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<blockquote data-quote="Jafruech" data-source="post: 1258997" data-attributes="member: 24025"><p>First off, thank you for all the replies. I really appreciate it. I'm quite a few hours ahead over here so it may take me to the next day to respond back. I will try to answer all the questions in this reply. Basically my budget between downpayment and financing for land in CO/TX/KS would be about 100K for the land (Then I can afford to put a decent house on it). Budget for WV and VA would be higher as I would be making about 1K a month more. I will finance the first chunk of land and then roll it into the home loan either at that time or refi it later. Any other land I buy will just be done in cash. I want to have as little operating costs as I can in the end to hedge against bad years.</p><p></p><p>I haven't considered SW Oregon mainly because there isn't a Post out there that is in need of my job right now (I think JBLM would be the closest out there). I'm on the Military Intelligence side of the house. I have a decent bit of control over where I will be over the next few years, but after that who knows. I know in DC I could stay for the rest of my time. I've also thought about how many I could run with the grass quality. I know the flint hills region of KS has some of the best cattle ground and a good amount of water. Not really sure on how many per acre are being ran in central TX, CO, or VA/WV. Anyone have any idea how many can be ran per acre in those locations with good management and rotation? </p><p></p><p>As far as the remote management of it if I was reassigned, my parents told me they are looking to downsize out of their house since my younger siblings are finally out of the house, and said they would be happy to move to CO, TX or somewhere close in KS to rent the house and take care of the land/cattle while I was gone. My dad said he misses it a lot anyway. So I at least have a backup plan there, and they could scout out more land for me to buy and take care of the face to face stuff there. My wife works for Groendyke and could transfer to KS, CO or stay at the one in TX, but could also most likely find another job in the DC area easily and commute with me. </p><p></p><p>I do love Texas, but I guess I have a bit of a jaded view of the environment since every year I lived there it was in drought (May '10-Dec '14), and I don't really know much about the forage quality there. If you guys have some input on running cattle there I would love to hear it.</p><p></p><p>On the WV side, I would be making the same amount being stationed in DC or FT Mead living there as I would in VA, and I know the property is a lot cheaper from what I've seen. However, from what I have read it seems like they have to truck their cattle out of state to sell as there aren't really the facilities to handle it in WV. If you have any experience buying/selling there I would like to hear that as well as any info on the forage quality. I guess the main thing that holds me back a little on the VA/WV part is that I don't know anything about the area out there. I have been to the rest of the states but I have never been to the east or west coasts. </p><p></p><p>I'm guessing since no one said CO that it probably isn't a good place to start? Like I said my main concerns would be getting water rights to have a stock tank or well and of course forage quality. I never realized how much the forage quality and cattle you can run per acre varied until I talked to a guy who has an operation in AZ. Crazy ammount of land needed out there. </p><p></p><p>I may be able to afford to pay more for land in VA, but that also means I would have to make more as well and the cost of buying additional land to add on would be a lot harder when it is coming out of my pocket (off subject it would stink traveling through MD/DC since they don't honor my TX CHL).</p><p></p><p>Thank you again for all of the feedback. If you guys have any info about cattle per acre, forage quality, and climate of those places or any other feedback I'd like to hear it as well. And by the way, I appreciate the thank you's for my service. That's not something I take for granted ever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jafruech, post: 1258997, member: 24025"] First off, thank you for all the replies. I really appreciate it. I'm quite a few hours ahead over here so it may take me to the next day to respond back. I will try to answer all the questions in this reply. Basically my budget between downpayment and financing for land in CO/TX/KS would be about 100K for the land (Then I can afford to put a decent house on it). Budget for WV and VA would be higher as I would be making about 1K a month more. I will finance the first chunk of land and then roll it into the home loan either at that time or refi it later. Any other land I buy will just be done in cash. I want to have as little operating costs as I can in the end to hedge against bad years. I haven't considered SW Oregon mainly because there isn't a Post out there that is in need of my job right now (I think JBLM would be the closest out there). I'm on the Military Intelligence side of the house. I have a decent bit of control over where I will be over the next few years, but after that who knows. I know in DC I could stay for the rest of my time. I've also thought about how many I could run with the grass quality. I know the flint hills region of KS has some of the best cattle ground and a good amount of water. Not really sure on how many per acre are being ran in central TX, CO, or VA/WV. Anyone have any idea how many can be ran per acre in those locations with good management and rotation? As far as the remote management of it if I was reassigned, my parents told me they are looking to downsize out of their house since my younger siblings are finally out of the house, and said they would be happy to move to CO, TX or somewhere close in KS to rent the house and take care of the land/cattle while I was gone. My dad said he misses it a lot anyway. So I at least have a backup plan there, and they could scout out more land for me to buy and take care of the face to face stuff there. My wife works for Groendyke and could transfer to KS, CO or stay at the one in TX, but could also most likely find another job in the DC area easily and commute with me. I do love Texas, but I guess I have a bit of a jaded view of the environment since every year I lived there it was in drought (May '10-Dec '14), and I don't really know much about the forage quality there. If you guys have some input on running cattle there I would love to hear it. On the WV side, I would be making the same amount being stationed in DC or FT Mead living there as I would in VA, and I know the property is a lot cheaper from what I've seen. However, from what I have read it seems like they have to truck their cattle out of state to sell as there aren't really the facilities to handle it in WV. If you have any experience buying/selling there I would like to hear that as well as any info on the forage quality. I guess the main thing that holds me back a little on the VA/WV part is that I don't know anything about the area out there. I have been to the rest of the states but I have never been to the east or west coasts. I'm guessing since no one said CO that it probably isn't a good place to start? Like I said my main concerns would be getting water rights to have a stock tank or well and of course forage quality. I never realized how much the forage quality and cattle you can run per acre varied until I talked to a guy who has an operation in AZ. Crazy ammount of land needed out there. I may be able to afford to pay more for land in VA, but that also means I would have to make more as well and the cost of buying additional land to add on would be a lot harder when it is coming out of my pocket (off subject it would stink traveling through MD/DC since they don't honor my TX CHL). Thank you again for all of the feedback. If you guys have any info about cattle per acre, forage quality, and climate of those places or any other feedback I'd like to hear it as well. And by the way, I appreciate the thank you's for my service. That's not something I take for granted ever. [/QUOTE]
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