Bought this 3BR/2BA manufactured home ('83) on roughly half an acre, with 30 pine trees and some other plants on the property, as well as a practically brand-new metal shop building on a smooth slab, another metal-sided & roofed shed also on a slab, and a metal dual carport nicely anchored over the gravel driveway. All this for $40K cash, and the home isn't in THAT bad shape, though it does need work due to neglect. I've been chipping away at the stone, hammering out the home rehab for over two months straight before getting burned out... made good progress so far, and I'll eventually finish the project, I've just been working in the yard for the past 10 days or whatever. I cleared away a whole heap of yard debris and trash, so my yard is starting to look pretty nice, though I have wood left to burn and it might have to wait till fall with temps warming up the way they have. No worries, I didn't expect any magical overnight transformation with this property, and ya gotta watch the winds round here when burning stuff in your yard, no future in starting a wildfire that destroys the homestead, lol. Having said that, I'm an expert in the field, due to a youth spent car-camping every summer in Europe, time served in the USA INF, and decades of remote wilderness camping... so handling fire the correct way is not difficult for me, though I've been known to use accelerants like gasoline and charcoal starter fluid when I wanted a roaring blaze PRONTO! Crusty Demons of Dirt, ya gots NOTHIN' on me, lol... 
Er, where was I? Oh, yeah, about the trees on my property, there were 30 pines left standing in a roughly rectangular windbreak formation around the home, there used to be more but drought & neglect killed them off, aye? I don't intend to lose another tree, and I'm actively watering on a rotational basis to ensure the survival of all trees on my property. All I gotta do is get 'em to the start of the monsoon, that will see 'em flourish after a long dry spell of neglect. I've also planted some fruit trees & vines here: a young pear tree, a young peach tree, and two tiny blackberry plants which may or may not do well here. The saplings were chosen for their hardiness, and the fact that they like 'full sun'---I'm also at 4335' elevation here, so hard freezes are a concern in winter. Now, I'm not a big pothead, though I was as a young skateboarder from a broken military home, but now I'm pretty mellow and I can take it or leave it... but since the law now allows private parties to grow dope, I started some seedlings for the heck of it, lol. Beats paying those ridiculous prices at the dispensary, and it won't be the first time I've grown some heller chronic, lol... we have the sunshine for it too, that's for damned sure, so meh, why NOT? It's more like a 'gracious host' kinda thing, really, I can do without it and just drink beer & take shots of tequila with salt & lime, but I like to have some on hand in case a guest wants a bong hit... and some residual rebellious part of my nature stirs me to take up this weed-growing project, lol.
Not too worried about dope theft, aspiring thieves will be met with .44 JHPs out of my Henry 'Golden Boy'---a sweet rifle that I picked up after I sold my home in Benson, AZ. Did I tell y'all that I spent 109 DAYS living in a tent with three cats after I sold that home? No lie, I have the photo documentation to prove it, and the camping venture was all arranged prior to the home sale, my intent being to find another fixer home in Arizona, aye? But the real estate market went crazy right about that time, and I couldn't find a home worth buying in my price range. Some shysters were trying to unload cr@ppy trailers during the boom, homes not worth $10K and the sellers wanted $50-60K for 'em, lol. No WAY I was gonna waste money on one of those worthless dumps, so I expanded my search to include NM, OK, MO, and both Carolinas, since fixer homes in my price range could still be found in those states. 88 days into my search, I stumbled across this NM listing, and I jumped on it... beat others to the punch (ya gotta move FAST or you're SOL), and now I'm here at the (new) ol' hacienda, drinking a cold beer and surfing the Interwebs, lol. Damn, I hate it when that happens... alright, without any further ado, here are some pics of my homestead in the making, including shots of the brand-new septic system which was recently installed, all on the seller since the original system failed state inspection, lol. New septic, new water heater, new A/C, new washing machine, older fridge & dryer which still work, what's NOT to like?
Hmm, I'm thinking there's probably a pic limit here, so I'm gonna break up these photos into multiple sets, aye? Back in a moment with some more shots... just remember, I paid $40K cash for this place, and I'm now free & clear, lol. Not bad for the price, I reckon the new shop building and dual carport (built by the same outfit) are EASILY worth $20K, half what I paid for the entire property... and if took 109 days of living in a tent to find this place, well, so be it, and I don't think ANYBODY could've foreseen the crazy real estate market, I'm just glad I'm out of that loop, ya know? Just plain crazy, that real estate market, I heard the Feds have issued a warning about the "bubble bursting" soon, funny when ya realize that they manipulate and control the whole scene. Meh, I'm out of the loop, and my property taxes are around $100 per year, lol... lemme find some more shots for y'all, I wanna hear your opinions on this homestead of mine, 10-4?
Er, where was I? Oh, yeah, about the trees on my property, there were 30 pines left standing in a roughly rectangular windbreak formation around the home, there used to be more but drought & neglect killed them off, aye? I don't intend to lose another tree, and I'm actively watering on a rotational basis to ensure the survival of all trees on my property. All I gotta do is get 'em to the start of the monsoon, that will see 'em flourish after a long dry spell of neglect. I've also planted some fruit trees & vines here: a young pear tree, a young peach tree, and two tiny blackberry plants which may or may not do well here. The saplings were chosen for their hardiness, and the fact that they like 'full sun'---I'm also at 4335' elevation here, so hard freezes are a concern in winter. Now, I'm not a big pothead, though I was as a young skateboarder from a broken military home, but now I'm pretty mellow and I can take it or leave it... but since the law now allows private parties to grow dope, I started some seedlings for the heck of it, lol. Beats paying those ridiculous prices at the dispensary, and it won't be the first time I've grown some heller chronic, lol... we have the sunshine for it too, that's for damned sure, so meh, why NOT? It's more like a 'gracious host' kinda thing, really, I can do without it and just drink beer & take shots of tequila with salt & lime, but I like to have some on hand in case a guest wants a bong hit... and some residual rebellious part of my nature stirs me to take up this weed-growing project, lol.
Not too worried about dope theft, aspiring thieves will be met with .44 JHPs out of my Henry 'Golden Boy'---a sweet rifle that I picked up after I sold my home in Benson, AZ. Did I tell y'all that I spent 109 DAYS living in a tent with three cats after I sold that home? No lie, I have the photo documentation to prove it, and the camping venture was all arranged prior to the home sale, my intent being to find another fixer home in Arizona, aye? But the real estate market went crazy right about that time, and I couldn't find a home worth buying in my price range. Some shysters were trying to unload cr@ppy trailers during the boom, homes not worth $10K and the sellers wanted $50-60K for 'em, lol. No WAY I was gonna waste money on one of those worthless dumps, so I expanded my search to include NM, OK, MO, and both Carolinas, since fixer homes in my price range could still be found in those states. 88 days into my search, I stumbled across this NM listing, and I jumped on it... beat others to the punch (ya gotta move FAST or you're SOL), and now I'm here at the (new) ol' hacienda, drinking a cold beer and surfing the Interwebs, lol. Damn, I hate it when that happens... alright, without any further ado, here are some pics of my homestead in the making, including shots of the brand-new septic system which was recently installed, all on the seller since the original system failed state inspection, lol. New septic, new water heater, new A/C, new washing machine, older fridge & dryer which still work, what's NOT to like?
Hmm, I'm thinking there's probably a pic limit here, so I'm gonna break up these photos into multiple sets, aye? Back in a moment with some more shots... just remember, I paid $40K cash for this place, and I'm now free & clear, lol. Not bad for the price, I reckon the new shop building and dual carport (built by the same outfit) are EASILY worth $20K, half what I paid for the entire property... and if took 109 days of living in a tent to find this place, well, so be it, and I don't think ANYBODY could've foreseen the crazy real estate market, I'm just glad I'm out of that loop, ya know? Just plain crazy, that real estate market, I heard the Feds have issued a warning about the "bubble bursting" soon, funny when ya realize that they manipulate and control the whole scene. Meh, I'm out of the loop, and my property taxes are around $100 per year, lol... lemme find some more shots for y'all, I wanna hear your opinions on this homestead of mine, 10-4?
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