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There is this guy named Malcolm Forbes (think magazines) who tried this. I don't think he got a lot of people to sign up and join him out there. Do a search on Trinchera Ranch.

He did however make decent money on the land. Purchased it in the 70's for around $50 and acre and sold it in 2007 for over $1000 an acre.
That is about an annual return of 8.2%. But if you take into account all the improvements he did, I know he built a lot of roads and buildings, maintenance and taxes he might not have done so well.

I think you'd do better getting interest on a hunting forum than a Porsche forum.

I used to do the drive from Durango to Boulder quite frequently. One thing I always wanted to do was buy a ranch out there and turn it into a wind farm. The wind is going all the time out there. Once driving a land rover defender 90 on some hard-pack snow it literally spun the car around. I was on the outskirts of Sagauche on a very straight piece of road. So it wasn't driver inputs that led to the spin.

Maybe something around Fruita or Grand Junction might be more up your alley. Seems like a tough sell in any remote / sparsley populated area. These are not easy places to get to. Or maybe east of denver out past the airport. Not quite as romantic as southern colorado but more realistic to get customers.
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