Monday, June 1, 2015

Acquiring Suitable Rural Land For Sale Southern Colorado

By Ericka Marsh


Get an independent estimate of the value of your land. It is almost impossible to be impartial about the value of your own farm, especially if you do not rely on actual sale data from the courthouse. Thus, retaining an appraiser or a real estate broker and get some facts to work with. You may start your search by contacting farmers, investors, real estate agents, state and federal agencies. The tips below will come in handy to prospective property buyers looking for rural land for sale southern Colorado.

You need to understand clearly the intended use of the property. More than any other single influence, location shapes the potential for specific uses of a property. The worst you can buy is swamp or marshland. Clearly define the major farm use you envision pursuing and specify the physical characteristics needed to support that use. Consider availability of water, clean air, electricity and sewage disposal.

Understand Property Rights. Typical easements include road, power and irrigation easements. Property rights issues encompass everything from identification and verification of ownership as well as ground use restrictions. Know who can come onto your property and to what extent. The fewer surprises you have after you close the better.

Consider any assets on your new investment such as buildings, fenced pastures, stores, irrigation pumps and firewood. Consider water as the most critical resource, especially if you are going to do irrigation. Potential buyers should identify both physical attributes and distractions, and view the property as if they intend to resell it.

Most of the folks who move to rural communities, without checking into how they will make money in the new location, have to sell their property at a loss within 5 years, due to lack of income. Where the previous property owner had stopped farming the property and the farm fell out of the taxable program. You can reapply for the special tax assessment as long as we prove that we are farming the property once again. It is tough to permanently lose the special farm tax status unless some drastic changes were to occur on your plot.

If you are retired, be certain that hospitals, doctors, stores, restaurants, etc. Are suitable for you in the new location or be very certain that you will be able to comfortably reside in the new area regardless. Check online on occurrences in certain areas such as landslides, floods, hurricanes, tornado, tsunamis, volcanoes and wildfires.

Inquire with the relevant authority before buying the property on the mapping of the minerals in the area. Mineral ownership can be important to farm buyers, especially when less than half of the minerals transfer with the ownership. A mineral owner, or the lessee, can enter the property to extract the minerals, without obtaining permission from the owner.

A potential buyer should not purchase the property without inquiring about the possibility of mineral exploration. If the current owner has executed a lease with a producer, that lease remains in force, even if the minerals transfer with the surface. Remember, mineral extraction may interfere with soil exploitation and utilization.




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