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First, find someone to read the dirt
Before a septic permit can move, a TDEC-approved soil consultant has to read the ground. Finding one who's reachable, and who'll quote a price, turned into its own project.
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The woods qualified for EQIP
Plain wooded land, no farm, can qualify for USDA conservation cost-share, with no acreage minimum. A fast yes, then a slow funding queue.
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Greenbelt isn't a form you file
Tennessee's Greenbelt tax break steers a small landowner to Open Space, a class that needs a county designation or a permanent easement. Often out of reach.
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The owner-builder question, answered
Can a regular person legally act as their own general contractor in Tennessee? The county and the state both said yes, with limits worth knowing before you sign.
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The first real gate is the dirt
The first move on raw land isn't the floor plan, it's whether the soil will take a septic system. How that gate works, and what it took to get the test booked.