Day Dreaming Again about Houses and Land

[abunaitoo]

no state income tax but 10% sales tax on everything

No tax on food and medical.
As it should be in every state.

[abunaitoo]

I am also thinking of moving.
I'm in the national socialist state of hawaii.
Thinking of Tennessee.
Friends and sister are there.
Looking for someplace outside of town.
Place big enough for a small shooting range, maybe some animals.
Not really a hunter, but I have done it in the past.
Just a nice place to live out the rest of my life without having to worry about the gooberment looking to mess with me.

[jsizemore]

When I got back to the mainland I had to buy a jacket.

[Jeff Michel]

[QUOTE=MrWolf;
Shale road 3/4 long.
Your lucky....... most of mine is mud two miles to gravel, ten to black top. I have to ford a branch of the Kanawha river to get to my door. The good thing is, it certainly cuts down on solicitors.

[MrWolf]

[QUOTE=Jeff Michel;5683687][QUOTE=MrWolf;
Shale road 3/4 long.
Your lucky....... most of mine is mud two miles to gravel, ten to black top. I have to ford a branch of the Kanawha river to get to my door. The good thing is, it certainly cuts down on solicitors.[/QUOTE]

I had to pay almost $10,000 for out of that road which is not even on my property for me to drive on it. Like you said, nice part is no one knows we are back here.

[elmacgyver0]

Nothing stays static, when we moved in where I live now, there was a corn field across the road from me, now it's condos.

[contender1]

A little adjustment in what was posted about NC sales tax. It's 7% not 8%. HOWEVER,, some cities and counties have added an extra amount to the sales tax. So that can differ from place to place.
And,, depending upon the food,, it can be from 2% to 7%. Buying in a grocery store gets you a lower tax on many items,, but buying prepared food in a restaurant will get you 7% or more.

[jsizemore]

A little adjustment in what was posted about NC sales tax. It's 7% not 8%. HOWEVER,, some cities and counties have added an extra amount to the sales tax. So that can differ from place to place.
And,, depending upon the food,, it can be from 2% to 7%. Buying in a grocery store gets you a lower tax on many items,, but buying prepared food in a restaurant will get you 7% or more.

Head to Wake county and it's 8%. Some municipalities go to 8.25%. And some of the roads we already paid for charge a toll.

[atfsux]

Yeah,...uh,...just don't even look at Arizona. Oh my,...and the scorpions and rattlesnakes and tarantulas and jumping cactus and ravenous jaguars,...I mean,...there's just SOOOOOOO many ways to die. Stay away. Stay FAR FAR away!! Oh look,...there's Las Vegas. Yeah, right over there. Keep moving,...that's it,...don't stop,...move along,.....

[rbuck351]

We lived in Alaska for about 38 years, 6 in Nome and the rest on the outskirts of Anchorage. I liked it there but when I retired 7 years ago we moved to Montana so I could have some land with a shooting range, 13 acres, and the wife could have a garden. We live about 2 miles out of a small town of about 1200 people.

There aren't a lot of good paying jobs here but I'm retired on a comfortable income. Montana does have a variable income tax of up to 6.9% but no state sales tax. My property tax on an assessed value of $492,000 is about 2,300 per year. Deer and wild turkeys hang out around the house and elk not to far away. Quite a few lakes and rivers in the area for fishing and boating. The wife and I are quite happy here.

[trebor44]

In the West, a major issue is 'water rights', as it should be. But, the one thing that is never or seldom mentioned is 'radon'. It is a cancer causing gas that is naturally occuring, can by mitigated somewhat but before you get all 'excited' about moving to a 'perceived' paradise, check the "Radon Maps" for the location!

For example: https://idaho.maps.arcgis.com/apps/w...6c5f357f52c63b

The info is out there, check it out!

[Baltimoreed]

My son and I found a nice 33 acre spot in eastern NC. It butts up to an interstate on one side, a swamp [but only when it rains] on the other. The interstate overpass is another side of it. Woods on 3 sides of 11 acres of fields. In 15 years the field side that butts the big road will grow up enough that you wont notice the noise. There are some more woods that we would love to add to it. Neighbors across the interstate and a few across the swamp. Only 25 +- minutes from the hospital, Lowes, 5 minutes from Food Lion and bojangles. Nicely isolated but not really. Planning on a Quonset hut and an Airstream on my side. He built a conventional home on his. To the op, look for out of the way places that can’t become subdivisions around you in 10 years. Property that butts a national or state forest for example. Good luck.

[Wayne Smith]

As far as taxes go - we moved from NH to VA over 27 years ago. NH with no income tax and no land tax, Virginia with both. LOML figured the difference in cost to live in each state, expecting VA to be higher. There was an insignificant difference - just the way they chose to collect the money. NH was all user fees.

[rbuck351]

Yeah, each state has a budget and that comes from taxes from it's residents with a couple of exceptions. Alaska taxes oil companies and I believe Nevada taxes gambling. The main difference is how big is the state govt and how big are their giveaway programs.

[Bazoo]

No tax on food in Kentucky.

[Rich/WIS]

When I retired from the Army in 92 was stationed at Ft McCoy in WI. Moved there in 91 and wife and I liked the area so bought an old farm with 60 acres, a big old farm house (3200 sqft) and a barn, a machine shed (1600 sqft) and a few other buildings. Remodeled the hell out of the house including adding a 32 X 19 attached greenhouse. Property taxes were high and winter could be brutal but it was home. Bought 72 acres of adjoining land and made the best of it. Cancer took my wife in 2014 and somehow it just wasn't the same anymore. Gave the house and 17 acres to my son and his wife in 2018 and headed south to KY. After six months of looking found a decent 3 bed 2 bath 1900 sqft home with a detached 2 car garage on 3 3/4 acres with a 1 acre pond that adjoins the Daniel Boone Nat'l Forest. House is on a dead end road so very little traffic and while I have neighbors they are not right on top of me. If you are over 65 they discount your property tax assessment by about 30% and you get a senior hunting and fishing license for a whopping $12. Winters are not warm but bearable and summers can be hot but that is what central heat and AC is for. Have a large selection of stores and restaurants within easy drive and a remarkable number of medical facilities. KY does not tax my Army retirement or social security so I pay no state taxes. Belong to a private range about 11 miles away that most of the time I am the only one there. Only negative is the lack of gun shows here, hasn't been to one in the area for over a year but on the other hand even when there were a few within reasonable distance they were the usual overpriced guns and little, if anything, related to reloading. Real estate prices here are not cheap but haven't been hit by the hyper inflation that has affected other parts of the country.

First question you have to answer is "how much can I afford to spend". Then decide what part of the country appeals to you and use one or more of the real estate search engines to browse the areas and get a feel for prices. When you're ready to check out an area contact a realtor and go look. It might take several trips to different areas and some time (I looked for over 6 months) but in the end you should find what you want.

[Barry54]

@ abunaitoo
Check out Cookeville Tennessee. Or the surrounding area if you want to be further out of town and have some land.

[phantom22]

no state income tax but 10% sales tax on everything

The pro move is to move close to a bordering state with lower sales taxes. Let the tourists pay the 10% when possible.

[firefly1957]

I am on 20 acres here with a lot of state land walking distance away in Northern Michigan . It is nice I have my own range and it is quiet but Medical is a county away and so it most shopping . You may take your medical state into account when looking for a new area .

[snowwolfe]

We live in Tennessee and pay roughly $900 a year property tax on our 42 acres with a custom built brick/stone home. Our utilities are low and we pay $29 a year to register any vehicle for a year. Doesn't matter if it is a beater or a million dollar RV. No toll roads in the state either.
I like the sales tax structure. If you don't make a lot, you don't buy a lot, so you don't pay much tax.