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As investment, I bought this, instead of stocks. Any ideas on what to do with it?

Location:

  • 75km (1hr) to a big international airport. Airport has direct flights to most EU capitals (2-4hr flights)
  • 50km to city center
  • 25km from nearest large residential area (500,000+ population)
  • 5km from massive organized industrial area (government supports factories here)
  • 35km from a rich residential area
  • 1km away from the village (its old and mostly depopulated) and animal husbandry area

Access:

  • There is public transportation, but one has to walk 1.5km after leaving the bus.
  • There is no direct road access to the land. You have to walk like 200m after leaving your car.
  • 1km road to here is non-asphalt and its a bit bumpy ride. When it rains, it gets bad here. It rains rarely

It is quite peaceful and quiet there. You can hear interesting bird sounds sometimes. You see no buildings, no cars and no humans anywhere near you when you're there, which feels great imo. You notice the air quality after you leave your car. I personally absolutely would want to live here for a while

Ideas

  • Trying to clarify this rn, but I think I can make $120-160/yr/decare from leasing the land to a farmer. Land is 25 decares
  • "Unique co-living opportunity with vegan food & yoga sessions" In other words, remote work / digital nomad village for people who want to work REALLY remotely :) I'd have to arrange electricity (solar panels and powerbanks), internet, toilet, shower, water, tents, mattresses/pillows/sheets, food, drinking water. (Though I don't know what people will do when they're bored here? Any ideas? Meditation would get boring after some point)
  • Sadly location isn't touristic, but it is 1hr flight away from extremely touristic areas. One of those areas, a city, was the most visited city in the world a few years ago.
  • I've met a few volunteers and they seemed quite willing to volunteer for whatever I decide to do here (if I do anything). For those unfamiliar: WWOOF and Workaway

Also- Any suggestions on where I should ask this question on the internet?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago

Serious answer: maybe just describe your land details to like chatgpt and ask how you can make the land "economically productive"

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Did you ever see the movie Holes (2003)?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 hours ago

Does leasing the land pay enough to make it worthwhile? Gives you time to think.

If it's fertile land you should probably use it, or lease it, to grow food.

Farming is not easy. Until you learnt to be good at it you'll put in a lot of hours into making not much money after costs have been paid.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 hours ago (6 children)

If I had this land, I'd grow food.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

With all the rage about digital detox trips you could probably get people to grow food for you while paying you for the opportunity, if the marketing is done right.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 hours ago

Holiday in Cambodia but unironically. Loves me some chorin’

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

get people to [ ...do XY]

Doesn't work unless they can drive right into it with their small cars.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Of course it does. The guided meditative walk is essential as every step helps you leave the toxicity of digital life behind and prepares you to open yourself up to the present.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Hey wanna be my marketer? :D

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 hours ago

MMM, field lobsters

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Did you check that you're actually allowed to build and live there? Depending on where that is (i guess left out on purpose), you can't simply decide to build a house in a field.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Yes I can build 250m2 of house here but that would kill land's future investment potential (organized industrial area expansion is the development play here)

So instead I plan to use tents to host people if I ever do something here

Though, I guess I can build sheds if they are easy/cheap to remove. I don't know much about construction

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

That might be illegal if it's not zoned for residential. That's how it works in the USA.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I'm just dreaming. Let's say I created a nice community here and offered cool activities like woodworking, gardening, meditation, yoga, massages, weightlifting, social dancing, soccer or some sport, community dinners. I don't know the cost* of doing all that but say I get on Booking for $10/night. Hosting 1 person per 100 m2 means 250 people :D I think it would be a no brainer to pay $300/mo for all those activities and to be around nice healthy likeminded people. Depending on the quality of the community, people might be willing to pay up to $1000/mo imo.

*toilet & shower, sleeping tent, mattress & pillow & bedding, solar panel & powerbank, desk & chair, co-working tent, transportation costs, security, food, drinking water... I'd have to somehow transport poop out of here or make poop disappear

Alternatively, I might want to do this in mediterranean region. It would be easier to market, right? Idk if I can rent someone's land to do this tho?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

250m2 of permanent structure is legal. Non-permanent structure (tiny houses with wheels, tents) of any size is also legal.

Hypothetically maximum residential development here might be something like 25,000 m2 of apartments, which can be sold for +$1000/m2. That would be very be illegal. Also, this area would be zoned as industrial, not residential (after 2040-2050)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

In the short term, leasing to a farmer isn't a bad idea. It looks like a lot of your tentative plans will take time and money, so a short term land rental might be a good idea.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 hours ago

What about a campsite?

No yoghurt weaving digital nomad yoga shite.

Just a plain old campsite that people can stay on with their campervans, caravans, tents etc

You'd probably need a shower and toilet at least.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 hours ago

Leasing it to a farmer seems like the obvious choice. I'm not sure digital nomads would be all that interested in working in the middle of a field.

I'd love to see land like this returning to nature with native vegetation, but that would take a really long time and doesn't come with an obvious path to making a profit. Unless you sell it to developers for a higher price in a few years, of course.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Create a startup in reasearch and development of fully autonomous robotic electrical helicopters with swappable batteries and shiny plush seats for the passengers etc.pp. Collect huge venture capital for it.

Don't forget to brag about your $1 salary!

Go broke after 3 years with a shrug.

Rent that land for some nice money to your startup as a test airfield.

/s

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

As a yoga retreat site, what is your unique selling point? It’s a crowded market and that looks like plain old farmland to me. While peaceful and quiet, why would I stay there and not somewhere more scenic?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Why is the village depopulated, if there's a huge industrial zone nearby presumably with lots of employees? I was thinking workers might want to buy or rent low cost housing near their workplace if the land is zoned for it and you could get electric and a well, then build some simple small housing. But if they're not buying in the village, might not be a great idea unless there's something wrong or lacking with available properties in the village.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Is there water access on the property? Potential for drilling a well?

Without a steady source of water, farming is problematic.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

It has clearly been used as farmland already. And in most places where farming is common we could traditionally rely on rain, though I guess climate change is making everything funky.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago

Rewild it with native flora, do yurts and whatever to attract people to live in a sustainable way with community gardening. Activities can initially revolve around returning the land to a more natural state. As things mature people will invest in the community themselves, creating their own activities etc.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 hours ago

Dirt farming

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago

Land is one of the few things you can just sit on and it's guaranteed to gain value, they're not making any more of it, as a matter of fact we're losing it to climate change with desertification and rising sea levels.

If it's farmable land I would rent it out to a farmer and make some extra cash, and if at any point you need some money you can always sell a few acres, otherwise it would be better than any amount of Cold hard Cash to hand down to any children you may have.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago

Looks like a whole lot of nothing. Farming is the only thing you can do if even that

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

We really need forestland to bind C-atoms from the Co2 in our air. That would be the most heroic approach. Also wholesome since it creates habitat.

forest management resulting in slow money

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