The wife and I are hoping to be able to retire in a few years. Our dream is to have a winter place and a summer place. We're fans of the southwest and mountain states. We won't consider the east coast or mid-west and probably can't afford to do two places on the west coast (and it would probably be redundant anyway). Some of our many criteria: the ability to find 30 acres or more of land for under $250K, we want sun and lots of it. We'd probably like to live in a smallish town or small city, but no more than 100 miles to a bigger city with hospitals and a major airport. College town would be nice. Low taxes, crime, pollution and traffic. Gorgeous scenery and/or National Parks are very important to us. We're big fans of the great outdoors..love to hike and gaze at nature's wonders.
The summer place would be somewhere probably high up, where the summers are very sunny, dry and moderate in temperature...warm days and cool nights. We're considering Colorado, but in some parts of CO, you can't get 2 acres for $250K (never mind 30 or more!). Would welcome any suggestions in CO, NM, MT, SD, ID etc.
Our winter place will probably be in Southern AZ, south of Tucson in the mountains of Santa Cruz County where you can probably still find 30 acres for $250K, but would welcome any other suggestions. Also considered southern UT, but prices are probably too high for a big piece of land in Red Rock country. Thanks for all help and suggestions!!
The summer place would be somewhere probably high up, where the summers are very sunny, dry and moderate in temperature...warm days and cool nights. We're considering Colorado, but in some parts of CO, you can't get 2 acres for $250K (never mind 30 or more!). Would welcome any suggestions in CO, NM, MT, SD, ID etc.
Our winter place will probably be in Southern AZ, south of Tucson in the mountains of Santa Cruz County where you can probably still find 30 acres for $250K, but would welcome any other suggestions. Also considered southern UT, but prices are probably too high for a big piece of land in Red Rock country. Thanks for all help and suggestions!!