I bought a 52ac undeveloped piece from an 85 year old for $27K back in 2003. No one in his family wanted it. It was a back woodlot on top of a hill with no deeded access, prior owner had to ask abutters for access to cut/remove his own wood. It abutted my 14ac piece and so I bought it dirt cheap. Turned the two of them into $3.5M worth of fabulous mountain/water view house lots ... 2005 pricing.

"There's gold in them hills..."

Typical nigger. Looking for gibs from white people

You can try tax acquired property. Check with towns for tax delinquent properties.

Ask on fb or crsigslist. There might be someone out there that would sell off a small lot from their much bigger parcel. Make sure you have deeded road access and it's not a swamp, passes perc tests for a future house/septic system.

Northern Arizona or Nevada. Water is a problem, be prepared to cart it in (not terribly expensive) or get a cistern and collect rain water. Many places in Texas are affordable, or other dry areas like eastern Colorado, panhandle of Oklahoma, etc.

Remember 15 or so years ago an F5 tornado made hay of the town of Greensburg, KS? A few years later as part of their rebuild efforts, they were giving away land if people would move there and build. It's not a frequent occurrence, but towns still do this. Gotta move to BFE to reap the rewards though. That swath of land from western Texas northward up into the western Dakotas - dry land farming paradise - is the ticket. Base your searches there.

How do you feel about dust, pasture and cattle?

The homestead act is still in place in Alaska so "free" but you have to work and improve the land and it won't be easy.

Other than that, there is cheap land all over but it is probably somewhere you don't want to be... which is why it's so cheap.

If you want to live in places with no other people and 0 chance of an easy time. You can find land pretty damn cheap.

Yes garbage site... but useful all the same

AZ - 3k for 2.4 acres (zillow.com)

NM - $1800 (zillow.com) for 1

UT - $3200 (zillow.com) for 1

WY - 18K (zillow.com) for 40 acres

There are many more. You would have to be pretty specific on what you are looking for. Populated areas. Not gonna be anywhere hear as easy.

Out in the boonies land is cheap, but you are out in the boonies.

Portugal is pretty cheap but its a lot of work to just clear the old stone ruins.

If you are considering Europe you are probably thinking about English speaking areas. UK is North Korea 2.0, so only other option is Ireland.

If you can work remotely you could probably find cheap land in rural Ireland since like in many European nations, everyone is running to the cities to find work.

im in RE. yes, but it is not easy and requires risk. if you're in the US you can utilize the county courthouse and look for Sheriff Sales or delinquent tax lists, probate lists, etc..

nothing is free. even if you find something there are risks of additional liens or taxes owed that aren't discovered without a thorough title search (couple hundred bucks). then if it is clear title land you need to hope there are no hazardous materials stored, buried or contaminating the ground. you also have to make sure zoning allows for the use you want or you have to go through the process of re-zoning or getting forgiveness through the municipality. then you have you know about utilities (public or on-site) if pubicly available how much will it cost to tap in? if private/on-site, is there water and will the soil pass a perc test for the septic.

the reason the land is the price it is is because just some of the potential pitfalls i've laid out are dealt with and you have a high degree of certainty that you can do what you want.

it can be done, i see it all the time, but you have to know what to look for, have at least some cash and take risk.

honestly i'd try to find a mentor or well known re-habber/flipper in the area that can help you navigate the system.

if it was easy everyone would do it.