30 Wooded Acres - real estate - by owner - apartment real estate sale - craigslist (2024)

For your consideration, an opportunity to escape the high
rents, property taxes, noise and light pollution,
hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, HOAs and personal income
taxes. Originally part of a dairy farm, IMPORTANT NOTE,
photos show the land as it was 40 years ago when I purchased
it. Approximately 80% was pasture; the small red cedars and
pines you see in the fields are now 40 feet high. The
remaining 20% is still assorted hardwoods, some now standing
at 80 feet or more. Low point elevation is 1240, high point
is 1400 feet. There is a slight valley in the lower portion
that could be dammed to create a large pond. All the
surrounding properties are farm, forest or pasture, no
commercial. There is a right of way on the adjacent
property along the north eastern side that prohibits
construction of any type along that neighbor’s fence line.
The north western boundary runs along the high point of a
steep forested ridge, which is to say it would be impossible
for anyone to build there; that boundary is defined by a
registered survey of the adjacent property. The south
eastern boundary is about 1600 feet of frontage along Coates
road which dead ends at the neighbors property line so there
is very little traffic. The south western boundary adjoins
me and has a gentle slope upward to what I would consider
the best building site at the properties high point, being
relatively level about 100 wide and several hundred feet
long as it slopes back to Coates Road. That line is defined
by 30, 3 foot iron stakes positioned in a straight line of
sight from Coats Road to the northwestern property line. I
mention this because there has never been any recorded
survey of my property which lenders may frown upon, though I
do have title insurance on the entire 164 acres. There is
electrical and high speed fiber optical Internet along
Coats Road, but no public gas or water. I heat with wood,
most use electric. The view from the high point is out over
the rolling hills, but it is now blocked by the trees that
have grown in the former adjacent pasture, see pictures.

General information for those outside the state. My
real-estate tax for the entire 164 acres was $614 for the
year 2023. No state income tax, but sales tax is over 9%.
Average annual rain fall is 45 inches, annual snow fall 10
inches, most of which is usually gone within two to three
days. Local residents include deer, turkey, raccoons,
possums, stinkers, gophers, fox, rabbits and lots of
squirrels. They say there are bears too, but I’ve never
seen one in 40 years, have seen two bobcats late at night
though! Fiber optical Internet is $49/month, current
residential electric rate is 21.6 cents per KWh. Average
winter temp, high 50, low 28, average summer high 76, nights
are generally 15-20 degrees cooler.

The sleepy town of Rogersville, about 7 miles east is the
seat of Hawkins County. I think there are six red lights
including the one at the Walmart. The town includes the
Hawkins Co. Memorial hospital, a VA outpatient facility, a
nice library, a senior citizens center and a co-op Art
Gallery for those who lean toward the creative and wish to
display their talents.

Morristown, which hosts Walter State Community Collage is
about 17 miles west and is near access to the Tennessee
Valley Authority’s lakes. Knoxville, the state’s third
largest city, is about 50 miles further west and has eleven
colleges and technical schools including The University of
Tennessee. Kingsport is 35 miles east up near the Virginia
border close to Bristol and the speedway. In general it’s
very quiet around here and pitch black at night; you can
actually see the stars. Soon after dark the orchestra tunes
up; the frogs, toads, katydids, locust, and crickets all
harmonize together especially after it rains because those
little green rascals are always hot to trot and from mid
June to mid July the course is highlighted by thousands of
fire flies. I pretend to be a writer, so I love it here
because it’s isolated just enough.

I might consider carrying the note for 5 years with 30% down
which would eliminate the loan origination fee, the
appraisal fee and most of the closing costs, but it would
require a trust deed as collateral.

Gary Person, no cell, I can NOT get text.