5 acres with 360' AGL radio tower and an approximately 100 sf equipment shelter.

Would be a good site for.a club repeater. But for 200K i would want a bit more than 5 acres on a hill [emoji16]
 
200K for 5 acres in Raleigh isn't bad. Plus you have a drag strip for a drive way.
 
Wouldn't it be great if us lowly citizens could purchase, own, and maintain a piece of land at the expense of others and then turn around and sell it back to those "others" for 100% pure profit?
 
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That could be a fun property and it does have access via White Birch Lane or a thin strip off Falls Tower Drive. It is in the middle a of a NICE subdivision and you’d have 5 acres not subject to the HOA! I bet the Army Corp of Engineers has had a bunch of grief about the tower, property appearance and such from the snotty HOA people ... it be great to buy and then lease to Verizon, Sprint, AT&T or other to build a new cell tower :D
 
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That could be a fun property and it does have access via White Birch Lane or a thin strip off Falls Tower Drive. It is in the middle a of a NICE subdivision and you’d have 5 acres not subject to the HOA! I bet the Army Corp of Engineers has had a bunch of grief about the tower, property appearance and such from the snotty HOA people ... it be great to buy and then lease to Verizon, Sprint, AT&T or other to build a new cell tower :D


It would be a great and fun property to grab up if the access is legally available. It may appear to have clear access available but the easements and deeds of trust, or the county/state may say otherwise.
 
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I don't think you can landlock a piece of property in NC. You might have to go to court to find out who would have to give you access.
 
I don't think you can landlock a piece of property in NC. You might have to go to court to find out who would have to give you access.

Honestly, with all due respect, property can easily be landlocked in NC. I have just experienced it when I was attempting to purchase some land in Greensboro.

It was landlocked and I really felt bad for the seller and his family. It was a sweet piece of land that I had to walk away from after 55 days of my 60 days due diligence.
 
Honestly, with all due respect, property can easily be landlocked in NC. I have just experienced it when I was attempting to purchase some land in Greensboro.

It was landlocked and I really felt bad for the seller and his family. It was a sweet piece of land that I had to walk away from after 55 days of my 60 days due diligence.
And my understanding is that surrounding property owners do not have to allow access to it. There is 15 acres that are landlocked behind my cousins 38 acres and folks that were looking to buy the landlocked property wanted my cousin to GIVE them a right of way so they could build on it. It would have been 60' wide x about 1800' long, nearly 2.5 acres, and he politely refused. The land owners that had shorter access to the landlocked property also refused.
 
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Well, I have been led astray again for all these years. Evidently you can not force an easement for strictly residential purposes. We were in the process of forcing an easement to some property we had in Greensboro. It was a gold mine that had been in the family for many years. Mining is one of the legitimate reasons that an easement can be forced. Two people bordering our property were at odds with each other over the hole in the ground, so we sold it to one of them so they could fight it out between themselves. We never had to jump through all the hoops to get an easement.
 
Property seller A has a piece of land he wants to sell. Property buyer B is interested and starts the purchase process.

Property seller A's land has a narrow strip of land owned by Property owner C that is dividing Property seller A's 6 acre property he's attempting to sell.

Property seller A has a note in his deed that specifically states that Property owner C cannot restrict ingress, egress, or regress rights of the current or future owner of Property seller A's property.

However, Property buyer B, during his due diligence, discovers that Property seller A only has ingress, egress, and regress rights over Property owner C's narrow strip of land, and no other rights whatsoever.

Property buyer B meets with the NCDOT in the latter stages of his due diligence examination period and is told that no construction of any structure, including a paved entrance, on Property seller A's property or Property owner C's strip of land, can happen unless a right-turn-only lane is installed at Property buyer B's or Property owner C's expense.

The NCDOT's mandated right-turn-only lane has to be installed on top of Property owner C's narrow strip of land. However, Property owner C has no legal obligation to allow anyone to pave their narrow strip of land running down the middle of Property seller A's land.

Therefore, Property seller A's land is landlocked because of Property owner C's ownership rights and the requirements of the NCDOT mandating a right-turn-only lane that can only be installed with Property owner C's permission.
 
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Honestly, with all due respect, property can easily be landlocked in NC. I have just experienced it when I was attempting to purchase some land in Greensboro.

It was landlocked and I really felt bad for the seller and his family. It was a sweet piece of land that I had to walk away from after 55 days of my 60 days due diligence.
We have some land with the same problem. Land Locked. The access that had been used for 50+ years was sold recently. The new owner blocked the road
and refused us access. I thought, like everyone else, that access had to be given. A trip to a lawyer and $$$ later, we were told no easement, access, right of way. Here is what I was told.
If someone is living on the property, or actively farming it, access has to be given, but the court has to decide who gives it. And they decide a value. The lawyer basically said the land wasn't worth what it would cost to fight it in court. Sell it to an adjoining landowner for nothing is what I heard.
 
It has electric service and underground propane tank to fuel the emergency power generator.
Must be some US Govt easement to get the tank filled and the meter reading (now smartmeter) and keep the grass cut.
Did not see anything on the maps.
https://maps.raleighnc.gov/imaps/?pin=1800102847

https://www.google.com/maps/place/F...bba3f284054479!8m2!3d35.9277111!4d-78.5881925

It is under the Army Corp of Engineers ... part of Falls Lake that is be split up and offered for sale ... it’s just to the left of the highlighted property.

https://maps.raleighnc.gov/imaps/?pin=1729129420
 
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That land is a steal at that price and location. Someone will buy it and development it into 5-10 lots and make a couple million...
 
That land is a steal at that price and location. Someone will buy it and development it into 5-10 lots and make a couple million...
As long as they can obtain access to the private White Birch Lane, was gravel now appears to be paved as of 2013 google map.
 
With a tower 200 feet or more, you will have to maintain tower lighting and generator backup, making you subject to FAA and FCC inspection/jurisdiction.
 
Saw off 161.1 feet. "free space" is "free space" @ hf regardless of how high! :)

Then saw off some of the 161 foot to make a 160M quarter wave vertical.
 
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Property seller A has a piece of land he wants to sell. Property buyer B is interested and starts the purchase process.

Property seller A's land has a narrow strip of land owned by Property owner C that is dividing Property seller A's 6 acre property he's attempting to sell.
Found a home we really liked east of Sanford. Similar situation killed the deal. The lot next to it was empty and for sale with a large land locked lot behind it as a package. The house and the lot each had a 30’ easement for accessing the back lot. As it was a package with the empty front lot, there was no reason for the house lotbto have an easement. Landowner C, a petty tyrant democrat county commissioner, refused to remove the easement which would have wiped out the trees on the lot and part of the driveway were it to be used. Walked away from that deal.

Property we have is accessed via a private RR crossing. We have a lease agreement with NS and we’re about the only people in the county that do. Of course we get to pay and have to maintain liability insurance for the honor. When buying the property we got into the landlocked, mandated access to a right of way issues and entered into a crossing agreement.
 
Nobody is buying that land to make use of that tower. If I was buying I’d go ask every neighboring landowner to pitch in $20k in exchange for agreeing to build a single residential home. Can’t imagine it’ll sell for under $1mm, although with new housing starts cooling off some developers might be shy, keeping the price down a bit.
 
When buying real estate, i.e. land, a house, buildings, etc..... it's a "Buyer Beware" world.

When a buyer gets deep into the due diligence period, if he/she is methodical and patient, all kinds of deal breaker scenarios can present themselves no matter how appealing the property looks in appearance.

I've been there three times already this year and I'm working on my third attempt at buying some land with my signed purchase agreement arriving tomorrow at the title company.

Hopefully this time will be the proverbial "third time's the charm".
 
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That tower will be taken down, must be at least 30+ years old, tower guys in the way of new construction,
new owner can always put up two or three 40' new models.
Watched video the other day, in Idaho guy purchased land at tax auction, sat on it for 10+ years,
went to check it out and it was land locked, wanted easement, not going to happen.
 
When buying real estate, i.e. land, a house, buildings, etc..... it's a "Buyer Beware" world.

When a buyer gets deep into the due diligence period, if he/she is methodical and patient, all kinds of deal breaker scenarios can present themselves no matter how appealing the property looks in appearance.

I've been there three times already this year and I'm working on my third attempt at buying some land with my signed purchase agreement arriving tomorrow at the title company.

Hopefully this time will be the proverbial "third time's the charm".
Exactly!

I do a Phase 1 on at least a dozen properties every year. Probably spend $10k on diligence and negotiation for a property on average. Am over $25k in one now, really hope I doesn’t come up dry!
 
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