Log cabins for sale
If you've got some money to put into it, you can find many deals to get your own piece of the Old West. Buy your own log cabin -- either one you can put up on your land, or something that includes your cabin AND the land to put it on.
I never gave a lot of consideration to buying a log cabin, really. I own a 100 year old house in a mid-town location in southwest Missouri, and I've never been able to find the spirit and the cash to make a real change in living.
But if I were to look at log cabins for sale, with or without land, I might actually take a look online. My son, a real fan of Colorado's mountains and small mountain towns, is not so much interested in the Old West. But he's actually done a fair amount of research into land and houses available in the southern Rockies (mostly the San Juan Mountains, I believe). He's a single guy and has a decent income, so he's very interested in log cabins, resort or vacation cabins, and even undeveloped acreage in Colorado.
This whole idea about getting your own piece of the Old West by buying a log cabin and/or your own land in the West, came to me as I remembered my adventuresome son's explorations online. (He also makes a climbing trip to scale some of Colorado's "14ers" most summers.)
Based on some of my son's fascinating findings, let me offer a couple of suggestions for you if you're looking for log cabins for sale or other property so you can own a piece of the Old West:
1. Check a good map and look at Realtors' websites located in the West. That may seem pretty obvious, but just between you and me, I've often overlooked the obvious.
Google Maps can be a wonderful tool for getting everything from line maps to satellite views to actual street level views of many locations. Although less populated areas aren't as detailed, they still let you look at areas in Montana, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California, etc., even if you live in New York City and have never visited areas of the West.
Once you've surveyed the territory you're interested in, go online and search for Realtors' and real estate agents with websites in your chosen selection.
2. Check listings on eBay and other online auction sites for log cabins, mining claims, etc., in the areas that interest you.
Not long ago, our son was sharing a series of eBay listings for strips of undeveloped, forested property in the Colorado Rockies that were for sale for just a few thousand dollars. He was interested in buying land, setting up temporary living quarters, then developing the property with his own log cabin as time and finances permitted.
What a great idea whether you want to set up a full-blown residency or simply have your own vacation or adventure home in the West!
Obviously, before you take advantage of any log cabin deals or land deals in the West, you want to make sure you find a way to actually walk the property, to physically examine and investigate the cabin or other house or buildings you are interested in.
I say "obviously," but I have heard of people who've been scammed or cheated out of their hard earned money simply because they were too willing to buy, or at least put down a deposit to buy, based on Internet photos and online conversations.
Don't let your eagerness to own cheap property or homes in the West lead to make a foolish decision. Don't get caught in a modern-day equivalent of an Old West land scheme.
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Log Homes for Sale
Looking for log homes for sale?
Did you know that building your own can be far less expensive? The fact is that log cabin homes appreciate in value much more and much faster than do conventional homes. It's far cheaper to build your own, and depending on how you go about that, it can be much less expensive than you are probably imagining right now. There is one way of going about building your own log cabin, and there is the better way. Much less time consuming, far less expensive, much less dangerous, and you could be moving into it within weeks, as opposed to waiting for almost a year or more.
Did you know that building your own can be far less expensive? The fact is that log cabin homes appreciate in value much more and much faster than do conventional homes. It's far cheaper to build your own, and depending on how you go about that, it can be much less expensive than you are probably imagining right now. There is one way of going about building your own log cabin, and there is the better way. Much less time consuming, far less expensive, much less dangerous, and you could be moving into it within weeks, as opposed to waiting for almost a year or more.
Would you like to hear about this method?
You may have already heard about it, in fact, it's often found in the body of many "log homes for sale" ads. They are complete log homes packages, pre-built of pre-milled logs, all pre-cut and pre-shaped in a mill, and disassembled for shipment to the construction site as log homes kits.
Think about that for a moment, and consider the old way of building a log cabin... ordering a truckload of raw logs to arrive at the building site, going through the dangerous procedure of measuring, cutting and shaping each individual heavy log, trying to avoid accidents along the way, one log at a time. This can take several months, during which time many halts of construction and delays have the opportunity to pop up seemingly at the worst times - and bad weather is one that no-one has any control over.
But if you're considering log homes for sale as in a pre-built, pre-shaped, disassembled kit, you'll have the benefit of not needing to do any of the cutting, shaping or notching work whatsoever. You'll have the complete package of all of the logs and parts arrive on site as a set of pieces that are numbered in order of construction so that piecing everything together need only take a matter of a few short weeks or less.
They way that all of the logs are pre-milled in a factory brings the per-log cost down phenomenally... making this the absolutely least expensive means of acquiring a log cabin home of your very own - and quickly. You'll have a home of superior build, strong, sturdy construction that will last for many generations indeed. As most log homes kits are created from woods such as cedar, the anti-insect qualities of these woods simply add further to the longevity of the whole structure, which eliminates any further needed maintenance for your home.
Log homes for sale? Really, take the quicker, less expensive route to a better quality construction of a log cabin home that you and your family and friends can all enjoy.
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You may have already heard about it, in fact, it's often found in the body of many "log homes for sale" ads. They are complete log homes packages, pre-built of pre-milled logs, all pre-cut and pre-shaped in a mill, and disassembled for shipment to the construction site as log homes kits.
Think about that for a moment, and consider the old way of building a log cabin... ordering a truckload of raw logs to arrive at the building site, going through the dangerous procedure of measuring, cutting and shaping each individual heavy log, trying to avoid accidents along the way, one log at a time. This can take several months, during which time many halts of construction and delays have the opportunity to pop up seemingly at the worst times - and bad weather is one that no-one has any control over.
But if you're considering log homes for sale as in a pre-built, pre-shaped, disassembled kit, you'll have the benefit of not needing to do any of the cutting, shaping or notching work whatsoever. You'll have the complete package of all of the logs and parts arrive on site as a set of pieces that are numbered in order of construction so that piecing everything together need only take a matter of a few short weeks or less.
They way that all of the logs are pre-milled in a factory brings the per-log cost down phenomenally... making this the absolutely least expensive means of acquiring a log cabin home of your very own - and quickly. You'll have a home of superior build, strong, sturdy construction that will last for many generations indeed. As most log homes kits are created from woods such as cedar, the anti-insect qualities of these woods simply add further to the longevity of the whole structure, which eliminates any further needed maintenance for your home.
Log homes for sale? Really, take the quicker, less expensive route to a better quality construction of a log cabin home that you and your family and friends can all enjoy.
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