John – Smart! Thanks for sharing.

Bob – some counties have randomly assigned APNs. They can not be used for targeted data. You will need to do zip code pricing or city pricing if you want to drill down. You can even go a bit further and do subdivision pricing if there are enough subdivisions in your county to make it worthwhile.

Hello Mark – welcome to the LandInvestors forum. Bring your questions here and we will do our best to answer them.

Jannette & Robert – I pay for 100% of closing costs on the buy side. It is part of my offer letter. When I sell I offer to pay 50% of the closing costs and title insurance. The title company can divide the costs equally. This can sometimes be a negotiated issue.

Anne – We have a paragraph on our invoice that says All sales are final. No refunds. Due diligence is the buyer’s responsibility. I also provide the county contact data.

If someone says they need a soil sample or a perc test, etc, I give them permission to do that prior to purchase at their expense. When someone asks me to buy back the land they…[Read more]

`John – people want to make a big deal out of their mineral rights even when there has been no drilling within 100 miles in the last 50 years. I buy and sell surface rights only. If the seller wants to keep the mineral rights, then I prepare the deed to say all mineral rights reserved by the grantee or something similar. It can be difficult and…[Read more]

Brandon – this sounds like a good county to me. Send the mail.

Data Point – 1 deal per 100 mailed. Totally useless, cheap desert 5 acre properties with low profit margin. Nobody else was working this area at all.

Data Point – 1 deal per 1500 mailed. High value 5 acre properties within 60 minutes of one of the hottest metro areas in the US with very high profit margin on resale.

I spoke with some other…[Read more]

Ellis – I will jump in here as “not an expert” and give you my opinion. Limited Warranty deed is insurable in most cases. A quit claim deed is usually between family members or from family members to/from trust. This is called a “non-arms length transaction”. When a quit claim deed is used for an arms length transaction it may be considered…[Read more]

Paul – ask the seller if she still has her picture ID (drivers license) with her previous name. If so, have her sign with the notary using her previous name. That is the most simple way to deal with this.

Ben – this question comes up often and we can try to throw some numbers around but the real answer is “it depends”. There are lots of variables depending upon the county, the property type, the value, etc. And I have found that certain counties or states have a kind of “personality” about how people react to these offers that will affect the…[Read more]

Paul – then it is probably not a browser issue.

Paul – No, it normally takes a few seconds. There may be a problem at RealQuest. Try a different browser as you suggested. It might be a firewall or security issue. Definitely not normal.

VJ – Congrats on getting your first mailer going. Fixing the first names can take more time than anything else when scrubbing data. Some counties are very bad at getting the first names in that field. My advice is to do what ever is easiest. Sometimes I use one name and sometimes I use both. When you get to the ones that look like this – Smith…[Read more]

I get more goofy letters every week. My favorite one this week was the unsigned PA sent back to me with this written in red ink –

Kevin – You probably have heard this a lot but you are an IDIOT.

Keep ’em coming.

LSUSA – I think you can forget about it or reply if you choose to. You have done nothing illegal or immoral or unethical. I just received an email where the recipient of my offer told me that if I send any more offers to purchase properties in XYZ county, he will report me to the Attorney General. Just silly. I ignore them.