Selling rural properties and raw land is a different ballgame than traditional residential real estate. From buyer expectations to breaking down ownership costs, you’ll need to rely on a different playbook to sell land outside of developed environments. For example, rather than staging a single-family home and learning about the local school district, you might […]
Seller Tips
6 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Selling Land for the First Time
First-time sellers of raw land face unique challenges, whether it’s a pristine wilderness plot adjacent to a national park or land compromised by environmental or commercial issues. Some of the steps and language are the same across all types of real estate sales, but you’ll need a more robust checklist and access to professional expertise […]
How to Prep Your Land for Sale
Once you’ve decided to sell your property, there are lots of steps in between the first listing and closing day. In fact, the success of your sale often depends on what happens before the first interested customer visits your land. With the proper preparation, you’ll be able to save time, attract buyers, and maximize profit. […]
How to Take Land Listing Photos that Wow
When selling your property, especially land and acreage properties, your photographs represent the listing. The wide expanses, fields, and forests can be difficult to represent in a photograph, but here is how you can make these pictures really ‘wow’.
How to Sell Your Land & Rural Property in Any Season
Whether you are anxiously awaiting a buyer to submit an offer on your land, or you are in the planning stages of selling your property and want to establish a realistic timeline, it’s important to understand how the time of year impacts the offers that you get.
How to Make Sure Your Land Listings Get Noticed
Writing a land listing isn’t enough—you need to make sure it gets noticed, too. You’ll need to get the word out to the right audience, especially online. That means making sure your listing shows up well in search engines and makes the right impression on potential buyers. Photography, search engine optimization, and social media are […]
The Anatomy of the Perfect Land Listing
While not all land is created equal, the art of presenting land or rural property for sale follows the same general rules—whether it’s a farm for sale amidst an endless sea of Iowa cornfields or multi-million-dollar ranch perched in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains.
How to Manage Your Land Listings
Here are some commonly asked questions about managing listings via the Land.com Network Property Control Center. Click on the links below to jump to the relevant answer. How do I add a new listing? How do I add photos to my listing? How do I change the order of my listing photos? How do I […]
How to Upload Your Headshot and Company Logo
Optimize your land listing on Lands of America and Land And Farm by featuring your logo and headshot.
Why Is My Land Not Selling?
It can be comforting to know that there are really only two reasons why your land isn’t selling: marketing and price. Thankfully, these are two things you have complete control over and can tweak and adjust to see better results.
Tools for Success: How to Succeed at the Social-Media Game
With so many different platforms available, the idea of establishing and maintaining a social-media presence can be daunting. It’s no use trying to do it all—you’d never have time for anything else. Instead, pick just a few different social-media platforms on which to focus your efforts.
9 Vacant Land Photography Tricks for a Quick & Profitable Sale
We all know pictures sell real estate, but here’s how to take your property-listing photography to the next level and make it shine for prospective buyers out there.
Transitional Land: Finding the Highest & Best Use
While some hesitate when they see a property come up involving land, like a vacant lot or tract of farmland on the outskirts of an urban area, savvy agents and landowners know that these can be diamonds in the rough awaiting discovery.
Lands of America News: Improve Your Property Search Rankings to Sell Faster
In today’s search engine-driven marketing world, listings with solid content that clearly communicates value receive top visibility and attract the most buyers. Update your content today.
3 Essential Questions to Ask Before Selling the Family Farm
We talk to Jonathan Pellegrin, author of “The Art of Selling the Family Business,” about what it takes to prepare for and actually sell your family business.
Seller Beware: Cashier’s Checks Aren’t Always as Good as Cash
You may not find many buyers presenting you with a cashier’s check for a small-ticket item, but this method of payment has been considered solid and trustworthy for large-ticket items or from buyers who contact sellers online—until recently.
A Look at a Legacy Auction
Any cattle feeder, or successful investor for that matter, can attest that the biggest rewards often come when you are willing to assume a bit of risk.
How to Optimize Your Land Listings for SEO Success
Search-engine optimization, or SEO, is critical in getting online buyers to your business. Without it may make it expensive or very difficult to sell your land.
5 Easy Tips for Taking a Great Land Listing Photo
High-quality images are one of the most important assets in attracting viewers and potential buyers to your listing, and ultimately to sending you a lead.
How to Manage Your Land.com Network Seller Account & Profile
Tips and tricks for joining the Land.com Network and managing your account, listings and member profile!