Rural Land

Taking on this story of heart and hardship, award-winning journalist Brian Reisinger weaves forgotten eras of American history with his own family’s four-generation fight for survival in Midwestern farm country. Listeners learn the truth about America’s most detrimental and unexplained socioeconomic crisis: How the family farms that feed us went from cutting a middle-class path through the Great Depression to barely making ends meet in modern America.

No two tracts of land are the same. Buying timberland is not the same as buying farm land. Buying a wooded recreational tract is not the same as buying a wooded development tract. This book will give you specific information as it relates to a number of different rural real estate types, scenarios and what-to-watch-fors. You will get good information that can save you money, make you money, save time or all three!

More Land Buying Tips is just that...more! The original Land Buying Tips book was popular, so we did it again with different contributors and topics. Rural real estate - land - is a unique niche. In our land-related books we speak directly to the specific issues that apply to all types of rural real estate like farms, ranches, timber tracts, recreational tracts, and wooded parcels that can be developed into home sites or camps and retreats. The contributors in this book - like the first book - are the real deal.

The Practical Guide to Turning Your Land into Reliable Income Tired of watching your hobby farm cost more than it earns? You’re not alone. Most small farmers start with passion but struggle to make it pay. The Hobby Farm Income Blueprint shows you how to change that; step by step, with systems that work in the real world. Author and small-farm business mentor Cal Mason walks you through proven ways to earn steady income from your land without sacrificing your time, your sanity, or your love of farming. Whether you own five acres or a backyard plot, this book gives you a clear, realistic ...

Turn Dirt Into Dollars—Discover the Secrets of Rural Real Estate Fortune Building! You’re holding the blueprint for wealth that lies just beyond the city limits… Raw acreage. Open fields. Forgotten tracts. Hidden parcels. Every square foot holds the potential to transform your future, build your wealth, and multiply your success—if you know how to spot it, finance it, and sell it at the right time. This is your definitive guide to rural land riches—a time-tested, real-world handbook that shows you how to identify undervalued country land, acquire it using leverage, and profit from...

In the summer of 1866, Jacob Ballard, a former Union soldier and spy, is dispatched by the War Department in Washington City to infiltrate the isolated North Carolina mountain community where he was born and find a serial killer responsible for the deaths of Union veterans. Based on true events, That Bright Land is the story of a violent and fragile nation in the wake of the Civil War and a man who must exorcise his own savage demons while tracking down another.

Break Free from the Grid—Without Breaking the Bank Tired of sky-high property prices and endless mortgage applications? No Credit, No Problem is your ultimate guide to unlocking the American dream of land ownership—even if you’ve been told "no" before. Whether you're a homesteader, retiree, or investor, this hands-on book shows you exactly how to find, evaluate, and purchase rural land without traditional financing. Learn how to tap into seller financing, lease-to-own deals, and hidden gems that don’t require a credit check. Discover the secrets of scouting land with fertile soil, ...

A "piercing, unsentimental" (New Yorker) history that boldly challenges the idea of a rural American crisis.

An "instant classic", this genre-bending blend of naturalism, memoir, and social manifesto is a fascinating study for rewilding the city, the self, and society (Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times bestselling author). During the real estate crash of the late 2000s, Christopher Brown purchased an...

Shocked by a five-month arson spree that left rural Virginia reeling, Washington Post reporter Monica Hesse drove down to Accomack County to cover the trial of Charlie Smith, who pled guilty to 67 counts of arson. But Charlie wasn't lighting fires alone: he had an accomplice - his girlfriend, Tonya Bundick. Through her depiction of the dangerous shift that happened in their passionate relationship, Hesse brilliantly brings to life the once-thriving coastal community and its distressed inhabitants.

“An American classic.” —The New Yorker In An Hour Before Daylight, Jimmy Carter, bestselling author of Living Faith and Sources of Strength, recreates his Depression-era boyhood on a Georgia farm before the civil rights movement forever changed it and the country. Carter writes about the...

Being a land broker and investor for almost 20 years has taught me a few things about rural real estate. I am passing some of this experience along in the form of short, proven tips that will help you in your land deals. Subjects such as closing, contracts, surveys, negotiating, and how to find deals are just a few of the subjects we help with here.

In Up Jumps the Devil, fast-moving progress is threatening to forever destroy the leisurely, heart-warming pace of Colleton County, North Carolina. District Court Judge Deborah Knott sees trouble brewing when plans for a new interstate highway start pushing up property values. Deborah finds herself calming the combatants with down-home wit, but when the squabbles escalate to murder, Deborah is forced to search for a killer uncomfortably close to home.

For three years Meyer rented a home in the rice-farming community of Wasteland, hometown of his wife's family, and their personal saga mirrors the tremendous change most of rural China is undergoing in the form of a privately held rice company that has built new roads, introduced organic farming, and constructed high-rise apartments into which farmers can move in exchange for their land rights.

Charles D. Thompson, Jr., was born in Southwestern Virginia into an extended family of small farmers. Yet, as he came of age, he witnessed the demise of every farm in his family. Over the course of his own life of farming, rural education, organizing, and activism, the stories of his home place have been his constant inspiration, helping him identify with the losses of others and to fight against injustices. In Going Over Home, Thompson shares revelations and reflections, from cattle auctions with his grandfather to community gardens in the coal camps of Eastern Kentucky.

Where the two rivers meet, so do ambition and belonging. Sam Harper is a successful Sydney property lawyer with her career mapped out and a promotion firmly in sight. She doesn’t do detours, distractions, or emotional complications. So when she heads to the tiny outback town of Arakayoon for her sister’s wedding, she treats it like a temporary pause. Family first, then back to the life she’s worked hard to build. But Arakayoon isn’t a place that lets you stay untouched. From the moment Sam meets Callum Hart, a quietly confident environmental lawyer who also happens to be a very ...

Penny definitely had started to feel her breath coming and going in large gulps, her lungs a bit heavier. Set against the backdrop of the tight-knit Leelanau Peninsula community, this series delves into themes of unity, faith, and renewal. The residents, newcomers, and seasonal workers are woven into the fabric of church activities and community service, reflecting their spiritual journeys intertwined with their romantic and personal lives. Through preserving the area's historical and natural beauty, they find purpose and peace. Penny arrives at the picturesque Leelanau Peninsula to work on...

When system processes fail, will you be ready? Off the Grid: Essential Strategies for Self Sufficient Living & Survival is a practical, no-nonsense guide for anyone ready to take control of their resources, reduce dependence on fragile systems, and build a resilient off-grid lifestyle one step at a time. Whether you’re preparing for emergencies, planning a gradual transition off the grid, or simply seeking greater self-reliance, this book breaks down off-grid living into clear, achievable systems. You’ll learn the four pillars of self-sufficiency, how to assess your current situation, ...

He’d made mistakes...more than a few and probably didn’t deserve the second chance he’d been given. But he was going to do everything he could to prove himself worthy of it. Ray didn’t have a single doubt that a number of individuals were wondering where he’d disappeared to. With luck it would stay that way...but if it didn’t he probably wouldn’t be around to worry about it. Not even a week ago he’d arrived on the island with a windfall of money to his name but no where to go. Being given another chance was the last thing he expected when he arrived...or that it came from ...

Das "Polackenkind" ist die fünfjährige Vera auf dem Hof im Alten Land, wohin sie 1945 aus Ostpreußen mit ihrer Mutter geflohen ist. Ihr Leben lang fühlt sie sich fremd in dem großen, kalten Bauernhaus und kann trotzdem nicht davon lassen. Bis sechzig Jahre später plötzlich ihre Nichte Anne vor der Tür steht. Sie ist mit ihrem kleinen Sohn aus Hamburg-Ottensen geflüchtet, wo ehrgeizige Vollwert-Eltern ihre Kinder wie Preispokale durch die Straßen tragen - und wo Annes Mann eine Andere liebt.