So this is interesting. Just as I was about to go look at the property I mentioned above, I looked and saw that it had been marked as sold. I looked at the date though, and it was retroactive, and said it had been sold in march of 2012, which I remembered is the date it listed as the last time it sold. So I think it has been taken off the market for now. The listing realtor wouldn't call me back.

Meanwhile, I visited relatives in the area, and they gifted me land to build on! This is great news but poses a few problems.

#1 there are some restrictions on the land, which is why I had not considered asking my dad for a chunk of his (it's family land and all my family and aunts and uncles own pieces). The main problem is that houses have to be at least 1200 sq ft. Hey great, a big house! Well to me that is a good size house anyways. I wouldn't mind that except that it will cost who knows how much over $100,000 to build when it's all said and done. No mobile homes allowed and can only live in a camper a year while a house is being built. I have looked at log cabin kits, but the price with construction (or assembly?) is over budget. A cob house probably wouldn't cut it, and I still would have to pay someone else to at least direct it.

#2 I would have to change home health agencies and find work in a much less populated (rural) area. I'm guessing that means less cases. That's a gamble. Not only that but I don't have enough saved up as buffer money/emergency money, as we have discussed. The good thing is that a new house means less repairs...at least for awhile.

#3 I have relied on roommates before to help share expenses, but the land is very rural on a mountain. Would be hard to find renters. If they got a local job it would most likely be a minimum wage job at best IF they could find a job. It just doesn't seem realistic to depend on having a renter.

Danggit. Surely there is a way. The good thing is that they are going to deed it to me regardless of whether I build on it or not, as I told them I would have to get back to them about my final answer and they are already in the process of handing it over. It's such an awesome and unforeseen opportunity!!!