I have dusted off my old Yelp account so I can tell you all about how fantastic my experience working with Homestead Crossing is, and has been since I first began dealings with them in the Fall of 2016. I used to live in the big city (Portland, Oregon) and was tired of the rat race, so I began researching how I, as a blue collar worker, could afford to buy a place to build a home, on some land out in the woods. Coming up with a huge down payment, saving money while paying city rent and bills, was an issue for me, as was credit, (Again, those horrific city bills!) so a bank loan was out of the question. I was also pretty specific in what I wanted: rural land in a beautiful wooded area with low-to-no building codes, mostly for the sake of cost efficiency in developing my future homestead. I narrowed my land search down to the Ozarks region and that's when I came across Homestead Crossing on eBay. Not wanting to buy sight-unseen, and wanting to do some exploring on ground in the area I desired to live in, I planned a trip to Northern Arkansas and Southern Missouri in the Fall of 2016. I spoke with several realtors and land sellers all over the Ozarks and looked at a few places before I decided to pop in to the Homestead Crossing office in Willow Springs, Missouri, to see what they had available. I am glad I did. From the moment I walked in off the street, slightly bedraggled from all the driving and camping, I was shown the utmost professionalism and respect. All my questions were answered and they asked good questions of me to narrow down what I was looking for, which, honestly, I was not as certain of as I thought I was when it came down to it. Did I need electric? How many acres? Geographic features? I gave slightly vague parameters, admittedly, but was promptly given a personal escort, a friendly and laid back guy named MJ, and a list of properties to look at for starters. MJ answered questions and pointed out features and amenities at and around the properties on the list, and I absolutely fell in love with the third one we toured. By mid-afternoon, I was putting a small down and my first month's payment on the table after having the contract explained and all those questions answered. One of the things that sold me on going with Homestead Crossing and the owner-finance route was that from the moment I started paying, I could start using the land, although, I did decide to go back to the city to save up some before relocating, whilst making my low monthly payments. (These payments were facilitated by a fabulously easy-to-use and instant payment processor on the Homestead Crossing Inc website, although, there are multiple ways you can pay for your land from wherever you are without having to physically go to their office.) Since signing on as a Homestead Crossing land buyer, I have had nothing but good experiences with the company, their accurate and transparent accounting processes, and, best of all, their fantastically friendly and fun staff. (Ed, Shannon, Audrey, MJ, EVERYONE there is great!) They really do remember their clients by name and even have a yearly Customer Appreciation Day, which is a great time. They go all out with live music, great food, the works! They also have a networking group on Facebook for current and potential customers called "Friends Who Like Homestead Crossing Inc." It's a great source of homesteading and area information in addition to being a place to see new listings. Anyway, this is getting to be a novel, but long story short, I highly recommend Homestead Crossing. I love my new life in the Ozarks and Homestead Crossing has truly been, and continues to be, responsive, efficient, straightforward, transparent, and all-around excellent to work with. read more

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Excellent customer service and all around just a bunch of caring people. Hard to find honest business practice and no question is left unanswered, regardless how insignificant it might be. Ed offers a long forgotten way of doing business, before the big Mortgage companies ruled the game and banks made decisions about you based on pieces of paper. When we had to back out of our first purchase deal due to personal issues and I figured we have lost everything we invested, Homestead Crossing held our previous payments and months later let us apply them to another Property. Who does that? Homestead, that's who! Old fashion values, good honest business practices and outstanding customer service is what got me as a loyal customer and a 5 star rating for Homestead Crossing. If you are looking for land (without or without structure) and you are open to the States in which Homestead Crossing does business, you can't find a better company to do business with! read more

Very disappointed in the information received from the sales associate about a house listed in Arkansas on their website. Lots of inaccuracies. My advice, hire a home inspector, it will be money well spent. Decided to pass on this opportunity as it needed a lot of work (and dollars). read more

I have had my land for over a year now and very happy with Homestead Crossing. Ed, Pat, and his staff go above and beyond to make sure you LOVE your land. They treat you like family and when you make your payment, he personally emails you back thanking you. read more

Ed and the staff at Homestead are amazing people. Christina is the person we worked with and she could not have been more helpful. Did I mention that you can change your property anytime you want and your money goes with you? Yep. And I did I mention that when you have to leave the company because they don't have anything available where you have to move that your money stays in like a savings account that can be used whenever on property? Yep. Most companies just keep your money and say thanks. We could not have had a better experience and hope to find something to use our money on later. Thanks Christina for everything....and "yes" we are happy!! read more

A shared well also means everyone shares in the expense. And you did say if I did not turn their water back on you would void my contract and kick me out. You are ridiculous and sending me texts on my phone isn't very business like. You have sided with those people since day one Ed. read more