(10 MISTAKES) When Buying Land in Michigan...

[@johnnymaccool9828]

You should mention checking the state required master plan for the township , you don’t want to buy land next to a future sewage plant or industrial area.

[@cfoster6804]

Good point!

[@kurtgellert9166]

One thing that would be really cool to provide is a map of townships by county that are green for "easy to work with" to get things approved or red for "difficult to work with" to get things approved - could do this by different endpoints like the barndominiums, homesteads, etc.

[@wideawake5630]

Benzine and Kalkaska Co. Last I knew were the easiest in the LP but Kalkaska Co. had been fracked into uninhabitability.

[@christosdeschaine9444]

The really fun part about buying property is when you build on it, put in a septic system that you maintain and keep in perfect working order, then a few years later the township "votes" to put city sewer connections in and force you to hook up to it AT YOUR COST OF $20,000

[@accountcontact7764]

Don't worry! They'll lend you that 20,000$ at 10% annual interest! They are here to help you!

[@SimpleCountryDogTrainer]

We just purchased 20 acres in the UP. You covered everything very thoroughly!

[@michaeljeffery7793]

Just bought 40 in the up today

[@michaeljeffery7793]

How much did you pay an acre?

[@SimpleCountryDogTrainer]

@@michaeljeffery7793 we paid 3k per acre. The property has a road cleared to a nice solar cabin. The existing point well works, we have a functional wood stove and an LP stove, a nicely cleared area around the cabin, a few outbuildings that need to be repaired or replaced, and a small pond. We feel very fortunate, as it’s fairly difficult to find all this on a small acreage for that price!

[@SimpleCountryDogTrainer]

@@michaeljeffery7793 that’s awesome!

[@NickPatson]

You are the guy to talk to when I move there this spring from Minnesota !

[@kevinmirwin]

Heck yeah! I got you! Shoot me a text at [phone] if you want to chat.

[@godgreat1373]

How was the move? Welcome home!

[@AS-kw5hd]

I never see good lots in northern Oakland county! I see a lot of rural property, but nothing for sale. It seems the developers just buy it all up and build unaffordable homes. I’m not looking to live in a sub anyways. I’ve looked on and off for years.

[@markpoweski3470]

You might need a geological review, some areas have shallow glacial till and might be subject to karsting.( sink holes)

[@alexpriedite1447]

My partner and I are looking for property in northern Michigan right now. Thank you for this ❤

[@PracticalKen]

Hello from Muskegon. Great things to think about.

[@danielmorse4213]

Every county in mIchigan has a office to go to to look inot these matter. In Kalamazoo County it is called Kalamazoo Enviromental. Be careful. There are a lot of dumps that were covered up. Ask the county and township. If you are very interested, ask neighbors. Good luck.

[@michaelnewald5164]

Great Video!! I'm looking to buy land to build a pole barn just as a garage as I have a house and dont need another one. Zoning and permitting always requires a residential dwelling of at least 720sqft. How can someone find non deed restricted lots. Seems to be very difficult.

[@johnnymaccool9828]

It’s called zoning requirements, visit your township office

[@cola20845]

Would you advice against buying farmland that does not have the mineral rights in michigan?

[@wideawake5630]

Seven years ago I was quoted 31hundo for septic. Btw we knew about pfas when i was a teen in the 60s and 70s. People just don't care. Which brings me to: I always do environmental research online and by phone to the DNR and EPA. Hard to find a square foot of uncontaminated land in the LP but it can be done. My next purchase I will remember to check for light pollution bc where I am now I have missed every celestial event in the last seven years.

[@WillYum-m3q]

Old cars would be a bonus too me, lol.

[@cfoster6804]

😂

[@jessehernandez841]

Thank you so much for making this video. As the wife and i are looking to move up north

[@TRUMPeterswan1624]

Dont

[@jcnredpizzawindow2219]

Visited Mackinac island and looking at some lots on there. Found a 50k lot can you pros and cons on something like that. Jc

[@gnac616]

Yer definitely in wahlfieild park

[@gsbulliez3392]

Hi I’m located in Detroit mi I’m looking to buy some land this year

[@ethanladue2745]

I’m 24 now I talk about wanting to buy land all time. People look at me like I’m crazy, one day it’ll happen. Gonna look back at this comment when it does. Thanks

[@TRUMPeterswan1624]

Only if u vote red

[@wideawake5630]

7 yrs ago after losing home and family to a fire and being well below poverty level and with no credit I bought four gorgeous pristine rolling wooded acres in NW Lower Michigan on land contract for two k down and 200 a month for six and a half years. Now I have the deed. I wasn't asked a single question about income or credit. I had a lofted 12x14 shed built for 35 hundred, could have done rent to own for about 150 a month. Amish company in Mio, the only one in MI and one of a handful in the country that kiln dries it's treated exterior wood so it won't leach chemicals into your soil and groundwater. It's called North Star. I finished the interior with castoff materials from Craigslist and Habitat stores. Got underground electrical for 16 hundo, overhead is less. I have a camp toilet, hot plate, toaster oven and wood stove. I buy jugs of water which I pour over me for showering or, best feeling ever, shower in a thunderstorm! I do passive laundry, hanging out a couple of dresses, spraying with organic soap, then God rinses and dries them in a few days. I garden veganically with captured rain. I am often moved to tears of gratitude for my beautiful home. It's illegal to live rustically but no one knows or cares. Stop paying exorbitant rent!

[@wideawake5630]

​@@TRUMPeterswan1624GOP never helped anyone who isn't rich.

[@wideawake5630]

There are various max footage that requires no permit. Find out what it is there and build a tiny home. Get electric and use alternative toilet. Illegal but keep it stealth and no one knows or cares. Stop paying rent.

[@gsbulliez3392]

Contact information?

[@BigBagDooder]

Have you ever ran into a hunted land?

[@superjfbm]

i'm worried of bears suddenly appearing

[@wideawake5630]

I have a couple dozen coyotes who hunt my land. I don't go out at night

[@charleswieand4445]

Now if you could just make resorters to stay in their own state!

[@michaelderyder426]

$500,000 for 35 acres. You ARE selling land with Gold in it. 😆

[@TRUMPeterswan1624]

Its extremely expensive getting pfas removed, and alsonincredibly difficult. Not easy

[@danielmorse4213]

Every county in mIchigan has a office to go to to look inot these matter. In Kalamazoo County it is called Kalamazoo Enviromental. Be careful. There are a lot of dumps that were covered up. Ask the county and township. If you are very interested, ask neighbors. Good luck.