3.9ac Davis Road, Richlands, NC 28574

Maybe the five-year plan starts with buying the land. Tract 5 gives you 3.84 wooded acres on paved Davis Road with no HOA and no deed restrictions. Set up the RV while you work toward the house. Build the shop first. Bring in a manufactured or modular home.

Build stick-built when you're ready. Plant a garden, get some chickens, park the boat and start turning the property into yours a little at a time. RA zoning gives you that kind of flexibility. Stick-built, manufactured and modular homes are allowed, along with one RV per parcel, a duplex, ADUs and accessory structures, subject to applicable county requirements.

And this isn't a ''buy it now and hope it perks'' situation. Septic testing is already complete, two septic areas have been identified, and the seller will provide two septic permits prior to closing. You're about 10 miles from Richlands, 12 miles from downtown Jacksonville, 16 miles from a Camp Lejeune gate and 28 miles from North Topsail Beach. Buy the dirt. Park the camper. Make a plan. Change the plan. You've got almost four acres and no HOA committee waiting to approve it.