Results 1 to 7 of 7

Thread: Alaska State Owned Land-good Deal?

  1. #1

    Default Alaska State Owned Land-good Deal?

    While at the library, I saw I flyer for buying land here ...either auction or just over the counter, as they're calling it.

    http://dnr.alaska.gov/mlw/landsale/o...n=SOUTHCENTRAL


    What do you all think?

    5 acres of wooded land would be really nice.



    http://thefemalesurvivalist.blogspot.com


    In the end you find no one wins, and the race was only with yourself.


  2. #2
    Senior Member hunter63's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Location
    SE/SW Wisconsin
    Posts
    26,866

    Default

    Looked over that site a bit, seems like no matter what, you need to buy it at market value at some point.....
    If you check out this site....(from the other one)....talks about "staking a remote cabin site"......

    http://dnr.alaska.gov/mlw/landsale/remote_recsites.htm
    Don't see too much about access, so maybe water, air, and trails......?
    Geezer Squad....Charter Member #1
    Evoking the 50 year old rule...
    First 50 years...worried about the small stuff...second 50 years....Not so much
    Member Wahoo Killer knives club....#27

  3. #3
    Banned
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Location
    Texas Hill Country
    Posts
    699

    Default

    This has been discussed here before in some detail. This program is only open to Alaska residents. There may be some existing parcels available over-the-counter, otherwise you will need to stake out a parcel within certain "eligible lands" and pay for the required legal survey. You can make improvements but cannot establish full-time residency upon it until the land has been paid for in full. It maintains a "recreational" status until then. From what I've seen, many of these properties are in some fairly remote wilderness. Bush/Float planes may be your best access in the summer, snow machines or sledding come winter. I think Sourdough is a licensed realtor there in Alaska. If you're lucky he might be able to chime in and correct any errors or omissions I may have made. Two old sayings about real estate: 1) location, location, location; 2) they're not making anymore of it!
    Last edited by Cast-Iron; 08-20-2013 at 02:00 PM.

  4. #4
    Senior Member BENESSE's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Location
    Gotham
    Posts
    9,676

    Default

    It blows my mind that one can get an acre there for under $1,000, whereas here, a square foot is well over $1,200!!!

  5. #5

  6. #6
    Banned
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    Chugach National Forest
    Posts
    9,795
    Blog Entries
    10

    Default

    If you have a lot of time to kill: http://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com/...ving-to-alaska

  7. #7

    Default

    Then this is way more complicated than I thought. The auction says for residents and non residents. Then, the over the counter of the non sold auction parcels are residents, only?

    and, its only a down payment...glad I asked. It seemed straightforward on the website: credit card, buy land, own land.

    thanks for your replies



    http://thefemalesurvivalist.blogspot.com


    In the end you find no one wins, and the race was only with yourself.

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •