5 ACRE OFF-GRID RANCH, SOUTHERN COLORADO, ONLY 1/2 MILE TO RIO GRANDE RIVER

Description

Here is a fantastic opportunity to own and invest in a 5 acre Colorado off-grid ranch property in the RIO GRANDE RANCHES subdivision, located only 1/2 mile east of the Rio Grande River.
The starting bid for this property is only ,300. This is a no reserve auction. The winning bid plus a 9 processing fee is the full purchase price of the land. This is a cash sale with no seller financing available. We will convey the land to the winner of this auction through a Warranty Deed. There are no back taxes or liens on the property.
Please ask all questions before bidding. Please do not bid on this property unless you intend to purchase the land if you are the winning bidder
.
Thank You!
*The simple purchase process and forms of payment accepted can be viewed at the end of the auction listing*
Thank you for visiting our Colorado land auction. You are bidding on a beautiful 5 acre property in the Rio Grande Ranches of Costilla County, Colorado. This property is located only 1/2 mile east of Rio Grande River that offers great opportunities for canoeing, kayaking, and trout fishing. The land is just over 4 miles north of the Colorado/New Mexico border and only 8 miles from Ute Mountain in New Mexico. The property fronts a County road called Inca Trail. The property is in the southern part of the Rio Grande Ranches subdivision for great privacy, yet only 10 miles south of HWY 142 for convenient access into town for all your necessities.
This great Rio Grande Ranches subdivision lot offers incredible views of Mt. Blanca to the north, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the east, and Ute Mountain to the south. This lot has excellent County dirt road frontage, and provides plenty of wide-open spaces.  This property rests in the beautiful San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado and is a short drive from four amazing reservoirs for great canoeing, kayaking, fishing, and boating; Sanchez Reservoir, Sanchez Stabilizing Reservoir, Smith Reservoir, and Mountain Home Reservoir are all a short drive from this property. We visited Costilla County in early June 2021 and were stunned by the unique beauty of this area of Colorado. Only about 30 minutes from the oldest town in Colorado, San Luis, this land is also close to the Southern Colorado towns of Alamosa, Blanca, and Fort Garland.  Alamosa is the largest town about 1 hour away with a population of about 10,000 people. It has a Walmart Supercenter, an Ace Hardware, Tractor Supply Co., various other retail stores, restaurants, hotels, a regional airport, and even a small university. Taos, NM is a little over 1 hour south of the property and provides some great winter skiing and outdoor recreation opportunities. Colorado Springs and Denver are located about 3 and 4 hours to the northeast respectively.
The
legal description
of the property
is RIO GRANDE RANCHES UNIT 19 LOT 28.
The
APN
is
71519100
. Taxes on the property will be less than 0 per year and are paid current, not coming due again until early 2022. The GPS coordinates for the property are:
NW Corner:  37.0472,-105.7596
NE Corner:   37.0472,-105.7584
SW Corner:  37.0455,-105.7596
SE  Corner:  37.0455,-105.7584
Property Profile:
APN: 71519100
Legal Description: RIO GRANDE RANCHES UNIT 19 LOT 28
Zoning: Estate Residential (short term camping allowed for 14 days every 3 months)
Lot Size: 5 Acres
Power: solar or generator (you install)
Heat: propane or wood (you install)
Water: well or cistern (you install)
Sewage: septic system (you install)
HOA: NO HOA
Time limit to build: none
State: Colorado
Deed Offered: Warranty Deed (highest form of deed conveyance)
Yearly Taxes: Will be less than 0 and are paid current; not coming due again until early 2022
County: Costilla
City/Location: San Luis, CO 81152
This ranch land is nestled between the magnificent Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range on the south and east sides, and the La Garita and Conejos-Brazos Mountain Range to the north and west. The San Luis Valley provides a myriad of outdoor recreation opportunities: hike majestic Mt. Blanca, the fourth highest peak in the Rocky Mountains (14,345 ft) and dozens of other trails up other nearby mountain ranges and throughout the Valley; traverse the dunes and recreate in the river at Great Sand Dunes National Park; boat and fish in San Luis Lake and explore the surrounding San Luis Reservoir State Recreation area; explore thousands of acres of wildlife refuges; hunt on BLM land and experience some of the best big game hunting in all of Colorado; visit Zapata Falls; short-term camp on your property; tube, canoe, or kayak the Rio Grande River and try your hand at some championship trout fishing; boat and fish in the County’s four reservoirs: Smith, Mountain Home, Sanchez, and Sanchez Stabilizing Reservoir; visit the many historical sites dating back to the mid 1850’s; visit the Stations of the Cross in San Luis and a civil war era military fort in Fort Garland; mountain bike; bring your ATV’s. If you are looking for an incredible photography venue, you will love this place. Enjoy crystal clear nights, and  plenty of peace and quiet on this wonderful Southern Colorado ranch property.
This property is zoned Estate Residential, but you are permitted to camp on your property for up to 14 days every 3 months without a permit. There is no time limit to build. If you want to build a home on this land, you will need to have a septic system installed, and you will also need a permanent water source: either a household well, or an underground cistern where you would haul water in and/or build a water catchment system. Homes need be a minimum of 600 square feet, with a wide variety of home types  allowed. You may also have up to 2 horses, and chickens in a coop on this lot. Solar is the option of choice for power on this property as there are almost 300 days of sunshine per year. Heating a home in the winter would be by propane or a wood-burning furnace. This land sits at an elevation of about 7600 feet above sea level and experiences moderate temperatures in the summer and cold winters, with not as much snow as up in the nearby mountains.
A title search was performed on this property before we purchased it. There are no liens and no back taxes on the land. There are no HOA fees. We will convey this ranch land to the new owner through a Warranty Deed, the highest form of Deed conveyance, guaranteeing no liens and no back taxes on the property.
The links below have a wealth of information about Costilla County and the San Luis Valley:
https://costillacounty.colorado.gov/
https://www.alamosa.org
https://www.uncovercolorado.com/towns/san-luis/
(be sure to check out all the links on this site about the area towns and the amazing opportunities available for exploration in this incredible part of Colorado)
https://www.colorado.com/articles/hidden-colorado-gem-zapata-falls
https://youtu.be/t-yCS_oBsqo
(Video explaining why Alamosa and the surrounding area is a wonderful place to visit and live)
Please contact us with any and all questions. We look forward to hearing from you!
If you are the winning bidder of this auction, we will contact you right after the auction ends to help you complete the purchase of the property. The simple purchase process is as follows:
1. Immediately after we contact you, you email us your name(s) and mailing address along with the
form of payment you will be using to purchase the property. We accept payment through bank wire transfer, Zelle, cashier’s check, or money order. We can also accept a debit or credit card payment through a secure payment platform called Square, with a 3% convenience fee added on to the total price. If you will be using Zelle to pay, please let us know your daily limit as we may have to spread the payment over a few days.
2. We will prepare the one-page purchase agreement, sign and date it, then scan and email it to you for your
signature(s) and date.
3. You sign and date the purchase agreement, then scan and email it back to us (if you do not have access to a scanner, a legible picture of the document works great also).
4. You make full payment.
5. After we receive your full payment, we will prepare the Warranty Deed and have it notarized.
6. We will send a scanned copy of the notarized Warranty Deed to you before Priority mailing it to the Costilla County Clerk and Recorder’s Office for recording.  We will
email
a scanned copy of the Priority mailing receipt
to you.
7. You will receive the recorded deed from the County in approximately 2-3 weeks by first class mail.
You are then the new owner of your very own 5 acre ranch property in the beautiful San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado! We have helped over 120 satisfied individuals and families purchase property in Costilla County. We look forward to helping you do the same.
Thanks for Bidding!