Kinda Stuck

David I did have a range out there 10ft to 300yrds kinda like 3gun off the back porch .When I moved here I didn't think it would take this long to sell , so I sold my 660 grizzly and all my chain saws, I kept my tractor tho. As far as the renter , Ollie, that was the case but I couldn't get her to shut up "ever"
The closest town Mena Ar. was 10mi pop of 6000 ,
when I bought it I didn't know the whole town was run by the kkk, wondered why I never saw any colored folks there , but there was plenty of trash , people's family tree was bamboo
My weapons have cob webs in them by now
 
So, I’m in the Bay Area. Don’t need to commute to work at all or this post could easy have a different tone. As for the resources and weather, IMHO the Bay Area is hard to beat. The piles of crap in my shop can testify to the resource part!
 
Tricky situation.... probably gonna take some legal help to clean up... squatters have rights... which is a messy thing all in and of itself.

IMO you are probably gonna have to take an extended trip back there, with some cash and credit, and 'fix' some messy situations.

Better to have a plan... however other than getting rid of both the renter and the property... I do not have any suggestions.

One thing to think about: Lets say (please do not take this the wrong way)... that your Mom passed soon.
AFTER that was settled, what would you want to do...
Might keep those future thoughts in mind as you determine how to resolve your 'ranchette' issue.
 
Some decades ago I had 60 acres listed with a national realty agency. They talked a good talk but when it came down to action, there was none. I needed to move the property quickly so I went in and told them, since they hadn't come up with any offers in four months, I was canceling the contract with them. They agreed to let it go and I listed with another realtor and had an offer in four days. What pushed the sale was the realtor coming up with the idea to split the buildings and 20 A. off. The sale paid off the mortgage and gave me some profit. I kept the forty and rented it out. Twenty years ago, I sold the remaining forty which allowed me to buy my current property and some spending money besides.

Realtors like to move the cherry properties. High dollar sales that can sell quickly without too much effort on their part. That's where they invest their time and effort. Personally, for farm real estate, I like to find a local agent rather than a regional or national company. Ask some of the farmers around who they would recommend. Pick one who wears bib overhauls instead of a sport coat and tie and you will be ahead of the game.

I have also dealt with renters. In particular, being an absentee landlord is difficult. Not something that I would ever want to do again. It seems to be worse for low value rent. The people that you get as tenants seldom have any respect for their own property, let alone yours. If you do decide to continue with the rental, I would suggest trying to find a local advocate who can check on the property for you in your absence. It might even be the realtor you enlist to sell the property.

Derrick, I wish you the best of lick in this challenging problem.
 
This will hit some people the wrong way, but I must. Realtors in my humble opinion are just smooth talkers that make outrages money doing almost nothing in a very short time. In the sale of real estate the title company does all the details, they are important. As for selling the property you can do that yourself. This is the short version, I hate to type this early in the morning.
 
Mena, Arkansas, been thru there a couple of times over the years. Baldor used to have a manufacturing facility there. Yep, deep in the pine forest for sure!
 
There is no room for bigotry or racism on this Forum, anywhere. Consider this your first, only, and last warning.

Amen to that. I had been a regular on a forum related to a different subject. When I joined the folks were as cordial as they are here. It was allowed to degenerate with people posting mean spirited comments that related not at all to the subject at hand.

It's gone now as most of the people with something worthwhile to say ended up leaving.
 
Don't know how far Mena is from Little rock or Memphis but a direct flight would get you to the west coast in 3-4 hours if you have a family emergency. A flock of goats and/or hogs will do wonders for keeping weeds down and neither require much care. Ship your tools and other belongings on a flatbed or in a container and make a leisurely trip back to the 40 acres without having to pull a trailer---- prepare to stay in a rental yourself till you can dump your "friend* the renter and the RE agent ---guess what I'm saying is : 40 acres in Arkansas is much-much better than the whole state of California.
 
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