An Acre to Call Your Own

Land Description

You've found an acre you liked before, gotten close, then backed off because something about the seller felt off and you couldn't tell the real ones from the ones waiting to take your money. This one you can check before you spend a dollar, every line of it, against the county. And we'll tell you the one real catch on this lot up front, instead of letting you find it after you've paid.

Everything below comes from our due diligence research, and you can confirm it against the Mohave County records under parcel 215-07-029D. Pull the file and go down the list. We'd rather you did.

This is a 1.11-Acre lot on W Encanto Drive in Golden Valley, out in the Arizona high desert, in the Paradise Acres subdivision. Flat desert ground, about 160 by 300 feet, sitting around 2,400 feet. It's zoned Agricultural-Residential, which means a single-family home, a Hud-Certified manufactured home, or a tiny home on a foundation, plus camping and RVs on a temporary county permit.

The pull here is plain. It's one of the cheaper ways to put your name on the deed to a full acre, on open flat ground with the desert running out to the horizon. No landlord, no bank, and a piece of country that's yours.

Now the things you want to know going in, and the first one shapes the rest.

The whole parcel sits in the Fema Zone A flood area, the 100-Year floodplain, with a small bit of wetland on it. Zone A is the floodplain, not the floodway, and the difference matters. The floodway is the channel that carries a flood, where building is all but off the table. Zone A is the wider area that can take on water in a 100-Year storm, so you can still build here, but any structure has to sit above the base flood elevation, and Arizona requires a foot on top of Fema's line. On a lot at this price, that elevation step is real cost and an engineer's sign-off if you build. Plenty of folks out here buy a lot like this to own and camp on, and take on the build later if they decide to. Either way, you keep an eye on the forecast, because the flood map is on this lot for a reason.

There's no water line and no power on the lot, which is normal for raw desert out here. Water gets hauled in and stored in a cistern, since wells in this area run hundreds of feet and cost a fortune. Power means solar or another off-grid setup. A build would need a septic system put in. Access is a dirt road, Encanto Drive, so you'd want a capable vehicle and a plan for getting in and out.

If you're financing, you put in the septic and move onto the land once it's paid off and the deed is in your name, because a financed deal is a purchase, not a rental, and the ground stays vacant until then. Pay cash and it's yours to use the day it records.

Run the numbers, ask us anything, then decide.

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The cash price is $3,500, plus the $250 document fee. On payments, it's $325 to get started, your $75 down plus the $250 document fee, then about $90.08 a month, all in, taxes and fees included, with no interest. There's a six-month same-as-cash window too. Get $3,500 in principal paid within the first six months and that's all you pay for the land, no markup. Your $75 down and the principal in each monthly payment count toward it, and to reach it in the window most folks add a lump sum on top of the monthly. After six months the $4,875 financed total is set, and you can still clear it early with no penalty, it just won't lower that total.

On paper, three signed contracts hold both of us to the deal from day one, with your name on them, real and binding. When the last payment clears, the warranty deed records in your name, the strongest deed there is. Bear Fruit Properties has been a registered Wisconsin LLC since 2021, on the public record for anyone to look up.

"You simply could not ask for a more honest person. We are looking to purchase more land and will work with Bear Fruit again. You will not be sorry if you work with Bear Fruit Property.."

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Nearby Towns

Golden Valley sits in the desert west of Kingman, in Mohave County. Kingman is the town you'd run to most, about 17 miles and half an hour off, with the grocery stores, hardware, gas, water, and county offices. It's the seat of Mohave County, so the assessor, treasurer, and recorder you'd use for this parcel are all there. A 76 station out on Az-68 is closer in, about 11 miles, for a quick fill-up. The parcel falls in the Kingman Unified School District.

Getting Around

I-40 and Us-93 are the two highways that move you through this part of Arizona, and you reach the lot on local dirt roads off the paved routes. Las Vegas is the closest big city, about 110 miles and an hour and three quarters by road, for an airport or a bigger shopping run. Laughlin, Nevada, with its riverfront and casinos, is around half an hour up the road, and the Colorado River runs the state line just past it. The drive times here come off the county and mapping data in the due diligence file, not a guess.

Things To Do

Kingman carries a lot of Route 66 history. The Arizona Route 66 Museum and the Mohave Museum of History and Arts are both in town, around 17 miles from the lot, along with the Bonelli House, a restored early-1900s home open for tours. Closer to the parcel, Shaffer Springs is about 13 miles off. For water and open recreation, the Laughlin Riverwalk is about half an hour out, and the Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area runs along the Needles Highway near Laughlin, roughly 36 miles from the lot, with river access, camping, and fishing.

Utilities And Services

For the basics out here, UniSource Energy Services is the area's electric provider, though nothing is run to this lot, which is why most owners go solar or another off-grid setup. Propane covers heat and cooking. Trash is handled by a private hauler, and Westside Disposal is one that serves the area. Living off the grid is the norm on raw desert ground in this stretch of Mohave County, and plenty of people in Golden Valley already do it.

The Area

This is high desert, flat and open, the kind of country where the nearest neighbor can sit a good distance off and the sky takes up most of the view. At this elevation, summers run hot and dry and winters stay mild, the usual pattern out here. It's quiet. People who own ground in Golden Valley tend to want the room and the low cost of holding a piece of Arizona, not a subdivision with sidewalks. Come look at it in person before you buy, walk the lot, and see how the area sits with you.

When you want to see it for yourself, start with the full file.

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Like every lot we sell, this one is first come, first served. To see the photos, the full due diligence file, and the exact steps to own it, click the orange Send Email button at the top of the page. Ask us anything before you decide, you'll get a straight answer with no pitch, and on a financed deal the 90-day window has your back, so you can start, look as close as you want, and still get your principal back if it isn't right.

P.S. An acre of Golden Valley for $325 to start, and a warranty deed in your name once it's paid off. The whole lot sits in the Fema 100-Year floodplain, so building there means raising the structure above the flood line, and we'd rather you knew that going in. Check every word against the county, and the orange Send Email button up top is how you reach us when you're ready.