Cheap Land!! (San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Victorville: for sale, home, to buy)

[seaturtle4toni]

Where is the cheapest place in California to buy about 10 or more acres to raise horses.

[lookingfortheperfectplace]

I don't know about Central or North, but in Southern CA where I am, the cheapest that I have found is the high desert in San Bernardino County. Hesperia, Victorville, Apple Valley, Phelan, Adelanto. Higher up in the middle of nowhere is Ridgecrest.
There is also the low desert - Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Yucca Valley, but I haven't researched them for land so I don't know what the prices are there.

[compltlyme]

I can pretty much tell you that the Palm Springs area is no longer the "cheap" place to live. Although leveled out the prices in the past 5 years have more than doubled!

Even the higher desert of Morongo and Yucca have much higher property values than just a few years ago.

[StampinTami]

I checked our MLS out for the Merced-Sac and E of Sac area. I used 200K as my max price and found properties that were 10+ acres in Placer county, El Dorado county, Stanislaus county (only in Patterson) and Merced county. There aren't too many for under 200K. I don't know what you would consider cheap tho. Good luck! My hubby and I would like land (atleast 5 acres) and the land prices is one of the big things that is pushing us out of Ca.

[Steve97415]

Originally Posted by seaturtle4toni

Where is the cheapest place in California to buy about 10 or more acres to raise horses.

If you're just looking for acreage to raise horses -- no home site -- you should be able to find areas in central and northern California that are cheaper because they are:

1. zoned agricultural or exclusive farm use and cannot be used for a residence
2. have failed the soil percolation test required for a septic system
3. way out on unpaved roads remote from any municipal areas
4. not served by electric or water utilities
5. located at higher elevations or in the eastern part of the state away from the classic mild Mediterranean California climate

Some of these orphaned lots will be listed by on-line realty companies, but there may be others available that are not active listings. It might pay to ask around. If you want to have a residence with horses out back, then that just adds a premium on top of the high price that you would pay for any other home. In most of coastal California, horse property is synonymous with the privilege of the upper echelon of economic class. In Santa Barbara or SLO Counties, small horse properties easily bring a million dollars or more. If you want a down-to-earth home with horses, New Mexico should be looking pretty good to you.
Interior Mendocino County is a possibility, depending on what you might consider "affordable". Sea Biscuit is buried somewhere up in the hills around Willits. That town and Garberville in southern Humboldt country, just up the road, are two communities that might be worth looking at.

[Woof]

There are lots of cheap ranches in Siskiyou County, but I don't know how many are actually up for sale since there are so many different realtors around here. Here's one ad:

F/S BY OWNER: 10 acres in Yreka, CA. Beautiful view, no agents. $47,000. (435)635-0487...from supersaver.townnews.com

Yreka, Grenada, Gazelle, McCloud, Fort Jones ..... I think those are good villages to look, or just do a search on Siskiyou County.

[Screenial]

Originally Posted by lookingfortheperfectplace

I don't know about Central or North, but in Southern CA where I am, the cheapest that I have found is the high desert in San Bernardino County. Hesperia, Victorville, Apple Valley, Phelan, Adelanto. Higher up in the middle of nowhere is Ridgecrest.
There is also the low desert - Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Yucca Valley, but I haven't researched them for land so I don't know what the prices are there.

I would agree with this post, but Palm Springs and Palm Desert are no longer affordable. Landers and California City should also be added to the cheap land list.

[username482]

Never Move To Ridgecrest. Ca This Town Sucks ..............you Will Want To Kill Your Self

[Inthesierras]

Modoc and Lassen Counties still have some cheap land.

[ashannon]

To find a few acres of land for yourself in California I'd try www.landsofcalifornia.com. I'm not sure how far from the bigger cities you want to live. You might want to pin that down first because to get cheap land in CA is not an easy task if you need live within a few hours of the big cities. Maybe this will give you a start. Good luck.