Looking at Cheap Land to Park a Camper or Tiny House On (LEGALLY!)

As I learned the hard way, when considering a property, visit it on a Friday night and late Saturday afternoon as well as a mid-week night. You have no idea how far a raucous party or bad music can travel across that landscape. And do you really want to spend your relaxation time while they're target shooting or running ORV's? Do a drive-by of your neighbors. Did the dogs bark and keep barking? Did the neighbor wave back when you gave him the two-fingers off the steering wheel acknowledgement?? And at night... How bright are their lights? We go into these things on a few hours visit during a day when we're pretty excited about the prospect and don't think too much about the tenor of neighborhood we're moving in to.

For those of you posters who are afraid of the beauty and solitude of the west just keep your cowpies to yourself ! Love the content Tristan keep up the good work. 👍

Number 3 for me. Desert flowers and snowy peaks. What's not to like.

Tire tracks. You must leave them regularly or locals will know you’re not there, and people will steal everything. Bricks, firewood, anything you leave secured or not. It will be gone. They will tear down your fence, they will steal your 40 foot shipping container. Don’t ask me how I know. Your neighbors will sit by and enjoy the show. Critical that you have someone there at all times and at least a car parked by your RV with a fake TV LED in the window. Make sure you have your correct address with the county recorder. If vagrants move into your property, they will be cited for dumping sewage, trash, etc. If you’re not receiving the bills, you won’t know but all the bills are in your name.

One man's trash is another man's building materials 😊 September 2025 I discovered the beauty of Nevada. Google Maps sent me on a 140 mile dirt road from Winnemucca to Middlegate. At one point I came upon a sign that said " Your GPS is wrong. Turn back." The best drive ever. Spent the night in the Middlegate bar/restaurant dirt lot. The bartender suggested: "I you want more quiet, drive 'round back by the chickens." My kinda hospitality.

BEWARE.... LAWS CHANGE.....ZOMBIE LOTS......Properties in Nevada that cannot be built on, particularly small rural lots, are often referred to as "zombie lots". The Nevada Department of Taxation formally classifies such land as "Vacant - Splinter" or "Vacant - Other Unbuildable". I've had one I was going to retire on purchased in the 1980s. Now its non build lot. I could build on then but not now. BEWARE......

Elko gets very cold in winter, your property may not have access all year around. However it isn’t extremely hot summer. Elko is a pretty nice Nevada city.

All good places to engage in astrophotography. Quiet and dark. You could get amazing pictures.

I'm with you on the first property in Elco, I like the looks of the second one too but generations of folks have been using it for kicks and a dump so they'd be pissed at the "outsider" for trying to rain on their parade. Thanks for all the great videos !

I think you have a future as a realtor ‘We have these tall grasses BILLOWING in the wind’😂 Sell baby sell! 🎉 But seriously, I really appreciate your time and research and showing us these properties!

A place like that would be an incredible place to build an Earthship style home.

Thanks for watching! Here are the other "cheap land" videos I've done if you're interested: ► Arizona: /watch?v=28QVDp1M3qs ► Arizona (again): /watch?v=xHNZuN8YUpw ► Colorado: /watch?v=2N8bLrZaQ-A ► Colorado (again, and just part of this video is about cheap land): /watch?v=2r-9omgaIoM ► The cheap property I bought in Utah: /watch?v=Rx3IRVsGbwc ► The OTHER (neighboring) property I bought in Utah: /watch?v=5hAlvkrfip4 Where should my next cheap land video be?? -Tristan

I'm a trail runner and have in most of the major mountains in 12 western states including BC Canada. The Ruby Mountains is my favorite mountain to run in. My run up to the summit of Ruby Dome was an epic journey.

Pros and cons - the views and isolation are great. The cons - something bad happens, or bad people show up, you're isolated too. And a long drive to get supplies.

That's where you go for Breaking Bad shenanigans

I know this area well. I grew up in Northern Utah , and used to drive to Wendover all the time to gamble. You definitely would not want to live here in winter months , or even visit , as it is the most miserable weather imaginable. Especially the wind , oh my god , the wind is relentless cold and blows constantly in winter. Snow and ice would make it difficult to even access in winter. So year round? Not a chance. Yes , the locals will steal anything not nailed down , so there's that. It is a MEAN area. There is a reason it is sparse. Got guns? Bring them. Got big dogs? Bring them. Make sure your first day out here , you fire your guns often to warn off those eye-balling your place , and they will. Like Rattle-snakes? They come with no legs and two legs out there. Get the picture? But hey , like to gamble? Wendover is a stones throw away! Just don't plan on finding your stuff still there when you get back.....Nickname for this area when I was a kid was "serial killer paradise". Think twice. If that doesn't work , think three or four times.

Man I think I would do everything I could to afford better property. Maybe the 40k to 50k range.

That montello gas and grocery place reminds me a lot of the where Sarah Connor stops at the end of Terminator.

This area is near where the Dylan Rounds case took place.

I understand that Montello has a well in town that can be accessed for water.