Buying land to camp.

Beware that there's a big difference between "trailer" as in mobile home and "trailer" as in RV.

Look for acreage that has a mobile home already established on it. When you buy the property, buy the property, not the mobile home. Original owners will move the mobile home off the lot, and then you can simply slide in your camper. Done!

rockhillmanor wrote:
Which state is really not problem. You would have to check with each and every County that you find land in to see if they ALLOW RV's to be parked on an empty lot. In my experience most do not. You migh find some that might let you park it on the property but will not let you live in it.

Heck it's nearly impossible to buy a house anywhere that will allow you to just park your RV on the property!

I'm sure you'll get a lot of responses from people here who do it anyway illegally. Which is fine unless you get caught and it usually is someone in the area that will turn you in.

And the electrical? If you do find a lot out in the boonies. You have to figure in the cost of bringing in electric AND....when they come out and find out it is an RV? Most power companies won't/can't give you electric.

I found a house that had a deeded RV pad with electric and sewer. But when I called to have the electric hooked up once they saw it was for an RV they said no because the codes had changed since the previous owner owned the land.

Not to be a debbie downer but I tried and tried and never did find an empty lot that allowed just an RV and power. And I was looking in just about all the Southern states!

You can 'buy' a lot in RV resort's but they are costly.

I don't know what specific areas you looking in, but they must have been limited to "up-scale" communities.

We have been looking too and found so many possibilities in the south western states, it is hard to make a decision which to purchase.

We are considering renting first to experience just what the surrounding area and people are really like before we make a purchase.

Something else that may be worth exploring is locations where a house has caught fire. Many owners wont bother repairing or rebuilding and will sell the land reasonably. In some cases with existing outbuildings with power connected to them. The advantage to the fire damaged location may be in the well, septic, and power were already in, and here at least, if you put them back in service within a year , you avoid some of the hassles of having new installed with the county.

Add on a location where an old single wide trailer is located may also be an option, often in rural areas they would be considered grandfathered since the area had previously been zoned to allow it, and again well/septic, and elec would already be run.

Here is a property currently available.

Tallahassee property.

In fact, we are here now and checking it out. We have decided it is not for us. Our son lives in Melbourne and it is just too far away from him.

It is a nice property though and already setup with plenty of storage.

Dale

Consider east Texas near the Louisiana state line, twice in the last 2 or 3 years this area has been struck by massive (500 to 1,000 year) rain induced flooding events, most recently in August after Hurricane Harvey dumped over 2 feet of rain in 2 days on the area, prior to this was about 17 inches in 24 hours a couple of years ago. As a result there are numerous home sites that have been wiped out, while many / most are currently in the process of rebuilding there are also those that are choosing not to do so again, particularly after just going through this recently.

I would suggest looking in and around some of the rural communities, like Newton, Buna, Kirbyville, etc.

A couple of minutes on realtor.com found this as an example of what is out there https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2580-Fm-253-Rd_Buna_TX_77612_M85231-50939 8 acres with a barn, water well and sewer for about $60,000

I can't really tell you anything about purchasing land since I'll be looking for a small place myself. My dad owned 40 acres of wooded land he purchased around 1974. He passed away last year and the land was sold since my brother and I were not interested in keeping it ourselves. I myself am interested in something smaller about another hundred and twenty miles farther away for similar purposes and to maybe build a cottage for my retirement years as a home base when not traveling.

About 20 years ago I looked into having a pole, meter and maybe a well put in on my dad's place and decided not to. My dad and I would camp on the land using my trailer for a week at a time. I did check with the county to see if it was okay to put in a power pole and meter. I told them it was for a camper trailer that would not be kept permanently on the property and only towed up and used about 1 to 2 weeks at a time. I was also going to see about having a well put in. They looked up the property and said it was zoned for farming so it would not be a problem. I checked with the local power cooperative and told them the county said it was okay. Since there was no permanent house I was going to have to pay a few hundred dollars for the installation which included about 60 yards underground cable coming off the power line at the road. There would also be a minimum bill year round that was supposed to be around $20 per month whether we used power or not. Since I didn't really need a septic system, I ran a black rubber garden hose down hill to dump the grey water and would dump the black tank with the last couple days of grey water at my modified home cleanout. With the little amount that I would be using the property I continued to haul extra water and use a generator instead of paying for the installation plus a minimum cost of at least $240 per year plus the cost of a well.

A real small farm way out in the country.

Build a small barn... all barns need at least 30-amp power.

We also have kids in TX. It's very common to see people living in Rv's in unrestricted areas. As mentioned you do need to check each county.

Be aware that there is an ongoing bullet train issue, new road construction and that pesky flooding thing. There can also be widely varying "Pride of ownership" issues.

rockhillmanor wrote:
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I don't take your post very serious when I see ads like this

3 acres of land with trailer pad, water well and electric hookup. Access to 17 acres of hunting land. 5 miles from Homochitto National Forrest and 5 miles from Lake Okkissa. $20,000.00 obo call curtiss