What do you do with odd shaped lots like this? 38' deep and 1570' long? I'm seeing lots of these pop up with pastureland and depleted gas well being annexed and developed.
[{"id": "ek1tf6z", "text": "Is this an old CSX lot? They used these along train lines for loading. If not I\u2019m curious who else has lots like these.", "replies": [{"id": "ek1vgz4", "text": "No, I believe its leftover from the development to the north and the right of way for the road that is being expanded now. The deed history has the current owner deeded in 1988 and an orphanage (is that PC?) from 1900-1988. There is a BNSF rail line just to the west that runs north/south seen [here](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Keller,+TX/@32.9560392,-97.2573056,798m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x864dd6e03178d70f:0xb9151050cbdd73b2!8m2!3d32.9341893!4d-97.229298). \n\nI don't think there is any practical use for it. I'm just curious what others have done with extremely irregular lots.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ek2gf67", "text": "Occasionally people forget to pay taxes on these and they go to sale.\n\nOne guy in the Tampa area many years ago would go around and buy them for the back taxes, then put up a big pink fence and force the neighbors to pay him to take it down.\n\nhttps://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20020518/News/605226765", "replies": [{"id": "ek4eod9", "text": "That\u2019s rich, I like the cut of his jib", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ek2ghxs", "text": "\"Mitigation Land\", which means you sell it as land used for purposes like offsetting environmental impacts, have trees/landscaping, etc.\nOr you can break it and sell to the other homes there, so they have extra land. \n\nThat being said, depending on the zoning, you could put a few trailers on the land. There are a couple of home builders specializing in 30' wide homes, long and skinny. \n\nOne could widen the road, build another road, sell it for under/above ground power lines (Although easements are more common) or just make it pretty and it could become a small dog park. \n\nIt's going to be hard to sell though.", "replies": [{"id": "ek2k73m", "text": "Trailer homes likely wouldn\u2019t meet setback requirements, not to mention need for curb cuts or some sort of ingress ", "replies": [{"id": "ek2lztv", "text": "Yeah, really depends on where. trailer homes here need to have 5feet on each side which leaves a 20 foot wide house. You could potentially do that, but it's really pushing it. Not possible in many states", "replies": [{"id": "ek2w7o2", "text": "What about tiny house lots? Might be weird in a neighborhood like that. But it would be something new and different. You would get a lot of attention. Only other thing I can think of is a solar farm. ", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ek3hr0g", "text": "I can\u2019t image using it for anything aside from planting flowers or trees for the benefit of nearby houses. Seems silly it wasn\u2019t divided into the parcels below it. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ek3t4xg", "text": "Now my wheels are turning. How about an Airbnb made out of a long line of shipping containers. ", "replies": [{"id": "ek418xx", "text": "Hmm... tiny house communities are starting to pop up around here", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ek45wq8", "text": "Some dude over on r/realestateinvesting bought the taxes on something similar. It was a drainage ditch for like $150 on the tax sale website in his area. We told him to damn it up and have the association pay him to keep it working lol. Probably not the best idea but it gave me a laugh.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]