I have used Polk County Abstract in Livingston, TX.

Aristeo – I assume that the property is not in the seller’s name. Quiet title will cost $2K to $3K and will take 3 months. In three months you could have done 6 more deals. I would only consider this if the comp value was $50K or more.

Go for the low hanging fruit. Work smarter, not harder.

Marcus – thanks for the alert. I replied to Jeremy via PM.

Lee – this is a good start. I don’t ask for the county name, just the REF number. My ref number always has a two digit county designation ex: OKGR-1768 is for Oklahoma, Grady County. I ask “Do you want to sell your land?” if yes “Is the offer amount acceptable?” If no to the first question then “Please give me the REF number so we can remove you…[Read more]

Laurie – Not me. I have always tried to keep the mail flow consistent each month. I started with a goal of 1000 per month. I did not always get the mail out but that was my goal each month. Now I send 3000+ per month. If you blast out a large number of offers in a short time you get a large number of phone calls in a short time. Can you handle that volume?

You will reduce the number of deals you get. Sure, we get pretty many accepted offers from out of state owners but we get plenty of offers from local owners as well. Why cut them off? Send more mail, get more offers accepted.

Nick – You should have received a letter that explains the process for getting the deed recorded with the county recorder. If the deed does not have a recorder’s stamp on it, you need to get it recorded with the county. Then you can market it for sale.

Actually some of the easiest and smoothest deals that I have done were with Attorneys. This may be daunting but you can do it.

Shawn – sometimes Planning and Zoning can answer that question. I would call the assessor and ask them who can answer the question. See if they will connect you on the phone to that dept.

Austin – Welcome to the world of Land Investing. There are bunch of smart, successful people on this forum who will help you get going. Do the training and send the mail out. The rest will follow.

I encourage those who are discussing this on this forum. Many of us who have been doing this for a few years have done this informally along the way. You will all benefit from have regular meet ups with your peers. Keep the group sizes small. Quit talking about it and get started. Good luck.

James – Nearest city and state will do for vacant land.

John – You pick a state and county where you want to search. In the filter choices you will find Zip Code (or situs zip code). When you choose that filter a box pops up that allows you to type in the zip code that you want. You can enter multiple zip codes.

Brian – this is a great idea. I want to share my thoughts and suggestions.
1. Strongly agree with 10 or fewer
2. I suggest that you use Zoom. Free for up to 100 participants for 40 minute (max) conference
3. Each person should state a goal that is specific and timely. The members will hold each other accountable and help with achieving the…[Read more]

John – Welcome to LandInvestors and Land Academy!! That data issue is most likely due to something at the county. They may let owners opt out or the data is messed up. Some folks download a few hundred to sample the data for problems like this when going into a new county. Sorry that happened to you on this one.

Lee – Price per acre for 3 to 6 acres and for 6 to 8 acres and for 8 to 11 acres. When doing this exercise you many find that the price per acre does not vary much over the whole range of sizes. Then you can just use one price per acre in your offers.

JSJ – You have two choices here. Price by the low comp for the whole county and send the offers out. I would do this if I determined that only 10% where actually on the high end of that price range. OR price by zip code or by city. The values may be tied to location and you will be able to see that if you do this exercise.

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Joshua – This sounds like a good deal except that some buyers will be turned off by the rough access. Others will be thrilled. Net result is that it may sell slower than similar property with a road.

Sandy – Let us know how you do with this. PM me if you need to talk.