Prior to digging my hole in the ground, I decided to sell and buy a place with a pond. I found several interesting possibilities but found that the pond wasn't always the deciding factor. It had to be around 5 acres or more to add serious value. My big surprise that raw land, with smaller ponds was going for about $2,000 per acre for approximately 100 acres. The larger the acreage, the less price per acre. My big surprise was the house. A house that might bring $50 K in town on 100 acres of $2K land became a $200K+ piece of property.
