Why buy land? What is driving land purchases across the Country? Why are American’s consumed with the great outdoors? We can pull reports and quotes from demographers and appraisers, and talk about “trends” and “value” or we can talk on a more personal level.
The folks here at LandsofAmerica each have a passion for land. Whether it’s the founder’s love of hunting and God’s country, or it’s a new employee’s 70-year old deer hunting lease or another’s ranch that has been in grandma’s family for nearly a century, we all have different reasons for loving land. Land to me represents a reminder of hunting with my great-uncle Shirley and sitting in a two-man blind with my father the first week of each November, no matter what’s going on in the world. To my co-worker it may represent Thanksgiving and Christmas meals back on the farm, to another it may be the enjoyment of seeing his son catch his first bass or harvest his first buck. To you, it could be familiar sounds of crystal clear country and western music on the back roads of your home state. Whatever the reason for loving land, there is typically one that drives the decision to buy it.
If you love land or are planning on buying land, we want to know the reason. Not to be cheesy, but we want to hear what drives you to visit www.landsofamerica.com to purchase land. There are so many reason’s behind buying and owning land; it all can’t be “speculative investment”. For many of you it is a lifelong dream. For some a spontaneous investment at the recommendation of an advisor, to another it could be a gift to a spouse, or an excuse to get away from your spouse. No matter how random your reason is, we’d like to hear it. Retirement, Investment, and Hunting don’t count as answers. Put some meat on the bone, and share with us your true motivation for buying land. If you haven’t thought about it, now’s as good a time as any to figure it out.
2 responses so far ↓
Karen // Dec 14, 2007 at 3:43 am
For myself, I want space around me. Most of the last 35 years I spent on either a homestead or at least in an area where residential lots topped an acre. I want to have some chickens, I want a horse, I want a big enough yard to fence a big part for my dogs to run in. The last 7 years I’ve lived close enough to others to be able to hear the neighbors snoring, fighting, whatever, and a 40×100′ lot is considered large. In fact, there’s one place not too far away where the lot is smaller, square foot-wise, than the house we moved out of when we had to leave Alaska. I’m not anti-social, but I want just a bit of distance. Besides, my gran was one of those who always said ‘Buy land, they aren’t making any more of it.’
John // Feb 24, 2008 at 1:44 am
I want my space and privacy. As the country becomes more and more crowded land prices continue to skyrocket. I knew if I didn’t make my move soon I could in no way afford to buy the amount of land I wanted to. We found our dream spot. It’s 40 acres of land in the Missouri Ozarks. It’s wooded, has a creek across the front, has springs, is on a dead end road, and also borders state land on two sides. It’s pure paradise. There are only two houses on the road and everyone owns at least 30 acres. It’s paradise. The people of the Ozarks are the nicest folks you could ever meet. Once I retire we will sell our house and move out of this overcrowded, too hot, overpriced place called southwest Florida and build our dream home, a log cabin in the country on our own 40 acres. I can’t wait. I’d tell you where we bought our property but I’m afraid too many people would want to move there. Sorry!
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