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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> People who only want land for it use, for example -
> homesteaders, are bidding against the speculators.

That could be the case in collar counties near city jobs. I have not yet 
seen speculation in seriously rural homestead property. Security, 
maintenance, rental issues make homestead-type property unattractive to 
investors. The speculator who buys very rural property and rents it out may 
find himself soon dealing with the law and then cleaning up a meth lab 
mess. City properties are much easier to manage and have much more 
predictable appreciation.

The only constant is change. Rural land conditions will change. Buy 
homestead land now.