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Is Your Agent Marketing Your Land in the Right Places?
01/27/2012
When you decide to sell your land - whether it be farmland, timberland, ranchland or hunting land, be sure to ask the agent about the websites where your land will be listed. After you ask about websites then ask about social media websites. We'll do a two-part series and cover social media next time so let's start with websites. More

Land is a Safe Investment
12/05/2011
Economic uncertainty and turmoil around the world is leaving investors looking for a "safe" place to invest money. There are as many different investment strategies as there are investment gurus touting the safest place to invest your money in this economy. But what really constitutes a "safe investment" these days? More

Not All Real Estate Agents are Competent about Land
11/15/2011
Not every real estate licensee is qualified to help you buy or sell rural land. Their license may make it legal to practice, but their inexperience in land transactions could be costing you thousands of dollars. WARNING: Some agents who primarily sell residential real estate and dabble in rural land sales will be offended by this article. More

Three Tips on Picking Rural Land
11/11/2011
Investors can make a good profit from rural land investments. The trick is to know how to pick the right land, in the right location. Your investment options vary, but typically land owners rent rural land to hunters and farmers, or they subdivide and resell land lots. Whatever option you choose for your rural land investments, you should use these tips for choosing land to maximize your profits. More

Hot on the Trail: Pathways create interest and access in woodlots
10/21/2011
Build it and they will come. In the movies it was a baseball diamond built in a cornfield that attracted so much attention. The same is true when it comes to woods trails, says John Morton, who has made a career out of designing pathways that provide opportunities for recreation and relaxation. More

Farmland Goes Mainstream
09/14/2011
During the last ten plus years that I have been receiving the magazine from the National Association of Realtors I do not ever remember an entire article devoted to land and specifically farmland. For the most part rural land such as cropland, hunting land, ranchland or pasture is left out as a category in real estate industry news. More

An Ounce of Gold or an Acre of Land?
07/25/2011
Yesterday I noticed that the price of gold has risen to $1600 per ounce, and the thought struck me that land in my part of west Alabama is selling for approximately the same price per acre. I posed the question to two local business owners whether they would rather own an ounce of gold or an acre of land More

1031 Exchange Requirements
07/19/2011
A 1031 exchange is defined by the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 1.1031 as "No gain will be recognized on property held for productive use in business or investment when exchanged for like kind property held for productive use in business or investment." This means property either real or personal property held for the proper intent can be sold and gain deferred when real or personal property is acquired More

Improving Your Chances of LANDing a Loan
06/28/2011
You've certainly heard about (or experienced) the reduction in available credit for land purchases. There is still ample money available for higher-quality loans, loans with large down payments, consistent and adequate repayment sources, reasonable amortizations with frequent payments, etc. More

Information Please? Signs & Symptoms of a Land Specialist
05/27/2011
In my most recent article entitled "Your Choice for a Heart Attack...Cardiologist or Orthopedist?" I explained the importance of choosing a specialist - whether having a heart attack or planning to buy/sell land. More