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It’s Always A Good Time To Start Buying Land

Buying land because they do not make it anymore was celebrity advice. There are as many reasons as uses for owning vacant land. You may want buy now and build later when you retire. You might want some livestock or raise a popular crop. Land can be purchased in staggering quantity or a small neighborhood lot.

You can use a Realtor or purchase from a private seller. A trip to the library, bookstore, or kindle reader will get you tons of books on buying land. You can shop the MLS (Multiple Listing Service) online for your area of interest. You can respond to ads from owners that are marketing their own property.

I have used many ways to offer on land. I have offered a cash amount plus normal closing costs. This method means the seller knows what his closing check will say when he sells. It eliminates some possible confusion and focuses the seller’s attention on the amount he will receive.

Make sure you use your favorite title company for closing. If you are considering a transaction outside of your local MLS you still need to use a competent title company. Title insurance and others services protect both you and seller. I was introduced to a terrific title officer by a friend when we were shopping for toddler baby bedding.

The title company will provide a preliminary title report. They will report encumbrances, title liens, vested ownership and other details that help you. A messy title report cannot be cleaned up with a handful of baby bath towels and may leave you wanting a different property.

Make sure you can use the land for the purpose you have in mind. No goats and cattle in your backyard on Main street is probably a given. What about buying 20 acres of land thinking you can split it into four 5 acre parcels. Then you discover that the zoning is for 20 acre minimum size.

That could affect your ability to have a septic system. You need to have professionals give you information about well depths, minerals in the water, soil and will the ground support a septic drain field. Is there electric on the road or nearly and how much will it cost to move onto the property and to the home site.

At the end of the day you want to close on a transaction that is done properly. You want to be confident in your data collection, identifying applicable rules and regulations, and knowledge gathering. Visiting with all your friends and contacts in the real estate industry makes sense. The third rock from sun is even better when you are listed as one of the owners, right?

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