I have slowed down on posting for there hasn't been a lot to report.  

But 4 days lapse is a bit much even by my standards lol.

I officially own all 4 of the properties I purchased at the tax sale in December.  Now I have to find out how to get titles in my name, sheriff's deeds aren't going to work, I don't think.  I'll contact the title company I have already been doing business with concerning the Finklea property and see if they know how to get it done or some advice.  

Other than that, it's contact a real estate lawyer. Someone must know.  

Property.  My 50k bid on the 8.8 acres on Cooks road hasn't been responded to yet.  Turns out the realtor forgot to bring it up to the seller.  So, I expect in the next few days to hear back something from them, tho I am not holding my breath.  This guy is a bit weird. Overpaying for tax sale properties and way overpricing the properties after the fact.  I guess if it works for him.....

The other property I haven't made a decision on but I"m getting close to thinking that I may put a bid on it.  Hurry before someone else gets it!  Although definitely possible, not highly probably.  The setup of the land makes it not so nice for people that want their own property without any other interruptions going on on it, namely, a gas well. 

I was going to go out there yesterday after I spoke - finally - with the man that runs the regional operation for that company. Turns out that company is huge.  I needed to clarify some things.  First off, the sign they have at the front of the property.  No hunting, firearms, dogs, alcohol etc nonsense.  He stated they don't really have the right to enforce that but they are interested in safety.  They don't care if they use "their" driveway, but ask it be maintained. No problem with that, I would upgrade it by widening it a bit and dumping fresh gravel on it and using a roller to compact it.  

I specifically told him I was wanting to have RV's on it - it isn't their property but I think it would be nice going into it that they know what I intend on doing with it and whatever objections they may have even if they can't really do anything about it.  I would rather operate in peace with them - they have been there a while. They don't want anything driving through the well operation.  I countered that the only way to the back of the property is through that area, y'all literally have all or most of the width of it in the back eaten up.  

Again, it was safety. I can understand that. There is a 16 inch high pressure line coming up out of the ground, you can imagine what might happen if someone ran into it.  Explosion, destruction, death, maimed, etc.  It was a good conversation even if we disagreed, it was civil and he made his desires known.  But it was as I thought, they just have an easement, the right to access, not the right to dictate terms of what a property owner is going to do on their property.  

But after studying the satellite map, it looks quite doable to build a road around the edge of their pad on the east side of the property, head south, then back west again before getting over to another easement on the side of the property. That easement is their pipeline - but it's underground there.  A road can be cleared on it, gravel dropped and they will have access to their pipeline without having to do anything and I will have access to "my" property.  

I just asked my realtor about what she thinks a good offer on it would be.  She sent me info on the Ponderosa property - the dude upped the price 25k!  LOL!  Good luck with that!  The seller also lied about there being another buyer - which means his realtor was also lying. There was no other person making bids on the land.  If it weren't for all the noise from the mining operation I probably would have still bought it - or tried to anyway, no way I'm paying $110k for 17 acres out there.  It's not a great location, the nearest water seems to be about 700 feet away - that's a lot of pipe installation - and a lot of the property is under water.

Regardless, my realtor is going to be home soon and said she would find some comps in the area and get back with me.  Lol, that's not how I have been making my offer decisions. I just decide how much I think the property is worth per acre and make an offer based on that.  Perhaps a bit simplistic since there are a lot of other factors one could take into consideration such as location, availability of phone, electric and water, noise levels, etc but it works for me.  

Enough about that, yesterday I finally got my @$$ out of bed, got dressed and got outside and started on that pond setup.  It was hot out there!  Real feel of 105, it felt hotter than that even.  Especially considering I was in the direct sunlight that entire time, that's where that thing goes, in the middle of property and attempting to keep it away from trees as much as possible.  This setup will keep the river of junk flowing from other properties from getting into the pond and help keep garbage falling from those old oak trees into it to a minimum.  I did get it all set up as far as the underlayment, liner, waterfill filter, pump and UV sterilizer - that kills algae.  It's a UV light in a specially designed case and as the water is pumped through it, the UV light kills any algae.  It's a brand new one.  I've got a lot more setup to go, but getting the hardest part over with was well worth it.  I"m glad I got a foot in the door on that, now I have to install a setup for fish to hide under.  Get some water plans, install water sprayer to help keep the water cool and other things that will need to be done.

Anyway, I'm not going to make it home tonight unless by some miracle they are done in the next hour and a half.  I don't really care, I'm exhausted. A thunder clap woke me up and had me jumping right out of the bed in the middle of the night - it hit VERY close to our house - and it took hours to get back to sleep. So, I think I'll end this one and take a nice nap.

G'day