A wise man once told me when I was very young the first thing a man must do is to own a piece of land. When you go into a store and you buy something it’s chattel, but when you own a piece of land, that’s real. And that’s where the words real estate originated.

I’ve always been captivated by rural Texas, especially what is known as the Texas Hill Country. Having visited there and helped an old couple in Wimberley, Texas, I decided that this is the kind of lifestyle I want–a dream as old as America itself; give me a piece of land to call my own, a little town where everyone knows my name. It’s a dream we are dreaming with a new heart-and-gut-felt urgency. More than the romance of the country, it’s a promise of safety, of comfort, and old-fashioned values. Old-fashioned values….

Now, I’m not the richest person on the block, but I’ve been saving up for that perfect acreage I’ve spied from the corner of my eye. I just need a bit more time. I hope that by starting this blog, I can stay focused on my dream. I also hope that others may learn and share their own viewpoints on their own quest for land. This is not a real estate website and I have no association with any realtors. I’m just a guy in his 20s hoping to purchase land in the country and to fulfill a life long dream. I look around and see lots of old ranchers, retirees–but I don’t want to wait for that age. While my friends party and hit the nightlife in the cities, I’ll be gazing under the stars and hoping life goes as slow as possible because Lord knows that life is too damn short.