the era of infinite possibility is putting us on edge

After some sobering info from a realtor we're weighing our options, which are few. If we don't sell we don't move. If we don't list we don't sell. If we list with a realtor there goes a big chunk of our down payment. If we list on our own we may be bombarded with paperwork & unforseen things--namely not selling. Should we stay or should we go? sorry, just feeling a lyric would be nice.

No, we're going. we ARE going. we arrrrrre going.

We're looking for some answers to things like: how much does getting electric to the middle of nowhere cost? water? dare i ask; internet? Plus, getting a spot cleared & ready for a home built, cleared & ready for livestock...more pressing--a means of accessing the property.

After several days of serious contemplation, some of the jury members are still out. Pluses include:

• being part of an actual revitalization of our environment--turning something so depressing into a homestead where 'integrity' farming takes place.


• having no reason to worry about someone peeking through the windows while they walk down the street.


• the (imagined) landscape of our dreams.


• the opportunity to use our own vision to transform it...


• enough land that anyone could visit, stay, park a camper & build an outhouse (& earn their keep).

Minuses:

• no road frontage & barely a dirt road worth mentioning as the only entrance.


• the mess that is 6 years of undergrowth


• the cost & time involved in not finding something more accessible & prepped for our 'vision'.

Anything we're missing? it appears the pluses are winning. We shall hunker down & pray.