Have you read the post 5 Pine Knoll: Continuation of story. That would be a good place to start so that
today's post will make a little more sense. Now I want to tell you how we finally found the
"retirement farm". After purchasing the 80 acres at Almartha, which is for sale now, we began the
search again for the retirement farm.
We were always checking the internet, picking up the local real estate papers and reading the
newspaper, looking for that perfect piece of property. We found one that fit our requirements in the
size as it was 160 acres. It was listed with a realty company and we made an appointment to go look
at it. The real estate agent took us to the property and gave us the tour. It was totally fenced and was
mostly pasture, which was good. The bad was that it was on a highway, so you get the noise from the
traffic....not something we wanted to listen to the rest of our lives. So the hunt was on again. We
went down the highway to another real estate office and told the agent that greeted us what we were
looking for. Low and behold, in his hand he had an refused offer on a piece he thought would be just
what we were looking for. When we originally began the hunt again, and we had realized how far
away from the lake the other piece is, we added that as one of our necessities. This time, I didn't even
ask how close this piece was to the lake, as it was getting pretty hard to find what we were looking
for. As we drove up to the place, we could already see that it was pretty overgrown, but we can see
past that....that's a problem that can be fixed. The agent walked some of the property with us and tried
to point out the corners. We were already pretty impressed....it was large enough...it was gently
rolling.....it was a mixture of woods and pasture, although very overgrown....it bordered the lake......it's
lookin' pretty good. We thanked him and told him we'd be in touch. We planned to come back the
next day and hike the property so we could get an up close and personal look at it. We came back the
next day, hiked it and found most of the corners. It's not a straight edged piece of property as it
borders Bull Shoals Lake and the government take like or Corp property follows an elevation mark so
we have several zig zags and lots of corners. We made an offer and it was accepted....yeah! Closing
happened about a month later and we were then the proud owners of 180 acres! Now the work could
begin!
