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After 8 years of listing homes, a dirt road listing in Ohio flipped my view
I always pushed sellers toward paved streets and busy corners, figured dirt roads were a tough sell for banks and buyers. Then I listed a 3 acre place outside Zanesville on a gravel road, the kind you need 4 wheel drive after rain, and it got three offers in 11 days. A young couple loved the privacy and the county didn't plow, but they were the ones who said 'we're fine shoveling, we want the quiet.' Now I ask buyers about dirt roads first before I discount them, has anyone else seen off-grid or remote land sell faster than expected?
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beth_singh1mo ago
Three offers in 11 days on one gravel road listing sounds more like luck and a hot market than some bigger trend, because banks still hate dirt roads when it comes time to appraise and most buyers run the other way once they picture mud season. That young couple probably had a job in town and no kids yet, wait until they need an ambulance or a school bus that won't come down that road in February. One sale does not mean we should all start telling sellers their remote land is a gold mine, because the next 10 listings like that will sit for 6 months.
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