I fully agree with you on the land; we're not wanting to go into the suburbs but rather exchange 15 acres of ag land for 2-5 acres of wooded land. (35 acres with the rental home included) All this acreage adds up to a lot of work in fence repairs, keeping ag status current with cattle, cleaning up trees that have been dying in this long drought, picking up trash that blows from the road, weed control, etc.

:(The tree company wanted $900 to cut up the tree and cart if off.

I gave him a chainsaw and told him to clear out all the overgrown trees around a STR. 

With 7500 new troops coming into Whiteman, the city council turning over and the new Dollar Tree distribution center it seems to be doing well there.

Your buyer may love yellowThe house next to my parents has approx 50 hard wood trees.  30 to 50’ tall in the front yard. 

Finding local foreclosures is actually something else I am interested in figuring out but haven't really looked into yet - but I'm definitely not seeing them in the same place.I was really considering buying a parcel at this auction purely for the experience, but by the time they removed the ones that had been redeemed before auction day there were only I think 3 that were big enough to legally build on (and not even usable if rezoned somehow, just like 4 ft wide strips of land between 2 houses and such).1 of those was commercial, would have required tons of tree clearing and excavating to build on it an all the engineers, applications, and hearings involved with that were intimidating for me... that was the only useful one I could've afforded. 

I was first introduced to real estate at about 7 or 8 years old mid 60s  when my dad worked for a land sales company that was selling lots out by Loch Lomond reservoir and the office was at the Trout Farm inn  :)  those are probably still legal lots of record but probably not buildable . you could sell those back in those days.. but the redwood trees on them are probably more valuable than the lots. 

The best time to buy real estate is Now The best time to sell real estate is never Or as the ancient Chinese saying goes Best time to plant tree is twenty years ago Second best time to plant tree is now

If there is 5k more in repairs but you are already getting the place at 50pct discount, don't miss the forest for the trees.  

I'm searching for a quality tree trimming service in the St.