One of the most frequent requests I receive is for homes on acreage; the problem is that most of the people looking for them are not in a position to purchase them. Ultimately we wind up trying to cobble something together that looks a bit more like a rent-to own than an actual purchase.

As an Accredited Equestrian Real Estate Professional I tend to get a lot of the equestrian lifestyle folks asking me to assist them with finding a home.

Years ago, you almost never found an owner finance or rent-to-own property that fit that description. Lately that trend seems to be changing, with the glut of real estate on the market many owners are seeking to find alternative means of selling their real estate.

Here is a list from the Heartland MLS of several such homes, they range in price from $70,000 to $1,900,000. These were all selected because they were listed in the MLS as having some alternative means of financing; either owner finance, lease option, private lending or some other form of alternative financing. See link below!

As I pointed out last week in predictions for real estate investment in 2010, owner finance and rent to own are the largest growing trend in investment real estate. Now that trend is moving to homes on acreage and other property types not normally thought of as investment property.

Now I know this is a site about real estate near Bates County, MO real estate and often some of the other areas around Bates County; like Bourbon county, KS, Cass County, MO and even Miami County, KS. But I am a marketing kind of guy, if I see a good deal or I have a property listed I make darn sure everyone knows about it!

To give you some idea, I recently did a search on a property I was selling to see how many websites I found it on. I spend hours on the Internet doing marketing but I thought this was interesting.

I found this one property on no less than 35 web sites.

here is a short list.

www.zillow.com
www.loopnet.com
www.craigslist.com
www.activerain.com
www.trulia.com
www.homethinking.com
www.realestateplace.com
www.weichert.com
www.listedbyowner.com
www.kansasrealestater.com
www.postlets.com
www.costar.com
www.exceligent.com
www.commercialsource.com
www.ccim.net
www.facebook.com
www.backpage.com
www.dothomes.com
www.frontdoor.com
www.enormo.com
www.vast.com
www.hotpads.com
www.googlebase.com
www.youtube.com
www.realup.com
www.listhub.com
www.adpost.com
www.tiffanyhouses.com

Heck it goes on and on!

So I thought I would market it at just one more location. www.batescountyrealestate.com because some one might just be looking for a nice home in Johnson County, KS and find it here!

I could blather on and on about all the great oportunities there are in Bates County, but I thought I'd just upload some information for you to look at.

The PDF below will give you a great list of proeprties available from Loopnet.com. Loopnet is one of the many sources I use for marketing real estate and looking for property. It is a great site with a lot of information and the PDF document is 18 pages long!

Most people have no idea there is that much proeprty for sale at any one time in Bates County. The list includes retail, commercial, office, apartments, ranches, farms, industrial property and even some hunting land.

Feel free to browse the listing and let me know if you need any more information.,

900 Enterprise Rd. has been on the market for a while, it is a large metal commercial building of 20,000 square feet. while Butler, MO commercial real estate may not be the hottest thing going now, when they turn 71 Highway into Interstate 41 I'm guessing you will see a significant increase in value for properties along the highway corridor.
The property is listed at $295,000 .

200 N 2nd St. Drexel, Mo 64742 is listed at $139,000 and it is a 3 bay car wash, I've sold several car washes just this year, and at $139,000 this looks like a good buy. I'd want to see some financial information before making an offer, but car washes can be a really good investment.

Now many of your who know me or have read much of this little blog, know I love Rich Hill, MO. Here is your chance to own a great piece of real estate with a thriving pizza store in the heart of Rich Hill, MO. 64779.

2,000 Square foot building listed at $150,000.

How about a dog food plant, this thing has been on the market for a while and is listed at $1,250,000/ The building is a whopping 57,200 square feet of industrial space in Butler, MO. 707 Rice Rd. Butler, Mo 64730. the property sits on a rail spur and has 12-25 ft ceilings.

There is more property on this list, Drexel, MO commercial real estate, businesses for sale, an awesome ranch on 31 acres in Drexel, MO.

This you have to see! 31 acres, beautiful log home 4 E. 341st St. Drexel, MO, 64742. Just click on the PDF below and check out all these listings from Loopnet.com! $599,000 is the list price, call me and we will make an offer and see if we can't get you a better deal!

There is another 12 acre home site off 71 HWy in Butler, that is just right and listed at $99,000. A prefect place to build your dream home!

Click on the file to see the listings!

Looking for sales comps or just want to know what the neighbors house sold for. Well here you go, this little gadget will give you information on recent real estate sales in Bates County, MO. If you need help with the valuation of your home call us at 816-313-8876, we'd be happy to assist you.

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