A B&B style house might be OK though.There's also agricultural things you can use the land for like timber harvesting, growing fruits/vegetables and livestock grazing so even if a vacation rental wouldn't work it might be possible to rent the land for agricultural use. 

Do you buy the parcels as raw land -- which would be expensive to develop, especially if there is no electricity, water, septic system, etc.  -- or developed land?  

For example, I ran some high-level estimates on painting, and my basic equation for an estimate was raw materials (based on sq feet) + labor (based on est. hours) = approximate estimate.

You will find some in the Marbach area as well, but the other areas should yield good fruit for you.

I would like to consider purchasing a raw piece of land. 

Conversations with planning and building were fruitful.

Of course factors such as condition of house aren't considered in my letter as I'm just trying to paint a simple, compelling case backed with raw data, leaving any subjectivity up to the assessor.

I come to my fellow BPer's for some knowledge about a property. Thanks much in advance to anyone taking the time to review this.

My wife and I have come into a property in NC that her parents have the deed o...

So much raw land that housing prices are less expensive here than other cities. 

I did just that, in the meantime looking for some lower hanging fruit.