Selling Your Land: The First Step

If you are interested in selling your raw land, you might first want to compare the sales prices of land that has recently sold in the area of where your parcel is located. This information will give you a heads up on what the current market value of land is there, and will help you to make the best decision on how to price yours for sale. If you’re the type of person who likes doing your research by foot, you can make a visit to your local county’s Register of Deeds office; there is where you’ll find recorded documents relating to various land transactions in your county—even, public record of sales contracts for raw land and waterfront properties. However, if you prefer the convenience of having someone to help you, you can enlist the professional expertise of a real estate agent or land investor.
The Register of Deeds Office

If you’ve never been to your local Register of Deeds Office, you may be confused as to how it all works and what you are to do upon arrival. However, it’s very easy to gain the information that you’re looking for, and only really requires a big smile and a friendly greeting to the helpful attendants on staff. Ask for a complete search on recent land sale prices, or have specific parcels in mind to base your search around; that is, parcels that you might be aware of that have recently sold. Some Register of Deeds offices even have website databases available to the public in house.
The Real Estate Agent

If you don’t have the time or motivation to do the research on your own, consulting with a realtor who will help you compare the prices of land is a way to get the information you need without doing the leg work. Being informed about what’s selling and at what price is part of their profession, and someone in your local real estate office will be able to help you.
Another Great Alternative

While deciding to sell your land is one thing, actually walking through the process—from pricing to the final sale—is another. Before you get started, if you think that you’d prefer a quick sale with a short closing date, it might be in your best interest to contact a private land investor. A private land investor will cut your wait time for selling your land tremendously with a guaranteed closing date of seven days. Additionally, all debts you owe on the land would be paid off on your behalf, and your profit would be in cash. If you need to speak with a private land investor, call Lucas Properties LLC for more information.

The Process of Selling Your Land

Unfortunately, selling raw land is not like selling stock. Neither hunting grounds nor a riverfront ranch can be unloaded from your portfolio with the hurried click of a desktop mouse. In fact, the time that it takes to decide that you’re going to sell your raw land, plus the time it takes to conclude a sale can usually be measured in weeks, months, or even a year’s time. That’s because selling anything that you own, have inherited, or have invested in can be an intimidating process. Especially, if you’re having a hard time letting go and, too, if don’t know where to start or what to expect in the end. In order to help yourself through the process, ask yourself a couple of simple questions.


Why Am I Selling?

Take a good honest look at your reason(s) for selling your raw land. Is it costing you too much in property tax expense? Is it located too far away from where your life is established? Are you unable to develop it and hope to make a profit to cover current or future bills? Keep in mind that your answer as to why you’re selling your property may be different from someone else’s; however, it’s just as important as everyone else’s. If it’s important to you, no answer is too silly.

Do I Need Help?

Though there are plenty of real estate novices in the world, there is equally enough help for the person who wants to sell just about any type of property. Help, that is, for those who have yet to learn what the MLS is to the savvy go-getter’s who, somehow, can overachieve anything; even, the selling of land. But whatever your case, there is always something to learn.

One of the best teachers on all things pertaining to raw land sales would be a land investor. A land investor is skilled and knowledgeable when it comes to changing land laws, land title exchanges, the assessment of raw parcels, and the negotiation and finalization of land sales.

Some land investors, like Lucas Properties, LLC, are even distressed property solution experts. They are not only masters in normal land sale situations; they are, also, accustomed to helping meet the sales needs of land owners who are under financial pressure or strain.

Be Encouraged

Overall, the process of selling your raw land can be one that you enjoy. With anything, it just takes a willingness to learn about your options and the patience to see it through. If you’d like to be contacted about the possibility of selling your land to a land investor, submit the informational form under the WE BUY LAND tab.

It's Giving Time Again

Yes! It’s that time of season again when most people give more of themselves than they have all year long. Whether it’s the giving of time and attention, energy and help, or food and money, giving is the greatest feeling and the greatest gift that one can give to another. If you have high hopes of giving more than you ever have before but find that the report of your finances just isn’t as big as your heart is, you can consider selling your raw land or waterfront property to increase your cash flow; typically, this is ideal if you are not using and don’t have plans to develop your land.

While there are lots of people looking for their next home before the temperatures drop or the snow starts to fall, there are also land investors who are in search of land to purchase. Land investors develop or provide developers with raw land when they are looking to build community based businesses and residential housing in neighborhoods all across America. Because this is important to so many communities, the negotiation and selling process is made to be very simple. At your inquiry, a private land investor will offer you a 5% to 25% cash payment in comparison to the fair market value of your land. Normally, closing will take place in seven days or less. And, too, your debts in the form of liens and back property taxes will be paid on your behalf with the final sale.

So, consider whether or not this choice will be a good fit for you. If you determine that it is, fill out the informational form under the We Buy Land tab and someone will contact you with further information. In the meantime, know that your giving spirit is so beneficial to others and, surely, you’ll reap the good benefits of having a good heart!