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Finding rural land may be easier for you than actually making use of it. Whether you are planning to build a first or second home, a retirement retreat, or even a clubhouse for your secret “Trees Smile When We Hug Them Society” (or TSWWHTS), once you have found the land of your dreams and […]

I would love to take the time to highlight a few states in this blog, 1 state at a time in random entries. This will be the first of others to come. I would like to start out with Georgia rural land.
Some of Georgia’s rural communities have exploded into 2-3 mall cities from […]

This press release just came out and I wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to read it that might find it interesting.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ — Barren County in Kentucky took top honors in the third-annual edition of the “Best Places to Live in Rural America” rankings by The Progressive Farmer magazine, […]

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 […]

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 […]