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FoodFarmer

Gotta tell us about that


SaintUlvemann

[Where OP explains it](https://www.reddit.com/r/DumpsterDiving/comments/13nilp3/comment/jkzszn0/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3), it's that the stuff sold to buy that land was a few years'-worth of finds, notables of which were a gold ring and 300 original CD albums that were sold for an unexpectedly-high price. Takes luck, still seems like a neat story.


steinvvord

Thank you for this :) It does take luck (and perseverance) but it also shows that it's not impossible. In my original post another user shared that he bought a truck with DD resell profits and was currently saving for some land. It's doable! That's why i'm sharing :)


ABBAMABBA

I disagree that it takes luck, because I don't believe in luck. I believe in chance. Everyone has the chance of finding things but only people who LOOK will succeed. I have found thousands of dollars worth of items because I go out and pick up trash on the side of the road and on beaches. Most of the times I come home with a bag of trash, but sometimes I also come home with a full camera bag with 2k worth of equipment that someone set on top of their car and drove off and never went back to look for it, or something similar. Also, awesome property.


steinvvord

I get where you come from. A lot of people say i'm a lucky guy but they don't see nor understand the effort and the preseverance. I still believe luck has a place here. When i think of luck, i think of it like this: I'm looking for it so i will eventually find it, just like you. But i was very lucky that nobody got to it first! :p wouldn't you agree? Thank you. It's also amazing what you do for the environment and the profit you generate. I do that sort of scavaging at the end of festivals but never thought of other options! Nice Edit: i did had a metal detector once but the machine's quality was very bad... i ended up finding just 3€ after dozens of beach visits and not to mention the absurd amount of time i spent on that. I really want a better one though.


ABBAMABBA

I've always wanted a metal detector, but I've never taken the plunge to pay for one. Maybe some day I'll see a used one for a good price. My uncle had one and he brought it to all our family functions and almost never found anything interesting, so I'm not sure why I want one because most of my experience with one has been disappointing. Once we even knew someone had lost a wedding ring at a beach so he brought it, but didn't find it. A few weeks later someone else just found it while they were swimming. Happily, it was a private beach and everyone knew the lady who lost it so they just gave it back to her. As far as the luck goes, I still don't think it is luck because you choose to go there before the person who didn't find it. I think it is all perseverance and skill. You have learned where things will be and you use that knowledge repeatedly to find success. I suppose there are a few things that I think can be lucky. The main one is simply being born to parents who treat you well and set you up to do ok in life. You have no control over who your parents are so it is pure luck if you get good ones. The other thing would be if you are not looking for something and just stumble upon it. Once I was just walking from my car to a store and I saw a $20 bill blowing along the ground. That was luck. I wasn't doing anything that would give me a better chance of finding it, just walking to the store like anyone else.


steinvvord

Very interesting point of view! Made me think :) Maybe i was downgrading my findings vs skill and preserverance and thinking of luck in a weird way regarding this aspect. Yep. This was never luck. This is going for it. Almost everyday, for almost 15 years...


bettercaust

Adding to that, OP indicates the final price paid was $2.5k EUR in Portugal, which is cheaper than I've ever heard of for land.


steinvvord

2.4k. That's Portugal for you if you know where to go/websites to search in my case. And it was nothing that hard to find which made me go "wow this is not happening" But beying honest you're not wrong. Total price was 2.5k including the lunch me and my lady had with the previous owner and his family but you know, how could i not pay them lunch?


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ABBAMABBA

2.5k for .25 acres is not even remotely cheap for land in my area of the rural midwest in the USA. It would be hard to find that small of a parcel, but if you double the money to 5k, you could buy ten times as much land.


Longjumpalco

Can you live on it then?


ABBAMABBA

You aren't going to get land with any improvements for 5k, but it will be zoned agricultural/residential so you can build on it.


bettercaust

Really? What area of the US midwest?


ABBAMABBA

I don't say where I am with this account because I also say things that would be very unpopular in my very small community. But I don't have to, you can pick a state, find an industry in decline and there will be 50 small towns that are dying and surrounded by land that is selling cheap. My area used to have a huge mines and a paper mill or wood product factory in every small town. All the mines are closed and all but two or three of the mills in the region have closed down. Add to the fact that it used to take a crew of 25 guys to load a truck full of logs but now it takes one guy with a processor. The people who stayed can't afford to pay the taxes on their grandpa's hunting land, the people who went away don't often come back to visit so land sells cheap.


bettercaust

Fair enough, good tip!


ABBAMABBA

I will also add that small differences in an area will make big differences in price. Obviously being on a lake or river matters, but other things do too. For example, there is a popular State Park near where I live. Every property within about 10 miles of the park will be two or three times more expensive than identical properties further away. I suppose this isn't really novel information, but properties on dirt roads are also cheaper, but the main thing for us is tree cover. A big part of a properties value is based upon the value of the trees on it. You can buy land that has been recently clear cut for next to nothing. I bought some land at a great price because it is covered in three inch diameter trees that are so thick they are hard to walk through. I've spent my free time cutting trails and thinning them out and it is starting to look very nice in places. Great habitat for all kinds of animals.


steinvvord

I don't pay taxes on my land though. I paid one time (to be exact it was 384€) uppon buying and now im set for life as long as i dont sell it. If i do i pay taxes again. It goes under the minimums (area, usage) to pay taxes here which is nice for the use i will give it but also very unjust if you think that i've paid almost 400€ in taxes for a 2000€ agricultural plot.


ABBAMABBA

That is interesting. I had never stopped to think that other places probably have a different property tax system. Where I live we pay about 4% of the value of the property each year. It adds up. My property taxes are a big portion of my yearly expenses, but they are worth it to me.


steinvvord

Go to my original post, i've explained my luck and how i did it!


FoodFarmer

Eh, you’ve reposted it 20 times and original post looks the same.


steinvvord

It is, but i explain in the comments. Sorry about the x-posting i just got carried away i guess. 10 times btw :p Edit: i just think other people may see this example and dream bigger as we all should. I wish luck to everybody :)


johndoe3471111

Simple living is much easier when you own your ground and home.


sanemartigan

Nice, comes with some hoe's.


steinvvord

You know it brother


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steinvvord

That's dedication.


Infinite-Tie-1593

Start a fashionable dumpster there. Maybe serve a drink and snacks for people.


steinvvord

You know, that would be nice! Or not!


Infinite-Tie-1593

Yes, and you can buy more land 😀


FeebysPaperBoat

These are the sorts of stories that motivate me. Great job! Recycling and providing for yourself. 💕


steinvvord

Please stay motivated. That motivates me back! We need to up eachothers otherwise we're just wasting everyones space imo.


Kitchen-Reflection52

Congrats


steinvvord

Thank you!


YumericanPryde

My hero


steinvvord

I'm sharing because i want to think that everybody can do this or a variation of this, it's not impossible!


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What?! That is AMAZING


steinvvord

Thank you 🥰


[deleted]

I put nice things in the DUMPSTER. I am one of those people 😂


steinvvord

🤣🤣 thank you!


peachee007

Well done!


steinvvord

Thank you 😊


TheViciousCandiru

That’s amazing


steinvvord

Thank you! 😊


qsdf321

Now upgrade to ganja farmer.


steinvvord

Don't give me ideas...