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David
Joined: 19 May 2004
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Location: Atlanta, GA
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| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:38 pm Post subject: Buying Land, Houses or Timeshares on Ebay |
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It seems crazy, but when I look on Ebay there are all sorts of land deals going on:
http://pages.ebay.com/realestate/
There are all sorts of listings for under $1000, though locations are places like Arizona and Western Texas. Are these people crazy or is there good stuff to be found here? |
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Nikko
Joined: 20 Jan 2005
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Location: Northern CA
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| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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| I would think that if I were to buy property, I might want to see it in person first. Just a thought. Hell, they've tried to sell souls on E-Bay before! |
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David
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| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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Ebay aside for a moment...is there such a thing as investing in land for less than $1000? I mean, doesn't land almost always go up in value?
I would want to see it too. |
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Nikko
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| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't know where you could find land for that type of price. It's $30K an acre where I live, and that's in a remote area of Northern CA. Sounds too good to be true. |
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towanda10
Joined: 28 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 2:47 pm Post subject: buying land on eBay |
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| I could be a MAJOR skeptic here, but keep in mind that the land needs utilities and water, to be habitable. The areas I looked at on the eBay ads are near reservations in AZ. One of the saddest facts of life is that many of the reservations still do not have electricity/phone service. In addition, land requires legal ACCESS in the form of roads of some kind, that is unless you are counting on finally building that dreamed of 'helipad' on your property!!! :wink: |
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David
Joined: 19 May 2004
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:13 pm Post subject: Re: buying land on eBay |
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towanda10 wrote: I could be a MAJOR skeptic here, but keep in mind that the land needs utilities and water, to be habitable. The areas I looked at on the eBay ads are near reservations in AZ. One of the saddest facts of life is that many of the reservations still do not have electricity/phone service. In addition, land requires legal ACCESS in the form of roads of some kind, that is unless you are counting on finally building that dreamed of 'helipad' on your property!!! :wink:
I figured it was something like this. I guess that means there isn't even a way to get to what you purchased. If it's only $1000, it might be cool to build some camping facilities and host a Burning Man festival. :idea: :D |
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