ONLINE LAND AUCTION: Franklin County IL 450+- Acres / 4 Tracts (2664A)

ONLINE AUCTION: Franklin County IL 450+- Acres - 4 Tracts

AUCTION CLOSING DATE AND POSSESSION TERMS HAVE BEEN REVISED!

Bidding Closes Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. CST

Property Inspection: By Appointment - Call Auctioneer/Broker Wayne Keller at 618-407-1679

Property Address: Dry Road, Mulkeytown IL 62865

DESCRIPTION

The Flowers family is offering 450+- acres at public auction on Thursday, March 25^th.  The auction will be online only and closes at 8:00 PM CST. The farm lays at the East edge of Zeigler Illinois with frontage on IL Rt 149 and 2.8 miles North on Dry Road. It consists of 257 acres cropland and 213 wooded acres.  Hillside and creek bottom woodlands provide excellent whitetail, turkey and small game hunting and occasionally waterfowl. The property is offered as 4 separate tracts with no combinations.

Bidding will be per acre x tax map acres.  Bidding opens at $1000 per acre, bid increments on a sliding scale from $50.00 to $20.00 per acre.

Note:  Between Tract #1 and Tract #2 on Dry Road. You may see a sign on a 56+- acre tract with grain bins a 2 large pole barns.  This tract is not a part of the auction, but is available as a listing at buyafarm.com

TRACT #1:  91.9+- Acres with 73 Tillable Acres, 18+- Wooded 
Cropland – Investment - Home Sites - possible Pond Site.  Taxes paid in 2020 were $8.30 per acre.  3300+- feet frontage on IL Rt 149 and 1400+- feet frontage on Dry Road.

Short Legal: Part of Section 24, Township 7S – Range 1 East and part of Section 19, Township 7 South – Range2 East, Franklin County IL.

TRACT #2: 130.1+- Acres with 79+- Acres Tillable, 51+- Wooded
2800 feet frontage on Dry Road. 51 wooded acres provides excellent whitetail, turkey and occasional waterfowl hunting. Taxes paid in 2020 averaged $5.75 per acre across tracts 2, 3 and 4.

Short Legal: Part of Section 18, Township 7 South – Range 2 East and part of Section 7, Township 7 South – Range 2 East, Franklin County IL.

TRACT #3: 120.6+- Acres with 77+- Acres Tillable, 43.3+- Wooded
This tract will have 125 feet frontage on Dry Road and 60+- foot wide lane meeting county zoning requirements.  There will be an easement on the entry lane of Tract 4, with the right to improve and maintain a roadway and underground utilities. It will provide an easement across the East end of the 60’ roadway to the property to the South. Taxes paid in 2020 averaged $5.75 per acre across tracts 2, 3 and 4.

Short Legal: Part of Section 7, Township 7 South – Range 2 East, Franklin County IL.

Note: Tracts 3 and 4 combined would be a great hunting property with income.

TRACT #4: 107.3+- Acres with 29+- Acres Tillable, 78+- Wooded.
This is an excellent property for the Whitetail/Turkey hunter or homebuilder. Secluded with a wooded ridgeline dropping off in to the creek bottom. Timber was cut here a few years ago and it offers seclusion, bedding and a feed source, holding an abundance of Whitetail and Turkey.  This tract will have 125 feet frontage on Dry Road and 60+- foot wide lane meeting county zoning requirements. This lane will have an easement for ingress, egress and utilities in favor of Tract #3 and the owner of the lake property to the South. Taxes paid in 2020 averaged $5.75 per acre across tracts 2, 3 and 4.

Short Legal - Part of Section 7, Township 7 South – Range 2 East, Franklin County IL.

Note: Tracts 3 and 4 combined would be a great hunting property with income.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

YOUR BIDDING IS NOT CONDITIONAL UPON FINANCING.

NO BUYERS PREMIUM!

Sale is subject to the confirmation of the Sellers.

PROCEDURE: Bidding will be per acre x tax map acres.  $1000 per ac opening bid, bid increments on a sliding scale from $50.00 to $20.00 per acre.

SURVEY:  Tract #1 will not be surveyed and is based on last available tax bill.  Tracts #2, 3 and 4 will be surveyed.  Seller will pay 50% of survey bill and Buyer(s) will pay 50% on a per acre basis. Final sale price will be adjusted to surveyed acres on any surveyed tracts.  If a single buyer purchases Tracts#2,  3 and 4 they will have the option to forgo the survey and base the sale on the county tax map acres.

MINERAL: Any mineral owned will transfer, if any.

CONTRACT AND DOWN PAYMENT: Contract for purchase to be signed within 24 hours of close of auction. A 10% down payment of the total contract purchase price will be due immediately after being declared the winning bidder. The down payment may be paid in the form of personal check, wire transfer, business check or cashier's check and received within 3 business days. Earnest check to be made to Buy A Farm Land & Auction Co. Trust Account. The balance of the contract purchase price is due at closing.

TITLE: Sellers shall furnish the Buyer(s) at Seller's expense marketable title in the form of Title Commitment, Title Insurance, a proper deed conveying merchantable title to the real estate to the buyer(s) and tax transfer stamps.  Buyer will pay the deed recording and fees associated with mortgage/financing. Title companies closing fee will be split equally by Buyer & Seller.

CLOSING: Closing shall occur within 45 days or as soon thereafter as applicable closing documents are completed. Seller shall pay for recording release from any mortgage, if any. Buyer shall pay for recording the deed of conveyance from Seller and any mortgage title insurance charges. Any closing costs not herein provided for shall be borne by Buyer. Seller shall cause the Closing Statement to be delivered to Buyer at or before the closing.

POSSESSION: Possession will be given at closing subject to 2021 farm lease.

The information is believed to be accurate; however, no liability for its accuracy, errors or omissions is assumed the owners or Buy A Farm Land & Auction Co. LLC. All lines drawn on maps, photographs, etc. are approximate. Buyers should verify the information to their satisfaction. There are no expressed or implied warranties pertaining to this property. Real estate is being sold "As Is, Where Is".

Any bid placed inside 5 minutes will extend the auction bidding another 5 minutes. This will continue until there are no more bids.

AUCTIONEER: Wayne Keller, IL Lic #441.002475