Looking for some land where you can "do what you want"? Without an HOA telling you what you can or cannot do? There are parcels (1+ acres) that could meet your needs! Where are you looking? There are times you want to have chickens and goats, and most HOAs will not allow these.
Check out the links below -
Acreage without an HOA -
(at the time of this post, there were no listings in Denver County)
At the time of writing this post, the most reasonable home on 1+ acres I found close to the Denver metro areas was $250,000 in Sedalia in Douglas County.