| When you invest in tax lien properties, tax | | | | undeveloped commercial land at a bargain price and |
| foreclosure properties, or any bargain property, you | | | | recently developed it into an off the grid organic |
| will often end up owning land. It is a great time to | | | | farm with solar panels, a elevated cistern, and drip |
| buy, but not such a great time to sell. It makes | | | | irrigation. The land is so close to the city that all the |
| sense to hold onto land while waiting for increased | | | | food that I produce will have plentiful and close |
| property values. Sometimes holding vacant land can | | | | markets. I chose to grow a mix of row crops and |
| be expensive if you do not use the land productively. | | | | fruit trees so I can produce a wide variety of our |
| The way I prefer to hold onto vacant land is to turn | | | | favorite foods. |
| the land into productive gardens. | | | | Gardening is not the only creative way to make use |
| Imagine buying a piece of land for a song, growing | | | | of your newly acquired bargain land, but it is a very |
| your favorite foods for years, and then selling or | | | | good one. We are moving into an age now where |
| renting the land years later for a big profit. That is a | | | | cities appreciate having urban food plots and local |
| tasty deal! You can just grow annual flowers and | | | | farms to help provide more fresh food options for |
| vegetables if your resale horizon is soon, or you | | | | the community. |
| could plant an orchard if you want to pass the land | | | | Hop on board. Lets stop importing so much food |
| down to your children. | | | | from all around the globe and grow it ourselves. |
| I personally bought one and one half acres of | | | | |