Marcus – that is the way I usually do it. Sometimes there is a pattern and sometimes there isn’t. In some counties they have an Index Map showing that information. You have to request it and they don’t always understand what you are asking for. Keep digging, you will find what you need.

Matt – The numbers look good. I think the real question is “who is buying?” If you can get builders to purchase at $60K this is a slam dunk deal. Is there any new construction going on? It sounds to me like there is an over supply of lots. That would be my only concern. The HOA may “set” the market value, but they don’t control the market. When…[Read more]

Collins – Here is what you need to do: save these two columns – Owner First Name & Owner Name (First Name First). Delete the other columns having to do with names. Now you can easily see that the owner is Stephen J. Anthony. Sometimes the First Name column is blank and there is a tedious job that you must do at the end of your list scrubbing. You…[Read more]

Ellen – This has been brought up on podcasts and sometimes in this forum. Most of us (including me) still use one LLC but the idea is to create multiple LLCs so that if there was a big legal problem in one of them, all of your assets would not be at risk. The risk could be contained in the affected LLC. Luke Smith uses serial LLCs where he can…[Read more]

No dollar amount on the deed. It is rare to see the actual sales price on a deed.

Zach – that deals sounds like it should be fine. I can’t speak to the actual price since I don’t know the county. Having a road through it is not a problem IMO. Do your homework with the county and find a buyer.

How do you know that this is the last response you will get? I bet you will get some more.

Ellen – I use a PO Box. No problems at all. I know that they will be there for a long time.

Michael – that language will confuse some people. I remove ‘of Ten Dollars’ from that sentence.

Matthew – It is very important that you sound like a business when you speak to the buyer on the phone. Here is my spiel:

“Our purchase process works like this – We send you an invoice through our secure payment systems (Bill&Pay.com) for the purchase amount. You pay via credit card or check by mail if you prefer. When we receive your payment we…[Read more]

Been there before – PM Sent.

Rod – I am very tech clueless. I get emails sent from my answering service to a gmail account. I answer each one with a reply email, link to the website and my contact info (direct phone and email). The real buyers end up talking to me on the phone – usually. I don’t have a checkout on my website because we ran into too many technical issues and…[Read more]

Rod – I don’t worry about it at all. I only have one site for buy and sell. I post everything by county. If someone is looking for land in Kern County, CA, they will see everything I have in that county on one page. It is all priced below comps and it is up to them to decide what they want.

By the way, most of my buyers never see my website. They…[Read more]

Greg – What Matt said plus this: A lot of the sellers are elderly. They don’t do email, text or fax. They probably don’t like phone greetings like the one that you described either. Just my opinion, but I would try to make it as easy for the caller to speak to a live person as possible. Any tiny obstacle will make some of these people hang up and…[Read more]

Brad – I don’t have direct experience with farm land but I think it usually has higher value than lands not ready to farm. You might need to be sure that you know the value of ready to use farm land in that area. Also, the comps with trees could be showing timber value as part of the advertised price – not just the land. Be sure you are comparing…[Read more]

Aaron – as others have discovered, the DMV data is not as public as the Real Property data. I have only checked in my state. Perhaps you can hire someone who has access to provide a list. The other way that might work is to search in some other markets to see if the data is available in, say, Los Angeles.

Let us know what you learn about this.

hi Corey – welcome to the LandInvestors Forum. Are you going to join LandAcademy? That is the quickest way to get started with land investing. It will also get you hooked up with the software tools you need to do this business. And, you will have access to the Deal Board where we put together buyers and sellers every day.

You are in a great…[Read more]

Matt – The market price is the 2.8K/acre that you came up with. Base your offers on that number.

Steven – I think you can find that info on Google. Are going to visit each property that you purchase? I ask, because I have only seen two out of a hundred that I have bought. I only did that out of curiosity since they were within a 30 minute drive from my home.

No particular recommendations but look for enhanced GPS for best accuracy. I have suggested that some buyers borrow one if they don’t have one. That seems to be good enough for most of them. Most of my photographers who do outdoor stuff have one. If the place is really remote, I ask the photographer to take some bright orange flagging tape and…[Read more]