How to get property in alaska for next to nothing?

Question

anywhere in alaska. i hope to move to alaska when i finsih school and i want to own a 100+ acres and build a nice cabin on.

Answer 1

I disagree with my subject peer.

IN all states, you have specific steps you can take to have a free home--but in many states those steps are long time steps.

a; find private property that is abandoned

and occupy it.  After 7 yrs, you pay the taxes and it is yours.

b; visit a tax sale from any county

[once a year] and pay a few dollars

and the property is yours mortgage free.

c; find 200 acres for sale,

buy it, and build on 100 of it and

sell the rest, and get all your money back.

d; visit banks for real estate owned.

e; visit the state capital's web site

see what property they have

been assigned by any county that

did not have its taxes paid.

f; find unoccupied land and see who

owns it........see if they will trade services for it or sell it cheap.

g; visit small villages and see who

has bought and paid cash and then

left.........you can squat in those

houses.

hope one or more of those ideas work for you.

Answer 2

Land is rather pricey in Alaska, the odds of you finding 100 acres for sale are slim, but you can expect to pay top dollar for it, not bottom.

Answer 3

Maybe in fantasy Alaska. Because in the real one you're not going to.

Answer 4

Homesteading is no longer allowed in Alaska. It was a great deal when it was an active plan.