual income of $1000 (might be higher now - 12 years later), but you are not limited by the size of the property. You can have two or three large greenhouses on a quarter acre producing bedding plants each spring and it qualifies. The counties must include this exemption in their county codes, and this also exempts you from annexation. This exemption allows you to build all the way up to the property line, with no setbacks; it allows you to build most structures without any permitting; it basically allows you full use of you property without any intrusion from the city, county, or even the state! Here is an example -- North Carolina General Statute (NCGS) 153A-340 and Article 1, Section 5 of the Moore County Zoning Ordinance exempts bona fide farms (farm land and related structures) from zoning requirements. My farm is set as an apiary (bee farm).

@@Rattlerjake1 We are in NC and looking for land...thanks for the tip!!

Oh wow, thank you! I am so sorry to hear! That's terrible!

@@BetterTogetherLife can you tell me what is the tax % of your farm? Or any land you buy for homestead in TX? Or how do they calculate it?

Exactly how we feel. We moved states just to be able to buy land with absolutely no restrictions. No permits for anything, no inspectors are even hired in the county we live in. The few rules the county has are state wide rules, we don’t break them, but have noticed a lot of people do … and have for years. It has its obvious draw backs, but just make sure you’re surrounded by decent neighbors and have enough land to give yourselves privacy. I’d take this over any alternative any day. We thought about moving to Texas due to your states political leaning and long growing season. God speed on getting you out of the city my friend.

Well, you can always amend soil. It is one of the easier things to change. But HISTORY, you are VERY correct!!!! There are somethings that will take “Mother Nature” longer to amend.

@@BetterTogetherLife how do you amend the soil? what if the land was an old gun range for example that is heavily contaminated with lead

@@Big-Government-Is-The-Problem remediation from heavy metals takes years worth of work since usually your solutions are to either treat it "in situ" or to remove all of the contaminated soil, which leaves you without topsoil. Treatment in situ for heavy metals is hard to keep on the right trajectory, and you would likely need to consult a local environmental contractor to get a quote and some guidance. The most I can recommend is growing hyperaccumulator plants to help draw some of the lead out of the soil, but every single part of the plant must be removed before it spreads seed, dries or drops leaves. In addition, the plants will be completely toxic so you and your animals could not eat it. It can't go to a city dump, be composted, or burned on your burn pile; it'd need to go to special incinerators that scrub heavy metals from the ash and fumes so it doesn't escape and drift somewhere else to poison more land. And for a former gun range, you might have to deal with powder residues, which I'm less familiar with treatment for, I worked mostly with heavy metals remediation. Hope that this helps a little!

@@LeafGreenLPs wow, that was an amazing response and i greatly appreciate it. i hope you have a great day 😀

Great tip!!!

Who cares about water and mineral rights. It's your land take that stuff. Stop.thinking the government matters to you. You live in the middle of nowhere to be left alone and free. Don't purchase land that someone else owns the mineral rights to.

@@jarodolsen8955 Pretty sure whoever purchased the water and mineral rights from the one of the previous owners will have something to say about you taking them.

@@jarodolsen8955 except even in the middle of nowhere you're subject to the law. and being sued. It's idiocy like this that has people losing everything for not doing things by the book

@@josephcallahan9508 😅😂🤣

Love it!!!!! God’s blessings to you as well!

A HOA can be okay if you're a corporate gypsy or someone who relocates frequently.

Where can you be that there are No government regulation?? I live on unrestricted land but it still has codes.

@@ellafields5745 Then is your land really unrestricted? Perhaps this requirement should be changed to say minimal government regulation.

I put septic in myself..lied to the county and got away with it because i told them it was a existing septic system...LMAO

@Darrell Knox well at least I got away with it. Lol

Unincorporated areas...they are still out there, but then you run into some other issues.

Tree hugger😆 tree's need love too.🤔😆 I love living in the forest. I love my property & the creatures & my garden.

Absolutely!

@@BetterTogetherLife by the way, you totally can eat acorns! They work well used crunched up in like salads and stuff.

@@LemonyFresh2000 or feed them to your livestock

He said he wasn't going to mention the basics like water levels, fire hazards, etc. But yes, flood plane good to check. :thumbsup:

@@travcurt Its best to ask neighboring land owners about the drainage history. But, if a nearby development is built after you purchase, which creates a runoff/flood issue, you may have a legal problem against a well funded party who can out-lawyer you.

Flood plain info is required to be divulged on the purchase paperwork. What is not required is if your new land is on a hillside, and the land above causes water to flow downhill and flood anything that is not at least six inches above grade. I've got an 8" slab at the shop oput back, and water runs under it, coming from the hill above - and the grade is not even very steep. Another 6" slab has black mold coming up from underneath, probably also because of water seeping underneath. The water meter box is always full of water; my seven foot deep tornado shelter is like a cistern, full of a thousand gallons of runoff rainwater that flows over its sill. Clay soil makes water run off like concrete once it gets saturated - I drove a pipe straight into the ground and water rose within it to less than two feet below the level of the grass. Perhaps worst is the infestation of freshwater crawdads, which leave huge mounds of clay soil stacked outside the entrance to their holes. When that clay is wet it glues itself to anything that touches it; when dry, it becomes hard as concrete and ruins mower blades and twists ankles. There is no chemical that I'm, willing to put down that kills crawdads, so I'm stuck with them.

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@@ammoalamo6485 on the bright side at least you can do a nice Cajun boil

@Edward Raney Lots of plants do better in partial shade than in full sun. Doesn't really factor in on an industrial scale because the lost area to the shade trees out weighs the lost production do to to much heat but on a small scale it can make a huge difference.

@Edward Raney Nope, just sharing my experience of farming in the south where alot of plants will do better with some shade, especially in the afternoon and evening, or they will lose to much water to evaporation and burn up. If people sharing their opinions offends you then perhaps you should take a break from social media and try to find some objectivity. As for trees, yes young trees will sap water that your plants can use but mature trees will get most of their water from deeper in the ground and have little effect on a garden.

@Edward Raney I grow plenty of fruits and vegetables with my garden set about 20 yards east of a 2 acres of mixed sweetgum, oak, cedar, and wild cherry trees. Tons of blackberries and blueberries at the tree line and wild grapes in the trees. Where you live full sun all day may work best, where I live some evening shade works best. I don't care how old you are do not try to tell me how to garden in my backyard until after you have moved in nextdoor and have a more productive garden than mine.

You can easily root your own saplings from one tree--see Mike's Backyard Gardening on YT.

Another reason you need trees in the midwest is for a windbreak from the brutal westerly winter winds. Being out in open fields is really awful in the wintertime.

Yay!!!! Thank you!!

Love this!!!! Very well said!

I actually know someone this happened to, bought a parcel in BC. Raw land, heavily forested, ( yay trees) and began doing their homework after. Turns out, a neighbour has successfully petitioned local government to permit Drag Racing Events,, mulitple times a year, on his private landing strip... Multi day events that bring money to the area,,, and, days of noise at all hours of the day. Needless to say they are now selling the land.

Yay!!!!!! Huge congrats!!

Trees are free air-conditioning for your house (but can also poke holes in the roof, so there’s that). I prefer the trees too...

Just keep the trees away from the house. Tornado and hurricane can tip them over onto your house. Also, consider the flammability of the tree species. Clean up flammable debris on the ground.

I know! Im in a desert. Please, I'm not a lizard i neeeed shade. Im melting

With enough trees, you may get enough deadfall for firewood for the winter, and never have to fell a single tree for that. That's the case with my land.

Once you put a structure on the land, you will be taxes for that.

Just make sure you purchase enough and do enough to qualify for an ag exemption. Cut your taxes by the thousands

Still looking for land in eastern TN? I just bought 17.3 acres of beautiful woodland in southeast TN right next to the smoky mountains. There is a 16 acre lot a couple lots down from mine still available if you’re still looking. It’s an amazing area, about 20-25 minutes from Cleveland TN which is a big hub with everything you’ll need. Hit me up if you want the listing!

Oh wow thank you!!!!

How much was your 7 acres over there?

@@kjkj6362 It was part of family inheritance, so we were able to get it at reduced price. Got some great ideas from your videos👍

Wahoo!!! You can do it!

Absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also trees are among the sturdiest backbone of biodiversity, which upholds the soil, the air as mentioned, ground water, insects, birds, micro-organisms and all kinds of organic an inorganic things, that the land needs for you to be succesful at your homestead! Most of it is "invisible" to our eyes too, but very essential.

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@@BetterTogetherLife ......you've got my wife loving the idea of a Shed to home outside NYC in PA. You've got me on the rabbits and chickens working on that cold fertilizer.

@@tocooh6838 Pa is a very lovely state, the country side is absolutely beautiful. You'll love it here.

This!! We sold my beloved home and I wanted these certain people becaise they had stars in their eyes

If there are multiple bids on a property, often the owner will pick you as the buyer because you have written a letter expressing how much you love the property, and why. Smart move.

Thank you!!!!

Great video--probably the best that I've seen--thanks.

Finding unrestricted has been difficult. Any tips?

@@mtafli1 Don't give up. Lol. And maybe expand search area some if possible. Also, check multiple websites. Almost everything ends up on realtor.com and Zillow, but check Lands Of America etc and any other ones you can find. When we found ours we were lucky as Realtor.com and Zillow never picked it up for some reason, so there probably was not near the marketing reach as it should have had. I can't remember which website I found it on, but it's worth scouring all of them. Good luck!!

Thank you so much Tarnesha! Yyyyyyup, HOA’s are the worst. The good thing is that’s usually not an issue for selling the home. Because most suburban homes have them. Thanks again!

Absolutely!!! When your favorite tree ALMOST DIE.... the tree that you envision your kids swinging on and have BBQs under for the rest of your life..... well you quickly realize that going slow is way better than dropping trees left and right.

A hearse isn't a station wagon, tho...

If your looking to get the most BTUs per acre per year out of your tree harvest for firewood, numerous studies have been done and point to either hybrid poplar, willow or cottonwoods.

Not tomention as you prune those fruit and nut trees to maximize harvest you can either use that precious wood in your smoker or sell off to someone who smokes a lot of meats. [Edited to fix typo]

WOW THANK YOU!!!!! 😁😁😁

contractor clout dictating ordinances in their favor

@@danskdna8550 if you can figure out if they are certified organic or not, that alone will tell you - not certified organic then they are definitely spraying bad stuff