Good points TDR and I could elaborate. It's not on the market, yet. The land is leftover from a subdivision that never really happened and it's not really build able, I would need to cut a steep drive to the top of the mountain, it'd be narrow and steep. No way to get concrete up there except helo or bags.
The land had already been select cut so the only harvesting I would do would be for firewood. I have searched similar properties in the area and came up with my thought of 1500 on that.
The main reason I'm considering it is it borders my property and I don't want some wing nut to get it and do who knows what. The property line boarders my home and someone could actually look in my windows from there. Granted it's 4wd access only but you never know what people will do.
If I had the cash it wouldn't be much of a problem but I don't, so I'd rather not pay more than needed.
I will draw up an offer with taking all of the factors into consideration, put it in writing and mail it to him. He's in a different state. I appreciate the input folks! Truly helpful!