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Today there are almost 100,000 acres of land that has been scorched by flames in Georgia. A fire started from an electric wire being hit by a tree. Many people have had to evacuate their homes and the fires have not been put out yet so more damage is on it’s way. […]

What is one way to increase the value of land? Improve it! With this idea, I went out this weekend to a ranch to clear brush along a creek and fence line. The fence line had to be cleared in order to put up a fence and the creek needed clearing […]

I have traveled all around this great nation of ours over the last 2 years and every where I go rural real estate professionals tell me how much land has appreciated in their area in the last 5 years. My question to you is: how long will it last? In my home state of […]

I spent all day last Thursday at the 17th Annual Outlook for Texas Land Markets hosted by the Texas A&M Real Estate Center. If you have never attended this event, you should really put it on your calendar for next year. They do a great job. One stat that leaped off the page to me […]

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 […]

Finding that perfect rural parcel can be such an exciting event that it almost feels like falling in love. The trees! The terrain! Perhaps it has a lake or a view; perhaps it’s full of deer or it has a vineyard slope; but whatever it has, it is all that you’d hoped […]

“Cheap land, cheap survey,” we used to say… but a lot of rural land ain’t so cheap any more! This means that if you have owned a cherished piece of rural land for years, you have a responsibility now to deal with it as carefully as you would deal with any other big asset… […]

Not many things are more annoying than waking up to gunshots on your land when you know there is nobody you gave access to hunt. What is the first thing you should do? Don’t give in to any urges you may have to grab your shotgun and head out to confront the perpetrator! […]

We’re seeing it all over. Timber companies are selling their land, often so it can be developed. Every year, as demand for rural land rises in many hot spots, these timberland companies cash in and try to turn their profits back into purchasing land elsewhere, which means that any cheap farmland or hunting […]