| As the saying goes, "There are horse properties and | | | | revitalize. If you do not give each pasture this |
| there are horse properties." Everyone has their opinion | | | | opportunity to renew, you will eventually end up with |
| of what makes a property, conducive to boarding | | | | nothing but acres of pasture with little or no grass. |
| horses, but one thing you should always consider | | | | The other thing to consider when looking for a horse |
| when working with a real estate agent is, does that | | | | friendly property is, the properties proximity to riding |
| agent know anything about horses. Does he or she | | | | trails. Having acreage but having to trailer your horses |
| own horses? I am not saying that you have to own a | | | | to ride them gets old quick. But finding a property that |
| horse to know about horses, but it sure helps. | | | | has access to riding trails is far and few between. |
| What some agents call horse property, I would not put | | | | Even though you have property that backs up to the |
| a mountain goat on. I have seen listings that agents call | | | | US Forest Service land does not mean that you can |
| horse properties, only to find, the property is | | | | cut trails into the forest to ride your horses, and if you |
| mountainous, with steep terrain, heavily wooded and | | | | do, be prepared for the forest service to impose huge |
| does not properly accommodate horses at pasture. | | | | fines for doing so. |
| The old saying, One horse per two acres, is still the | | | | When you search for a real estate agent to help you |
| standard. Even though most properties do not have | | | | find that perfect horse property here in the mountains |
| enough acreage in pasture to meet those standards, | | | | of Western North Carolina or North Georgia, please |
| there are still properties that do. You just need to | | | | take the time to qualify him/her. Ask all the questions |
| know where to find them. | | | | that come to mind about their knowledge of horses. |
| To be able to pasture horses properly, you should | | | | Try to stick with an agent that has experience with |
| have more than one pasture available. It is necessary | | | | selling horse properties. It will save you a lot of time |
| to rotate the horses to new pastures at least every 3 | | | | and frustration down the road. |
| months. This gives each pasture time to renew and | | | | |