My $5,000 Homestead - Picture Tour on Day 1

Yesterday I took possession of the property I purchased in Arkansas. Here's what it looked like when I arrived.

But first, a little background. I'm poor. I couldn't afford a big, fancy, clean, functional, finished homestead, I'm just lucky I got my 2.8 acres in Arkansas for $5,000. While 99% of the people in North America might find this place to be too awful for them to even consider, I'm thankful to have my own place instead of couch hopping and squatting.

So here we go. Fair warning, what you are about to see may give you nightmares. :)

Let's start off on a positive note with the view from the edge of my driveway.

That view and the gorgeous Blue Mountain Lake 2 miles down the road, make the rest of what you are about to see less anxiety inducing.

This next photo is also taken from the edge of my driveway in to my property. Anybody need a Ham Radio tower? Maybe I'll stick a wind turbine up there in the future.

Now here's a few pictures on the outside of the property before I scare the bejeezus out of you with the inside pics.

A little shed at the front of the property beyond repair. But it can be re-purposed.

A bigger shed next to the house. Haven't inspected it enough to know what's in it or its overall shape, but, again, it can always be re-purposed.

There are a couple clearings in my forest land that I will put to fruitful use.

This is an old structure as viewed from the front door. No clue what that thing is all about.

Are you ready for what the inside of the mobile home looked like when I took possession? It wasn't that bad when I toured it before the purchase as someone was living in it then, but they apparently just ransacked the place. That's alright though, some useful junk in there, and it was only $5k.

They did leave me some food, that was nice. (sarcasm)

The bathroom is gonna have to get a gut job if I decide to spend anything on that mobile home.

All of that looks really bad, but at least the mobile home will be dry storage if I'm not living in it. Still considering my options, but what I would really like to do is convert a small shed, like 12ft x 24ft, into a cabin. Maybe I can afford to do that a little sooner if Steemit keeps on being awesome to me. :) Just cleaning up the place will double the value of it, and its hard to beat the views coming and going from road.

With Blue Mountain Lake just 2 miles down the road, even with that mess, I think it was worth every penny.

All pictures taken by me on an old Kodak EasyShare M883, except the last one was taken by a relative.

If you are the type that enjoys video tours, I have one part of the tour up on YouTube and will be sharing the other parts of the tour in the coming days. Thanks for making it this far, but now I've got to get back to work. :)