One dream that I have for cheap living for housing, find more than 3 acres with a condemned house (It saves on the expense and running electric power, & water and sewer will be there).

1. Add a cement pad with hook-ups for a travel trailer.
2. Remove old house.
3. In time, add a tiny house & garage.
@NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou

@Bix @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou a condemned house will not necessarily have power, water or sewer, especially not on 3 acres, which would likely be out of town water/sewer district.
often abandoned houses are abandoned because the well or septic failed & the owner couldn't afford to replace them

@redenigma @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou
Correct, I have seen some with a working well and they would need a new septic system.

@Bix @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou make sure you have the well tested, including bacterial & PFAS/PFOS before plunking any money down...

@redenigma @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou
Sure, all of would need to checked - but, mainly, I would be buying the land.

In our 2nd house that we own near my in-laws, we had the well and the septic system inspected before we bought it.

@Bix @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou NH just made PFAS disclosure a requirement for sellers. i may never be able to get rid of this place, as i'm fairly certain the entire aquifer is contaminated

@redenigma @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou
I have noticed that the only land that doesn't fast around my home in the Washington, DC suburbs are ones that don't support a regular septic systems. Many times, it is because they are close to streams or rivers that feed into the Potomac River.

@Bix @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou i have 62 acres, which is a developer's dream... BUT of that 62 acres, you might be able to squeeze in one more house due to the soil types, and seasonal & full time streams & ponds (and dead people, upland wetlands, etc). you need to be able to keep well & septic radius over 75' apart and they can't cross lot lines either