a lot of rural property is like this in many places, older owners were hoarders , due to stores were far away and money was tight for them, so they refused to get rid of anything, they bought junk vehicles as that was what they could afford, and when one died, they parked it,a s it most likely wasn;t worth anything, and they repeated this over and over
many KIDS from parents like this, go down the same road, if they never moved away to get a better paying job or education
its not all a RED FLAG IMO
as for the land being contaminated , the local authorities would the people I would ask about that, as if it was deemed condemned it would effect them and there town and how the feds treat them for allowing it to happen, so they would know
as for selling vehicles without titles, that most times varies by STATE and what rules they have, I would call a local junk yard that deals with junk vehicles and ask them, most will know as they BUY them for a living
and they might even be willing to come check out property and give you a price ion what they would charge to haul all it away, as many either haul away, or know locals that scrap and sell to them
like it or not, a LOT of rural and older generations of folks, never mad much $$< they bought l;and when it was cheap and still had long loans on it, or inherited it from family, and are what I call LAND rich at times, but cash poor, as in NO real money or savings or investments
they lived and worked the farm or lands, and just made ends meet, there wasn't the planning as to HOW they would get by when they got old, they sort of just counted on there kids taking care of them,, as they took care of there parents
then realty kicks in, and kids move, and they find out social security doesn;t cut it much
and that JUNK pile, gets bigger, as they keep buying more junk as its all they can afford!
I know tons of older farmers that live this way, heck I know many that NEVER paid a trash fee in there lives, everything went OUT BACK< into a pit , a pile , or burned what they could, metal every where
they never SOLD it as SCRAP< as to them it wasn't scrap, it was things they BOUGHT, and they cannot break free to see it go! they feel attached to it, cause they spent there hard earned money on it, which at times was a LOT of money to them, so they don;t see it as trash, but as items they wanted and MAYBE some day will need a part off of or use for something else!
different ways to see a property like this and WHY it got that way, its not all drug related or folks just being slobs or low life's
yes it sure can be, but I wouldn;t say it is, till I knew more
