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Sumter South Carolina
Posted Tue, Nov 8th 2011 5:13 pm
Sumter, South Carolina is known as the "Gamecock City" with the motto "Uncommon Patriotism".  During the 1740s, settlers arrived to establish roots along the banks of the Wateree River. The "Caro...

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Land Hedges Inflation and Systematic Risk
Posted Mon, May 17th 2010 9:38 am
Land hedges both inflation and systemic risk May 10, 2010 3 Comments     On Thursday, May 6th, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell almost 1,000 points, a little more than nine percent...

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13 Documents You Should Have Before Buying Country Property
Posted Thu, Jan 7th 2010 10:30 pm
13 Documents You Should Have Before Buying Country Property By Curtis Seltzer on April 17, 2008 1. Copy of the seller's deed with the boundary description.This description may be found in an earl...

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Legal Access?
Posted Thu, Dec 31st 2009 10:30 pm
Should you buy property without legal access? By Curtis Seltzer on October 27, 2009 I learned this week about 150 acres that was priced at about $300/A. It seems to have a lot of merchantable tim...

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Fourteen Numbers You Need to Know Before Buying Country Property
Posted Tue, Dec 29th 2009 10:30 pm
Fourteen Numbers You Need to Know Before Buying Country Property By Curtis Seltzer on March 18, 2008 1.  Acres.How many acres will the seller convey to you, physically on the ground and legally i...

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Timberland investing: Different ways to make a future buck
Posted Wed, Dec 23rd 2009 10:30 pm
Timberland investing: Different ways to make a future buck By Curtis Seltzer on November 17, 2009 It's been almost impossible not to make money in timberland for the last 100 years. Whatever type...

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Get in Price: Key to Investing
Posted Wed, Dec 16th 2009 10:15 pm
Get-in price is key to making money in land when the future is uncertain By Curtis Seltzer on November 10, 2009 During football season, we are bombarded with "analysts" telling us that the key to...

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Seller, Improve your Land Marketing
Posted Tue, Dec 8th 2009 10:13 pm
Three cheap ways for land sellers to improve their marketing By Curtis Seltzer on October 18, 2008 The devaluation in real-estate values that began in metropolitan areas in 2007 with over-valued ...

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Funding your Land Investment
Posted Mon, Sep 14th 2009 12:40 pm
Browse: Home / Land Investing / Funding Your Land Investment Funding Your Land Investment By Robert King on September 10, 2009 How will I fund a land investment?Those beginning the process of pu...

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Land Valuation
Posted Thu, Jul 30th 2009 9:40 pm
By Curtis Seltzer on July 14, 2009 LandThink posted my weekly "Country Real Estate" column last week that discussed a low-cost, low-tech approach to estimating a property's current market value us...

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Timber Cruise Fraud
Posted Thu, Jul 30th 2009 9:38 pm
  By Curtis Seltzer on July 21, 2009 Timberland sellers often provide buyers with an estimate of their property's timber volume and its value. I've seen these take many forms: an oral opinion usu...

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Land Disclosure
Posted Thu, Jul 30th 2009 9:34 pm
By Lou Jewell ALC on July 22, 2009 Anyone involved in a typical Land transaction, leasing, buying or selling may be exposed to 93 plus potential Land issues. For years now I have advocated for nee...

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United States: Interstate Land Sales Act: How A Presale Contingency Clause May Negate ILSA´s "Improved Lot" Disclosure Exemption
Posted Thu, Jul 30th 2009 9:32 pm
Article by Daniel Bachrach and Anthony M. Rodriguez Recently, in Jankus v. Edge Investors,1 the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Court) issued a highly controvers...

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Due Dilligence Tips
Posted Thu, Jul 30th 2009 9:29 pm
Due Dilligence things to look for when investing If you have decided to invest in real property you are headed in the right direction. Now what? There are so many horror stories deriving from titl...

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Land Investment
Posted Thu, Jul 30th 2009 9:28 pm
Do you want an investment that holds its value in these turbulent times? Set your sights on land. During 2008, as the Dow fell by 31.4 percent and home prices dropped 12.4 percent, according to NAR...

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