Outstanding post, from someone who knows the score. He's right. And yeah, I used to live in Colorado and been around the SLV.
[quote=multitrak;3271175]this is one of those "buy a piece of colorado" pump and dump land scams in costillo county. here's how it works...scammers advertise in newspapers and magazines (pre-net), and now net land auctions, roping in out of state suckers who know next to nothing about this area except that it's in colorado. when you get out to your 2-5 acre dream parcel and find that it's nothing but a waterless, windblown alkali dust bowl, you'll try to sell this piece of crap, but with no takers. next you'll quit paying prop taxes, then the land reverts back to the county, and another scammer (maybe the same couple) buys it for next to nothing and the scam repeats again. who knows how many times these parcels have been sold and resold over the decades. i surfed to costilla county assessor's website and ran the surname you posted and found a bunch of vacant residential zoned parcels under her and her husband. county market values ranged from $3,000 to $5,000 and annual prop taxes from $40 to $100. you get what you pay for...water is not guaranteed (most have got to haul it in), no trees only alkali tolerant scrub, high mountain desert temperature extremes, alkali salt flats, and survivalist neighbors (the area is fast becoming a magnet for these gun toting folks). the only wildlife you might see will be the birds overhead flying as fast they can to get away from where you live. no need to worry about footprints, summer dust devils and wind will scour em clean 5 minutes after you leave. i wouldn't touch this "deal" with the proverbial 10 foot pole! a few desert rats love this desolation (i love the area, but i wouldn't want live there full time), but for most others expecting greenery and a watery oasis, the colorado dream may resemble hell...
pic is typical of the central san luis valley and costillo county in general
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