Farmerjan's journal - Weather

[CntryBoy777]

Something that I would do is hire a state certified inspector to inspect whichever property ya are seriously considering buying....they know the codes and what and where to look for signs of certain problems....termites, water damage, etc....if there are problems found, then ya will know what ya got, where ya stand, and if it is worth pursuing...it is better if you hire them as opposed to a lender, because they will give ya the report instead of the lender....if there are findings then ya have the ability to fix it before lender becomes aware of issues and it will be up to you whether ya share the report with them or not. This will also give ya peace of mind about the structure of what ya are spending $$ on...especially since it is an older structure. If they decide to carry the mortgage it will be money well spent....

 

[farmerjan]

Brand new panel box when the LR was redone, all new breakers and such. Right there in the utility room. Termite inspection about a year before the mother passed because they were concerned. They did an inspection and treatment on another older house (grandmother's) on the property next door, and it was more for sentimental reasons as the foundation was giving way and the house is not salvageable. They told me the name of the company and I was welcome to check.
The water damage is old, and it is obvious there are no leaks now with all the rain we have been having. I went upstairs and it was all dry. Have a friend who rebuilds and restores old log homes and does alot of plaster, and he said that he would be glad to go look at it. He said that if it was only bad in the one section, that tearing it all down is not necessary, that just to cut it out, then sheetrock the bad section and then "mud it" to match the rest of the ceiling. He is an expert at that sort of stuff, so will have him to look at it if we get that much further. Between him and my son I expect they can/will do as good an inspection as could be done.

When kitchen was done, and LR redone, the new panel box was put in. Electric stove, so wired for that and an electric dryer. I have a gas one. Wired for the refridge to have a separate circuit breaker, as well. The electric is on at the house now. They have never turned it off, thinking that they might work on it and rent it in the past, then never did..... Alot of money gone with that, @ 35/minimum a month just to have it on....

Yeah, I figured I could find out the tax assesment/valuation with the address.... will have to see if I can get it tomorrow when I go out, I will go up by it. I know the address of my son's but don't know this one. Can find out the address of the one next door if nothing on this one. Don't know if there is still a mailbox out there... not going to be too hard to find out.... just don't know how it will be presented as it is part of the christmas tree farm property right now.

We had discussed the possibility of this place last year and he approached them about the possibility of renting/selling since it had been empty. They said they would consider it. So, yeah, he thinks it would be a decent possibility and he knows I am beyond staying here where I am, any longer. He has a good renter in his house down on the 75 acre farm so that is not in consideration at all, plus it is more money than I would pay anyway. This is close and he said when I was looking at the other place last year that it was not as conveniently located as far as travel distance. I liked it, then they took it off the market, and it since has someone in it so don't know if it was sold or what happened. Not that I really want to be where everyone can see where I am or not, as far as home or gone.... but that is also a good thing with having more than one vehicle... no one knows if I am home or a truck is at the farm or what.....

Think this would be a good place to be putting my money.... instead of the rent where I am not happy.... and a future investment... could sell in 5 or 10 years and do something else.....

 

[Baymule]

This is sounding pretty good. One thing, if you have to have 2 acres and you only have 1 3/4 acres, will that mess you up if you sell it? You might want to insist on the full 2 acres. Reason being (to them) someday your son will inherit what you have and you want it to meet local laws and regulations in order to make it easier on him. If you fix it up and sell it, then you want it to meet the requirements. But you don’t have to tell them that.

 

[farmerjan]

No, as far as it having only 1.75 acres, if it is given a variance by the county, it will be covered from then on. It is really in a good spot for them to grant that variance due to the shape of the property and the natural boundaries and such. The 2 acres is for any new "subdividing" of property, and mostly is for land, although it does apply to houses on larger tracts that are being split up into "building lots" and such. But there are variances given in many cases if there is a good reason, and this is one, that ought to qualify without a big todo..... we'll see.

The whole piece is 37 acres on this side of the road.... with an appraised value of 275,000.... WOW..... probably an old appreaisal, I can't get into the county real estate tax assessment on the internet.... we are probably too backwards for all that to be available (ha ha). Found this info actually on Zillow and it is not listed as for sale.
House is said to be a charming 3 bedroom 1 bath, 1700 sq feet, with a potential rental value of 1,300 a month?????? Wonder what they were drinking when that was decided on..... I really want to see what a real estate agent would say about it..... I looked at another place that was in worse shape, on 5 acres, for 75,000, 2 years ago. Needed more work and the owner just decided to tear it down and sold the logs from the log part & and leveled the rest. The land was worth nearly that.....
This virus situation is going to drive the prices down as the economy gets weaker too.....

I still think that a 60-75,000 price is reasonable for here, for the shape it is in, and the work it needs..... hope they will think even less. I couldn't find what the taxes were on just the house since it was on the whole piece of land.... and it is in land use since there is a crop of Christmas trees on it so qualifies for the ag exemption. It would have to have 5 acres to qualify for ag use and I know that is not possible.... but that is okay.....

 

[farmerjan]

NOTICE TO ALL......
Heard that they have shut down 2 more pork processing plants today.... Between the 3 they are said to process 50% of the hogs in the country?????!!!!!!

Everyone should take notice..... I also told the friend who does the old log homes that I was interested in one of his hogs when time comes to sell them.... he says he wished he had gotten the whole group of 7 or 8 instead of only the 3 since he is thinking that there will be a demand down the road. I can get it butchered, then take the hams and bacons/jowls and such up to the mennonite that made all the different things for me a few years ago to get the bacons and such cured and sausage made..... I have done bacon myself, but his were real good.....he gave me a pkg of bacon when I picked up all my bologna and beef sticks and all that....
Wonder if they can make stuff with chicken like the beef and venison..... they have turkey bacon and such..... might have to ask.... might be a good way to get more "mileage" out of all the chicken if I wind up raising alot. Going to have to do more up into packages of legs/thighs, breasts and such though. Not everyone wants whole chickens. I want more chicken meat for chicken salad and such too..... make more chicken broth too.

Gonna need another freezer at the rate I am going.... UGH. Naw, going have to can more.....


Will definitely be planning to get with the farmer for when this next batch of chickens goes out so that I can get the left behinds. I ought to be mobile enough to be able to catch them up in about a month.... I hope. Have another guy here close, that is a friend, that also does broilers.... going to talk to him about possible getting his left behinds too..... might need all these extras for barter down the road. I can feed them longer/bigger if I have to and still not cost me too much money. I've got a few pens I got at TSC on closeout a year ago that have not been put together, that I was planning to use when I found my own place, and didn't use last year that are still in the cartons..... so can put up a few pens if needed pretty quickly.

 

[CntryBoy777]

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[farmerjan]

Wind is blowing so hard out there you can hear it whipping around the corners. Have no idea what things will look like in the morning when I go out.... not going to panic over it tonight. Just got a few gusts that sounded like it was going to take the roof off the porch, tin is really making noise.

It was a nice enough day earlier. Some clouds and a few sprinkles then some sun....

Had a good afternoon testing with Geneva. I get tired/achey after about 2 hours, and she had gotten used to the rhythm in that parlor by then so all was good. She is a great girl. Brought the samples in the house to pack but I got on here so probably won't do them til the morning.
STILL, did not go to the other farm to finish up the computer work.... he was going to be tied up this evening again. Not going to worry about it... it's his samples sitting and many will probably curdle before it is all over and not be able to be tested. I am sorry, I am just fed up with this. I will get paid once I get the computer work finished, but it is a waste of my time to go there for this.

Got to call 2 farms to see when they want to test. Both had said that they weren't in any rush when I talked to them a couple weeks ago. One I can do myself if I have to but it is alot of cows and a small parlor so takes alot of time. The other I will have to have help with as it is too much walking for me at this point.
One of the other testers left me a message , got part of it before the phone had another "lost call". I will go out and call her tomorrow and see what she wants, but the part I got was that she wanted to know if I wanted to pick up one of her farms as she is helping to take care of her mother now...... so I will get the scoop tomorrow and see if this is a permanent thing or just temp or what. I will take it if she really needs me to, but don't know if it is close enough to make it worth it or not.... we kinda touch on the lower end of my "territory" and to the south and east.....Guess I will find out tomorrow. She is a real nice person and I enjoy talking to her at the yearly meetings and such. Getting close to retirement age too, maybe 65 this year or next for medicare; we have talked about that a couple times.

 

[Baymule]

Talked to our hay guy about a calf, he had 2 available. One was Hereford and Brangus, the other was Hereford and Charlais (sp?) We picked the Hereford/Char calf, he is 6 months old. Our friend is going to wean and dehorn him, then keep him until we take the pigs to slaughter in August. If I keep him until March, he will be a year and 5 months old. I’m getting excited about this.

This is a picture of him as a baby. Russell sends me pictures of his calves so I can admire them. LOL

 

[Baymule]

He priced him to us at $450. He got $100 of lamb chops, ground meat and sausage, calf is $350. We kicked back $50 for him keeping the calf until August, calf is $400.

 

[Mini Horses]

Pretty calf and ALL meat breeds. That should be some nice beef when finished.
I say -- BYH cookout at your place next Spring!!!!

FarmerJan, 1.75 acres is enough to do your chickens! Well, with tractors, etc. & no longer than you have to keep them. You also have the equipment to light disc it in pretty quick when it gets too "used" LOL -- layers of poop!!

They have done some of the important updates in the house, so I'm with you -- it's a go if terms can work out.