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In the past, for a buyer to find the right land for their needs was just one hurdle to face in the rural land market - finding financing for it was the second. Now for many it’s a lot easier with the partnership between LandsofAmerica.com and 21 Farm Credit Associations. There’s no […]

Everyone is familiar with house-flippers, who buy rundown houses in promising areas, completely rip through them in a matter of weeks to bring all the systems up to snuff, and then put these houses right back on the market for a profit (well, usually for a profit). There are probably ten or fifteen popular […]

Using listing services for your rural land can generate you a lot of leads but if you’re not careful you can be burned as well.
The number of listings a site has, or claims to have, isn’t all you should take into account. Some sites just grab listings from other sites to look like they […]

Do buyers browse the MLS for rural land listings?  Not often because most rural property won’t be listed there.  Because of differences in financing options and types of buyers, it’s often as though rural real estate is from a different planet than conventional residential real estate.  It’s often a waste of time to start […]

Austin Maddux from Ranches and Rivers Realty in Austin, Texas believes that it is certainly possible, with GIS mapping. In fact, he discusses how several rural agents have already created their own systems for the areas that they serve. Obviously there are issues with keeping the data up to date, and many initial hurdles to […]

Get in now or expect to be kicking yourself down the road. Some of you may wonder what on earth I am talking about – “Of course pricing will go up!”, you may say.  But I believe we are not in for a steady incline, but rather a boom in pricing, and here is why.
In […]

We love getting feedback and emails from others in the industry. Many of them feel as we do, the love of the land and outdoors. If it’s hunting/fishing, farming, ranching, investing, or just over all enjoying the land we all have the same thing in common.
   Tory B. Virdell - Broker/Assoc. out of Llano,
   Texas who lists […]

What would a farm, ranch, or general rural land owner want his or her property to border?  I’m sure, more land of the same type, right?   
What about someone in a housing community?  Many wouldn’t mind their back yard being against a farm, ranch, or just open land right?
Well, it’s not always “Love Thy Neighbor” when […]

$155Million, a record for non-commercial listings.  The actual price is not known, but we’re told they got close to their asking price.
 The land is in California and consists of the Cojo ranch alone having 24 miles of coastline!  It’s considered some of the most beautiful and incredible undeveloped land in existence.  The Bixby company sold […]

Fort Monmouth in New Jersey is on the Pentagon chopping block for base closings.  It has everything you’ve wanted in your dream base, plenty of housing, church, 18 hole golf course… in an area land is reported as being $1 million an acre!