Back at our Streaming Platform to fill up water for the drive back home. #CatskillsParadise 
I still keep waiting for some twist or catch cos this land is way too perfect given how little we paid for it!
Of course, our disinterest in building anything here is key to that.
If we were to build a structure तरच the costs will start adding up. Labor ain't cheap here.
Of course, our disinterest in building anything here is key to that.
If we were to build a structure तरच the costs will start adding up. Labor ain't cheap here.
If you like our land related tweets and wish you could also do it, trust me, you can!
Land costs surprisingly little in the United States. You can get one paying cash for less than half the down payment for a house.
That's how we ended up buying this land btw.
Land costs surprisingly little in the United States. You can get one paying cash for less than half the down payment for a house.
That's how we ended up buying this land btw.
We started looking for a weekend house/cabin/chalet. All upwards of $300K. Made offers on five of them! Five! Always above asking price.
Still got outbid cos the market is hot.
So decided, let's at least buy something in the Catskills. And that's how we got here!
Still got outbid cos the market is hot.
So decided, let's at least buy something in the Catskills. And that's how we got here!
Nope. Enough cabins around to buy second hand if we want once the market cools. This land, we're just gonna just leave it be. It would be disrespectful not to.
https://twitter.com/chaits89/status/1508136978562301955?t=G7VhYJ7caFjPRkFrlddtKQ&s=19
After our first couple of visits to the land,
"Oooh this is such a great spot with hemlocks! Like a set for a midsummer night's dream! I'm gonna name this Hemlock Grove"
After a few more visits,
"Okay, so this will be Hemlock Grove Number 11? Or 12?"
So many hemlocks! 😍
"Oooh this is such a great spot with hemlocks! Like a set for a midsummer night's dream! I'm gonna name this Hemlock Grove"
After a few more visits,
"Okay, so this will be Hemlock Grove Number 11? Or 12?"
So many hemlocks! 😍
Spotting and buying nice land makes me feel so OG American cos that is literally what the father of the nation did for a living other than leading the revolutionary army and being President.
George Washington was primarily a surveyor and real estate arbitrage guy.
George Washington was primarily a surveyor and real estate arbitrage guy.
But he was a very different real estate guy than a certain recent President.
Even when Washington was president, people would squat or encroach or skip rent on his lands in Western Pennsylvania or Ohio, knowing fully well it was literally the President's private property!
Even when Washington was president, people would squat or encroach or skip rent on his lands in Western Pennsylvania or Ohio, knowing fully well it was literally the President's private property!
But he never "weaponized" his presidency for personal gains. In fact he very aggressively avoided doing that. Because he thought it would be undignified to do so. He just wrote imploring angry letters to the tenants or squatters. Was stiffed by them still.
Another thing unimaginable today is that after he stepped down from the presidency voluntarily after 2 terms (Unimaginable in the 1700s) and retired at Mt Vernon, people would just show up at his estate saying, "could we get some food and meet the General please?"
And they could
And they could
Literally, random strangers would just show up at his house saying, give us food and a one on one with George.
And unless there was some sickness or crisis, everyone was welcomed, fed, given the full guest treatment.
Try showing up at Maralago without a suitcase of roubles!🫣
And unless there was some sickness or crisis, everyone was welcomed, fed, given the full guest treatment.
Try showing up at Maralago without a suitcase of roubles!🫣
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