Realtor: Richard Frost (Maine)

Plenty of game from moose & deer to turkey, waterfowl, fish, and tasty partridge. One hour from our office to the closest stop-light!

Maine has low property taxes for these types of places and relaxed gun laws, in fact it's a good place to buy guns without registration, as there's a statewide weekly publication where people sell things, including lots of guns, directly, not to mention livestock, feed, building supplies, etc., etc..

Zoning generally isn't a problem as far as efforts at farming go.
There are a few small cities - Portland is the largest with only about 100,000 people, so someone could possibly continue to work, and be 1 1/2 hrs. from their retreat, and there's not enough people to clog the roadways.

The area by our agency, near Rangeley, is a mountain and lake resort-type area, so properties are a bit higher, and if anyone were to look at our web site, I wouldn't want them to be turned away by prices. However, prices that seem high to me are considered cheap to people from other areas. Having said that, I would also say that the few large properties yet undeveloped nearby (say 40 acres for $175,000, or 23 acres for $150,000) are just gorgeous, and in a very beautiful area that will provide lots of fun recreational things to do while waiting to see what happens with the economy. There are plenty of affordable retreat properties in back of the more expensive coastal areas - you can choose to be closer to a little civilization, or to be at the end of a dirt road in an unorganized township, and the taxes on those can be really cheap, like $130 per year for 150 acres! Wooded lots a little further out (that may have some fields remaining) in what were farming areas can be had for as little as well under $100,000 for 100 acres, and plenty of 5 to 40 acre parcels for $12,000-to-$39,000. Generally water is easily accessible in the state, and dug wells are still very common. If you look at a map of Maine, you'll see that it's absolutely covered with ponds, lakes, rivers and streams. It is very possible to harvest ice (from ponds) for refrigeration. I've done it myself more than once, it works well, and isn't too hard to do.

Homes sell for a good bit below the national average statewide, and in the outlying areas they are much cheaper.

As a native, it's been my experience that locals will be very friendly if you are outgoing with them, or if you like, they will leave you alone. Generally speaking, Mainers are self-sufficient, helpful, fairly educated, and all in all, good folks.

We are quite far from any possible military or terrorist targets. New York City is about nine hours drive away. Where I live is 185 miles from Quebec City, 215 mi. from Montreal, 230 miles from Boston, and 120 miles from Portland, Maine, while being very close to New Hampshire and Canada if someone wanted to skip over the border for whatever reason. New Hampshire, for instance, doesn't have an income tax, but they hit you hard on real estate tax.

I am happy to chat, or e-mail with any curious or interested preparedness folks. Every cent I make goes into my own preparations and I'm very interested in meeting like-minded people to possibly with whom to partner-up. Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst - I feel there's no better example of "erring on the side of excess!"

My Absolute Favorite Retreat/Farm Property
153 acres in a semi-organized township - taxes $134/year, good stream, dead end of decent gravel road, no power, 1.7 mi. road (only plowed part way), village nearby of about 20 people, about 30 miles from a town with hardware & ag. stores - a modern little college town, very 'granola.'

Surrounded by other large wooded parcels & nothing but a mountain & entire unpopulated mountainous township at your back - asking $70,000 (reduced from $129,000!) Act now, this will sell soon! Please contact me to talk about this Noyes Realty listing.

This picture (and the picture at the top of the page) are of a cabin on a 70-acre parcel near Andover.  There is a 4 acre hilltop field and absolute dollhouse of a log cabin built by the lady who began to import Jotul wood stoves into this country. It is very private, surrounded by forests and mountains. Near Andover, Maine.
$290,000

15 off-grid acres out of Eustis on a river.
$95,000
61 private acres of old farm land. Phillips, Maine
$69,000
Secluded cabin on 18 acres on Hunter Mountain, near Strong.
$69,900

How about bugging out to Maine, business & all ? Nearly 20,000 sq. ft. modern light manufacturing facility on very private 7.85 acre lot by a tiny village. Have fresh appraisal for $495k, selling for bank at repo price of $250k !! 'Puritan work ethic' abounds. (#706), or how about something at a major 'port of entry' adjacent to U.S. Customs? (#606)

Or, ask about very, VERY large parcels of wilderness land.

Please contact me about a house for sale where you could be a partner at my own retreat, & also I have cheap rents, while you check this great area.

What about a small island in a big coldwater trout & salmon lake in the Western Mountains of Maine?

Also, call or email about shared purchases of retreat property - there are some real beauties!

Richard Frost, Realtor
E-mail: richard@morton-furbish.com
Cellular phone: 207-491-8970
Ask for me at Morton & Furbish Agency Phone: 207-864-5777