How to find land for sale.

US Tax code provides incentives for owning land. Originally, the US needed to money to fund the government. The plan was genius: Step 1: acquire the land from the natives. Step 2: map and parcel off the land. Step 3: sell the land to immigrant settlers. Step 4: collect property tax for eternity, providing an infinite return on investment. In the United States, there is roughly 2.3 Billion acres- of which 60% is privately owned, around 23% is private land, 9% is state owned and 2% is retained by Indian (Native American) reservations. The concept is pretty straight forward, once you ‘own’ the land, you have a deed or title to the land and pay taxes to keep the land.

Finding land for sale is increasingly difficult because:

  1. There is only so much land. (finite resource)

  2. There is excess demand for land (more buyers for a product, creates increased price)

Money. Money is an economic concept that is a store of value which is easily traded for tangible and intangible objects. Land is an tangible object and is the most common way to purchase land. You can exchange, barter or otherwise exchange goods or services, but for the vast majority of land purchases, money is used. It is recommended to use liquid cash in a savings account or a loan to purchase land, because money or a loan is a concise way to transact.

  1. Cash for land. When you buy land for cash, you can sometimes buy land at a discount. Why? Because you are in control of the funds, unlike a loan, oft

  2. Buying land with a loan. There concept of a loan is: you leverage a lender’s money to increase your purchasing power to acquire an object, such as a car, land, a home, etc.

Where can I find land for sale?

How to find land for sale under $10,000?

How to find land for sale under $20,000?

How to find land for sale under $50,000?

Facebook marketplace, newspapers, road side signs or the MLS are where you can find land listed for sale. One service we offer for free is an MLS email notification for land. This way, you get an email as soon as land is listed for sale. Feel free to Contact Us to get your search parameters in.

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