Land For Sale

I don't generally write about my listings, but this little bit of land has gotten to me and I want to share it with my readers. Specifically, those of you who live outside of upstate New York.

Picture this: 5 corner acres, wetlands on the road side, over 1000 feet of frontage on one road and 200 on the other, and filled with trees! Huge trees, one with a diameter over 6 feet according to the owner. Wander into the trees and you are lost in the woods.

List price: $5,000.

Now the owners live outside Seattle and found me through the RE/MAX network. Imagine, if you can, what $5,000 would buy you in Seattle these days. And here, in lowly Cayuga County, you can own five acres for less than the price of a used car.

I've advertised it a couple times and received overwhelming response. People call, they ask where it is - Hunter and Baker Roads in Cato - they drive out and see it. They call back and say they like it. They don't buy it.

One man had to take his wife out there before he bought it. After days of calling and talking he drove her there and now doesn't return my calls. I think it's a man thing, this desire to own land. Women - not to stereotype TOO much - want homes, while men want land.

I still believe that someone will fall in love with it and buy it just to sit on it, or in it. He - or she - will build a little cabin and bring a dog or two. He - or she - will fell a tree and craft a rocking chair for the porch. And he - or she - will take pride in owning this pretty piece of land.