Alaskan land.

[Mega Twin]

I sometimes watch the shows about Alaska,Life below zero,etc. and wonder what the land use policies are.
Some of the people on there say they have bought 10 or 15 acres of land there yet travel miles hunting and trapping and building cabins miles away from there land.
Is it mostly government land with no restrictions?

 

[Wvfarrier]

My buddy bought land on Kenai but die ti weather could only access it for 2 or 3 months a year. It was quite an ordeal

 

[KIR]

When I was a kid, there was a cereal that was giving away free land in Alaska. It was only 1" square, but there was a certificate, deed? in the box. Wonder whatever happened to those certificates? or the land?

 

[arfmel]

 

[Danjet500]

When I was a kid, there was a cereal that was giving away free land in Alaska. It was only 1" square, but there was a certificate, deed? in the box. Wonder whatever happened to those certificates? or the land?

I have a similar certificate that came in a Black Oak Arkansas album that entitles me to 1 square inch of land somewhere in Arkansas. I know its around the house somewhere.

 

[Ride1949]

^^^ I had one of those too. I wonder what ever happened to it.

 

[caryc]

^^^ I had one of those too. I wonder what ever happened to it.

Me too !

 

[larry8]

About 25 years ago my friend lived in Alaska and the Gov gave him 5 acres. He had to make an improvement every year in order to keep it and pay no taxes. He built a log cabin and cleared some land before he ran out of money. After the 4th year the gov said he has to leave Alaska or make more improvements on the land. He didnt have any more money to make the improvement so lit fire to the cabin and burned it to the ground along with all the trees and brush that was on the property. He left and drove down to Ohio.

 

[epags]

I have ~5 acres on a fly-in lake that I claimed many years ago in Alaska. PM me if interested.

 

[JiminMaine]

Me too !

Have you been paying the property taxes on it for all those years? If not the town probably took it and sold it for the back taxes.

 

[caryc]

Have you been paying the property taxes on it for all those years? If not the town probably took it and sold it for the back taxes.

So, what is the town going to do with it? Who is going to stand in line at an auction to buy 1 square inch of land? It would cost one a fortune to hire a surveyor to find and mark out that one inch square of land. And then again, what is the person going to do with it. I wonder how it is zoned? I'm sure it is not a piece of land that anyone would really want for anything like maybe building a shopping mall.

 

[JiminMaine]

So, what is the town going to do with it? Who is going to stand in line at an auction to buy 1 square inch of land? It would cost one a fortune to hire a surveyor to find and mark out that one inch square of land. And then again, what is the person going to do with it. I wonder how it is zoned? I'm sure it is not a piece of land that anyone would really want for anything like maybe building a shopping mall.

I wonder would you need to get permission from everybody else that that also owns 1 sq. in. that you would have to cross if you wanted to go visit yours?

Maybe to town would also take the 1 sq. in. from everybody else that didn't pay their taxes too. We don't know how big the parcel was before it was divided up.

 

[Dan in MI]

It is probably just sitting there idle.

My sister inherited some land in AZ. On one of my business trips I realized I traveled right through its location. The Golden Valley. The next trip I go and track it down. It seems it was one of those, "buy now cheap before the area grows" deals from the 40's or 50's. I go into the only real estate office in the area and ask. He pulls out this old faded, browned file and unfolds it. He locates the lot number and tells me how to get there.

Now the Golden Valley is HUGE bowl between some mountains about 25 miles in any directions from town. The main drag is a little off center . Anyhow the directions are go to X road and drive towards the mountains. When the power lines end you are a mile from the main road. When the houses/trailers end is about 1-1/2 miles. If you look close you will notice cross streets at every mile after the fourth cross street from the power lines it's x feet from the corner on the right.

I did bring home some rocks for my sister from her place. I also told her what the taxes were. Something like $250. She sold it a year later for $325.

I looked it up.

"Golden Valley was named after a company from Hollywood, California, that went into partnership with Crystal Collins to develop most of the land south of Arizona State Route 68 into 2.5-acre (1.0 ha) parcels. The company's name was Golden Valley Development Company. The land was split into 2.5 acre parcels and sold for $695 each: $10 down and $10 per month."


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Valley,_Arizona

 

[Bear Paw Jack]

Check out Alaska Remote properties on Facebook.
Different properties have different access. Many properties are grand fathered in. Lots of details to be careful of. If you don’t get proper permits in some areas BLM can/will come in and burn down your properties. It’s not a venture to take lightly.

 

[caryc]

Check out Alaska Remote properties on Facebook.
Different properties have different access. Many properties are grand fathered in. Lots of details to be careful of. If you don't get proper permits in some areas BLM can/will come in and burn down your properties. It's not a venture to take lightly.

I don't have any experience other than the five acres I bought here in the USA. But if I remember right the easement to get to the property was marked in the description on the deed itself. I don't see how it would be legal to sell a piece of property that was land locked with no way to get to it without crossing some else's property.

 

[Bear Paw Jack]

when I sold real estate in Idaho that was the case. Because of Alaska state, other factors come into play. Usually we aren't talking about crossing someone else's property. If we are talking BLM, state land, tribal land and various other issues you aren't necessarily talking about crossing someone's else's property. You may only be able to access your property with a boat, or plane, horses, snow machines, or four wheelers. Some things are unique up here.

There are very few roads up here. The only access to most villages are plane or water. There are huge areas that no one actually lives.

Take a vacation and come up.

Be careful. There are very few real estate people I would work with. Some laws as you mention are tricky.

 

[caryc]

when I sold real estate in Idaho that was the case. Because of Alaska state, other factors come into play. Usually we aren't talking about crossing someone else's property. If we are talking BLM, state land, tribal land and various other issues you aren't necessarily talking about crossing someone's else's property. You may only be able to access your property with a boat, or plane, horses, snow machines, or four wheelers. Some things are unique up here.

I'm not talking about accessibility. Sure some property may be a Rosie O'Donnell to get to but I'm talking about a legal easement to get to your property.

 

[Dan in MI]

I don't have any experience other than the five acres I bought here in the USA. But if I remember right the easement to get to the property was marked in the description on the deed itself. I don't see how it would be legal to sell a piece of property that was land locked with no way to get to it without crossing some else's property.

You need to brush up the law before you buy any dirt then.

Land locked properties are sold every day. Buyer beware.

There are state land auctions every year (6 months?) in MI. Reading the descriptions you will see many are land locked.

 

[caryc]

You need to brush up the law before you buy any dirt then.

Land locked properties are sold every day. Buyer beware.

There are state land auctions every year (6 months?) in MI. Reading the descriptions you will see many are land locked.

Why would anyone buy a land locked piece of property? I have five acres of dirt. That's enough for me. I won't be buying and more land. How would you even get power to that piece of land if the power company can't get to it?

 

[Dan in MI]

All good questions that should be asked and investigated before you buy.

Some get landlocked by splits. Some in government "trades" for wetlands management or other public works. Some are next to state or federal land and accessible until the state or feds sell or trade it. On the flip side local landowners may buy landlocked parcels adjacent to theirs.

I am in process of this for a farm I want. The "back forty" is a separate piece of land that could end up landlocked if the farm splits. Due to multiple issues being worked on that could be a reality as the back forty is the most desired piece for me. To resolve this the current owner has purchased a skinny 15 acres that ties the back forty to a road. Once that hurdle is cleared then i will buy the back "55" and work on he remaining 120 acres separately.