Thanks for the input.

I've definitely kept my options open as far as acreage size goes (and would actually prefer larger) as well as budget. But I guess it's just hard to get a feel for how well a property will hold water while looking at the listings on the internet. It's quite a bit of work to get a topo out of some of these realtors.

But I have been keeping my eyes open for properties without...but have been trying to focus on properties with.

I've found some very very nice properties, but each time I really get my hopes up, there's a dealkiller.

Like this one:

http://www.trrn.com/detail.asp?PropID=33692

I was all set to go look at it tomorrow with high hopes until my realtor got ahold of the listing agent and found out the property was once a part of a 40 acre tract which had been split 3 ways...with each having frontage on the pond/lake. And that's not something I want.

So still searching...just somewhat less patiently.