Buying Land

“In many ways, Land combines bits and pieces of many of Winchester’s previous books into a satisfying, globe-trotting whole. . . . Winchester is, once again, a consummate guide.”—Boston Globe The author of The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World, and The...

No two tracts of land are the same. Buying timberland is not the same as buying farm land. Buying a wooded recreational tract is not the same as buying a wooded development tract. This book will give you specific information as it relates to a number of different rural real estate types, scenarios and what-to-watch-fors. You will get good information that can save you money, make you money, save time or all three!

Whether you're a veteran property owner or just starting out, here you'll uncover the real estate expertise you need to select the finest land for your new home.

Here’s how it started: I was driving to look at a new property, and a client called me to list one in North Louisiana. I was thinking that this 38-acre listing was right in the sweet spot for the size tracts that many people want for rural home sites in our region. I wondered if this tract could be bought at a price where we could improve it and make some money on it just like the... Well, just like the last several tracts I had bought over the last year!

A delivery driver finds himself inside a world occupied by characters from unfinished novels and must accept he is not real. But the world around him doesn’t feel right, and when he starts asking questions, the authorities soon take extreme measures to stop him finding the truth about Fiction Land.

Most real estate companies train salespeople how to farm leads and take an up. But when it comes to engaging emotionally with buyers, salespeople merely learn to survive. Real estate sales expert Jeff Shore argues that sales agents can thrive by building an emotionally charged and experience-based path to the sale.

E.B. Farmer walks you through the basics of getting started in an under-appreciated honey-hole of the market, where the laws of supply and demand are firmly on your side. The Land Flipper is the result of 30 years in the business and lays out in simple English how to start from scratch and build a real estate empire out of the earth beneath your feet.

11 proven steps that can help you add value to your land are identified and clearly explained by a leading land broker. The steps offered in this concise book can help you sell your land faster by improving its overall desirability and by helping it stand out among other rural real estate tracts on the market. Not selling right now? This information will help you improve your property's value for a future sale, or just make it better for your kids and grandkids.

More Land Buying Tips is just that...more! The original Land Buying Tips book was popular, so we did it again with different contributors and topics. Rural real estate - land - is a unique niche. In our land-related books we speak directly to the specific issues that apply to all types of rural real estate like farms, ranches, timber tracts, recreational tracts, and wooded parcels that can be developed into home sites or camps and retreats. The contributors in this book - like the first book - are the real deal.

Unlock the potential of land investing with Land Investing Guide: Due Diligence Checklist for Buying Vacant Land. This comprehensive book is your ultimate resource for navigating the complex process of purchasing vacant land. With 70 detailed chapters, each focusing on a critical aspect of due diligence, this guide is essential for both beginner and seasoned land investors.

Discover exactly how to find land for your tiny house, correctly budget, and navigate zoning and code, even if you have no experience.

Are you ready to catapult your land investment business into the realm of seven-figure success? Do you find the volatility of the real estate market daunting, yet yearn to make that bold leap into higher earnings? Forget the conventional path of basic real estate and land flipping. To join the elite top 1% of investors, you need a game-changing strategy. The average land investor, often tutored by generic courses, targets modest properties under $10,000. But how can significant gains—like $50,000 or even $100,000 per flip—be achieved with such small stakes?

In Passport to Exotic Real Estate, real estate expert and travel writer Steve Bergsman offers detailed advice on the benefits and challenges of buying overseas property, including whether or not foreigners can legally own property, tax implications, availability of beachfront land, market trends, investment security, local regulations, and much more. With this book as their guide, listeners will be fully prepared to overcome the obstacles of overseas property ownership and discover the benefits of living/vacationing abroad.

Curious about the metaverse, but can't quite wrap your head around it? Maybe you want to get a headstart, but don't know where to begin? In this practical primer, you will learn why and how we should prepare for a new digital renaissance, and what it means in terms of job opportunities, investments, and new business models.

In this short work, the author of The Land Flipper: Turning Dirt into Dollars covers the basics of owner financing from the perspective of both buyers and sellers. What is it? How does it work? What are some of the specific issues to consider when approaching an owner-financed deal? In an overview of three decades spent flipping land, E. B. Farmer discusses how seller financing benefits both sides of the transaction and how a bit of contractual maneuvering can be used to make difficult real estate deals happen quickly and with ease.

A good road into your property can be the difference between a landlocked parcel–useful only for recreation–and an extremely valuable real estate asset. But you don't have to wait and hope for a road to come your way. You can build it yourself. Not all roads are constructed by the government or large commercial interests. Private landowners all over the country build roads to and into their own property.

Buying and selling land can seem like a complicated endeavor. There are dozens of details that must be researched with not only raw land but any property, house on it or not, and many choices to make prior to closing on a transaction. Failing to properly perform due diligence can mean leaving money on the table, or worse: buying a property that cannot be used. This easy-to-listen-to book provides the necessary information for becoming successful in maneuvering through this thing we call "land." Learn what you need to know and where to find the information.

There are dozens of details that must be researched with not only raw land but any property, house on it or not, and many choices to make before closing on a transaction. Failing to properly perform due diligence can mean leaving money on the table, or worse: buying a property that cannot be used. This easy-to-understand book provides the necessary information for becoming successful in maneuvering through this thing we call "land." Learn what you need to know and where to find the information. After all, most houses sit on land, so you should know what is under the dirt.

Understanding the steps in the home-buying process will better prepare you for your first home. The book details several important items that will help you land your dream home.

You have a plan, but will it thrive in action? We know even the best-laid plans can falter once it’s time to implement them. The same is true for developing master planned communities. Financing strategies often unravel during the entitlement and financing phases due to consultants overlooking crucial details from the planning phase. The Launch Sequence® ensures your plans remain intact throughout the process. In Fields to Fortune, Carter Froelich explained how to leverage the Planning Process to achieve the return metrics for your project.