# Is rural land really that expensive, or am I just not looking in the right places?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rural-land-really-that-expensive-or-am-i-just-not-looking-in-the-right-places/568090>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 18, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rural-land-really-that-expensive-or-am-i-just-not-looking-in-the-right-places/568090 "2011-01-18T18:07:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Rumor\_Watkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Rumor\_Watkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumor_Watkins)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rural-land-really-that-expensive-or-am-i-just-not-looking-in-the-right-places/568090/21 "2011-01-18T21:03:06Z")

</div>

> [@aceplace57](#):
>
> I’m not sure. My uncle sold some timber on his land. The loggers got a share of the $$$ for cutting it and hauling off the logs. My uncle seemed pretty happy with what he got. He replanted some of the land with more trees. My cousin has the land now. I’d think that 50 acres of timber is pretty valuable. But it does take 15 to 20 years to get a harvest.

well sure, if you had the land to begin with, it’s probably a good investment to just plant some seeds and let it sit.

problem is I don’t have the acreage 🙂

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![FasterThanMeerkats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/278dde/32.png) [@FasterThanMeerkats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FasterThanMeerkats)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rural-land-really-that-expensive-or-am-i-just-not-looking-in-the-right-places/568090/22 "2011-01-18T21:24:59Z")

</div>

My family has bought a fair amount of rural parcels. From what I can tell:

-You learn a lot by taking Sunday drives out in the country, looking for places for sale and calling up the brokers.  
-You can also stop in the local stores on the drive to pick up the real estate flyers and magazines that don’t always make it online.  
-Also, if there’s an area you like, you should find a local real estate agent and just tell them what you’re looking for. They’ll file your info away and if something comes up, they’ll give you a call.

Now that I’m old enough, I’ve started looking for parcels, and agree with the OP that there is not as much data online.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rural-land-really-that-expensive-or-am-i-just-not-looking-in-the-right-places/568090.md?page=1)