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Originally Posted by martin9499
i can and have tried a good many lawsuits but if i move it would to be the quieter stuff like probate etc. nothing complex.
you think i will still go hungry?
you know of any good property?
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Well...depends onwhere you go.
If you go to planned communities or the upscale areas of NWA, you have a built in base for wills & trusts, probate, estate planning, etc.
Most anyplace will have the usual fare of light criminal, quasi-criminal, light civil, various domestic, etc.
I'm thinking you no longer want to do a pro-bono homicide defense for a client with an IQ of 61.
In actual rural communities, I'm not seeing a lot of local action. That is, the guys in practice aren't local. They may or not be from the state.
How much are you willing to scale back? I mean, you can make a pretty good living almost anywhere, but if you go rural, you can forget your corporate clients, but always have the opportunity to pick up farm clients.
Let me tell you, there are *many* farm clients of a class that two or three will carry you just fine. Yes, there is money there.
You want fishing and walks in the woods. Many of the areas that these folks talk about will give you that if you don't want to live in the country.
If you do want to live in the country, you can usually do all that and never leave your "yard".
I live 15 miles from Melbourne, about 15 miles from Ash Flat, which also encompasses the Cherokee Village/ Highland/ Hardy area, of which there are many retirees and Cherokee Village is a planned community which has lots of need for counsel.
Also about 15 miles from Horseshoe Bend where Bull Winkus and some others here bought.
There's always small town city attorney also. Supplements the practice real nice.
Land? Yes, there's land available. In my area, it's currently running ~$2,000 an acre around me, and if you have 10 acres or more, the *only* restrictions you have is that well and septic must be 100 feet apart.
Other than that, you have for all practical purposes ceceded.
Land prices will vary according to where you go, the closer you get to NWA, the higher it gets.
Bull mentioned throwing a dart at a map, and outside of certain areas you're gonna do good, and I'd agree. I'd probably add avoid the delta region, it is it's own animal, and the southern part of the state unless you want to work for Riceland rice.
Think about ideally what environment you'd want, if shopping and restaurants close by are a priority. If cultural events within an hour is desirable. If you do or don't want the sounds of the neighbor's cows when it's hay time....variables.
Personally, you couldn't drag me back into neighborhoods, ordinances, and keeping up with the Jones'es with a team of mules...but that's just me.
Think about taking some weekends and visiting some areas. You'll find people here that would be glad to show you around.
No, counselor....you're not gonna get hungry.
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