Land acquisition guides
What matters when you buy land for development, from finding the tract to closing on it. Written by a team that buys land.
Find the land and the owner
- Off-Market LandWhy the best tracts never reach a listing, and what buyers need to know.
- Who Is Behind an LLC?Why land sits in company names, and what the public record says.
Size it up
- Price per Upland AcreWhy land should be priced by the ground you can build on.
- Wetlands and Flood ZonesWhat they mean for value, and the rules in SC, NC and Georgia.
- How Raw Land Is ValuedComparable sales, residual land value and what moves the price.
- How Rezoning WorksThe public process a rezoning goes through, and why it takes time.
- Land AssemblageWhy combined parcels can be worth more, and why assemblages are hard.