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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

Wow, you anticipated what I just sent out. Great.
Van Dell


--- Gloria Morris <gloriamorris59 AT gmail.com> wrote:

> On 6/21/07, VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Gene, maybe a "homesteaders subdivision" might be
> a
> > project for a reformed real estate professional. 
> One
> > who does not have the "max out" mentality of
> > developers.
> > Van Dell
> 
> 
> That is essentially what I found, Van. A farm was
> carved up into smaller
> plots of land by a family who wanted to have
> like-minded neighbors. The
> restrictive covenants specifically allow for farm
> animals. The covenants
> also allow for home based businesses, multiple
> outbuildings, and other such
> homestead friendly things that are banned in most
> rural "subdivisions."
> 
> It isn't an intentional community. Anyone can buy
> here. There is no active
> home owners' association. There is no board that has
> power to allow or
> disallow a prospective buyer from coming in to the
> neighborhood. But the
> very nature of the subdivision attracts those who
> are interested in
> homesteading, home-based businesses, and
> self-sufficiency (it also attracts
> hunters and the horse set, as it is on the edge of a
> large state forest). It
> has features that scares away people who are deeply
> city oriented, too. In
> addition to chickens and goats and horses and
> various sorts of shops (car
> repair, welding, etc.), there are owner-built houses
> next to mobile homes
> next to really nice professionally built houses (not
> that owner-built houses
> can't be extremely nice, but we all know that many
> do-it-ourselfers are not
> necessarily masters at all the trades - OK, maybe
> JAMES is <evil grin> - and
> so some of the homes are less well-done than others,
> shall we say). That
> sort of mixture is anathema to most subdivisions, as
> people fear it would
> drive down property values. While I'm sure it limits
> the values, the prime
> reason for buying here is what it offers: lifestyle.
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