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Ask most long-time residents of rural Alabama their opinion of what land is selling for these days and you will probably get a long-winded answer about how local folks can’t buy land in Alabama now. I believe it’s a simple demand/supply relationship that causes this. The overwhelming majority of buyers of rural Alabama […]

All we ever deal with on LandsofAmerica.com is private individuals selling their land they own. The Press Release below is the perfect opportunity to bring up the topic of Private vs. Public land - which is more enjoyable? Which is more available? Which is more accessible? All these answers depend on your […]

United States Population
July 1, 1900 76,094,000
July 1, 1950 152,271,417
July 1, 2006 298,444,215
United States Acreage
July 1, 1900 2.3 billion acres
July 1, 1950 2.3 billion acres
July 1, 2006 […]

Why would you buy land when you can get it for free?
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Anderson, a little town in Alaska’s interior, has no gas station, no grocery store and no traffic lights, but it does have plenty of woodsy land — and it’s free to anyone willing to put down roots in the […]

Most people know that it is possible to exchange one form of real estate for another, but few people realize how very useful Internal Revenue Code Section 1031 can be. Like-kind exchanges are such a valuable way to maximize the value of your investment in real estate that anyone buying or selling rural land […]

Real estate can be a great investment. It was mostly thanks to appreciation in houses bought for just a few thousand dollars and later sold for hundreds of thousands that the Greatest Generation could afford their great retirements; and some of the world’s biggest fortunes have been built on owning real estate.
This can be […]