NEVER Buy Affordable Land If You Don't Know This!

No matter how affordable the land you buy is, you will need to know these tips. This video covers land surveys, land-locked properties, FEMA maps & flood zones, the best verbiage for your land contracts, land leases, owner-financed land, and many other useful tips when you buy your next land property.
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[burn]

As a retired land surveyor-- listen to everything she's saying.

[critter]

Buying anything in modern times seems like “how much can useless groups squeeze money and sanity out of you” this is absolutely overwhelming. Thank you for posting videos like these to help out the little guy against these scams!

[faelwolf]

Not far from me is a swamp that dries out in a dry year. When it does, a for sale sign always pops up in front of it. They just let it sink into the swamp when it rains again. :)

[bigjm]

If you don't have mineral rights and timber rights, keep walking. it's not worth the hassle like HOA

[marciananton]

I didn't know that you could buy land and didn't own the rights to the trees or buy land that is land locked. You brought up a lot of interesting information.

[adambester]

I once saw 250 acres for sale at an amazing price and then i realized there was a road running through it. i looked at the name of the road and it was Flood Road lol. most of the property turned out to be wetland, it would be great for a hunting cabin on stilts maybe but not a home.

[grandmaraps]

I purchased my house through owner financing(cash flow note.) When I did the title search through a title search company, it turned out even though the owner I was purchasing the house from had paid for it, he never had the title transfered. It worked out for me, took about a year to find the original owner to sign over the title to the person who was selling it to me. I'm happy the original owner was still alive and was a person with a good conscience. Because he could have easily said you didn't pay me for it. Or his heirs could have said that. My situation worked out, but I'm sure this is a lesson out there for somebody else.

[AndromedaCripps]

This is an incredibly concise yet cohesive and understandable deep dive into a realm I know NOTHING about, with a cheery positive attitude, and no fooling around with long drawn-out intros; just straight into the content. This is DIY gold, 100%. A service to YouTube and the Internet. Thank you!!!

[theresayewnohoo]

Here in Southern California, it’s really important to make sure you don’t have endangered species on your property… including plant species! If you buy land with Joshua trees on it, for example, you are not allowed to clear them. Great video! Thanks!

[mountainmedium]

As a Retired RE Broker of rural ranch & mountain land & cabins, this video is invaluable to anyone looking to purchase land! Thank you for taking the time to give this information!

[PhoticsTV]

The spreadsheet needs a property tax column. 😉

That was the killer of my previous home building plans. Not just the current property tax, but what the property tax will be with a house on it. The land was affordable, but the property tax most certainly was not! 😕

[EllieM_Travels]

I was avoiding land with old burned down or run down houses on them. Thank you for that excellent advice!

[tserevenad]

Check for protected wetlands designation if appropriate. Additionally, I had property that contained 50% Swamp and I was able to get reclassified as such lowering property taxes while not getting categorized as protected wetlands. Also, if there are bodies of water such as ponds, lakes or streams find out what agency has control over it and what regulations/restrictions apply. I knew a person who built a deck on a stream and they had to remove it.

[latonyalee]

A couple of things I would add are utility tap fee (if there's city utilities), taxes, before and after house build and Impact Fees! They range from $0 t0 $50, 000 and I'm sure that's why you recommended finding land with some type of house already on it. You are the best!

[davidlee]

I agree, if you can hold over a purchase for a year then go there and see the different season effects on the property. I did this and noticed the wind direction the majority of the time and I was able to set the house in the right position so the Rain and Wind did not become an annoying issue.

[moonforthesun]

Basically explained all of the due diligence for real estate agents, civil analysts, architects and surveyors. Very useful video!

[Norm]

Great video. I am 80 YO and I still try and keep up with my education. Buying raw land is not for the novice unless you are prepared to do a ton of research. It can be a financial minefield.

[maeganrose]

Thank you so much! As a single mom whose been through it these past few years .. my next chapter in life is leading me to buy land and I cannot afford to make a mistake in purchase so trying to do my due diligence, and I truly appreciate this video!

[alinatamashevich]

FYI: was looking at some rural acreage, had to have a 4wd to get down to the middle of it. And in 15 minutes here comes 2 guys walking with rifles. They were hunting! I called the owner, he said NO ONE had permission to be on his land! He called the Sheriff and the two guys were taken into custody, trespassing and hunting without a license. Their rifles were taken. Needless to say, the land was thought of as a no mans land and people used it as they wanted. A big consideration if one buys it. For a year or more you will be having to have people trespassed. And if you leave, your property will be vandalized and destroyed, all because YOU moved onto it. There is a segment of society that does NOT respect property lines. Guaranteed, you will meet them.

[regenerativegraceranch]

Kristina, I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for all of the super helpful information that you take the time to share! You are so knowledgeable and your fun personality always shines through in your videos.
As a family that is searching for land/homestead, the info that you provide in so many of your videos just speaks directly to questions that arise during the search.
THANK YOU! 👏🏽👏🏽