Building a Log Cabin as an investment property

[John Paul Whaley]

I am pretty close to buying a piece of property in NC (Raleigh or Charlotte) and am thinking about how I am going to build on the empty plot. I stumbled upon log cabins and they’re fairly cheap and really good looking. 

What would be the problem with building a log cabin on one of my land plots? I think they look really attractive and wouldn’t mind living in one, but is the architecture too awkward when placed in a neighborhood without any other log cabins in it? I wouldn’t just stick a log cabin in the middle of a bunch of modular homes, in fact, the properties I am looking at are kind of tucked away (yet not in the middle of nowhere).

I see that the maintenance can be high. Is it too high to make a deal make sense? Does the financing make them too hard to sell?

Just wondering if anyone has experience with log homes and could share any advice. 

Thanks