Land Selling Guides
Clear, sourced answers for every kind of rural land sale — organized by state, county, and topic so you can go straight to what applies to your property.
374 guides·9 states·245 counties
Start with your state
Every state handles land sales differently — closing rules, transfer taxes, assessment, and timelines. These pillar guides are the best place to begin.
Getting Started & the Selling Process
Step-by-step guides to selling vacant land — what to expect, how long it takes, and the fastest path to a cash sale.
What Does It Cost to Sell Vacant Land? The Seller's Complete Cost Checklist
A full menu of what selling vacant land actually costs the owner — commission, survey, title and closing fees, back taxes, land prep, and the carrying costs that pile up while raw land sits.
Read · 9 min readHow to Sell Land Fast - The Genuinely Quick Paths and What Slows You Down
Land sells slowly for structural reasons — but some paths are measurably faster. Here's how to sell land fast, including online platforms, pricing tactics, and a 2–3 week cash buyer timeline.
Read · 9 min readHow Long Does It Take to Sell Land? A Realistic Timeline by Method
Selling vacant land takes far longer than selling a home. Here's what the data says about days on market, why land sells slowly, and how to speed it up.
Read · 9 min readHow to Sell Land by Owner: A Complete FSBO Guide for Landowners
Learn how to sell land without a realtor — from gathering deeds and pricing with comps to listing, negotiating, and closing. Includes cost breakdowns and a 3-path comparison.
Read · 10 min readDo You Need a Realtor to Sell Land? Your 3 Real Options Compared
You are not legally required to use a realtor to sell land. Compare listing with an agent, selling by owner, and selling direct — including typical commission ranges.
Read · 9 min readAre 'We Buy Land' Companies Legit? How to Find a Reputable Cash Buyer Fast
Wondering if cash land-buying companies are legitimate? Learn how to vet them, spot scam red flags, and find a reputable buyer for your vacant land quickly.
Read · 8 min readOwner Financing vs. Cash Offer When Selling Land — An Honest Comparison
Weighing owner financing vs. a cash offer for your land? Here's the real tradeoff: higher potential price vs. immediate liquidity, default risk, and years of waiting.
Read · 9 min readHow Much Is My Land Worth? The Real Factors That Drive Land Value
Find out what your land is actually worth. Learn the 7 factors appraisers use, how comps work for vacant land, and how to get a real written number fast.
Read · 9 min readHow to Sell Land You Own Out of State - A Guide for Absentee Owners
Own land in another state and don't know how to sell it remotely? Learn about mail-away closings, e-sign, mobile notaries, and how a cash buyer handles local logistics.
Read · 8 min readCan I Sell Part of My Land? A Guide to Subdivision, Splits, and When to Sell the Whole Parcel
You can sell part of your land — but subdivision requires a survey, plat approval, zoning review, and can take 6–18 months. Here's when it's worth it and when it isn't.
Read · 8 min readWhy Won't My Land Sell? 9 Reasons Vacant Land Sits Unsold
Land listing sitting for months? Here are 9 real reasons vacant land won't sell — overpricing, no financing, poor access — and how a cash buyer gives you a guaranteed exit.
Read · 8 min readHow to Price Land to Sell (Without Scaring Off Buyers)
Pricing vacant land too high is the number one reason it sits unsold. Here's how to price land to sell using comps, days-on-market signals, and carrying-cost math.
Read · 8 min readThe Best Way to Sell Land: Realtor vs. FSBO vs. Cash Buyer
Realtor, FSBO, or cash buyer — which is the best way to sell land? Compare fees, speed, and certainty across all three paths to find the right fit.
Read · 8 min readHow to Sell Your Land to a Developer or Builder
Dreaming of a developer payday? Here's how selling land to a developer or builder actually works — entitlements, contingencies, long timelines, and why many deals stall.
Read · 8 min readHow to Sell Land to Your Neighbor (Step by Step)
Selling land to the neighbor next door? Here's the step-by-step process — approaching them, surveys, lot line adjustments, deed prep, and recording.
Read · 8 min readShould You Sell Land at Auction? Pros, Cons & What to Expect
Thinking about selling land at auction? Here's how absolute and reserve auctions work, the fees involved, and how to weigh speed against price uncertainty.
Read · 8 min readCompanies That Buy Land for Cash: How the Business Model Works and How to Vet One
Understand the different types of companies that buy land for cash, how the cash land-buying model works, and exactly how to vet a buyer before you sign anything.
Read · 9 min readLand Buyers Near Me: How to Find Cash Buyers Who Actually Close
Searching for land buyers near me? Learn who buys vacant land locally and remotely, where they look, what 'near me' really means, and how to evaluate a buyer's seriousness.
Read · 9 min readCompanies That Buy Land Contracts: How to Sell Your Note for a Lump Sum
Carrying a seller-financed land note and want cash now? Learn how note buyers evaluate land contracts, what seasoning means, and how to vet a note buyer before you sell.
Read · 9 min readHow to Sell My Land for Cash: The Complete Step-by-Step Process
Learn exactly how a cash land sale works — from request to funds in hand. Step-by-step process, realistic timelines, documents needed, and what speeds a close vs. stalls it.
Read · 9 min readWhere to Sell Land Online: A Channel-by-Channel Comparison
Land.com, Zillow, Facebook Marketplace, auction sites, or a cash buyer — compare every online channel for selling vacant land by reach, cost, effort, and speed.
Read · 9 min readSell My Land on Zillow: Can You List Vacant Land and Should You?
Can you list vacant land on Zillow? Yes — but with real limitations. Here's how to list land FSBO on Zillow, what Zillow won't do for raw land, and better alternatives.
Read · 9 min readShould I Sell My Land or Keep It? A Decision Framework for Landowners
Weighing whether to sell your land or hold it? This decision framework covers carrying costs, opportunity cost, liquidity needs, appreciation potential, and liability — so you can make a clear-eyed choice.
Read · 9 min readWhen Should You Sell Your Land? Key Signals It's Time to Act
Unsure whether now is the right time to sell your land? Learn the financial, life-event, and carrying-cost signals that landowners use to decide when selling makes sense.
Read · 9 min readWhat to Consider When Selling Land: The Complete Pre-Sale Checklist
Before you list or accept an offer, check these eight factors: title and ownership, legal access, survey, zoning, property taxes, pricing approach, sale channel, and carrying costs. A comprehensive pre-sale guide for landowners.
Read · 10 min readCan I Sell My Land for Any Price I Want?
Yes — you can sell land at any price a buyer agrees to pay. But a below-market or family sale triggers IRS gift-tax rules, bargain-sale treatment, and related-party scrutiny. Here's what you need to know.
Read · 10 min readCash Buyer vs. Land Listing Agent — The Honest Head-to-Head for Selling Land
Selling vacant land to a cash buyer or listing with an agent? Compare the real economics: commission, timeline, closing certainty, carrying costs, and net proceeds.
Read · 9 min readCash Buyer or Land Auction: Which One Nets You More?
Comparing a direct cash buyer vs. selling land at auction on net proceeds and certainty: buyer's premium, marketing fees that hit even on a no-sale, and who controls the price.
Read · 9 min readHow Land Buyers Determine What to Offer: Inside a Cash Buyer's Process
Curious how a cash land buyer arrives at an offer number? This guide walks through the factors a buyer actually weighs — comparable sales, access, terrain, title, carrying costs, and resale risk.
Read · 10 min readIs a Cash Land Offer Legit? How to Vet a Land-Buying Company
Got an unsolicited cash offer on your land? Learn the red flags of land-buying scams, how to verify a legitimate buyer, and the one rule that protects your money at closing.
Read · 10 min readDo I Need an Appraisal to Sell Vacant Land?
A land appraisal is required in some situations and entirely optional in others. This guide explains when an appraisal helps, when comparable sales or a cash offer make it unnecessary, and what a land appraisal actually costs.
Read · 10 min readWhat Happens at a Land Closing? A Step-by-Step Walkthrough
A step-by-step walkthrough of a vacant-land closing — from accepted offer to recorded deed. Title search, escrow, settlement statement, signing, funding, and recording explained.
Read · 9 min readHow to Sell Land After a Deal Fell Through: Relist and Reprice the Right Way
Buyer backed out or financing collapsed on your land? Here's why land deals fall apart, how to diagnose and fix the root cause, and how a cash buyer prevents a repeat.
Read · 9 min readHow Are Sale Proceeds Paid at a Land Closing? Wire, Timing & Safety
How and when you actually get your money at a land closing — wire vs. check, escrow disbursement, good-funds timing, the ALTA settlement statement, net proceeds, and wire-fraud safety.
Read · 9 min readWhy Do I Keep Getting Letters and Calls Offering to Buy My Land?
Buried in postcards, letters, and cold calls to buy your vacant land? Learn who's sending them, how they got your info, whether the offers are real, and how to make them stop.
Read · 10 min readTaxes, Title & Paperwork
Capital gains, closing costs, deeds, liens, surveys, and the documents every land sale needs.
Selling Land With Unpaid Special Assessments or Paving Liens
A special assessment isn't a property tax — it's a benefit charge that runs with the land, often outranks your mortgage, and rarely shows on the tax bill. Here's how to find one, what it does to a sale, and why it isn't deductible.
Read · 9 min readCapital Gains Tax on Selling Land: What Every Landowner Needs to Know
Selling land and worried about the tax bill? Learn how capital gains tax works on land sales, what deductions reduce your gain, and your options — explained clearly.
Read · 9 min readCapital Gains Tax on Inherited Land: How Stepped-Up Basis Works
Inherited vacant land and worried about the tax bill? Learn how stepped-up basis usually wipes out most of the gain, why the sale is automatically long-term, and how to document it.
Read · 9 min readWho Pays Closing Costs When Selling Land? A Complete Seller's Guide
Wondering who pays closing costs on a land sale? Learn what costs exist, the customary seller vs. buyer split, how it varies by state, and when a cash buyer pays it all.
Read · 8 min readCan You Sell Land With Back Taxes? Yes — Here's How It Works
You can sell land with delinquent property taxes. Back taxes are paid from sale proceeds at closing. Learn how tax liens work, state timelines, and your best options.
Read · 9 min readCan I Do a 1031 Exchange When I Sell Land?
Raw land held for investment qualifies for a 1031 exchange. Learn the 45-day ID rule, 180-day close deadline, qualified intermediary rules, and how a cash close fits.
Read · 9 min readQuitclaim vs. Warranty Deed When Selling Land: Which Do You Need?
Quitclaim or warranty deed? The type of deed affects what you guarantee to the buyer. Here's what each means and when each is used in land sales.
Read · 8 min readHow to Sell Land With a Lien or Cloud on Title
Have a lien or cloud on title? Most liens are paid from closing proceeds — not out of pocket. Here's how to sell land with title issues.
Read · 9 min readDo You Need a Survey to Sell Land? What Sellers Actually Need to Know
A survey isn't always legally required to sell land — but sometimes it is. Here's when you need one, what it costs, and how cash buyers handle surveys.
Read · 8 min readWhat Paperwork Do You Need to Sell Land? A Complete Document Checklist
Selling land requires more than a deed. This guide covers every document — from purchase agreements to 1099-S tax forms — with special cases for inherited land and out-of-state sellers.
Read · 10 min readCan You Sell Land Held in a Trust? What Trustees and Beneficiaries Need to Know
Selling trust-held land requires the right trustee authority and title documents. Here's how revocable and irrevocable trusts handle land sales.
Read · 8 min readCan You Sell Land That Still Has a Mortgage or Loan on It?
Still owe on your land? You can sell it. The remaining loan balance is paid off at closing from the sale proceeds — here's exactly how it works.
Read · 8 min readDo You Need a Lawyer to Sell Land?
Do you need a lawyer to sell land? It depends on your state. Here's how attorney states and title/escrow states differ — and why a cash buyer handles the legwork.
Read · 8 min readHow to Sell Land With an Old Unreleased Mortgage or Deed of Trust
Paid off the loan years ago but the mortgage never got released? Here's how a 'zombie' lien clouds title — and how it gets cleared so you can sell.
Read · 9 min readHow to Sell Land With an Old Contract for Deed Still on Title
An unfulfilled, defaulted, or decades-old contract for deed clouding your parcel? Here's how a land contract lingers on title — and how it gets cleared so you can sell.
Read · 9 min readDoes Selling Land Count as Income? Capital Gains vs. Ordinary Income Explained
Selling land creates a capital gain, not earned income — but the gain still hits your AGI and can ripple into your tax bracket, NIIT, Medicare surcharges, ACA subsidies, and FAFSA. Here's what to know.
Read · 9 min readDo I Pay Property Tax While Trying to Sell My Land? The Carrying-Cost Reality
Yes — property tax keeps accruing every year you own land, even while it sits listed and unsold. Here's how the carrying-cost clock works, how proration splits taxes at closing, and what happens if taxes go delinquent.
Read · 10 min readHow Property Tax Reassessment Affects Selling Land
Selling land can trigger a reassessment — and for parcels enrolled in Greenbelt, CUVA, present-use value, or Clean & Green, it can trigger rollback taxes covering several prior years. Here's what sellers and buyers need to know.
Read · 11 min readHow to Sell Land With Delinquent Taxes Before the Tax Sale
Your parcel is headed to a tax auction — but you can still sell it first. This guide covers the delinquency timeline, redemption periods, and how a normal sale pays off the back taxes at closing before the deed is lost.
Read · 11 min readWhat Happens If You Stop Paying Property Taxes on Vacant Land?
Stop paying property taxes on vacant land and the county places a lien, adds interest, and eventually sells it at a tax sale. Here's the full timeline — and why selling usually beats walking away.
Read · 9 min readHow to Sell Land Held in an LLC or Business Entity
When the owner of record is an LLC, corporation, or other entity — not a person — the deed, title requirements, and taxes work differently. This guide covers signing authority, good standing, asset vs. membership-interest sales, and pass-through taxation.
Read · 11 min readDo I Need Title Insurance to Sell Land? What Sellers Should Know
Title insurance protects the buyer, not the seller — so do you need it to sell land? Here's what it covers, owner's vs. lender's policies, who pays, and why land carries extra risk.
Read · 9 min readHow to Sell Land With an Unpaid HOA or POA Assessment
Unpaid HOA or POA dues and special assessments quietly become a lien on your lot. Here's how that assessment lien works, the foreclosure risk it creates, and how to clear it at closing through the association's estoppel payoff.
Read · 10 min readHow to Sell Land With a Life Estate
When land is subject to a retained life estate, the life tenant and every remainderman must join the deed to convey full fee simple. This guide covers who signs, how proceeds are split under IRS valuation tables, Lady Bird deeds, and the basis and Medicaid trade-offs.
Read · 12 min readHow to Sell Land With an IRS or Federal Tax Lien
A federal tax lien attaches to your land, but you can still sell it. Learn about discharge, subordination, and paying the IRS from closing proceeds.
Read · 10 min readSelling Land in a Qualified Opportunity Zone: Who Actually Gets the Tax Break?
If your vacant land sits inside a federal Qualified Opportunity Zone, the headline tax benefits go to a buyer-investor through a Qualified Opportunity Fund — not to you as the seller. Here's what an OZ designation means for your taxes, your marketing, and how OZ buyers evaluate raw land.
Read · 11 min readDo You Owe Taxes If You Sell Land at a Loss? Deductibility, the $3,000 Rule, and Carryforwards
Selling vacant land below your basis produces no gain — so no capital-gains tax on the sale. But whether the loss is deductible hinges on one thing: was the land an investment or personal use? Here's how the rules actually work.
Read · 9 min read1099-S Reporting When You Sell Land: What Sellers Need to Know
Form 1099-S reports the GROSS proceeds from your land sale — not your gain — and it's usually the closing agent who files it. Here's who issues it, when a sale is exempt, and how you reconcile it on Form 8949 and Schedule D.
Read · 9 min readDoes a Quitclaim Deed Work to Sell Vacant Land?
Does a quitclaim deed work to sell vacant land? It can transfer your interest, but arm's-length buyers and title insurers usually want a warranty deed. Here's why.
Read · 9 min readCan You Sell Land During Bankruptcy?
Filing bankruptcy freezes your ability to sell land — but you can still sell with the trustee's or court's approval. Here's how it works in Chapter 7 vs Chapter 13.
Read · 9 min readInherited & Family Land
Selling land you inherited, splitting proceeds among multiple heirs, or dividing property in a divorce.
Selling Land You Inherited With a Sibling Who Lives There
Your sibling lives on the land you both inherited and won't sell or buy you out. Here's why they usually owe no rent, what credits they can claim, and your three real options — buyout, partition, or selling your share.
Read · 9 min readSelling Land After the Owner Dies Without a Will
When a landowner dies intestate, title vests in the heirs immediately — but they usually can't deliver clean title. Here's how heirship gets determined, why small-estate affidavits rarely cover land, and how to actually sell.
Read · 9 min readHow to Sell Inherited Land: Probate, Taxes, and Your Best Options
Inherited land? Learn how probate works, how stepped-up basis cuts your capital gains, and whether listing or a cash sale makes more sense for your situation.
Read · 10 min readHow to Sell Inherited Land When Siblings Disagree
Co-inherited land and one sibling won't sell? Learn your legal rights as a co-owner, how partition actions work, and how to reach a clean resolution without a lawsuit.
Read · 9 min readHow to Sell Land During a Divorce — What Every Landowner Needs to Know
Selling land in a divorce? Understand marital vs. separate property, how cash offers simplify proceedings, and how to handle land from a divorce settlement.
Read · 9 min readGifting or Transferring Land to Family: Sale vs. Gift vs. Inheritance
Gift, sell, or leave land to family? The tax basis tradeoffs differ sharply. Here's how carryover basis, stepped-up basis, and deed choices compare.
Read · 8 min readSelling Land When the Estate Is Still Open: What You Can and Cannot Do
Probate not finished — or never opened? Here's what an open or unresolved estate means for selling vacant land, when you can act, and how cash buyers navigate title.
Read · 10 min readWhat to Do When One Heir Refuses to Sell Inherited Land
One co-heir blocking a land sale? Learn your legal options: negotiate a buyout, sell your own fractional interest, or file a partition action — and how UPHPA protects co-owners in many states.
Read · 9 min readCan You Sell Heirs' Property That Has No Clear Title?
Family land passed down for generations without a will, deed, or probate creates tangled co-ownership that blocks any sale. Learn how to identify heirs' property, why it lacks marketable title, and the concrete steps — affidavit of heirship, probate, quiet-title action — needed to clear it and sell.
Read · 10 min readHow to Sell Inherited Land You Think Has No Value
Stuck with an unwanted inherited parcel that only generates tax bills? Here's whether it's actually worthless, every exit option — sell, donate, disclaim, quitclaim, tax-sale — and how to just be done with it.
Read · 10 min readDifficult & Problem Parcels
How to sell landlocked, unbuildable, flood-zone, failed-perc, or HOA-restricted parcels other buyers pass on.
How to Sell Land You Can't Locate on the Ground
You inherited a rural parcel and the title is fine — but you can't find it, reach it, or tell where its boundaries run. Here's how to locate land from a legal description or parcel number, and how a cash buyer handles the survey for you.
Read · 10 min readHow to Sell Landlocked Land With No Road Access
Landlocked land with no road access is hard to sell — but not impossible. Learn your legal access options, who buys it, and how to sell as-is or resolve access first.
Read · 8 min readHow to Sell Land That Can't Be Built On
Unbuildable land still has real value — timber, hunting, conservation, and assemblage buyers are all active markets. Here's how to find them.
Read · 9 min readCan You Sell Land That Failed a Perc Test?
Yes — a failed perc test hurts value but doesn't kill a sale. Learn who buys land without a passing perc and how to sell it as-is for cash.
Read · 9 min readHow to Sell Land in a Flood Zone
Flood-zone land is hard to finance and insure for retail buyers, but it still sells. Here's how to disclose correctly and find the right buyer.
Read · 9 min readHow to Sell an HOA or Recreational Subdivision Lot
Recreational subdivision lots in the Ozarks, Poconos, and desert Southwest are notoriously hard to sell on MLS. Here's who actually buys them.
Read · 9 min readSelling Land With Mineral Rights: Keep Them, Sell Them, or Sever?
Confused about mineral rights when selling land? Learn the difference between surface and mineral rights, what a severed estate means, and how a cash buyer can purchase your surface as-is.
Read · 8 min readSelling Land With an Easement: Does It Hurt the Sale?
Selling land with an easement? An easement rarely stops a sale — and a cash buyer purchases with it in place, as-is. Here's how easements affect the deal.
Read · 8 min readHow to Sell Land With a Mobile Home or Trailer on It
Selling land with an old or abandoned mobile home? Title severance and cleanup scare off retail buyers — but a cash buyer purchases as-is. Here's how.
Read · 8 min readCan You Sell Wetlands? Selling Land You Can't Build On
Yes, you can sell wetlands — but federal rules limit what can be built, so retail value drops hard. Here's how delineation works and how a cash buyer purchases as-is.
Read · 8 min readHow to Sell Land With No Road Access (Landlocked or Easement-Only)
Can you sell land with no legal road access? Yes — here's how undocumented access affects value and financing, how to establish access, and why a cash buyer still buys it.
Read · 9 min readHow to Sell Land With a Boundary Dispute or Encroachment
Can you sell land with a boundary dispute or an encroachment? Yes — here's how a contested line or a fence over the boundary affects title, financing, and value, and why a cash buyer still buys it as-is.
Read · 10 min readHow to Sell Land With an Overlapping or Gap Legal Description
Can you sell land when the deed's legal description overlaps a neighbor's or leaves a gap? Yes — here's why it clouds title, how a survey and corrective deed fix it, and why a cash buyer still buys it.
Read · 10 min readSelling Land With a Pipeline or Utility Easement: What It Means for Your Sale
Can you sell land with a pipeline, power-line, or utility easement? Yes — you still own the land, the easement conveys with it, and a cash buyer purchases as-is. Here's how it works.
Read · 9 min readSelling Surface Land When the Minerals Were Already Severed
A prior owner sold or reserved the minerals under your land. Here's how to sell the surface of a split-estate parcel, how the severance affects your sale, and how a cash buyer evaluates it.
Read · 9 min readSelling Land With an Active Timber or Hunting Lease: What Happens to the Lease?
Can you sell land that has an active hunting lease, recreational lease, or timber-cutting contract on it? Usually yes — but the lease may bind the buyer, and a cash buyer takes it as-is. Here's how it works.
Read · 10 min readSelling Land That Has a Tenant Farmer or Crop Lease on It
A neighbor farms your cropland on a cash rent or handshake deal and you want to sell. Here's why the sale doesn't end the lease, the statutory notice dates that can cost you a full crop year, and who owns the standing crop at closing.
Read · 9 min readSelling Land After a Wildfire, Hurricane, or Other Natural Disaster
Fire, wind, or flood damaged your land and you're deciding what to do with it. Here's the salvage-timber window, how casualty-loss deductions actually work, who pays for debris removal, and what you owe a buyer in disclosure.
Read · 10 min readSelling Land in a Conservation Easement or CRP Contract: How Each Transfers
Can you sell land enrolled in a CRP contract or under a conservation easement? Yes — but each transfers differently. CRP requires buyer succession or a refund; a conservation easement runs with the land permanently. Here's how it works.
Read · 9 min readHow to Sell a Small, Narrow, or Oddly Shaped Parcel of Land
Slivers, flag lots, triangular remnants, and sub-minimum lots are hard to sell because shape and size kill marketability. Here's who buys them and how to sell as-is.
Read · 8 min readHow to Sell a Remnant or Leftover Parcel From a Road Project
A highway widening or right-of-way taking can leave you with an uneconomic remnant — a sliver too small or odd to use. Here's who buys these leftover parcels and how to sell as-is.
Read · 9 min readSell Land With an Old Mobile Home or Junk That Needs Removal
Stuck with a lot that has a derelict trailer, debris, or junk to clear? Removal costs and code liens scare off retail buyers — but a cash buyer takes it as-is.
Read · 9 min readHow to Sell Land With a Reverter Clause or Deed Restriction
A reverter clause or recorded deed restriction can limit how your land is used and shrink the buyer pool — but neither blocks a sale. Here's how each works, how to clear or work around it, and how a cash buyer underwrites it.
Read · 10 min readHow to Sell Land With an Old Family Cemetery on It
Can you sell land with a family cemetery or old burial plot on it? Yes — the graves stay protected and access rights travel with the land, but the rest of the parcel is still sellable. Here's how it works.
Read · 10 min readHow to Sell Land That Spans Two Counties or States
Can you sell one parcel that crosses a county or state line? Yes — here's how recording, separate tax accounts, and dual-state closings work, and why a cash buyer handles the extra coordination.
Read · 10 min readHow to Sell a Parcel With No Recorded Deed
The deed was never recorded, lost, or the land changed hands informally — so there's no deed of record proving you own it. Here's how to establish record title before you sell, and how a cash buyer works through it.
Read · 10 min readSelling Land With a Shared or Private Road Maintenance Agreement: What It Means for Your Sale
Can you sell land reached by a private or shared road with a recorded maintenance agreement (RMA)? Yes — you have legal access, the agreement runs with the land, and a cash buyer purchases as-is. Here's how it works.
Read · 10 min readSelling Land With a Billboard or Cell Tower Lease: What Happens to the Lease When You Sell?
Can you sell land that has an active billboard ground lease or cell tower lease on it? Usually yes — the lease typically runs with the land and binds the buyer, and a cash buyer takes it as-is. Here's how it works.
Read · 10 min readSelling Land With a Wind or Solar Lease: What Happens to the Lease When You Sell?
Can you sell land that has a utility-scale wind or solar ground lease on it? Usually yes — the lease and its recorded memorandum typically run with the land and bind the buyer, and a cash buyer takes it as-is. Here's how it works.
Read · 11 min readSelling Land That Has an Old Oil or Gas Well On It
There's a physical wellhead, pumpjack, or tank battery on your land. Here's how a well affects your sale — plugging liability, who's responsible, how to check its status, disclosure, and how a cash buyer handles it.
Read · 10 min readHow to Sell Land With a Recorded Right of First Refusal
A recorded right of first refusal or purchase option lets a neighbor or lessee step into your buyer's shoes — but neither blocks a sale. Here's how a ROFR works, how to trigger or waive it, and how a cash buyer underwrites a parcel with a live right attached.
Read · 10 min readHow to Sell Land With a Zoning Violation or Illegal Use
An open zoning or code violation, or a nonconforming use on your land, narrows the buyer pool but rarely blocks a sale. Here's how violations run with the land, what you have to disclose, and how a cash buyer underwrites a parcel you'd otherwise have to cure first.
Read · 10 min readHow to Sell Land That Was Split Off a Larger Parcel
Selling a piece split off a larger parcel — with no deed, parcel ID, or survey of its own? Learn how a lot gets legally divided and recorded so a buyer can actually close.
Read · 9 min readSelling Land With Squatters or an Adverse-Possession Claim
Someone is occupying your vacant land, or you fear an adverse-possession claim. Here's how squatters and ripened claims cloud your title, how to clear them, and how to sell — resolve-first or as-is.
Read · 9 min readSelling Land That Has an Active Oil or Gas Lease
You leased your minerals to an operator and now want to sell the land. Here's how an active oil-and-gas lease travels with the property, who gets the royalties, and how it affects your sale.
Read · 9 min readLand by Type
Selling timberland, hunting tracts, and farmland — and what buyers of each are really looking for.
How to Sell Timberland: Timber Cruises, Buyer Types, and the Cash Offer Path
Selling timberland? Learn how to get a timber cruise, what logged-off land is worth, buyer types, and when a cash sale beats waiting for the market.
Read · 9 min readHow to Sell Hunting Land: What Buyers Want and How to Get Paid
Selling hunting land? Learn what deer and turkey hunters pay for, why seasonal demand stalls sales, and how a cash buyer closes year-round.
Read · 9 min readHow to Sell Farmland: Buyer Types, Tax Traps, and Your Real Options
Selling farmland? Learn about buyer types, ag-use tax rollback risk, idle land carrying costs, and when a cash sale beats listing or auction.
Read · 9 min readHow to Sell Raw, Undeveloped Land (No Utilities, No Road)
Selling raw land with no utilities or road access? Here's why banks won't finance it, why retail buyers pass, and how to sell it as-is for cash.
Read · 8 min readShould I Sell My Farmland? Sell vs. Keep, Lease, or 1031 Exchange
Deciding whether to sell your farmland? Compare selling outright, leasing for cash rent income, holding idle, and a 1031 exchange — with tax rollback risk, liquidity, and succession factors.
Read · 10 min readHow to Sell Swamp or Bottomland That Floods
Chronically wet, low-lying, and river-bottom land scares off retail buyers and lenders. Here's why it's hard to sell, what it's actually good for, and the cash-buyer path.
Read · 8 min readHow to Sell Recreational or Off-Grid Land With No Utilities
Selling remote recreational or off-grid land with no power, water, or septic? Here's who buys it, why missing utilities slow the sale, and how to sell as-is for cash.
Read · 9 min readSelling Idle Pasture or Grazing Land That's No Longer Farmed: Tax Rollback Risk and Your Options
Selling idle pasture or grazing land no longer being farmed? Learn how ag-use tax classification, rollback taxes, carrying costs, and the buyer pool work.
Read · 9 min readHow to Sell a Cutover or Recently Logged Timber Tract
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