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I used to believe a recently drilled well was a green light on water supply. Got burned badly enough that I'd argue well age is close to irrelevant without aquifer recovery rate data specific to your ...
I see buyers on here poring over NRCS soil surveys like they're gospel, and I understand why — they're detailed, free, and feel authoritative. But after leasing my hollow for going on eighteen years, ...
Before I signed my first lease in the Hill Country, every agent I talked to pushed me toward raw acreage with 'great bones' and minimal prior use. The logic was clean land means a fresh start. I bough...
I changed my mind on this after buying a parcel years ago where the paper water rights looked solid — senior priority, decent acre-feet, everything you'd want. What I didn't investigate hard enough wa...
I've watched buyers get fixated on acreage, soil type, even fencing condition, while completely ignoring the one document that determines whether a farm actually functions: the water decree. Not just ...
I used to think solar access easements were for homesteaders with fancy off-grid setups who wanted legal protection for their hobby. Changed my mind completely after watching a buddy buy a promising 4...
I bought 38 acres in Letcher County thinking the standing hardwoods were mine to steward. What I missed was a reserved timber rights clause buried four deeds back in the chain of title. Previous owner...
I used to think any decreed water right was good enough when buying irrigated land. I changed my mind the hard way watching neighbors with 1960s priority dates get completely shut off while I kept irr...
I spent eight months eyeing a 40-acre parcel along a tributary of the Madison drainage. The price was right, the creek was loaded with cutthroats, and I had a building site mentally picked out before ...
Everyone told me to just get the perc test done and I'd know if I could build. So I did, it passed, and I bought the land feeling confident. What nobody explained was that passing a perc test and gett...
I see buyers obsess over deed restrictions and HOA covenants while completely ignoring groundwater conservation district regulations — and it's a serious mistake, especially in Texas. When I expanded...
I learned this the hard way watching my uncle lose riding access to a back forty he'd had a handshake agreement on for eleven years. Landowner passed away, heirs didn't honor a word of it, and that wa...