The little cabin in the woods by the lake

Hi from Payson, Arizona! We get the calls all the time. People are thinking about moving to Payson, and they want us to find them the perfect property. As we talk we hear the same story- what they want is the little cabin in the woods, on acreage, near a lake or with a creek, no neighbors real close. And the REAL kicker is that  they want it for $100,000! (A few years ago they wanted it for $50,000.) Now possibly back east one CAN find a cabin, out by itself, for a reasonable price. But Payson is surrounded by National Forest. We have a county map up on our office wall just to show people. Almost all of the map is green (representing government land) with a few little spots of white, the largest of which (still pretty small) is Payson.

There ARE cabins in the woods. But they are in a subdivision. It may be acre lots, but its still a subdivision. And they aren't on the lakes because for the most part the lakes are on National Forest. And they cost A LOT more than $100,000. In some parts of central and northern Arizona there is acreage available, but it goes high priced unless it a) has no trees or only scrub stuff, b) has no utilities available, or c) both. And we still get people, even from Arizona, calling wanting the little cabin.

We tell people that if the little cabin on the lake for $100,000 existed we would have already bought it.

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