Conventional "wisdom", myself included, states that NY is too expensive AND you can't make money from raw land. 

I am drawn to purchasing raw land and building fresh!

If you work at a decent sized office that is probably the lowest hanging fruit.  

Hello thank you James, and Rafael I appreciate the reply I'm in the same situation unfortunately Wednesday are a hard day for me to take off from my business or i would attend a few, I can pull out a Wednesday on the day of the sale but probably won't have much of a chance to be able to do it twice in a raw, Rafael I do have the upset price as I contacted the law firm handling the case and it's $ 388 K including attorney fees etc. the original loan was for about $ 340 something K and homeowners defaulted about 7 years after so I'm assuming the balance is probably in the upper 200 K I was just trying to get an idea as to what the bank opening bid might be, I know all banks are different but I've heard of some going in as low as 70% or 80% of the outstanding balance etc. any opinion?

Hello there...I have over 600acres in southern west virginia that is 15 mintues from a commerical airport a 4-star resort a top 10 small town in america award and adjoins a national forest. It has roads throughout the...

If you want no rental headaches, you might consider raw land or a second home.

Maybe it's just a raw numbers and density thing though.I have found that if you talk to the lender, you can pretty much stall a FC as long as you want.

The ability to lease is a basic ownership right, fruits of the land, while government can place certain code restrictions or requirements on rentals, they can't say you cannot lease property.

Have a fruitful year and even better harvest next year!. 

It might be in 6 months or 2 years but I promise that if you put in the work you'll be able to obtain the low hanging fruit sooner than later.