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Estimating taxes is tough if you are speaking of a fully loaded tax. If you are speaking about only property taxes then states like WVa, La, Al, MS, NV, AZ, and a few in the upper mid-west.
Taxes are based on property values and tax rates. You can have really cheap land but a really high tax rate. Or, conversely, you can have high property values with low tax rates. What it sounds like you want is a low cost land with lower tax rates.
Texas has high property tax rates because they don't have income tax. And, let's face it, the money has to come from somewhere.
Estimating taxes is tough if you are speaking of a fully loaded tax. If you are speaking about only property taxes then states like WVa, La, Al, MS, NV, AZ, and a few in the upper mid-west.
Darn. I can't edit my original post.
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No, property tax. Imagine buying a patch of bare land...so, I'll be taxed to own land.
I want to know which state offers cheap land. THEN, does low taxes go along with the cheap land? Naturally, in the 48.
Few states like NY can have some reasonable land prices, but taxing land is extremely HIGH i.e. 20 acres of vast nothing for $5k/yr in NY.
rnc2 is on the right path. Texas has some good land, but high taxes for the reason he stated.
Texas has high property taxes because there is no state income tax. They have to get their revenue somewhere, so they stick it to landowners. Louisiana has very low property taxes.
Cheap land can be found in most parts of the country. It's a simple formula in most cases. Raw land can be found for low prices if it is beyond the commuting range of any medium to large metro area, is not in a popular weekend or seasonal vacation area (lake or coastal resort, mountain resort) and is in an area where average incomes are below state or national averages. Land prices fall further if there is no town in the immediate vicinity, if a power company grid connection is not easy to hookup, if the access to the property is not paved. The land becomes almost of no value if water is not available by any reasonable means, or if the property is not zoned to allow for rights to drill a well.
Taxes are another story, it's a checkerboard across the country. You need to narrow down your choices first, then eliminate any choices that might result in unusually high taxes.
Yes, I know all that. I'm complementing living off-the-grid.
One region I'm considering is the southwest, in the desert. I don't think taxes are low anywhere in that region.
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